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Tamara Weber - Owner TrinketsTrashTreasure.com It began as a dream, a way for mixed-media artists to gather together and enjoy their craft, explore new artistic methods, and enjoy each other’s company. Today, that dream is a reality called Trinkets, Trash and Treasure – a website specializing in mixed media monthly art kits. Tamara Webber, the founder of Trinkets, began this venture as a spin-off of a family partnership "brick and mortar" combination - bridal and tuxedo rental shop and florist. Tamara found herself making handmade cards, party favors, specialty floral designs and other unique and artistic one-of-a-kind projects the customers would request. Soon, these requests evolved into more artistic enterprises involving what is commonly known as “altered art” projects and the idea for Trinkets, Trash and Treasures was born. “It took us seven months from idea to creation to get this business going,” Tamara said. “I thought it would be faster, but I’m so excited with where we’re at right now.” Each of the monthly kits, enough for at least four major paper art projects, have sold out before the month is half over – a sign that the business is doing well in its beginning stages. Tamara hopes that in the long run, the kits will continue to be popular but that the website community itself will grow. “I live in an area where I have little contact with other artists or an artist community,” she commented. “My long term goal is to offer a place where artists of all mediums can come and get inspiration from one another, share their work in the studio, learn from each other and enjoy talking with one another. That will make me very happy.” Tamara, like most artists, believes that she has grown up as an artist. As a child she would collect paper, art supplies and craft goods so that she could make something beautiful from them. She just recently learned of scrapbooking in its current form, but says she has been scrapbooking all her life. “Not being in the business,” Tamara says, “I didn’t realize all these things [scrapbooking, stamping, altered art] were supposed to be separate. I went to arts and crafts stores to purchase my supplies and everything was together. I thought that was how it was supposed to be!” It is this love of collecting, the need to put different media together, that makes the kits at Trinkets so unique. Beginning in April, in addition to the monthly mixed media kits, customers will also be able to purchase specialty kits such as embellishment or weekend kits for smaller projects. Regardless of your preferred medium, whether you are brand new to scrapbooking or stamping, you will find something to fit your need and artistic desire within the Trinkets, Trash and Treasure kits. ---------------- |
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Y o u r P h o t o s / 3 W a y s Our Design Team members this month had some ADORABLE pictures of a sweet baby boy to scrap for our March Your Photos/3 Ways challenge. Andrea Wolsey volunteered for this month and she sent in 3 lovely photos of her "wild-haired" little darling! The layouts were created and sent to Andrea for her final decision. Andrea loved all the submissions and had this to say: "I would like to say thank you so much to the ladies for doing these layouts they are all so different from each other. I love it. You all did such unique and sweet layouts. Excellent work ladies." ----------------------------- . "I love the use of the fibers and how the other two pics are cut in a circle around the face. It bring's so much focus to his sweet funny face. This layout is similar to my style. I tear alot of my paper. Excellent job - very cute."
----------------------------- "I like how the title is on the bottom and the pics on top. The inking around the mats and on the torn edges looks so sharp. That's one of my fav thing's to do. The tag tucked behind is a cute little touch. Very very sweet."
----------------------------- "I love it, the colour, the paper, the diff lettering. The way the main pic stands out so much because of the bold wide mat. I wouldn't have done anything close to this. I think that's why i'm picking this layout. It's so diff from mine. Love it. Love it. Love it" ----------------------------- The DT and Andrea had had a lot of fun participating in this month's challenge and we would like to thank Andrea for volunteering! Next month we will be shaking things up with this feature and introducing something new for the newsletter. Join us as the Shaker Box Team introduces a different column that will be sure to spark your interest and inspiration! Watch for the announcement coming soon to the Shaker Box Forums!! ---------------- |
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a tutorial series Magnificent Altered Magnets I don’t know about you, but I seem to accumulate a lo Tips for Updating Your Magnets:
That is all there is to it. One tip for the framed style of magnet- it is much like altering a slide. Just make sure you don’t wrap the papers around the magnet and it should still hold items in place! ---------------- |
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| It’s Only Natural… With two boys and a daughter who love the outdoors, it’s only natural that I For a project similar to this you will need:
All elements found in nature must be preserved with a sealant, such as Krylon’s. If you are working with paper that is not acid-free, spray it with a de-acidifying spray. This is extremely important if you will be placing these objects on pages that include photographs. Natural elements, by their very nature, will begin decomposing if they aren’t properly sealed and the decomposition is stopped. The paper and tags were all sprayed first with Walnut Ink, which was NOT acid-free, so after drying I then used Krylon’s Make It Acid-Free spray on them. I then began assembling the remainder of the elements onto the ink-spritzed paper, securing the twigs with raffia and stamping the quote with alpha stamps. Once the piece was completed, I then made one more pass with the sealant spray – just for safety. The slate is heavier than most pieces I put in my albums, but it is secure and will be fine within my album. With a little safety precautions and a trip through nature, you can enjoy beautiful natural elements such as this in your books as well – after all; it’s only natural. ---------------- |
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t of magnets. I have some that look nice and others I put on the side of my fridge (in hiding) or place it in my junk drawer. Well, these two magnets were in my junk drawer. I just didn’t like the look of them at all! So I decided to change them. Here are the steps to making your magnets fit you and your filing cabinet or fridge:
would want to include elements of nature on my scrapbook pages. Finding the right elements and preserving them correctly so that they will last as long or longer than the memories themselves is a greater task. Below, I have created a border that represents a natural element you, too, might be inspired to try.
