Its okay, you don't have to wait till Christmas to peek inside! Take a look at this short video to see some of the projects offered in the class.
Romantic White Christmas E-Zine
Welcome to the sign up page for Romantic White Christmas by Beth Leintz and Karla Nathan. Here you will find pictures of the classes we will be offering. Our classes will include all the images you will need, plus a lot of extras to play with.
Every image we provide is vintage and from our own private stashes.
All of our projects have been created with a romantic, soft touch. No bright reds or greens, just whites, neutrals, tarnished metallics, and a barely there hint of color.
Along with step by step instructions, we'll add some surprises and decorating tips as we go along. You will also get some "ready to go" crafts, that you just have to print, cut out, and embellish.
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Duo of Gift Bags by Beth
Two little fabric bags, pre-made from the craft store, each get a Holiday make over with vintage images, glitter and trim. These can be done with or without sewing.
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Noel Angel Banner by Karla
This banner is made from patterns hand drawn by Karla. There are also two other shapes that you can chose from, and optional ideas for all of the patterns, beyond what is shown here.
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Pretty Pixie by Beth
A darling child sits on this ephemera covered box waiting to see what gifts Santa brings.
(and with the extra images in the gallery, you can create your own one of a kind box using Beth's techniques)
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Framed Family Tree Portraits -by Karla
In this, we'll make three framed pictures in photo mats taken from vintage albums, then embellish them to use to trim the tree. Vintage portraits are provided, or you can substitute your own family pictures.
To go along with the mat frames, we'll also make 3 frames from old post cards and do the same with them.
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Fluffy Feather Wreath by Beth
How romantic and elegant! Beth has fashioned this wreath from boas and will have easy to follow steps on how its done.
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Footwear Fit for an Angel by Karla
Karla has taken a thrift shop pair of heels and decked them out for the holidays. This slipper is meant for angelic feet, and as a bonus, we will be doing a slightly more colorful version for Mrs. Santa too.
She will want something pretty to wear when she greets the big guy after his rounds on Christmas Eve.
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Caroling Song Book by Beth
You can make a stack of these simple little booklets filled with Christmas music for your family to carry while carolling.
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"Dreaming of a White Christmas" Tree Topper by Karla
Two sweet girls on a shimmering star to top your tree, made with a handy short cut that you will like!
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Heartwarming Mitten- by Beth
This little cutey would be great on the front door to greet your guests. By changing the picture, it would look nice all winter too, not just at Christmas!
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Chandelier Drops - by Karla
Vintage or new, crystal or acrylic, chandelier drops look special with our images added to them!
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Spray Painted gift wrap- by Beth
How special would your loved ones feel to get a gift wrapped up like these?
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CLASS FORMAT
The Romantic White Christmas e-zine will feature all the projects shown here, plus a few surprises and variations on the crafts. Complete instructions along with step by step photos, dozens of images and several "how-to" videos are part of the class.
The class is in a blog format and within 24 hours of registration, you'll receive an email with a link to the blog, a user id and password. The class blog will be available indefinitely.
SUPPLIES
Many of the projects use basic supplies that you probably already have in your craft area. A few projects might require the purchase of some supplies, but we've tried to make them items that should be easy to find at your local craft store.
BASIC SUPPLIES
- color printer
- card stock to print images on- we used a combination of cream, tan, white, parchment, and gray
- mat photo printing paper is an option too
- chipboard or cardboard- about the weight of the back of a tablet.
- scissors- straight edge and optionally, decorative edge. Some projects will call for an exacto knife.
- adhesive- we like Crafter's Pick Incredibly Tacky and The Ultimate for chunky for embellishment. For smaller areas, a good quality scrap booking glue stick will work. For decoupage, we prefer low cost white glue, like Elmer's.
- Glitter (Karla LOVES Stickles in silver and Martha Stewart's fine glitter in Crystal and White Gold)
- Paper Glaze, or Diamond Glaze, and Crackle Glaze (optional, but nice to use)
- Tinsel, ribbons, lace, etc. Pretty garnishes!
SPECIAL SUPPLIES FOR INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS:
Feather wreath- feather boa, wire wreath form- both from Michaels. The boa was $8.99 but with a 40% coupon it was $4.80, the wreath frame was $2.49.
