Saturday, November 5, 2011


Grace's 50th Party Stuff
Starting with......


The invitation, Designed and printed by Deborah Gayle Studio



Directional signs Welcome you to the party!


I wouldn't try to follow them all, but they do look cool!  
Created by Frank and Debi


Have to have the balloons!!!


Blue, is the color for the party, one of Grace's favorite colors!  A Blue checker feed bag served as runner for the island.  Blue serving platters and dishes were chosen for the delicious foods prepared. 


The large medallion in the flower arrangement was one of 8.  Each side of the medallion had a different photo from Grace's life. They  were numbered to correspond with a numbered sheet of paper containing questions about each photo.  Sixteen in all.  Guests were encouraged to find the various photos and answer the questions.


The question for this one was, Who is Grace with?
The answer was her brother's Bob and John


Smaller medallions were made with photos of Grace as a young child.  They were also numbered and corresponded with a numbered paper to record the year of each photo!  Francie Fox won the prize for this game!

Cupcakes galore!  Marie D'Amico made the fabulous variety of Cupcakes for the party! 
We had Carrot Cake, Red Velvet, Oreo Cookie and Chocolate cupcakes.! 
Each one was delicious!  Marie also added the tulle to give the desserts a fancy fluffy look!


Happy 50th picks were made by Debi and assembled by Prudence!


Not very many blue flowers available, but these worked well!


Lots of flowers around the house.


These jars accepted the many gifts brought to the party!
I did not have time to make the individual signs for the jars,
so the chalk board was a handy way to get the message across to the guests!
Grace asked for donations to the SPCA and lottery tickets!  
We also celebrated Frank's birthday which was October 15th.


Dog Tag Art

Dog Tag Art, an opportunity to create for everyone that attended!! 
Stamping on various metal surfaces to create individualized wearable works of art to commemorate the occasion!



Some of the tools available to use!




Door prizes and game prizes!  Grace is big on Corona Light and recycling.  The slumped bottle was done by Blue Bird Glass Studio in Stafford, VA
Decorated with ribbons by Francis and Kristen!




Janis Lambrose gifted us with a box full of S'more kits to use by the fire!  


 Fire pit was ready for the big night!


 That's it for now!  If you made it to the party, I hope you had a wonderful time!  If not, sorry you missed it!  See FB for more party photos!

Saturday, October 22, 2011

A Banner for Sarah & Josh!

The Wedding colors are pink and dark blue, the bride is a writer and they are having a typewriter at the reception to be used as a guest book!  So, original and that is what inspired me to use pages from a vintage typing book as part of this banner of celebration!
See the girl at the typewriter on the top right corner?  
 A little closer look at Sarah!
A little closer look at Josh!
 A very close look at the medallion!  
This was very fun to make!
Let me know if you have a special banner you would like to make and we can have a class!!!!!
Enjoy!

Monday, October 3, 2011

Frank's Rocking Chair Painted with Reclaim!


Frank's rocking chair from the front porch, all spruced up!


Before!

Frank cutting the old torn seat out of the chair.

Frank is making sure that the surface is Clean, Dry and Grease free.

Ready for painting, Frank settled for my choice of black, to match the other two rocking chairs on the front porch.  Frank is using Caromal Colours Reclaim in Licorice!  Please feel free to call me to order paints at 540-429-1942, or order directly from Caromal Colours and use my coupon code "DGS" to get a discount on your shipping, I will also receive credit for the sale!


Time to dry!  3-5 days of drying is recommended by the company.  Cure time is 30 days before cleaning.  
Because this rocker will sit on our front porch, Frank will apply a couple coats of a polyurethane varnish after the 3-5 day drying period.


Frank wove the seat with Shaker Tape in Black and Blue.  Great job Frank!  You are so good at weaving the seats!  Only problem is putting it back on the front porch where the cats are going to want to sit on it!  But I found a solution, that has worked for a week now!  I put an large tub in the seat!  ah ha!  It is working so far!

Go to Deborahgaylestudio.com and request a class to learn how to weave the Shaker Tape seat!!

Altered Book Class Results

Dominion Day Services Staff, created some wonderful books today during their Personal Reflection Seminar!!


A lover of Fishing created this book!!!
Great Cover!!


Simplicity!!!
She promised to fill in some pages at home!


 Can you guess who's book this is?  Nice job!


Sailing off into the Future!
You should see the inside of this one!! 


A mother's love for her daughter overseas!
She used a pocket from an old shirt, so the front cover can actually function as a storage place!  Cool!


It is what it is!  That's her moto!
Many more nice and meaningful pages in this book!


Cool idea using the negative strip!  Great job!


A romantic cover!
You all did an awesome job!  It was so fun to see all of you relax and get in the creative mood!
Hope to see you again soon!!!

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Debi, Sue & Friends Meet for Apples!!

This quarter we had nine friends join us for our Appleicious Theme!
Sue showed us how to made fresh Apple Butter!  An easy recipe she found online.  
Our amazing Sue cooked up batches of Apple Butter at home so that she had completed Apple Butter and half made Apple Butter.   She is amazing!  The Friends helped cut the apples and put them into the crock pot!


From there Sue took us, magically, to the pot of Apple Butter that was ready to process!


We then filled the jars!


The finished product!


Sue made these awesome labels and tags using our DS&F Logo!

For our craft, we stamped canvas bags using real apples!


We used So-soft Fabric paints in reds, greens and yellows.  
We used brown for the stems and black for the seeds.  


Cutting the apple one direction gives a nice traditional apple shape.
Cutting the apple across the middle gives a cute star shape in the center.



We think our friends did a wonderful job with their bags!!!
Let me know what you think!

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Pumpkin Scepters Class Results!!!

Class was held Saturday 9/3!

Look at the results of the talented women that attended class!!

Thanks Ladies for letting me share your creativity!