Christmas 2006

Christmas Fun

We were a laid back bunch at Christmas this year. In fact so much we had dinner in our new Christmas Pajamas as you can see by the picture of my younger sister Crystal and her fab sweet potatoes. The next picture is of my niece opening her Christmas Pajamas , followed by my daughter Christmas morning looking at our stockings. Then there is my daughter and her Uncle Wally (Crystal's husband) they are such the clowns. After that you have my Christmas Broccoli Souffle an old recipe handed down through the generations. My mother finally after 33 years handed the sacred torch over to me and I must break my arm patting myself on the back on this one. I first tried it at Thanksgiving and it was pretty then, but boy I really knocked it out this time, just look at it! Finally Christmas Eve, my niece, daughter and I made luminaries to light the way for my sister and her husband, well of course Santa too. They burned with just a tea candle for quite some time. Hope you still carry fond memories of the Holidays, I know we had a fun and silly time. Hopefully we will have pictures of us all in our sailor hats soon, that is another story for another time. -Misty

The Rings

Jewellery Everywhere

Just posting more jewellery from the Sisters Three. The ring which is pink, brown, and white is fully fused securely attached to silver plated ring bands. The Necklace is tacked fuse then soldered with fun beads attached. The necklace is priced at $25.00 (plus whatever shipping and handling would be). I'm still trying to price the rings with my sister, December. Of course if you are interested in the rings please email us and we will get right back to you.
-Enjoy, Misty

Ladies Night Out

WE did a great fundraiser for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research a couple of weeks ago. You might remember a few posts back where we talked about it. Well here are some pictures from that night of our booth. It was successful and a lot of fun. We are looking into doing more of them. -Misty

More Fun Fused Jewellry

The earrings are made by my younger sister Crystal, not the best pictures to show off how great they are, sorry. She makes really great earrings to go with her necklaces. Hopefully we will get more pictures up before the end of the week to show off more of her talent. Then the necklace is one I did with purple heart dichoric glass on top of plain purple glass and finished it with soldering decoration. I believe the earrings are $10.00 (plus what ever shipping is) and the necklace is $30.00 (plus what ever shipping is). The earrings are hypo allergenic ( I believe that is the word for it). Wish I had more time to talk, but lunch break is over and I need to go and teach. Thanks for looking -Misty

Another Fab Ring

Here is another ring from my older Sister December. For the last two days I've worn one of her rings for the entire day of teaching art and they have stood the test of toughness. Between clay, painting, kids touching it, examining it and anything else they can do to it, these rings are durable. Email us directly if you are interested in buying!-Misty

Go Crazy, Do Something Different

As we (The Sisters Three) start a new art I soon need to find ways to make it different. Here is an example of that, one night I was playing with taking a piece of fused glass and wrapping it with solder. This piece was inspired by my Goth niece and really liked the way it turned out. I encourage you for fun Friday to create a piece of art that you would never have done on your own. Think about a person who marches to a different drummer than you and do something that they would wear or hang. Good luck, feel free to post you creative fun Friday piece! -Misty

Glass Fusion Ring

Here is a new hot item for sell, my older sister does these rings. She fuses the glass then attatches them securely to the ring back. They are fun and can come in any color. I've worn mine all day and have had lots of compliments. Be watching for them to show up here in the blog with prices in the next couple of days. -Misty

Dollar short but Never Late

I know this is Friday and How to Thursdays happen on Thursdays which was yesterday, but I thought this was a very helpful tutorial. Hope it helps you with your color combinations. http://craftsanity.com/pdf/colorstory.pdf
-Misty

Something Different

Got any old clothes or fabrics not being used? Create a rag weaving out of them, maybe a place matt or if you have enough an actual rug out of them. I think weaving is a great way to relax and clear the mind. I find after weaving I have a clear feeling and this allows me to start a fresh project with nothing blocking my vision. So get out that weird and wacky fabric you will never truly use in a piece of art or maybe that shirt you can't wear anymore but was a great pattern and weave away!
-Misty

To be Young Again Challenge

Alright you crazy crafting artists, here is your Fun Friday challenge. This one will be easy if you have girly girl daughters (or sons I guess), dress up to the nines and take a picture of yourself (or have someone do it for you). This will be very therapeutic and inspirational. Good luck and if anyone is brave post your pictures for us to see! -Misty

How to Thursdays

I'm pretty lazy today so I'm just posting another site that has a tutorial on it for Paper Beads. My daughter of age 9 loves to do these and I of age 30 still enjoy making them. It is even better now with all the fun scrapbooking paper out there. Enjoy and bead away today-Misty
http://www.tappi.org/paperu/art_class/paperBeads.htm

Ah, the days of Summer

Well this old nasty weather can leave now. I absolutely HATE Winter, I love Spring, Fall, heck give me the hot days of Summer! You can have the ice, snow and below 0 temperatures. I was cleaning off my desktop and ran across these pictures from the beginning of the school year. Well the pictures just made me want to cry for the sun and days of capris. As previously mentioned in earlier posts my younger sister and I are Elementary Art Teachers, this year we both did a project called "Pinwheels for Peace." We had our students (all 550 each)create pinwheels and then on Sept. 21st we planted the pinwheels in the front yard of the school. I had my students do a certian color per grade level so then I could plant them like a rainbow. It was an awesome sight to see. It was also a really great way to talk about such things as installation art and collaboration art. The kids loved it and the parents enjoyed seeing them out there. Ok off to work, hey lets all do a sun dance, maybe that will bring Spring on faster! -Misty

Just a Fun Gal

It is funny how children are alike but different. Take my neice Winter and daughter Emerald, they are both fun loving and caring children. But their style, hobbies, interests are all so different. Here is just one example, Halloween, Winter loves the blood and guts costumes where as Emerald loves the different ones. My neice Winter is the vampire and my daughter Emerald is Elvis. And yes she knows exactly who Elvis is, he is her favorite singer, her hero, her heartthrob, I blame that one on my mother.

Ladies Night Out 1-20-07

Ladies Night Out - Saturday Jan 20 6-10:00 p.m. McGilley Fieldhouse, Saint Mary's University, Leavenworth, KS There will be 90plus vendors, free food, fashion show. $5 admission fee - proceeds go to Breast Cancer Foundation. Due to the large crowds in the past, there will be a shuttle from the old Sears parking lot - Leavenworth shopping plaza. It will run every 15 minutes. We hope you can attend and stop by our booth - Misty (The Sisters 3)