Falkner Winery Sangria

Falkner Winery Sangria

2 bottles sweet red wine (Falkner Red Luscious Lips)
2 cups good orange juice (I used Simply Orange)
2 1/2 cups Fresca
(or soda water added just before serving - just add a splash to the glass)
2 lemons, cut into wedges
2 limes, cut into wedges
1 orange, cut into wedges
1/2 can pineapple rings in juice
1/2 cup sugar

Squeeze all fruit wedges into the wine and let sit for half a day.  
Serve chilled or on ice.

Altenew 3D Floral Focus 6

A new class kicked this month over at Altenew Academy. The class is called 3D Floral Focus and is being taught by the very talented Therese Calvird. Here is my card from the class using the Fantasy Floral Die.





This card combines the 3D dies with flower stamps. I love the dimension that it gives the card!
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Altenew 3D Floral Focus 5

A new class kicked this month over at Altenew Academy. The class is called 3D Floral Focus and is being taught by the very talented Therese Calvird. Here is my card from the class using the Fantasy Floral Die.

I used washi tape to create scraps from which I cut the leaves and petals. The tape that I used for the petals are from a set by Jane Davenport:






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Altenew 3D Floral Focus 5

A new class kicked this month over at Altenew Academy. The class is called 3D Floral Focus and is being taught by the very talented Therese Calvird. Here is my second card from the class using the Fantasy Floral Die.

I used washi tape to create scraps from which I cut the leaves and petals. The tape that I used for the petals are in a set that I got from Kawai Pen Shop.



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Altenew 3D Floral Focus 4

A new class kicked off this month over at Altenew Academy. The class is called 3D Floral Focus and is being taught by the very talented Therese Calvird. Here is my fourth card from the class using the  Rose Flurries 3D Die.

This is an almost exact lift of Therese's card. I love the design and the colors.
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Altenew 3D Floral Focus 3

A new class kicked off today over at Altenew Academy. The class is called 3D Floral Focus and is being taught by the very talented Therese Calvird. Here is my third card from the class using the Rose Flurries 3D Die.






The layers of the rose die are inset into the design making the bookmark completely flat. My initials are also inset into the bookmark. No more bulky bookmarks, YAY! This was a super fun technique to try!

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Altenew 3D Floral Focus 2

A new class kicked off today over at Altenew Academy. The class is called 3D Floral Focus and is being taught by the very talented Therese Calvird. Here is my second card from the class using the Fantasy Floral Die.

It's not a normal color combo for me, but makes an elegant wedding card.
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Altenew 3D Floral Focus 1

A new class kicked off today over at Altenew Academy. The class is called 3D Floral Focus and is being taught by the very talented Therese Calvird. Here is my first card from the class using the Hibiscus Garden 3D Die:

For the flower colors, I used paint chips from my friendly neighborhood hardware store.
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Altenew May 2019 Inspiration Challenge

Here is my card for the Altenew May Challenge. I used silver watercolor paint on an old stencil to add a shimmery background. This card is clean and simple... just my style! :oD



I used the following Altenew supplies:

- Golden Showers stamp set
- Ori Kami stamp set

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White Coat Wine Bottle Cover (Pattern and Directions)

I was recently faced with what to get as a gift for a White Coat Pinning Ceremony. For those that don't know, for DPT students, the white coat ceremony signifies their transition from full-time classroom curriculum to the start of their clinical rotations. So, not a graduation, but still something major worth celebrating. And what's better for celebrating than WINE!

Who would have thought my doll clothes making skills would come in handy dressing up wine bottles? Click on the image below to download the PDF pattern from google docs.

I drafted this pattern for a white coat wine bottle cover to fit an empty wine bottle that I had at home, which was 10" in circumference. However, the wine that we purchased as the gift was 11" around. I didn't realize that wine bottle sizes were so different. After a slight panic attack, I threw the pattern on a copier and enlarged it by 10%... problem solved.



Cut the pattern out from two 9"x12" pieces of white felt.



Attach fronts and back at the shoulder seam.
Attach the sleeves to the front and back.



Sew the collar to the coat... I sewed mine so that the collar seam was on the outside. This made the collar stand up when flipped and folded to the outside. A little bit of the seam showed at the front, but I just trimmed it and whip stitched it down. Maybe, next time I'd try sewing the collar so that the seam is on the inside...



Sew the coat side seams and turn it right side out.




Now for the fun part... add your details!

• Buttons! Buttonholes aren't needed since this will slide on over the top of the bottle.
• Attach pockets.
• Border stitch along the center front and lower edge of the coat
• The school's logo printed on clear sticker paper and stuck it above the breast pocket.
• The pin created from a tiny brass brad (in my case I painted it white and added a logo with clear sticker paper).
• The student's name embroidered on the pocket.
• As a little extra gift, I hung a cute necklace from bottle.

I hope that someone will use this pattern someday. Drop me a note and let me know if you do!