Pink Persimmon

More Fun from CHA - Lisa Pace's New Book

Lisa Pace used our Carnival Alpha in one of her online classes back in 2008 and really introduced her readers to Pink Persimmon stamps. (If you haven't taken one of Lisa's classes, they are a lot of fun.  You can find more info at her Blog here.)  When she told us that she used Little Red Wagon on one of the projects for her new book, we were thrilled!  That was probably over a year ago!  We found out that it takes a LONG time for a book to come to print.  It is finally here, and Lisa showcased her book and a fun project at her Workshop at CHA.  Judi and I were in the front row, excited to finally meet Lisa in person and learn some fun techniques.  

Lisa Pace has been doing "vintage" long before it became the trend that it is today.   Her book is really all about techniques for embellishments, but each mini tutorial is part of a beautiful project that she shares with her readers.  The eye candy in this book is amazing!  It is truly a high quality book and will give you lots of great ideas and techniques. (p.s.  Pink Persimmon's girl from Little Red Wagon is on page 66!)

Lisa had a banner project in her CHA workshop using some Jenni Bowlin papers and Maya Road products that really turned out cute. 

 

I can't wait to try more of the techniques in the book.  Just be forewarned - if you start reading Lisa's book, you'll be tempted to add velvet flowers and Stickle's glitter to all your projects! 

Darcy, Lisa and Judi

 We of course took a picture with Lisa, but be kind, this was taken at 7AM (yes, her class was at 7am before the show floor opened up at 9am).  Everyone was a bit sleepy, but it was completely worth getting up early for the class!  

You can get an autographed copy of the book at Lisa's Blog, and you can order directly from Amazon as well.  I promise that you will LOVE this new book and it will become something that you refer back to often. 

2010 - are you ready?

Wow!  It's January 5th already!  My Christmas decorations are still up, can't bring myself to put them away just yet (the house always looks so empty after they go back in their boxes). 

We are planning for some exciting new things to happen at Pink Persimmon this year, but we won't share any secrets yet.  Once we are pretty sure they are going to happen, then we'll share some sneaks with you.  

Since we are sure that 2010 is going to be a "banner" year for all of us, here's a beautiful card by Kelly Schirmer.  (The pun police will be at my door any minute with that terrible pun!).

I also wanted to share a link to a inspiring new year blog post by Lisa Pace.  Her word for 2010 is "Acceptance".  Something we probably all need to have a bit more of for ourselves. Read her post here. 

Judi and I are so excited that we will be taking a class at CHA with Lisa Pace!  She has been an enthusiastic supporter of Pink Persimmon since our beginning.  She has a new book coming out in February called Delight in the Details.  We think there might be some creations where she used Pink Persimmon stamps in the book, but we haven't see the finished version, so we're not sure if we made the editors "cut".  :)  Either way, we know this will be a must have book for your creative library.  See the link in her side bar on her blog for pre-ordering.