I felt like a kid on Halloween night, dumping out all of my treasures from Art & Soul Portland; arranging, rearranging, mentally cataloging and slowly putting away all that I had collected in the way of supplies, trades, purchases and finished art.
It is tradition to bring small pieces of art to swap, such as charms and artist trading cards. Charms were very popular since many A&S attendees belong to a group called Charmsters, including my hostess Michelle. I swapped enough charms to make an entire bracelet, nicely full of handmade goodness (top). A few extra charms from Michelle made their way into my pile of goodies during our 1:1 swap (second photo). I also received two lovely 4 x 4 fat book pages from her for my 2008 book. The other pics/piles are more swap receipts, ephemera collected, class supplies, purchases from the on-site store, Collage, and vintage finds from around Portland.
The bottom three photos are my background papers completed in Traci Bautista's Doodling & Letters class. The will now be cut up for ATC or other backgrounds.
5 comments:
Wow! What great treasures! No wonder you enjoyed unpacking.
Joanne
Gina the bracelet is full of fabulous charms! Art&Soul looked like so much fun! Maybe one year I'll go too!
Have a great weekend!
Sandy
Eeeek! That was so much fun, dear Gina! Your treasures are SO beautiful all laid out! Happy you had fun and it was so lovely to meet you and hang out with you. I know my navigational skils leave something to be desired, but I hope you've forgiven me! :-)
Big Hugs to you,
Michelle
Love your blog banner!
Sandra
Ooohhhhhh look at the goodies! Glad you had a good time! :o)
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