mini album Archives - Felicia Thomas

In Felicia the Artist

Christmas class…

Yes, I said it, and its only Rememberence Day! todays class had a Christmas theme, I wasn’t sure if we would fit another one in before the end of December so it had to be done. Plus, when I was looking for papers for this kit I found Kaiser Crafts Twig and Berry collection and went a bit nuts over it!
Those of you who know me know that i’m not huge on Christmas papers, but these aren’t red and green and covered with Santas, they are Autumnal colours with subtle festiveness.

I can’t believe that I forgot to take photos of the class!
We were in “Just Desserts” in Killarney, so the coffee break was delicious!!! Jacinta, Ann, Valerie, Robin, Kathrine, Noreen and Claire all helped make the class great fun, I hope they were pleased with the albums they made.

This was it, in the kit above you can just about see a bronze, antique looking heart, I hadn’t attached mine when I took the photo – but I will because some ladies in the class did and it looked fabulous!

Here are some inside views so that you can see the papers.

I want wallpaper or fabric like that !!

So, thats it – a big, huge thank you to all the ladies who came today and especially to Jessica and Mike in Just Desserts, they will be hoovering glitter off the stair carpet for a while!!

I hope all you ladies in Dungarvan like the album because this is what we’re making on December 1st!! I will make it an event on Facebook but you can message me if you’re interested.

Now, i’m going to unpack the car and relax!

11/11/2012 By felicia

In Felicia the Artist

Today I went to ….

Hello,
I had met Midi at the Finnabair class in Cork and she had invited me over to Dungarvan to teach a mini book class .After much organising and changing of dates I finally got there.
We met in Whitechurch National School which is a great venue, really bright and airy and once everyone had settled in we made this:

We used Prima En Francais papers and the album has 4 envelope style pages inside that hold tags.
The little fabric flower was hand made which took some people out of their comfort zone, everyone was delighted with the outcome though, some looked like daisies and some like carnations but they were all beautiful!

Look how much space we had – lots of room to spread out!

This is Michelle…. for the last 3 or 4 years we’ve been speaking to each other on the phone, i’ve met her Mum lots of times but yesterday was the first time we met in person……. and she is just as nice as I expected!!

I’m not sure if these smiles are because they are delighted with what they made or because they didn’t have to thread any more needles and seed beads!!!!
Thank you Ladies for making me welcome I hope you enjoyed the day as much as I did (who couldn’t enjoy a class with that much cake?!)
I promised Lynn and Patricia that I would put up a tutorial for the roses – which I will later in the week, and i’ll come up with something creative for the next class!!

21/10/2012 By felicia

In Felicia the Artist

Karens Vintage Mini.

Hello,

Yesterday I received a lovely email from Karen to let me know the mini album had arrived.

So here is a video for you –

BE WARNED: ’tis a bit wobbly due to the fact I was too lazy to find the tripod…. (shame on me!)

After I had made it I added some more to the cover, photos below.

How are you getting on with your albums? July 2nd is the posting deadline so you still have loads of time! I am usually working up to the deadline but once I started this I couldn’t stop so it was ready early for a change!

28/06/2012 By felicia

In Felicia the Artist

So, this is where i’ve been……

Hello,

I’ve been missing from blogland for a bit, but I have been busy, busy!

Mainly I have been spending alot of time with my Mum & Dad, he is not well and memories must be made.

(any good wishes gratefully accepted for him – x)

Those of you who know me well know about my book addiction. I read alot, I belong to a book club so I have one book a month to read but I usually have two or three on the go at once (sometimes if you mix all the stories up you get a GREAT story!) But I have just finished “This I Know” by Susannah Conway, it is the most beautiful book about how she found herself again through photography after a tragic loss (warning: tissues required!!)

This months bookclub choice was “False Impression” by Jeffrey Archer – I chose it, its the first of his books i’ve ever read and it is unputdownable!!

I got an invite to join Things Arty, so I have spent hours uploading images and discriptions of prints (there are still notebooks, keyrings and randomness to go!)

Its a bit like Etsy, but I havent’ sold alot on Etsy, so i’m trying this aswell!

I am in love with 5×7″ canvas – it is so quick to paint these little pictures, I’m building up quite a collection! I’m hoping to get them made into greetings cards…….. More on that later!!

And of course I have been working on my mini book for this months swap, Karen if you are reading this, here is a sneaky peek of your album!! the postal deadline is July 2nd, but the theme was Vintage so once I started I couldn’t stop! A few more tweaks and it will be in the post on Monday. I might even do a little video to share it once Karen has received it.

So, that is all my news, its lashing rain and my car is in for a service today so I am housebound…. oh dear, what a pity……. painting, here I come!!!!

Fxx

14/06/2012 By felicia