Cute Little Tiles and Plaques

I just love these tidy little tile and plaque projects! Another chance to one of my fav's, decoupage'! The Thanksgiving one was on wood with our Thankful Lists, and the peppermint striped little tiles started out as coasters, but we turned them into coffeetable art!

You Are Gonna Need It!

My big girls made this Chic Leopard and Pink cozy for the ever essential Germ-X bottle! Divine!

One of My Fav's!!

I originally designed this project when my DD was in kindergarten. Now, she taught this to her K-1 class! I made this hot pad out of wooly fabric and brown canvas. They printed their handprint in brown paint, added details, and TaaDaa! A Darling Turkey HotPad for Thanksgiving! The special secret is to add cinnamon, spice & herbs inside before sewing it closed so it add a delightful aroma when it holds a hot dish!
Fun memory...when I did these in kindergarten for my DD, I looked around the room after we finished and was shocked that every child had a brown smudge on their face! I realized they had been sitting there smelling the hotpad until the cinnamon had dusted through and covered their faces! Precious!

Even More New Updates!

Last week my Big Girl Divas made this Glam Mirror with nifty air dry clay and sparkly jewels! They were quietly immersed in their work until I had to tell them the moms were waiting outside for pick up! I love it when they love the process!

Project Updates!

We made this pretty Pumpkin necklace with original artwork, beads and glass marbles!
So pretty for Fall, Thanksgiving, and cool weather dressing. The art was drawn on old pages of a thrift store book. The wool backing was from a felted sweater. Sweet!

Ghostly Cute Halloween Projects!

The Little ones made this darling Ghost Halloween knot top! I made the black gingham knot top and they painted the face and added the bow. Scary Cute!
The big girls made a houndstooth tank with a Glitter Ghost! Glitter, Glitter Everywhere! (Pic Soon)
The next week we all made these Funky Fraidy Cat Stuffies! Soo Fun!!
We Love Halloween!

Early Halloween Crafting and a Literary Statement

OK, these are last weeks projects. I am a little behind on posting...
The Little Bitties made these cute embellished hair combs to get ready for Halloween Wear! The Bigger Divas made a Literary Necklace, paper beads made from both decorative paper and pages from and old novel gleaned from the throw away pile at the thrift store. One of my Divas asked..."Queen La Diva, Were you SUPPOSED to cut up that book?" Yes, I stressed the importance of not cutting up valid books, and it did take me a while to get the nerve to cut this one, but it was destined to the trash, and I figured it could have a new life to be used in several of our projects. Actually one of my favorite hobbies is reading old thrown away books I dig out of discard piles. Some of my fav stories are from these unwanted treasures! Good Carline reading!

Sisters In Creativity!

This is our class Tee Shirt! Since we are a group of girls who get together and create, I think of us as a sorority. So, I designed this tee with our "Greek" letters, to represent Di Va Do's DVD! Cute huh? By the way, I stenciled the shirts myself in hot pink with, of course, glitter!

Crafty Updates!

We have been busy for a few weeks! I wanted to update everyone on our projects!
The Little Bitties made "Diva Dough", our version of pink play dough with glitter!
The Big Girls made an oil painted collage of a paper cupcake.
The next week, our cute terry Bath Mitts were a fun stitching and fusing project for both classes! The Little Bitties made a pig design and the Big Girls made a hip abstract blue and brown design. The older girls made a blue salt scrub to use in the bath as well!
This week we made these cute painting projects: LB's made the "Colorpillar", a color mixing exercise, that turned into a cute collage. The Biggies made this beautiful stenciled knit scarf with the Brown Chandelier design. I love the freezer paper technique!

Now I have to think of something to top all of this for next week!

You Crack Me Up!

This week, we made the darling "You Crack Me Up" picture frame project. First we painted a black frame with crackle medium, then pink (of course) paint. After the crackleing, we decoupaged random strips of torn decorative papers around the frame to add some texture and depth of colors & patterns. After sealing, we were ready to put our fav pics in our funky new frames! The older class was able to be more creative with the colors, and choosing their own decorative elements.
Hugs, QLD and Miss Cadley

WHEW!!!! OH, SNAP!!!!!

