Monday, November 5, 2012

Guest Designer; Tessa Buys


Tessa Buys

I am a happy crafter, wife and mother living in Northern California. When not fulfilling those roles, you can find me teaching at the dance studio. I have been a huge fan of SRM Stickers for a couple of years now, and was blessed to be a member of the 2011 Design Team. I still pull out my SRM Stickers for just about every project, whether it be altered art, SMASHbooking, scrapbooking, cardmaking, or creating party decor. I love how versatile and easy-to-use the stickers and other products are. I am a devoted SRM gal for life!

I fell in love with the mini calendars the moment I saw them. I knew at once that I wanted to make some sort of calendar for my home, but I wasn't sure what to alter. I found a chalkboard in an old house that was being remodeled. When thinking of how to make it functional again, I realized it would make a fabulous calendar. I embellished shipping tags with papers, wood veneer birds, feathers and doilies, then topped each one with a mini calendar. I adhered the tags to the chalkboard and then embellished the chalk tray with flowers. Now my vintage chalkboard will keep me up to date :).




Thank you, Tessa, beautiful work as always! You can see more from Tessa at her Blog, Precocious Paper.

7 comments:

~amy~ said...

I absolutely LOVE this!!!!!!! What an awesome project!

Valerie said...

This is absolutely gorgeous, Tessa!!!

Melanie said...

I've always loved Tessa's work. This calendar is fabulous :)

Virginia L. said...

Absolutely gorgeous! Beautiful example of using these lovely calendar stickers! I am totally inspired! Congrats, Tessa, on the guest design!

Carolyn King said...

Awesome to see your work on the SRM blog again! This project is stunning! love how you transformed that chalkboard!

Sara Andrews said...

What a fantastic project Tessa! Love it!!

Liz Weber said...

Gorgeous work Tessa, just love what you design and how you use the SRM Stickers, thanks for the inspiration and congrats on the Guest DT!