Artful Bra Project 2010 :Bras EVERYWHERE!

jenny arrived with 20 bras...we busted out the boxes and counted 40! Bras up to the ceiling, bras under the tables. This was sooo much fun! Treasures came in the mail, were delivered from the North Shore... I'm just sure some came via donkey:)


Bras, Bras everywhere. Bras came in from Texas, New Jersey, Waianae, Kaimuki, Leeward Community College, Kapiolani Community College, Merrill & Associates, Friends, family, strangers...101 of them!!!!! Well....100, Jenny's wasn't quite finished!

Sitting mermaid with twinkling H2Os

Sharon Diskin created this amazingly detailed underwater scene with Rubber Stamp Plantation stamps using Twinkling H2Os. She used the maile lei stamp as a sea plant, lehua blossom as a sea sponge, swirl sun for a spider star fish. Starring as themselves...shell honu, coral, sand dollar, etc. She created a similar scene on a cigar box purse.

OMG! More bottle caps. Feeling the pressure to make earrings!

OMG...the bottle caps keep coming. I'm feeling the pressure to keep up with supply! I can flatten at least one cap per red light. I carry my baggie and pliers almost everywhere. Several weeks ago, it was meditation...now it's becoming obsession. Can't quite get the stale beer smell out of them, tho Diamond Glaze works wonders. Seals the smell in! Just another use for DG!

Sunny's Cup-o-Fruit bra. Artful Altered Bras supporting Breast Cancer services and research

Wow! The bras are coming in! It's not too late to participate in our Artful Bra Project. details and forms are on http://www.rubberstampplantation.com, or Rubber Stamp Plantation on Facebook. Deadline for entries is September 25 (we extended it a few wks!). $5 entry, plus any support you can garner!

Sunny's Cup-o-Fruit bra. Artful Altered Bras supporting Breast Cancer services and research. Sunny stopped by and whipped out her bra in less than 2 hours! You are a machine, girl!!!!!

Artful Bra Project...Supporting breast cancer services and research in Hawaii.

Sunshine by Lorena is almost finished with over 100 buttons so far!

Torn paper technique at Stampclub

Bottle cap jewelry...with Aloha from Hawaii Vintage Stickers

Thank you to everyone who sends me bottle caps. What kind of beer or soda do you drink? Don't throw them away...send them this way! Filming tomorrow for a Joy of Crafting segment that will air mid August, just in time for the Made in Hawaii Festival. Be sure to save the date and stop by. As usual, something fun and festive will be happening at our booth. August 21-23, 2009. We'll be in Booth #219/220 at Neil Blaisdell Center.

The "how to...":
smash bottle cap on both sides with a hammer
pluck out the plastic seal from what used to be the inside. this is perhaps the toughest part.
use a nail, awl, ice pick to hammer a hole as close to the top as you can.
use a 1 inch hole punch to punch out the vintage sticker of your choice.
stick it on the bottle cap.
fill with diamond glaze. let dry overnite. attach beads or just an earing wire!

Artwork above my desk: Adorable Microscope slide by Min

Min...where are you...miss you!!!! I adore this trinket Min made me. If you look closely, the "pouch" is made from double sided scapbook paper. die cut or trimmed with fancy scissors, embellished with flowers, 2 square brads, key chain with charm, ribbon, and of course...microscope slide pendant/ornament.

Microscope slide pendants and magnets

Mike led Stampclub one eve when we were able to create collages between microscope slides. In this one, I used the Fish Stamp, and Vintage Hula girl stickers from our "Aloha from Hawaii" sticker line. On the back I used a few of our postage/cancellation stamps for a "black and white" look.

It's a little fuzzy, tho at least you can get the idea...

Woven Chevron Paper Bookmarks...

Reminder Stampclub this Mon nite...May 18
5:30-8p@ Rubber Stamp Plantation.

Art play nite/stress relief!
We'll be working with really cool "chevron" templates to make divine paper cut bookmarks ( or panels for cards, craft projects, scrapbooking, etc). These look like they're from a museum gift shop! This technique is easily finished...so you'll have a chance to make as many as you like. This is one of the "new" stampclub projects that coordinate with Lorena & Su's monthly "Art with Attitude" swap. However many you contribute, you will receive back!
What to bring...
yourself, perhaps a friend, $5 and a pupu.
We'll be scheduling projects for the next 6 months, so please come with ideas and techniques!
Pls call to let us know if you're coming! 591-2122

Upcoming events:
Sat. May 23 10a-12p Tropical Etch: etching glass block vase. Ben Franklin Market City.
Fri. May 29 5-10p. Wedding Expo: glass etching centerpieces, favors, wine glasses. Convention Center
Fri. June 6 2-9p. Kamehameha Alumni Luau. Full line of stamps, etc. Free temporary tattoos! Kamehameha campus.

No surface is safe...the mad stamper continues...

Sometimes I feel like a mad stamper! I have this black fabric ink pad on the table at all times...NOTHING is spared! I love this old monkey lamp that's been up front in the shop for eons... I pulled out timber and another brown stazon pad and sponged the background. I then added stamped images with my infamous black pad. I used my hand behind the shade for support against the rubber stamp.
I then stamped with the lg honu petro, petro panel, and gourd dancers stamps. All from Rubber Stamp Plantation Petroglyph collection.

Altered Art/Altered Space

Syndee Holt told me that you always get great photos by using a car in the sun! (I think...) So we clipped off some foliage from the tree that needed trimming, and set up the "studio" on Mary's car! This photo will be the base for our upcoming Ad in Altered Arts magazine. I kind of wanted to epoxy them on and drive away!