Horned Bowl

Making  Horn bowl by Mikki Ferrugiaro is more difficult than I thought. Sad day had to rip out 23 rows and start again with the wings. I think I have the secret of not making too tight. I have formed these ripples into their final shape and working peyote loosely without opening the ripple up into a flat surface,

New Stampin UP Holiday and Christmas Catalog Ideas

Watch the video here

Carrier Bead Craze!

I have officially jumped on the Carrier Bead Craze Train.  I have made lots of combos and I am scheduled to do a class at the Atlanta South Bead Club in September.

All you need for making the carrier beads are 3 - 5 colors of Miyuki Delicas or Toho Treasures in size 11/0.  The blank Carrier/Duo beads come in glass or acrylic.  You will need as many of those as you want to make into covered beads.  Necklaces take about 24 and bracelets 10-13.
You will need some sort of spacer beads.  I have used 8mm and 6mm rounds in my projects.  I have made all of mine into stretchy bracelets, so if you want a clasped bracelet or the necklace you will need also some softflex wire and a clasp.

I have created a PDF with 30 patterns to make the Odd Count Peyote Covers in 3 colors or 4 colors.  Those file are listed below the photos.

Bead Charts for Carrier Covers

Video for Odd Count

November - American Indian Heritage Month

November is American Indian Heritage Month

I have received the official proclamation from Governor Nathan Deal.  You may download your copy here: American Indian Proclamation Georgia

The printed official copy will be presented to State Regent, Joyce Ball Patton at the State Board of Management by Jo Ann Ford, Vice Regent of the General Daniel Newnan Chapter.

Stampin UP Christmas - Treat Box Ornaments

Stampin UP has some really cute paper and stamps this Christmas Season.  I could not resist buying some paper for my treat boxes that I am making for different groups this season.

These are Treat Boxes and Ornaments.  After you eat the treat you can put the box on your tree as an ornament to remember the occasion.

I made the paper on the bottom left.  The Reindeer is from Cookie Cutter and the paper is from Candy Cane Lane.  I stamped and colored the Reindeer, then scanned the paper and the Reindeer, put them together reduced the image size and printed on Whisper White.  It now fits perfectly.  

I really miss My Digital Studio.

Here is the video for making your own Treat Box Ornament

The orignal was with Addobbi Natalizi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gr19P0_b-g also Stamping with Amore also made a video and her method is what I adapted to my version.

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If interested in a kit, please contact me at: susang@summergrove.net

Christmas Catalog SU

Items Used: 

Seasonal Paper from 2015

Double Bracket Punch

Antique Tags Stamp Set 2015

Candy Cane Lane Stamp Set 2016

Cookie Cutter Christmas Stamp Set 2016

Crumb Cake Paper and Ink

Cherry Cobbler Paper and Ink

Mossy Meadow Paper and Ink

Pool Party Paper and Ink

Whisper White Paper

Various Ribbon from SU

Click Here to Place an Order

Governor's Proclamation - American Indian Heritage Month

The American Indian Heritage Proclamation from Governor Deal for 2016.  Please share with your chapter during the month of November.  If you like I can send you a copy of the proclamation for your scrapbooks.

Georgia State DAR American Indian Committee

 “They are young once but Indian Forever”   

Welcome Daughters

Susan Johnson Gillespie

American Indians Chairman

2016-2018

During my administration I will be focusing on raising money not only for the American Indian Fund but also for the Indian Youth Camp.  This is going to be my focus for the next 2 DAR years. I would love for our State to raise enough funds to send at least one child to the August 2017 and 2018 camps.   I plan to pass the sock at each meeting of my own chapter to collect everyone’s loose change.  I also plan to sell some of my Indian Beaded Jewelry in my online store to raise money.

Not everyone eats Blizzards from Dairy Queen nor Lattes from Starbucks but if we can forgo just 1 of those this year (2016-2017) per daughter that would be enough for our state to cover the  cost for many young ladies to attend the camp.

