Circus of Imagination: Le Cirque Home Decor
Hello Crafters,
We are so glad you are joining us on this glorious Tuesday! Things here are Graphic 45 couldn't be better and we've got some spectacular crafts to share with you today. For the past couple of days we've been exploring some fun ideas for home decor. Today we're going to show you some marvelous Le Cirque crafts by Tara Orr and Melanie Forbes of our design team. Tara has created a simple but absolutely adorable Le Cirque clock that you are sure to love. Melanie has made a beautiful and super fun Le Cirque wall hanging. Both of these projects are sure to sweep you off your feet and give you lots of inspiring ideas! So lets get to it! First up is Tara Orr's amazing altered clock. Yet again Tara manages to create the most inspiring crafts from simple thrift store finds! Here is what she had to say about this wonderful treasure.
"I love altering things in a simple way. This clock originally had a face with a Rooster on it and red ringers. When I saw it I immediately thought that Graphic 45's Door Knobs could easily replace the ringers. All I'd have to do was put a cool image on the face using some of their papers! When I got home, I took the clock apart, removed the face and replaced it with a bright image from Graphic 45's Le Cirque Collection. Thankfully I was able to put everything back together. I then removed the original ringers and replaced those with some Geometric Door Knobs that I had painted red and finished with some glossy Mod Podge to match the shine in the body of the clock." -Tara Orr
Supplies:
Supplies:
Graphic 45: Le Cirque Collection:
Le Cirque
Circus Parade
Manifique
Extravaganza
Dazzle and Delight
Greatest Show on Earth
Le Cirque tags
Twiddleybitz
Circus Friends CIR001
Circus Big Top CIR 003
Rectangular Shadowbox SBR004
Miniature Houses TMH001
Flourish with a Bling – Rhinestones Black and Silver
Smooch – Moonlight, Sundance
VIVA Precious Metal Colours #603 & #404
Tim Holtz Distress ink – vintage Photo & Black Soot
Well, that's all for today. Thank you all so much for joining us and huge thanks to Tara Orr and Melanie Forbes for their gorgeous projects! We will be right back here tomorrow with more fun crafts for you to enjoy. Don't forget that you can post your Graphic 45 projects on our Faceboook page, Ning site or web gallery! We'd love to see what you've been creating with our papers! Also, be sure to leave your comment for this week's blog contest. Tell us your favorite way to display your crafts and you could win this week's super fun prize! We hope you have a terrific Tuesday.
Happy Papercrafting,
Team Graphic 45
Tara...so clever! And Melanie...well, you blow me away!
Posted by: Eniko's Playhouse | August 30, 2011 at 08:44 AM
More great projects! Who woulda thunk of remaking that alarm clock? Only your design team members! Keep inspiring us to think outside the box - or at least alter it with G45 paper!
Posted by: Anne McIntosh | August 30, 2011 at 08:47 AM
Great projects! Love the altered the clock!!
Posted by: Tina Galeana | August 30, 2011 at 09:03 AM
Gorgeous creations, beautiful alarm clork with bright red..I love it, bravo!
Posted by: Ephémère13 | August 30, 2011 at 09:05 AM
WOW, awesome projects!
Posted by: Kathryn | August 30, 2011 at 10:23 AM
everything is so gorgeous! I like to magnet all my creations to our doors so everyone can see them.
Posted by: Katrin | August 30, 2011 at 10:41 AM
How do you ladies come up with such great ideas, seriously? My favorite way to display crafts is on my refrigerator (that's my fave today,anyway).
Posted by: natasha g.p. | August 30, 2011 at 11:10 AM
I love the clock---so creative!!! I'm starting to think that anything can be altered....hmmmmmm. I like to display my craft projects in my downstairs hall because I get to see them every time I exit the restroom. Too much information!!
Posted by: sharon gullikson | August 30, 2011 at 11:11 AM
I display the cards that I make on my dining room buffet.
Posted by: b. poteraj | August 30, 2011 at 11:12 AM
It's nice to see an app for mini houses...I guess you just need that creative bent to come up with this amazing decor piece.
Posted by: Candy | August 30, 2011 at 12:47 PM
Very creative, love them
Posted by: Lesley Bliss | August 30, 2011 at 02:53 PM
Great projects today and yesterday, WOW! OK, so where do I display the art? Our walls display my paintings. Anything I make from "paper" is kept in bins (always keep my first as the sample) and all my LO's are in albums on a shelf. My studio (outside of the house) has all my paintings hung on the wall there as well and on my easels. My cards are hung in the window with a hanging gadget I got at Pier1 and they are for sale in my studio and finally, many of my albums and/or calendars end up as gifts for friends, family... the end!
Posted by: Sleigh | August 30, 2011 at 05:05 PM
I display my mini-albums in a large basket that sits on my coffee table, and my layouts go into albums. I scrap very lumpy and bumpy, so I have some huge albums that lounge around the house!
JamieH
Posted by: Jamie Hensley | August 30, 2011 at 09:14 PM
Every thing is great but that clock is really really cute. What talent you all have.
Posted by: Heidi Mireles | August 30, 2011 at 09:33 PM
fabulous projects !
Posted by: cat lacigale | August 30, 2011 at 11:08 PM
wow melanie did a fantastic jooob as always looove taras creation
Posted by: sharlene peretini | August 31, 2011 at 01:34 AM
WOW! You girls were really thinking out of the box! Tara, love your clock. I would never have thought of this. And Melanie, those little houses are to die for.
Posted by: Nancy Wethington | August 31, 2011 at 02:45 AM
They are both stunning! What a great design team!
Posted by: Christina V. | August 31, 2011 at 03:02 AM
Awesome!
Posted by: Dorothy | August 31, 2011 at 04:45 AM
This is just too cool!!!!
Posted by: Jingle | August 31, 2011 at 05:43 AM
Awesome projects, meticulous details!!!
Posted by: Renee VanEpps | August 31, 2011 at 06:16 AM
great projects today
tfs
Posted by: {vicki} | August 31, 2011 at 06:33 AM
Such cute projects. I love how you can intermix the different paper lines and they look fantastic. The beauty of Graphic 45!!
Posted by: Norma | August 31, 2011 at 01:28 PM
You know how much I love Le Cirque and all of this is fantastic!
Posted by: Beth W | September 01, 2011 at 05:42 PM