Our First class was....um....WOW!
We were fully packed with excited girls yesterday! We actually had alot more show up than we expected, so we even ran over in time to get everyone's project finished. So many cute girls, so many returning as well as newbies.
Our project was an adorable "Snap Link" necklace we made by snapping the vintage
1960's plastic snap links together in fun retro colors, and then adding a handmade pendant made from a wood base with decoupaged art paper and a fun vintage initial all tied up with cute fall ribbon! So cool and fun for back to school wear!
Thanks girls, we'll hand out tee's next week at class! ( I decided to wait until EVERYONE could get their shirt at the same time so no tears for the walk ins)
Hugs, Queen La Diva and Miss Cadley

Diva Do Start Day 2009!!!!!

Hey Divas! Our First day for classes is August 18! I am SOOO excited to see all of my Diva Girls! We have such cute projects planned for this year! The first one is my Fav! See you all at 3:00 on Tuesday! Love & Hugs, Queen La Diva and Miss Cadley

Our First Fall Project is Set!!!

I can't tell you what it is, you know the drill. But our first project for our Fall classes is all ready...but it is Top Secret! I just LOVE to Surprise my Divas!!!
I will give you a hint though...
IT'S A SNAP!! Tee Hee QLD

Diva Do's ..You Choose!

Hey! We are getting ready to do some fun, casual summer classes! If you have wanted to try out our class, this is a great way to stick your toe in the pool! I will be offering a few classes in basic sewing, basic creativity and recycling for fun! Comment here if you are interested, or contact Queen La Diva at the number on the right!

Classes: "Camp Stitchi Seami" sewing

"Hey! Can you do that?" creativity

"Dumpster Divas" recycling (with Field Trip to a Thrift Store!)

Come on & try us out! Fall classes start in August!

Queen La Diva

Fall Sign Ups are Over Half Filled!

Hey Divas and

Diva Wanna Bes!

We are taking sign ups for Fall 2009, and we are already over half filled!

Leave a comment here, or contact Queen La Diva at the number on the right to reserve your space!

Monthly fee is $60.00 , all supplies and food included!

We will have all new projects this year! We will have our annual Homecoming TailGate pizza party, several themed outfits, and our annual Fashion Show with Trophies and Cake!

Classes are available from kindergarten up!

Classes are from 3:00 to 4:00 on Tuesday or Thursday, divided by age group.

Come join in the fun... Hey! Are You In?

Shirt Pick Up Day!!!!

Don't forget to pick up your "Model" shirt! They are at the Diva House waiting for you RIGHT NOW!! Wear these to school on the day of your show! Don't forget to sign up for next Fall!

Can't wait until Showtime! QLD

Ready...Set...

Hey Divas! Remember to bring your flipflops to the show! Your "Model" shirts will be ready to pick up on Thursday..WEAR THESE TO SCHOOL ON YOUR SHOW DAY!!

Remember, we will have a sign up list at the show for next fall! We hope you all come back!

Hugs, Queen La Diva and Miss Cadley

It's Show Time!!

Fashion Show that is! Our Fifth Annual, End of Year Event is Our Fashion Show!!

Be sure to come & watch your Diva in our show on your regular class day the week of May 18-19.

We will have our awards, The Doozie, presented right after the show and then, CAKE!

What a great year we had! Hope you all will come back & play next year!

Hugs, Queen La Diva

Congrats to One of Our Own!

Cadley won First Place and Best of Show in Winterfest Jr. for her Eagle and

"Oh My Darlin' Clementine" artwork! She also won first place at the

ARTS Artists Responding To Students show this weekend for her Luna Moth sculpture!

Yea! You Go Girl!

Cute Memo Boards!

The Thursday Girls made cute memo boards! I found some vintage adding machine tape and we tied it on with ribbon. The board is painted ceiling tile. They added cute illustrations and thumbtacks! Success!!

In Memory of Mary Kathryn

The Diva Do's family of sisterhood mourns the loss of one of our smallest.

We lost our sweet Mary Kathryn this week.

In her memory, we want to send hugs to your daughters and ask that you pray for her family.

Thursday Girls making Valentine Stuffies!

We ate candy while we made minky heart stuffies!

Terrific Tuesday

HEY! Look At This!

Welcome Back!!!

Hey Divas! Welcome back! We will resume our classes on January 6th! Get ready for FUN spring projects...and then....Fashion Show! We will be working on & off for our Spring Fashion Show in the next few months! Can't wait! See you soon!
Hugs, Queen La Diva