Discovering a fabulous artist : Tobi

I discovered Tobi's blog "The pink Pixie forest" a few years ago at Christmas time and I was entirely seduced by the beauty and magic of her creations. Beautiful crafted trees. I had never seen such thing before! A cascade of ornaments blending together in an amazing art. Tobi was also warm and friendly and we connected right away.
Sometimes you meet someone and they stay in your mind and you completely remember them even after years. She is an artist to remember and she has so much potential and talent!

 Tobi is a Dreamer, artist,Wife, Mother, ...Lover of nature, all the little things, fairies, pixies and elves. She says she has Pixie DNA (probably some Fairy and Elf as well) when she began mindlessly gluing her vintage rhinestone Jewelry on to bottle brush trees one day.


I asked her to tell me a little about her and she told me her goals.


Tobi's Goals:
1.To teach online classes on how to make my sparkly stuff like cupcakes and bottle brush trees!  I was already accepted to be a teacher at "Roses On My Table" online art school,and I am currently working on my video class on Bottle brush trees.

I would love to be a guest teacher at several Online art schools as well.

2.  Put together my ning site (I have one already called sparklinglessons.com but I really don't know how to make it nice like  Jane davenport.

3.Get published in Somerset or some other popular craft magazine.

4.  Have my trees sell for really high prices on ebay!

Basically, be as successful with my art teaching as I was as  a celebrity Makeup Artist and Educator!

I still do fun makeup shoots and  weddings and write curriculum for beauty schools, but I really LOVE the arty thing- shabby, chippy paint, sparkly stuff and anything FRENCH!!! lol
I would love to have a thriving business from my computer so I can live up on top of a mountain and only come down when I travel to do workshops!

There is my makeup artist bio on www.themakeupshop.com

"Life happens, Sparkle Anyway!"
www.pinkpixieforest.blogspot.com

www.simplybeautifulbrides.myarbonne.com

www.themakeupshop.com

www.sparklemining.blogspot.com

http://www.ebay.com/sch/tobibritt/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25&_trksid=p3686

Winter wonderland sleigh ride Shabby chic Christmas tree.

This tree is a dream! I got so inspired and kept on dreaming of all the possibilities and decorations fitting it.
Of course, you can spend $2499.94 on it at Tai pan trading...
Or make the decorations yourself an put it all together. The colors are white, gold, silver, green and a lot of snow.

I have seen a lot of owl decorations around...

Any mittens, hats, little coats ornaments...

White ornaments get a forest look. Collage some pine trees on simple white ornaments with green paper or fabric and glitter.

Use green ribbon, snow cones sprayed with fake snow, Textured white mesh ribbon.

A green bird or white bird would work...

white snow flakes.

This is a great idea under you chandelier. A wreath and ornament.

Here is the full tree...Marvelous!

Add a little sign saying sleigh ride or winter wishes.

Lots of gold and silver ornaments and of course...Spray your tree with fake snow. 

Hope you like this dreamy inspiration!

Happy Birthday !

Every year Santa brings really pretty gifts. I like to match the tree colors and use pretty ribbon and an ornament for each. I choose cheap but pretty ones. Here $1 birds and butterflies from walmart.

The ribbon, i always get on sale. I use ribbon i can use in the tree the next year or that i can use in crafts during the year.

Christmas morning ...

Happy Birthday Jesus !

White party on my side bar

SUPER IDEA Shabby Chic Christmas picture frame ornaments tutorial

It is snowing outside and super boring for the kids, If you are sick of cooking...Make Picture frame ornaments I will show you why THIS IS THE MUST DO right now...The kids loved to make them too !

I got those Card board frames at the dollar store. At the bridal section.

5 for $1.

I took it apart...

Glue your  favorite paper on the outside frame...When dry, cut it out and use a craft knife for the inside part.

Glue your picture....the frame and bow back...

Here is a dreamy pink one....

Perfect for a tree decoration...

I made this one with my boy's picture...This is a great way to use :

This year Family pictures...

Pet pictures...

Relative pictures as a gift...

Favorite pics...

Use it with individual family pictures as a plate tag in your Christmas dining room setting , people can take them home as a gift....

Use it in a card tree...very easy...A branch, a vase and rocks to anchor the branch...Display your family pictures all year long this way...It becomes a family tree.

I used DCWD The Mariposa stack paper

Hope you are having a great day !

Last minute shopping for me !

The kids are on vacation tomorrow !

Lots of love to all of you !

Shabby Chic Christmas cookie cutter ornaments

I used cookie cutters that i don't use, you can find them at the dollar store too. Use the metal ones.

I used a DCWV paper.

Glued the paper with school glue on the thicker part of the cookie cutter.

Make a hole also with the puncher...or leave a space.

When dry, cut the shape out.

Use a craft knife for hard to reach spots.

Hang with a ribbon.

Here is a star...

Shabby Chic Christmas card or memory book

I love to make memory books. When you pay so much for family pictures or when you take favorite pics. Mini family books are a great gift , memory book and conversation piece on you sofa table.

I love to make them in January when it is so boring and cold outside. This year, i made it for Christmas and hanged it on the tree.

First, i made a trial one with photocopies...To get the right size and design.

I ordered the wallet size pictures.

I used a 12 by 12 paper and cut  4 inches pieces.

Folded and glued.

Book i wanted for 6 pictures.

To make the flower, i used 3 different wrapping sheets.

Used my EK success Puncher.

Attached them with a brad and scrunched them up. You can see the tutorial here: English cabbage rose tutorial.

I glued the front page after I attached the flower.

Punched a whole and added twine and a mini tree ornament.

I framed the pictures with contrasting paper and used blue and silver stickers.

My favorite was this "Summer Circus" paper from GCD studio "Paris night". It was my inspiration for the family pictures too.

I did a black and white with blue because they were my colors this year for Christmas but any other colors would work.

If you can't find French paper. You can print and add it to your creation like i did here. I used a Graphic Fairy paper."Eau de Cologne de France".

Love the French picking through.