Caroler's Book- craft felt (optional)
Gift Bags- Small canvas drawstring bags-Ours are from the Creatology section of Michaels for $.59 each.
Christmas Pixie- Small paper mache box- again, Michaels $.99
Framed Family Photos two ways- Your own pictures if desired and baubles to hang from the frames.
Tree Topper- (don't laugh, please) a toilet paper tube
Angel Banner- cotton balls, white feathers (from a craft store, or pluck a couple from the wreath boa project- or a bird if you have one)
Angel Footwear and Mrs. Santa's Slippers- High heels (used is fine, don't worry, we cover all surfaces!),extra white feathers from the previous project, cotton balls, pipe cleaners, decorative trim, ribbon, lace, charms, etc.
Chandelier Drops- crystals (flat backed is nice, but fully faceted is a pretty look too)
Gift Wrap- white craft paper, or butch paper, spray paint, scraps of lace or doilies
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Special Supplies
We encourage you to be creative with your projects by adding your own trims, laces, notions, jewelry bits, crystals and personal photos.
Feel free to browse our image collections and mix and match images with projects and let your creativity guide you. You can also use our images for your own personal projects or projects for resale. However, the images themselves should not be resold.
Romantic Gothic Ghosts Workshop
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{Trick or Tote Bag}
Halloween is one our favorite holidays to craft and decorate for. This year, instead of going with the traditional white sheet ghosts, pumpkins, scarecrows and a palette of orange, purple & black, our Halloween will be romantic & gothic.
{Scary Sisters Tag Book}
Romantic & Gothic- think Dark Shadows, the windswept moors of Wuthering Heights, Daphne DuMaurier's haunting "Rebecca" or Edgar Allan Poe's tragic "Lenore".
CLASS FORMAT
The Romantic Gothic Ghosts workshop will feature all the projects shown here, plus a few surprises and variations on the crafts. Complete instructions along with step by step photos, dozens of images and several "how-to" videos are part of the class.
Karla has used her home to show some ideas for displaying your completed work, along with a few decorating tips to help.
The class blog will be available indefinitely.
{Moonlight Moth Fairy Collage}
Even though we're showing these projects as Halloween decorations, because of their "romantic" style and neutral colors, many of them would work year round.
The class is in a blog format and upon registration, you'll receive an email with a link to the blog, a user id and password.
{Victorian Cone}
SUPPLIES
Many of the projects use basic supplies that you probably already have in your craft area. In creating our projects, we've made some samples with items you might not have on hand, but most projects can be adapted to a paper only approach.
{gothic notebook}
BASIC SUPPLIES
- color printer
- card stock to print images on- we used a combination of cream, tan, white, parchment, and gray, plus plain white copy paper.
- chipboard or cardboard- about the weight of the back of a tablet.
- scissors- straight edge and optionally, decorative edge. If you prefer to cut with an X-acto knife, you can use that.
- adhesive- we like Crafter's Pick Incredibly Tacky and The Ultimate for chunky for embellishment. For smaller areas, a good quality scrap booking glue stick will work.
{Art Journal} SPECIAL SUPPLIES FOR INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS: Victorian cone: paper mache cone from the decoupage section of Michael's. Tote bag: purchased tote bag from Michaels or Hobby Lobby, or about 1/2 yard of burlap to make your own bag; printable fabric Triptych & Gothic Notepad: 1/2" ring binders Moonlight Moth Fairy: wire
SPECIAL SUPPLIES TO PERSONALIZE YOUR PROJECTS
All of our projects have been "foofed" up by using some special "add-ons" that we like, but aren't necessary to complete the project. Here's a list of some "extras" that you might want to have on hand, but we suggest you look at each project to decide which supplies you want to use to personalize the project
cheesecloth or tulle, ribbon, lace, jewelry, crystals, buttons, flowers, keys, etc will make the projects even more romantic and lush.
Supplies you might want to add to your craft kit: Stickles glitter, Martha Stewart fine glitter, and CLEAR Gelly Roll Stardust Glitter pens.
Please feel free to add this button to your own blog.
And we have started a Flickr group, please display your own creations there!