Yippe yahoo art fest is near

Art Fest here I come...

with 75 trades ready to exchange -

This year I created pads of note paper to tuck in your purse - 

seems like I can always use that and figured others could too.

First I painted old manilla folders that would have been tossed otherwise.

then I stitched the backs to notebook paper 

from the kids' younger school days...

  and I think I broke my poor old sewing machine :( 

and took them to school to cut straight lines with 

the commercial size paper cutter...

and tied beads to the threads...

and stamped "once upon a time" on the front (as this is the theme)...

and my own stamp on the back...

and now I am ready to see what wonderful, creative goodies others made to exchange.

I will show you what I get when I return.

Oh ya I will be taking a class
Thursday from Misty Mawn,

Friday from Lynne Perella, 

and Saturday from Jesse Reno.

In all three classes I will be working quite large which will be good for me,
but a little scary too - 

I am so excited!