Annual Rubber Stamp Show Part 3

Hello My Lovelies,

Today I am finishing up a 3 part series on the Rubber Stamp Show.  I could have dragged this out a little longer by dividing this post up into 2 but I figured I'd go ahead and get 'er done.

See part 1 and part 2 for more photos.

First up we have Ellentina Cutting Dies.  I don't remember a whole lot about this vendor except that they had a lot of dies.  When I looked them up online it seems that this is more of a wholesale company, and that they don't have their own website.

Next is Our Daily Bread Designs

My favorite thing about their booth was their Steampunk display

Awesome idea board!

Rubbernecker Stamps had an amazing selection of Floral Watercolor stamps

Look at these examples!  Gorgeous.

Packaged very nicely

This one was my favorite

Next is Art Impressions

I was really impressed with their watercolor images

They were doing a live demonstration but they also have some videos on YouTube

I absolutely LOVED this raccoon stamp and die set. 

How cute!?!?

Seriously...look at these examples.  Adorable!

The possibilities are endless.

Stamps by Judith and Heather

I fell in love with their Halloween stamp display

LOVE these examples!

How sweet is that?

The illustrations are really top notch

You can't tell from the photo but they used Glossy Accents on the bats to give this example dimension

Next is a local (New Mexican) company called Stamp A Mania

They demonstrated a GORGEOUS embossing technique.  

Here are some examples.

They use multiple colors of glitter embossing powder and sprinkle them on, starting with the outside portion of the stamp, or one side of the stamp, and working their way through the whole image.

I tried to take a video but didn't actually film ANYTHING!  Ugh.

I'm thinking I'll do a blog post on this technique so you all can see how it is done.

Creations Unlimited was next and they don't have an online presence at all, and their display was very simple...

...but I liked their lace embossing technique.

Here we have another local company Guadalupe's Fun Rubber Stamps

I loved their calavera stamps <3

In addition to the fun stamps, they also sold other art supplies, like these bags of vintage ephemera

I bought an issue of Somerset Studio - swoon!!! <3 <3 <3

I also bought this Daily Sketch Journal and a Mini Gelli Plate

I really want to use it as an art journal

I'm really excited about it

Oh, I also liked this Mica Spray by Ranger and Wendy Vecchi and they also had some by Dina Wakley

The last vendor was Morning Star Stamps

My favorite part of their display was these cute little favor boxes

I also really liked their coffee and tea dies

and they had a really cute Halloween favor box display.

That's all folks!

Halloween Phone Themes of the Week

Hello readers!

Did you have a fun and safe Halloween?   I certainly hope so!  Here in NM we are actually still celebrating the season change.  Today is the annual Marigold Parade for Dia de los Muertos, aka Day of the Dead or All Souls Day.  A fun event for all ages!  Sadly I won't be attending this year so I won't have any fun photos to share, but maybe next year.

Meanwhile,  here is a link to some photos from years past.

Marigold Parade Albuquerque 2014
Marigold Parade Images

With the  holiday I have changed my phone's theme twice in the last week and a half.  I used the fun and spooky orange Happy Halloween Dodol theme for most of the week, and last night I changed to the Wicked theme.

Happy Halloween Dodol Theme

Wicked Dodol Theme

What do you think?

Love,
Myria ♡

Halloween Party With A Fanciful Twist

Hello Spooky Ones!

I hope your 2014 Autumn season has been full of pumpkin spice lattes, fabulous scarves, and fuzzy slippers!  As for me - I've been reveling in my favorite time of year in New Mexico.  Crisp mornings with azure blue skies full of balloons are fantastic - just don't crash into another car on your drive to work.

There are only a few days left until my daughter's 4th birthday and then Halloween.  This year the theme for her party is Adventure Time!  She loves it...we love it = win/win!

As for Halloween - I've been prepping this year by doing a lot of pinning!  I've been a ghoulish Pinterest crazed maniac for over a month.  You can look at all of my favorite Halloweenie things HERE.

Until the BIG days (the 30th and 31st) I'm super excited to announce my 1st Annual Halloween Party with A Fanciful Twist, happening today!

I love Vanessa Valencia - major major art-girl crush <3
I'm happy to say that I am the proud owner of some of her stickers and postcards, and eventually I'd like to collect a few of her awesome mixed media prints - SWOON!  I especially love The Star Girl Follows Her Dreams and Tea Party - Avant Garden Wonderland.  In addition to her wonderful art she is also an amazing blogger.  Her articles are full of prose and fantastical photographs of flowers and sparkly things.  Check it out by clicking the image below.

If you would like to participate in the party today all you have to do is:

1.  Comment below with the link to your blog's web address.

2.  Save the image above, post it on your blog and link it back to http://afancifultwist.typepad.com

3.  Link my blog http://belovedbijou.blogspot.com AND http://afancifultwist.typepad.com to your blog

4.  Visit some of the other blogs on Vanessa's site and do the same.

5.  If you don't have a blog then skip steps 1 through 3.

Happy Halloween!
Love,
Myria

Android Phone Theme of the Week

Hello my pretties,

Check out my cute phone theme this week! Panda Vampire ♡

Vampire Rooky Panda dodol theme

Cute!  So cute!

Love,
Myria