Christine Adolph Designs

Treasure found...

Chances are, if you're visiting this blog you are an artist or crafter and you will appreciate the great treasure I found. For years I've used vintage ephemera in my collage work and have had a few pieces of old french ledger sheets given to me by my dear friend Linda Blinn, many years ago. I've cherished and used them sparingly. That has all changed now because I came across the motherload of vintage ledger books right near my home in a very random way and I seriously found a TREASURE....to the non-artist, they look like junk....but to me it's better than gold....

and I'm happily creating and using them freely.

I was so excited about my find and needed to make something quick so I got my stencils and spaypaint out and created some floral pages....instant gratification!
I also pulled some stamps out from my archive of stamps I've designed for Stampington and Company...SO FUN!!

And speaking of stamps...I'm teaching two mixed media classes at Stamping Details on August 18. Below are the book samples and more details to follow in a few days.  We will be using my "Beautiful You" paper and fabric as well as my "Oceanside" papers in the class....

Home Sweet Home.....

This is a piece from a new collection called "Home Sweet Home"....I've moved my studio back HOME and this collection was one of the new ones birthed in my new HOME studio space. A few years ago I fulfilled my long time desire (obsession) to have a studio space away from the house, I'd always wanted to do it. It was a bit of an experiment and it was a wonderful season, during this season I launched a few fabric and paper collections and I signed on with my agents too. Lot's of good things came from this time. The space was an ultra cool space in a funky arty part of town (photo's on upper left side of my blog). Needless to say, it didnt work with the crazy "mom" life that I have. I needed to be back HOME working where I could multi-task. We decided to re-model and re-work our home and were able to design a studio on our property away from the house, yet only a few feet from the house so we achieved the best of both worlds and a perfect situation for the "work at home mom". I'm enjoying the nesting and the being close to the family it provides and am so grateful that I found the right formula for my work space, finally!

In other news, I'm excited to have a new paper collections and want to share it. It's called "Beautiful You" and it's a sweetly colored girly collection. I'm currently putting together an altered book class to teach at a local store using this product and I'll share that on the blog soon.

Hoping to be better at blogging....I have spent more time posting to my business FB page so if you're interested in studio news, please make sure to "like" the page to see what's current. xo-