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March 30, 2008

Artful Workshops @ Red Lead

Poeticbracelet

Poetic bracelets were crafted Friday and Saturday at the Poetic Bracelet Workshops.  Everyone got into the swing of things with the wire wrapping. rubberstamping. designing. and of course yakking about who is gonna be the next president and why. favorite charms. dog and cat stories. bad make-up. good make-up. teddy bear art.  Get the picture?  One of our new girlfriends that visited the store for the first time Friday told us she really liked the "vibes" @ Red Lead...love that!   Jane traveled down from Chicago and as always we were tickled to see her. { Laura we missed you! }  Hope all of you have been giving yourself a little time to play and create something you love...Thanks for coming to the workshops and shopping at the store and online we couldn't do it without you!   xo Chris and Sharon

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March 25, 2008

Ranger Memory Frames and Glass

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We have been waiting for these and these for months!  So happy to have all sizes of the memory frames and memory glass in stock.  The new 1" x 1" memory frames and glass are perfect for inchie charms...another swap anyone?

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March 24, 2008

Bird Rubber Stamps. Bird Collage Sheets.

Silver Bird Charms!

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Beautifulmonday

Easter Sunday dinner was the best ever...the weather was a tad bit winter though.  We were really surprised to see light snow falling through the sunshine yesterday afternoon...beautiful at our house!  We did a little bit of freshening at the store Saturday..looks like Beautiful Monday!  We did the birdcage with blue paint and bird cards with our bird stamps.  New bird collage sheets too...Hope you have time to fly in and catch Spring Fever!  xo Chris and Sharon

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March 21, 2008

What's going on @ Red Lead

Hand Dyed. Shadow Boxes. Black Scrap.

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Tis the season to hand dye everything in sight.  We got in these way wonderful shadow boxes last week.  It was all we could do to keep our hands off until yesterday afternoon.  After much painting. dying. papering. oohing. ahhing. drinking coffee. yakking about our last Easter Basket when we were kids, how much our Mom loved chocolate covered marshmallow eggs, favorite Easter dresses for our daughters, milk chocolate or dark, ham or turkey, brunch or dinner,  a regular gab fest.  It was great!  We are closing early  Saturday -around 1p.m.- Have a wonderful holiday week end, and as always thanks for all of your everything!  xo Chris and Sharon

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                       Stampers Annoymous Rubbber Stamps flew in!

                              Maya Road Houses. Birds. Books. too!

March 18, 2008

Inkadinkado Rubber Stamps

Paper Artsy Rubber Stamps

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Inkadinkado and Paper Artsy Rubber Stamps flew in yesterday...luv all them...more spring tidbits too!

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March 16, 2008

Charmed Mirror Mosaic Workshop

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                  Look at the Mosaic Beauty here.

Yesterday was the Charmed Mosaic Mirror Canvas Workshop at the store.   Everyone received  a Charmed Kit and Canvas to create a mirror mosaic.  As always each and every canvas was uniquely different in color, arrangement, charms, theme.  For a creative workshop experience where we encourage you to spread your wings and take flight come workshop with us at Red Lead!   xo Chris and Sharon

                          we inspire...you create!

March 14, 2008

First Day of Spring Chunky Book

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One of 16 original 4x4 Chunky pages that we made last week during the snow storm.  If you want to get in on a 3 for 3 charm swap click here.  And hey don't forget that we do a monthly ATC Swap too!

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March 13, 2008

Maya Road Chip Board

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We are patiently waiting at the back door for the Maya Road Chipboard to fly in...can't wait to cut and paste with all of the new Creative Imaginations and & 7 Gypsies papers!

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p.s. how about painting these babies with Tim Holtz crackle paints!

March 11, 2008

Cavallini Everything!

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                     Spring is flying in everyday!

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March 09, 2008

Artology 3 Workshop

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Bonnie made my day yesterday at the Artology 3 Workshop.  As she was working on her art canvas she said, "I feel like an artist!"  When pressed for an explanation she said she loved getting "messy" in our creative environment.  I think her art canvas tells one of the happy stories of the day.  See what the other artist's created right here.  Hey everybody, Thanks for coming to our workshops, shopping at the store, and shopping on our website, we couldn't do it without you! xo Chris and Sharon

                                  we inspire...you create!