The Official Playing with Image Transfers Book Trailer is Here!

Playing With Image Transfers Book Trailer from Courtney Cerruti on Vimeo.

Now that Playing with Image Transfers has been out and about for a week, I've had a moment to think about what an incredible journey its been! I am continuously inspired by the students and friends who show me how great beauty can be achieved with the simple techniques and methods of transfers. Thank you all!

Just a reminder, if you instagram, follow me @ccerruti and #PlayingWithImageTransfers if you'd like to share a project or ask a question. I am addicted to instagram and love sharing and finding inspiration there.

Also, I'll be selecting 5 winners who leave a review on Amazon of the book to receive an Image Transfer Kit just in time for some hand crafting this Holiday! Be sure to leave a review in order to win!!!

xo
Courtney

Playing with Image Transfers Teaser Trailer

Playing with Image Transfers has arrived! Get a little sneak peak into the book and into the life of image transfers in this teaser trailer! You can get a copy of Playing with Image Transfers here. Follow me on instagram @ccerruti to stay up to date on making transfers, inspiration and giveaways! Tag you pics with #PlayingWithImageTransfers and #pwit

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This overwhelming sense of nostalgia is problematic... its a longing that cannot be satisfied, for what you miss so deeply never existed anyhow. 

Upcoming Workshops

Come take a workshop with me! Image Transfers at SFCB is a great place to start for anyone who wants to play and still get really professional results. You'll learn a dozen ways to transfer found images and text to other surfaces. Sign up here for the August 29th class... spots limited and this class usually sells out!

I'm so excited to be teaching at the Teahouse studios in Berkeley again. This beautiful space is the perfect place to spend a weekday evening making an original little beeswax collage. Using photos, paper ephemera and other findings create a sweet little tableaux on wood. Sign up here for the September 27th class. 

If you've always wanted to make your own little books, cards or zines this is the perfect class for you.  In Intro to Bookbinding at SFCB we'll cover 5 basic structures that allow for great variations and modifications. From here you'll be able to make dozens of structures and be ready for your next step in adventures in bookmaking. Sign up here for the August 27th class.

Hope to see you in a workshop!

Get Crafty!!!

We finished up the week with artist trading cards, accordion portfolios and...... shadow boxes inside altered books!!! The ladies did an amazing job; I was so impressed and I inspired by their creativity! Thanks to the awesome students and Thea,Sanjai and Jenny for their co teaching and general all around awesomeness!!!

Get Crafty Day 2

These ladies are crafting it up in day two of get crafty!!! Washi tape, image transfers, collage and more!!!

Wall art

Just made and installed this piece for Alexa, a 17 yr old who loves color mixed with vintage flair and handmade art. Looks great in her new room!

Drop In Painting at Autobody

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A Night Out

After a long couple of days at work, I treated myself to a night out with a friend. I started with a trip to Freshly Cut, a beautiful floral shop in Berkeley that creates the most unique and gorgeous arrangements. After a cup of tea, some good conversation and a much needed refill of inspiration, we headed to Adesso on Piedmont for drinks and hors d'oeuvres. My mojito was delicious and our appetizer was pretty tasty.

I ended the night at one of my favorite neighborhood cafes, the Elmwood on College. Tonight the Elmwood celebrated its first donation to one of its charity recipients (50% of Elmwood's profits go to a customer selected charity), Bread Works. The atmosphere was friendly as always and the food was delicious! Homemade strawberry sodas passed in fluted glasses on trays and crostini topped with local goat cheese and peach mint chutney circulated on pretty white plates.

I love that the food is sourced from local farms and everything down to the fresh fruit syrups in the sodas are made in house. I'm looking forward to weekend morning where I can enjoy a pot of loose leaf earl grey! (A pot, not a cup, served in a red tea pot! How perfect is that???)

Happy Birthday Alicia

Once upon a time I sat next to a girl on a bus in the middle of the French countryside. Little did she know only weeks later she'd be sitting in a bathtub full of mud in a field in Camus while I snapped pictures of her trembling frame... this is how I met Alicia...

Today is Alicia's birthday and I think back to our year in France, the many photo shoots we did, the hundreds of pots of tea we drank and innumerable bars of chocolate consumed all in the name of a French sejour. Joyeux Anniversaire!!!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms, Step-Moms, Grandmas and women who spend their lives taking care of little ones. Each moment you give shapes who they will become...

Thank you.