book binding with Leslie Marsh

(in these photos: Seth Apter, Pam Kirshenbaum, Kasey Kirshenbaum, Leslie Marsh and M'oa)

yesterday we had such a fun time in Leslie Marsh's bookbinding class, held here at Lemoncholy's Studio. Leslie makes amazing books (and darn it, i didn't take one picture of her collection of books that she put out for display -so sorry!)

we tore up black paper and then learned an ultra cool technique for creating natural stencils on our pages using items we had collected from the yard.

we had to make some adaptations with the rain that suddenly decided to show up; but it worked out well.

everyone finished their books and we couldn't have been more pleased with the results!

update: you can read about the class from Leslie's point of view here on her blog. love her amazing photos!

you can also see Seth's(The Altered Page) post about the class here.

Artfest 2011

thinking of going to Artfest this year? Artfest will be celebrating there 12th year as an art retreat and i'm excited to share that i will be there teaching one of my jewelry classes. we will be taking vintage china pieces, doing some soldering and creating very unique necklaces. you can take a peek at the class here. feel free to email me with any questions about my class or about Artfest in general. i'm happy to answer your questions.

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in other news, i want to wish my mom a wonderful birthday!

playing with dolls

French Cupboard is having a altered art party - where you showcase some art that you have altered. I thought i'd show off some photos of some of the necklaces i have created using the old German Charlotte dolls.

flea market friday - join in!

Hi and welcome to flea market friday. Feel free to show off our cool vintage finds from the flea market, garage sale, thrift or antique store.

the rules of participation:

1) you don't have to have to go to a flea market on friday - you can show off any wonderful treasures that you have found any time while at the flea market, junking antiquing or thrift store.
2) please mention Lemoncholy's Flight of Fancy's Flea Market Friday in your blog post and link back to this post.
3) this is a blog hop to meet other bloggers, so please no links if you are just trying to advertise your site. if you'd like to talk to me about sponsoring your flea market website, feel free to email me.



for those who know me, you know I love my hats! I have been waiting to find a top hat that would fit me- so i was so excited to find this today. I'm going to give it some serious flair. I'm thinking feathers, bling, flowers, etc. can't wait to work on it.

this vintage brooch is my favorite find



delicious bling



this tiny revolver will look really fun in a necklace



someone made these tiny little tiles. on the back they say "handpainted by Natalie"



found these nicely worn cowboy boots for $20.



jeff and i found this column for $45. i thought i'd use it as a jewelry display at shows
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and occasionally i'll run into a pal or two at the flea market. here's Beth of Gypsy Fish Studio and I having some early morning tea.

don't forget

don't forget that tomorrow is flea market friday.
feel free to show off our cool vintage finds from the flea market, garage sale, thrift or antique store.

the rules of participation:

1) you don't have to have gone to a flea market on friday - you can show off any wonderful treasures that you have found any time while at the flea market, junking antiquing or thrift store.
2) please mention Lemoncholy's Flight of Fancy's Flea Market Friday in your blog post and link back to this post.
3) this is a blog hop to meet other bloggers, so please no links if you are just trying to advertise your site. if you'd like to talk to me about sponsoring your flea market website, feel free to email me.

*see you tomorrow!