Creative EdVentures - "Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures." ~Henry Ward Beecher
Last week during Come2Chat, I played around with some scraps of Lutradur and explained that I was going to make them into beads to use on the bracelet I was making for a 7000 Bracelets of Hope Blog Hop I was taking part in this weekend. The bracelets will be sent to families who have children with rare diseases as a sign of love, hope, and support.
For all the details and more pictures, check out my blog at http://cynchronicity.wordpress.com/2011/04/16/7000-bracelets-of-hope-blog-hop/
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| Art Tile Leslie-Rahye completed at Special Event |
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| example of an art-tile for Reece's Rainbow |
We're having a special show tonight on the Creative EdVentures network to help reach out to a charity in need. Marion Smith is collecting chipboard "tiles" to put together into a sort of collage quilt and then will be auctioning those off in order to raise funds for Reece's Rainbow. Reece's Rainbow is an organization dedicated to raising the money needed to fund adoptions for special needs orphans and we at Creative EdVentures were so touched by this, that we have decided to help.
What we're hoping for is that we can collect enough of these tiles to be able to submit them as a group and have at least one full "quilt" sold that is entirely made by Creative EdVentures participants. The hosts of Creative EdVentures, Leslie Rahye, Roberta Birnbaum Cohen, Fabrizio Martellucci, Amanda Marks, and Cyn Gagen have already pledged a minimum of 4 tiles each; so they'll be able to complete one quilt all on their own. Wouldn't it be great, though, if we could send in at least one more? Because we're wanting to submit ours as a group, instead of sending to the Prima office address in the video, we're asking that they be sent to Leslie Rahye and then she will forward them all together to Marion Smith for us.
So, tonight on Creative EdVentures in place of our usual show at 9 pm Eastern, we'll be having one dedicated to this cause. We'll explain all the details to you (the specifications for each tile and so on), answer any of your questions, and we'll have some demo's to share ideas for background and embellishment techniques for creating the tiles. We sure hope you'll join us. As usual, this show will be recorded so if you're unable to be there LIVE, please take the time to watch the playback and learn more about this amazing project. Connect to our show here: http://linqto.com/rooms/creativeedventures
Our challenge last week was to take a CD/DVD, the case from either one of them, or a floppy disk and create something for a party from them. Here’s what we came up with:
This adorable clock is from Lisa Fulmer. I’ll be making at least one of these for my daughter’s birthday party this summer. The theme is Alice in Wonderland and this makes me think of the white rabbit and the whole “It’s late, it’s late,” thing!
Amanda Marks made a really sweet picture frame. Check out her blog post on how to make it: http://www.ajsartsanddesigns.com/2011/04/come-2-chat-challenge-3-disc-o-party.html
This is one of the things I made. Of course it’s in an Alice in Wonderland theme so that I can use it for my daughter’s party. This is the front and back of a suncatcher that I made to hang up in some of the trees in our backyard.
Then while chatting with a friend about what I had made for this challenge, I suddenly came up with another idea and so I made this as well. The cup portion is made from the domed lid to a slushie cup and the base is the CD. It can hold candies or nuts or even flowers!
I have some other ideas but haven’t completed them yet so I’ll be sharing those with you in the coming weeks! Instead of our typical challenge, for this week, we’re hoping you will all become involved in our charity project, creating tiles for special needs orphans. For more details, check out our show on Tuesday, April 5th at 9 pm Eastern.
Tonight on In the Zone hosted by Roberta Birnbaum Cohen and Cyn Gagen, our theme is Butterfly, based on the #1 Billboard hit for this week in 1957 sung by Andy Williams. We’ll have, as always, some great crafting demo’s by Robi and Cyn as well as by our special guests Leslie and Fab! In addition, Jujubelle Jewellery is sponsoring $100 worth of giveaways on tonight’s show! You have to be present to win so be sure to come on by and join us for all the fun! 9 pm Eastern, 8 Central, 7 Mountain, 6 Pacific http://linqto.com/rooms/creativeedventures
Check out the post I did a while back about butterfly crafts featuring the two projects I have pictured here: http://cynchronicity.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/butterflies/
