creativityUNLEASHED by traci bautista

INSPIRATION: vintage home

Yesterday, after breakfast at Eat at Joe's in Redondo, I took a stroll through Vintage Home on PCH. The shop is full of beautiful Vintage home decor and furniture. It gave me great inspiration and ideas...can't wait to decorate my house! :) Took a few pics on my iPhone and here's a little slide show of the gorgeous goodies they have..

my munchkins...

I'm in LA this week to teach at the International Quilt Festival in Long Beach. I'm really excited that I get to see Freedom and take her on a little road trip! I've missed my doggies so much since I've been on the road. They are the sweetest...

CHA highlights

After a full weekend of CRAFTY craziness, demos, book signings, meetings, dinners and drinks with my FAVE artists, designers, book publishers, editors and friends...I'm glad to be back in LALA land! I haven't been in Cali for awhile. I really miss it when I'm gone. Got stuck in Dallas after my connecting flight from Chi-town was delayed. So one extra night on the road wasn't bad. What am I talking about...I'm forever on the road! :) At least American put me up in a decent hotel. So here's the scoop in photos at CHA and a few of my favorite highlights!

me & Jenn Perkins making FUNKY brooches & accessories @ the DUNCAN booth

-Demoed at DUNCAN with some artsy crafty ladies...Jennifer Perkins, Kathy Cano-Murillo, Hope Perkins and Sonya Nimri
-Launched my Collage Pauge line of Instant decoupage in Matte, Glossy & Sparkles(my fave!)
-Congrats to Claudine who launched her new line STUDIO with Ranger!! AWESOME sticky back canvas!!
-Quick catch up with Tim Holtz, love his grunge board!
-Dinner with the girls @ MAKI sushi & noodles...squished in a van with Bernie, Claudine, Kim, Carmi, Jenn, Hope and Sonya ;-)
-Dinner @ Gibson's with the F+W crew, YES (Greg & Justin...lol) I AM working on my second book!! :)
-I worked most of the time, so I only got a few minutes to race through the show floor..but I bumped into the lovely Ali Edwards, Nadine Schwartz, Justin from Copic, Chad Fox from Notions.
-Chatted with the gang from Creative Imaginations
-Hung out at Shoeless Joe's with Nate(my AWESOME Collage Pauge product manager, Lynda(homeland security) and played pool with Justin.
-Enjoyed dinner and cocktails with Impatient Beader...Margot Potter and her sweetiepie Drew
-Had fun catching up with the talented and sweet Candie Cooper
-Happy hour with the gang along with Cathie and Steve of Creative Juices, who were launching their Plaid product line
-Caught up with Jami P. @ scrapbooking.com, will be working on editorial soon.
-Picked up and advance copy of the Naughty Secretary Club: The Working Girls Guide to Handmade Jewelry - A-W-E-S-O-M-E
-Had a delightful conversation with John Pagliaro from Mary Engelbreight and saw a copy of the Home Companion (Collage Pauge is featured on Page 20!!)
-Met Aubre from American Girl Magazine, talked about editorial opps.
-Finally got to catch up with Ana Cabrera from CK Online...look for some cool editorial coming up!!

 sippin on bloody marys after a LONG day of demos with good friend Hope Perkins of Hot Pink Pistol

making Collage Pauge barrettes @ DUNCAN booth

signing Collage Unleashed @ F+W Pubs booth

my lovely girlie claudine hellmuth making barrettes @ the DUNCAN booth

visiting with my Uncle Paul, one of my mom's best friends in Chicago

my demo table full of Collage Pauge papers and Aleene's adhesives

YUMMY crafty curios from Naughty Secretary Club

collage pauge wall of projects

me & my little luggage...i AM A NOMAD! :)

rummaging through my journals

Recently, while cleaning my studio I opened up a few of my journals sitting on the bookshelf. Here are some of my journal pages, writings and doodles from a few years back, around 2001-2004. I thought I'd share them with you....

One of my all time FAVE Sting songs is playing on my iTunes now....to find the 1976 demo version of this song search for Stronium 90 on iTunes.

Collage Pauge in the NEWS...

Just a few recent Collage Pauge press hits...magazines...MTV and Good Morning AZ!!!

Featured in Home Companion Magazine Sept. 08 issue...on newsstands now...

Collage Pauge (look SPARKLES on the table :) in the celebrity gift lounge @ the MTV movie awards....

Collage Pauge featured on Teri O's Good Morning Arizona crafting segment...Check out the video to see her creative summer projects using Collage Pauge SPARKLE!!!

DIVA craft lounge interview today

 Tune into Diva Craft Lounge at noon PST to hear my interview broadcast live from Hawaii! :) I'll be talking about living the creative life and my NEW product line Collage Pauge.

If you miss it don't worry, you can listen online or via podcast.

Collage Pauge @ JoAnn's!

It's officially here!!!  Aleene’s® Crafting Adhesives is proud to introduce Collage Pauge™…designs by Traci Bautista. The Collage Pauge™ product line, designed by Traci Bautista, features an array of papercrafting products that are cool, confident and glamorous.

Collage Pauge Matte and Glossy has officially arrived at JoAnn's Fabric & Crafts Stores. My FAVORITE finish  "sparkles" will also be available soon! Go and request it at stores if you don't see it on the shelf.

Make a Collage Pauge bracelet with a FREE download of my original artwork paper designs.