as you all already know, I was honored to join Lindsay for a class being taught at the Queens Ink by none other than the super sweet and oh so talented Jenni Bowlin! I'm slowly doing a few vintage altered projects, I wish it would encourage more of the manufacturers in the industry to create more papers, stamps and vintage ephemera that reflects people of color-we would love to see that!!!!!!...but, I had great fun even though it was unlike any class I ever took before...people finished their projects quickly and just got up and left! That was really really really strange to me...but anyway, here's my project -wish I had taken the picture of it in the daytime but I always forget! That's me in the pic tearing my hair out trying to figure out how to get out of the prison they called a playpen!
and btw, Jenni is the first GGG (Guest Garden Girl) at TwoPeas for 2010 !!! Don't know when she finds time to scrap, but I guess she does :) Love her use of white space even though I don't do it myself.....
She truly was a joy to meet!
Jenni was sweet and even autographed it for me when I asked-thought it gave some flava to it!
She truly was a joy to meet!
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I like this project -- cute pic! I agree about vintage for people of color. I'm a huge Graphic 45 fan but am disappointed with their new lines because the people in all of the paper are caucasion.
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm very new to paper crafting - and this (lack of AfAm images) seems to be a big topic among African American scrappers and paper crafters. There is a sweet gal who is helping at least with the Black Vintage items:
ReplyDeletehttp://bvikkivintage.blogspot.com/2009/12/vintage-black-weddings-1960.html
Her stuff is GREAT!!!!!
Between lack of NICE African American stamps, papers and vintage images ... I 'm starting to wonder about continually giving my money to this genre.
gorgeous project and cool that you got jenny to sign it, makes it that much more personal for you :D
ReplyDeletelove that pic of you :D
This is truly beautiful!!! WTG!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for leaving some L-O-V-E !