Chloe is enjoying looking at it too:)
I also wanted to share that the fabulous Teresa McFayden posted a tutorial on her blog for the fun calendar I made and posted about the other day. Give it a try! Also, another source for some glitter letters is Glitterz (below) by Teresa Collins for Junkitz. You can probably find them on ebay.
Ok, got LOTS of questions about where I got those fab glitter numbers I used on my last post. They are new K & Co. Twinkle Type letters and numbers. They come in lots of fabulous colors! You can find them on ebay, online or probably at your local scrapbook store. Fun stuff!
found at none other than Home Goods. I love that they get so much vintage reproduction stuff. They're repros of British flash cards from the 40's. How cool is that!? Jill, I'd love to hear you're idea...now your turn to share:)
This and the article on Tinsel Trading from ME Home Companion this month has totally inspired my holiday decorating this year. It will be so fun and easy to include all my fab glitter projects from Silver Bella. Speaking of which, I am almost done with my Bella scrapbook and will post pics soon!
I also found a new home for my BeLiEve stocking I made at Silver Bella in Pam's class. I found this neat hook at Home Goods and the entire thing (bells and bow) are red velvet. Yummy!
While out and about, I came across some fun bottle brush wreaths. Very retro~ love it! I also found some mini tinsel trees that I thought needed a more vintage look, so I turned to my new favorite teacher, Pam, about how to age them. She answered it here on her blog. 
Finally, I just wanted to show you these wonderful vintage repro flash cards I found. I adore vintage baby items and these are just amazing!
Sorry about these pictures, all the glare and the goofy colors and such. The goodies that I made at Silver Bella are hard to photograph! I wanted to share them with you, nonetheless. Also kinda fun to see them in their new home. Not bad for a days work:)
Silver Bella was so much fun!!! I arrived in Omaha on Friday afternoon. I got into the hotel shuttle at the airport and a very friendly woman asked, "are you Artsymama?" I giggled and said yes! It's the first time I've ever been recognized from my blog by a total stranger. I knew this was going to be a fun weekend:) Candice (the kind stranger) and I ended up hanging out in The Old Market area of Omaha for a few hours before the festitivies began. We walked in and out of a few fun stores and had a wonderful macaroon. It was fun chatting and getting to know each other more. We lead very different lives, but share a passion for vintage mixed media art that we could talk about for days.
Storefront in the quaint Old Market area.
We got back to the hotel and rested a bit. Then we headed down to the "opening night" festivities. We had been encouraged to wear our jammies and some people went really all out! I put on my fancy slippers (above) and my "It's a charmed life" ME jammies and headed down.
Here I am enjoying my welcome packet of fun goodies and of course, glitter galore!! We did a group project, then it was time to oooh and aahhh at the goodies for sale at the Bella Boutique. Here are some goodies (below) that Teresa McFayden was selling. Soooo lovely:) I bought some really neat Halloween goodies (of course) from Cari Kraft.
Me and the ~*BeLLa*~ girl herself, Teresa McFayden. It was so fun to meet her!! 
After a fun night of getting inspired, I went to bed dreaming about what lay ahead!!
I woke up bright eyed and bushy tailed, ready to start the day at Pam Garrison's Two Turtle Doves swag class. Here's my table set-up (above) with the class kit, a box of chocolates from Pam and my Silver Bella journal:)
Here is a picture of the gorgeous class sample, the instructions and (of course) more chocolates!
Here I am working hard on my swag:)
YAY...finally got to meet Ms. Garrison for the first time!!!
My next class was called Express Yourself and was taught by Becky Novaeck. We made these wonderfully creative canvas pieces. It was fun to see everyone's interpretations of the theme.
After lunch I did another class with Pam (I know, lucky..lucky girl!!) called The Stockings Were Hung.
Took another fun class with Becky called Be Jolly! and made an adorable little shadowbox ensemble.
I ended the night with a fantastic vintage style shadowbox project with Carolyn Peeler called Children of Christmas Past.
I went to bed with visions of creative projects dancing in my head. I was so overwhelmed (in a wonderfully good way) with how fantastic this weekend was for me. It was the first time I had been away from my hubby and kids in a LONG time and was the perfect kind of break to have. A day full of amazing teachers and art. I made some wonderful new friends that share a passion for the same kind of expression and lead such interesting lives!! I found out about these amazing calendars too!! How much fun can a girl have in 48 hours!?! What a fabulous ~*BeLLa*~ weekend it was!!!!
P.S. Now that you've heard about the journey, you're probably wondering what the finished products look like! I will put the finishing touches on them and will be posting photos very soon of all the goodies:)
I started a journal to take with me and here is my first spread. As Ali said in her newsletter this week, we all need to take a break. For me, this break away from the day-to-day mommy stuff is much needed. I hope to re-charge my energy and get down and glittery and have some fun:)
