7 Gypsies has been a tremendous source of inspiration and amazing products since the very beginning… and they continue to amaze and delight! Just a week or 2 ago, Deb contacted me and asked me if I wanted a “Binderie”… of course I only saw one in real life at preview day, and I was immediately creating class projects in my mind that would use this cool toy! Well, there was a catch: I had to decorate it.. make it my own! I agreed mostly not thinking about how I would decorate it, but more because I wanted one! (smile)… it arrived and I had NO CLUE what I’d do to it… as I was cleaning up my studio I found this gorgeous painting that I had in a box of ‘china ephemera’. Anyway, I wondered if I could make this work. It’s painted on this really fragile rice paper, but it’s gorgeous. I wound up decoupageing it onto the Binderie! I LOVE how it turned out!!
so i am working on a little project using my Binderie!- you can pick one up HERE. (i have been playing with THIS and THIS, oh, and THIS) that i will HOPEFULLY be showing off before i board the plane for RANGER U tomororw... i am sorry, but i am sooo dang excited to go!! i can't stand it. i need to dig out an apron from a box somewhere...
OK. it worked. I've got to have one now.
Posted by: Megan | June 03, 2009 at 04:10 PM
Great job and can't wait to see what you are creating! Hugs from Conroe, TX!
Posted by: Nancy Wyatt | June 03, 2009 at 04:58 PM
this is absolutely beautiful. a piece of art! now i want one just so i can decorate it.
have fun at ranger u and please tell us all about it when you get back.
Posted by: Tamikko Gordin | June 03, 2009 at 06:38 PM
Hi Heidi! You will probably see/meet my friend Saundra from Eureka, CA :) Tell her I said hi and LUCKY girl! :) Have a great time!
Posted by: Lacey | June 03, 2009 at 07:27 PM
Wow heidi, that is amazing! If at any point you decide you want to decorate another one, you can send it to me. Plum blossoms are my favorite!
Posted by: Rachael Wood | June 03, 2009 at 10:09 PM
That is really beautiful.
I've been following your work for quite a few years now, and I have to say that you're well of creativity and inspiration just doesn't run dry... :-) Thank you for sharing your discoveries and really -- I don't think you realize this -- but you actually share enthusiasm. Six years ago, I bought Designing with Notions on impulse, and I nearly fell over with what was inside. I felt the same way when I scrolled down over the Binderie. You know what? I don't even know what that is...but it is so beautiful, that it motivates me to re-open the Paper Arts Door :-). Thank you for that. Thank you for all of it -- and for sharing here.
Posted by: Tanya | June 04, 2009 at 02:18 AM
Oooh Heidi. This is so beautiful. Very creative and you know have a one of a kind binderie. I'm anxious to get my hands on one of these beauties.
Happy Summer.
Regina
Posted by: Regina | June 04, 2009 at 06:08 AM
The paper is super gorgeous. I will be in China next month and I cannot wait to replicate my own blinging binderie. Very nice sparkling touch on the flowers.
Thank you soo much for sharing and have fun at Range U.
Posted by: Sandy M | June 04, 2009 at 07:52 AM
I just bought a Binderie and never thought of decorating it! Hmmmm . . . the possibilities!
Posted by: Cindy G | June 04, 2009 at 07:53 AM
That looks amazing!! Soooo much better than just plain! I, too, love the gypsies!
Posted by: Amy | June 04, 2009 at 08:34 AM
Gorgeous!!!
Posted by: Tifany D. | June 04, 2009 at 10:21 PM
This is beautiful! Is this the same as a zutter? Say "hi" to T!m for us...enjoy RangerU
Posted by: LenaS | June 05, 2009 at 06:21 AM
i love how you decorated your binderie punch! would love to win one and decorate it too!
Posted by: Maria | June 05, 2009 at 06:28 AM
You can really tell that you put the "Heidi touch" to this Binderie! You are just amazing. Loved you tales of China, but glad you are back home. I have several ideas for decorating a Binderie with vinyl. Can't you just see it?
Posted by: Elaine Noble | June 05, 2009 at 11:19 PM
This looks really fabulous!
Posted by: Dawn Hueser | June 10, 2009 at 05:10 AM
It looks beautiful, Heidi!!
Posted by: Vicki | June 10, 2009 at 10:00 AM