The statistics for Indian Youth ages 14-20, that are in some sort of danger is unimaginable.  Fifty percent of the children 14-18 are obese, one in four, are addicted to drugs or alcohol, and 1 in 15 will try to commit suicide before they reach 21 years of age.  These are sad statistics for OUR first Americans to be facing.  I hope as a Chapter and a State that we will be able to make a difference in at least one life.

 Our slogan for the campaign will be their slogan:
“They are young once but Indian Forever.   To watch a wonderful video about the camp made by the campers go here: Indian Youth Camp Video .  For more general information about the camp and its history go here: Indian Youth of America

When presenting to your local chapter you may want to use these bullet points.
• These children have very low self esteem
• They learn team skills to help them in their adult life
• Give up just one small pleasure a month to donate your change to this cause
• Decorate a big sock and use it to collect your change until next June
• Print the brochure located on my blog to hand out at your Chapter meetings > susangillespie.net

Please contact me if you need inspiration or other ideas for this project.

REMEMBER there is a Chapter Award at the State Conference for this project

Thank you all for you help and inspiration.
For God, Home and Country

 

Georgia DAR

My term as Committee Chairman for American Indian Committee with the Georgia Society of DAR has begun.  I have three great Vice Chairs and I am looking forward to working with them on our upcoming projects.

Our team will focus on American Indian youth, through the Schools and the Summer Youth Camp. The goal of the committee is to educate DAR members and the public at large regarding history and contemporary issues relating to Native Americans; to assist them by providing funding for Bacone College, Chemawa Indian School, and Indian Youth of America Summer Camp.

DAR - End of Year - New Officers Installed

I was a great day for our General Daniel Newnan Chapter of DAR.  Our New State of Georgia Regent, Joyce Ball Patton, was on hand to install our new Chapter Officers.

We will all miss our current Regent Kayla King Hudson.  Such and wonderful, kind, and lovely soul.  She is moving away from our area, but will never leave our hearts.

If you are interested in joining the NSDAR - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and think you may have a Revolutionary War ancestor, please contact me at
susang1952@gmail.com

You may follow the group on Facebook here >NSDAR or the National Website here > DAR

Genealogy Records from FOLD3 Free Trial

Fold3 is offering a One Week free trial.  This is great resource for finding DAR and UDC records and other information.

You can get a free trial HERE:

Grown UP Coloring Books - What FUN!

I have ordered my GrownUP coloring book for my birthday.  I wanted to try one that I could use with watercolors and not just pencils and markers.

My buddy over on the Mind of Watercolor channel of YouTube demonstrates how to use the books with watercolors.

The book is here: Secret Garden

And Steve's video is here:




I will post some finished in 2016.

Susan

Remake of Is it a Bag or Box?

So there are many tutorials out there for making treat bags.  I really love this one from Creatin' with Kirsteen.  However, it did not work for me.  I could never get the paper wrapped around straight.  It was all wrinkly.  I decided to recreate this look with my own method.

Kirsteen's Video is at the bottom of this post.

Here is a tutorial video of my Bag or Box?




Here are some finished BOBs

Happy Stampin'

Susan

Re-Post February 2013 Stampin Divas

So the continuing saga of the Lost Blog.
Another lost post from February 2013.

We made three cards in February 2013.  The theme was all about quilting.

Treat boxes from Paper Pumpkin and Box or Bag

I found this video from Kimberley Morris where she shows how to make boxes and gift bags from the November 2015 Paper Pumpkin kit.  I love it when my fellow demonstrators find alternative creations from paper pumpkin kits.

You can view Kimberley's video here on YouTube: 

You could make the box slightly bigger by scoring 1" and then 2-1/4", of course it would then be too shallow for that candy she used.  It would of course hold 2 of my pralines.

I also found this great Video from Kirsteen on making a Bag O Box. What is it? A Bag or Box.




Happy Stampin'
Susan

RePost of March 2012

These cards had an accompanied video see it here:

RePost September 2011

Repost of Cards for Stampin Divas from September 2011

RePost September 2012

Ok here we go with some of our Stampin Diva Classes and Club projects.
I do not have all of the instructions available but I do have the photos.