I've been loving you too long to stop now!

So, i've been out of town for a week, and I was missing my quilling BIG TIME!  I have finally (almost) finished my first mosaic.  It has been a labor of love for sure, and I have learned ALOT about quilling and paper and glue in the past 10 days.  So, without further adieu...

Not bad, eh?

The reason it's not completely finished is because my 3D circles aren't glued down.   I placed them and walked away - I really need to let them sit before I commit to their locations.  The color is off in the pic - surprise surprise.  I don't have really anything on there that is orangey.  The R side small circle is a true red and the L lower big circle with the blue one on top of it is more red wine colored.   Just an fyi.  Oh and - it measures 6x6" if you wondered.  So...what have I learned?  

A)  You really need the right tools.  When I got my long needle and my sharp tweezers, my life got better.  

B)  It's art.  You can usually fix anything with more art (like I did with the "3-D" circles).  

C)  Paint can fix a background when your quilling doesn't line up perfectly with your template/drawing (if you use one).  

D)  Cereal boxes (especially the huge ones sold at Costco) make excellent quilling bases.  So do shoeboxes.  They also make great palettes for the paint mentioned above.  

And last but not least...

E) "E" stands for Erin Curet of Little Circles Paper Quilling Facebook Page, who is a godsend.  I'm sure you will find her before this blog, but if not, go find her now, and watch and learn.  

Happy Quilling, peeps!

It's been....one week since you looked at me!

Hi guys!  I took some time off from blogging because I have been working on a new project (which looks terrible - more on that later) and because my baby had a huge baseball tournament this weekend (which was awesome because they won the whole thing)!  But I did want to share a few things that I have been up to.  First, i saw the link on pinterest about making your own quilling tools out of wine corks.  I'm not a HUGE wine drinker, but the brand I like has really cute corks, so I made some tools.

Apothic Red!

Aren't they fab?  Yes, they are a little crooked, but that's ok.  It was my first attempt at tools, and they have both come in very handy.  I have since made a lager one that can roll 1-3 strips at the same time.  It's a bit harder to get it going, but it can  do it.  Kinda handy at times.  

The best part of last week was not the tools, though.  It was THIS:

Oooooooh!

The hubs bought me some paper because my local craft store has a horrible supply.  I have learned a few things from this supply of paper.  1) It's never enough.  I have a bag of each color under the rainbow, and i'm already panicking because I am going to run out of this or that one when I begin working on my next project.  2) While I am overall very pleased with what I ordered, every brand of paper IS a little different.  I don't know which ones I like best yet though.  3) I was always the kid who LOOOOVED going back to school shopping for supplies - folders, paper, pencils, etc.  This hobby is heaven on earth for me.  I was giddy when I got my paper! I can't believe it took me 35 years to discover it.  4) My husband sent me the following email when I told him my paper was out for delivery:

I'm torn on the fact that your paper is arriving today. 

Happy for you but sad that now you will 

ignore me and spend all your time quilling :(

I hope everyone has a wonderful week!  Happy Quilling!

~kef