{Red Lead} Mixed-Media Lampshade & Art Journal

Red Lead Storefront via Kimberly Jones serendipityvintagestudio.blogspot.com

Red Lead is a treasure trove of mixed-media magic! This petite storefront located in the charming, historic community of Webster Groves is just a few miles from downtown St. Louis, MO, and well worth the trip!

Red Lead Art Supply Stash by Kimberly Jones serendipityvintagestudio.blogspot.com

I first discovered Red Lead several years ago on a weekend excursion with my family to St. Louis. I immediately fell in love with its modern vintage style and amazing art and craft supplies. I brought home quite a stash of collage materials, papers, charms, rubber-stamps, ribbons, and more!

Red Lead Art Supplies by Kimberly Jones serendipityvintagestudio.blogspot.com

As you can imagine, I was over the moon when the sweet sisters who own the store, Chris and Sharon, invited me to be a guest artist for Red Lead! The talented duo designs their own line of rubber stamps, stencils, collage sheets, embellishments, inks, and ink pads. I was thrilled to receive a package brimming over with these artsy goodies!

Red Lead Artisan Inks and Art Journal Backgrounds by Kimberly Jones serendipityvintagestudio.blogspot.com

I already had a stash of Red Lead's Artisan Inks, so I used several of my favorite colors, along with their Broken Circles stencils and some kraft tissue paper, to create backgrounds for my art journal. Just a few drops of ink in a mister bottle filled with created vibrant sprays that were so fun to use. I also dropped some ink straight from the bottle along the top edge of the pages and allowed it to drip down and create patterns and pools of color.

Red Lead Art Journal Pages by Kimberly Jones serendipityvintagestudio.blogspot.com

Red Lead Art Journal Page 1 by Kimberly Jones serendipityvintagestudio.blogspot.com

Red Lead Art Journal Page 2 by Kimberly Jones serendipityvintagestudio.blogspot.com

Lovely rubber stamps from Red Lead along with my favorite white paint pen, a black journaling pen, vintage sheet music, and a bit of red crepe paper added the finishing touches to my art journal pages. I love the sentiments expressed by the Red Lead line of rubber stamps. They perfectly reflect Chris and Sharon's philosophy that everyone is an artist!

Red Lead Mixed Media Lampshade by Kimberly Jones serendipityvintagestudio.blogspot.com

The art journal pages I created proved to be the perfect warm-up for making a mixed-media lampshade! I used Artisan Inks along with a Tapestry Stamp, and the Vintage Dot Stamp to alter large sheets of kraft tissue paper. I used matte gel medium to layer the tissue paper over a pink lampshade from the thrift store, and added a a paper doily, some vintage trim, an image from a Red Lead collage sheet, some rhinestones for a bit of sparkle, and text from an old book.

Red Lead Store Front September 2014 by Kimberly Jones serendipityvintagestudio.blogspot.com

I was so honored to be invited to create projects using wonderful supplies from Red Lead! I popped into the store for a visit last Saturday, and had a wonderful time chatting with Chris and Sharon and doing a fun make-and-take! Of course, I had to so some shopping too and came home with another stash of rubber stamps and some fun pens and markers that I can't wait to try. I hope you get a chance to shop at this wonderful store, but in the meantime you can visit their website and blog for products and inspiration!




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  1. Great post, Kim!! LOVE your stash of goodies - can't wait to get together with you and play with them. That lampshade is so unique!

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    1. Thanks Michelle! We will have lots of fun with these supplies!

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  2. Kimberly, as always you have created unique pieces of art. Love the ideas for lamp shades, and I am actually redoing some with fabric. Fun, fun!

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    1. Thanks for the kind words Dolly! I was thrilled to create projects for Red Lead! I would love to see your lampshades when they are done!

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  3. you make me envious! I wish I could visit their store one day ... in the meantime I´m trying to let me kitchen look like a second Red Lead store with all those stamps and stuff, LOL!

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    1. I hope you will be able to visit someday! Their displays are incredibly inspiring! In the meantime be sure to check out Red Lead's online shop and blog! Lots of fun products and tutorials too! Thanks for stopping by and for your comment!

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  4. The store is as beautiful as I imagined it to be. I so wish I could hop onto a plan right this minute and fly all the way across the Atlantic Ocean and step through those doors.
    Love your journal pages with Red lead supplies.
    Wishes
    Lynne

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    1. Red Lead is a magical place! I hope you will see it for yourself someday! Thanks for your kind words about my journal pages!

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  5. Yay, Kimberly!!
    Such a fun, fun store!
    Love what you've created with your supplies! :)

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