Love and Butterfly Kisses

Today I am featured on  The Robins Nest blog.
I hope you'll come by. It's a "fun" 30 minutes or less project which I'm sure you'll love!

Charity Wings Sea Side Soiree 2012!

 Charity Wings Sea Side Soiree is now open for registration!
This is an event to remember!
 Back by popular demand, this amazing 3-Day Mixed Media Art Retreat is filled with art, creativity, charity, and good times.
 Your journey will begin will a beautiful cocktail reception and sunset dinner and we'll go from there!
 Click HERE to see the featured artists teaching at this event.

They will be hosting several guest artists for you to be inspired!
FIVE awesome classes and projects, charity and camaraderie!
They will have an amazing silent auction and raffle of handmade art from your favorite artists!
You do not want to miss this!
No need to bring any supplies with you at all thanks to their AMAZING SPONSORS!!!
A list of tools that you may be using will be provided to you if you do not want to share tools with other participants.
You will receive a handmade tote bag with class supplies upon arrival.



Event details can be found HERE.

Musical Angels

Today my work is featured over at The Robins Nest blog.

I hope you'll come by and visit!

~ Michelle Frae Cummings 

Thank You - Butterfly Card

 Here's a Thank You card I made earlier this year for Family and Friends.
 I'm sure, by now, that's it's no surprise to most of you that I love butterfly's and vintage music sheet paper. :)
I stamped a background stamp with blue ink onto blue cardstock. I tried spritzing it with pink glimmer mist, but it kept jamming up, and would only drip . So I made the best of it and used a make up sponge to dab the thin ink around the paper. I used a Fiskars Threading Water punch for the side border. - If you don't already have this punch, get it today. I'm serious. This is my most used border punch and I uses it on everything, from cards to rosettes and tussie mussies.  - Even the roof on this Vintage inspired, Christmas House!

Next with a Fiskars Scalloped Circle punch, I made a template that I traced in the center of the card and carefully cut out with precision scissors. The butterfly are made with a Martha Stewart punch and I could not help myself in adding them to the inside of the envelope so it looks like they are ready for flight!

 I used The Robins Nest Mini- Dews for the center of the Butterfly's and some Diamonds Drops for the corner of the card. The music sheet was added to the entire inside of the card, and a  Fiskars Rectangle hand punch, made the slots on the top and bottom of the card to hold the pink and white bakers twine in place. A little bit of glitter glue accented the card and hand written "Thank You"

Thanks for coming by, I hope you like my card as much as I liked making it. :)

Succulents & Sea Monkeys



I just wanted to share with you my indoor garden. These are my succulents, which I'm very fond of.  Every Sunday, I sip my coffee and leisurely use tweezers to remove dead leaves and the mist them gently with water if they appear dry. Next month I plan to replant some of the smaller ones into some glass bowls to make terrariums. I can never resist getting a new succulent or two when I visit my favorite plant nursery. 

We also have these "Sea Monkeys". Dyllan earned them when he sold all his coupon books for Cub Scouts. They swim very fast, sometimes bumping into each other which is quite funny! I enjoy watching them, they look like angels when they swim, like they are flying through the water. This kit was $5 at Target and I read they can last for up to 2 years with proper care. I highly recommend them as a first pet, they are more fun to watch than gold fish. :)