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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Busy as Bees...

All of the new items pictured below can be found at "GirlFriends" in Glendale AZ or on my Etsy Website, www.labellebrocante.etsy.com

Little Girl's Shirt Dresses.
Jean Bag, created from one pair of jeans and lined with a shabby-chic cotton tablecloth
Antique Chair planter, ready for the real thing!

Springtime brings a sense of newness, and with it a need to create new things, with new (or should I say "recycled!") fabric. Freecycle.org provided me the opportunity to score a bag of men's suits, that will soon find a new life (minus the moth holes!) as playful creatures.
My "newness" also means finding new opportunities to expand and solidify my OCD of crafting creations. So, needless to say I have signed on to display my creations in a new place, that will be opening in April in Mesa. She doesn't have a name for it yet, but I hope it goes well!
I have also taken opportunities to provide my creative services to the Boy Scouts (pack 548, Den 1 Tiger Cubs!) to sew Market Bags out of the 75+ t-shirts they collected. Katie, from www.kidswithautismcan.org, has also asked me to donate a few items for an upcoming silent auction in May.
Not to mention a few more craft shows to participate in before the hot weather gets here at the end of May.

I love the springtime!

Friday, March 12, 2010

Spring has Sprung!



Well, almost. At least here in the Valley of the Sun, where catching a baseball game while lounging in the grass can fill your weekends...enough bragging about AZ!

I have created (or should I say "upcycled") some new items, just in time to start thinking of wearing lighter clothing. Renee's Berets have been created from light wool skirts and adorned with t-shirt flowers. Meanwhile, our shirt-dresses are are been upcycled from men's business shirts, so no two are ever alike!



Want to see more in person? Check out "Girlfriends" in Glendale. Or look at my other websites, or to see all our other goodies!

Also, a huge "THANK YOU" goes to Den 1 (Tiger Scouts) of Pack 548 in Scottsdale, AZ for unitlizing my services to create their fundraiser, Market Bags, to be sold on April 10th at a Craft Market.