Marisa Pawelko Craft Designer & Founder of
Modern Surrealist LLC WWW.MODERNSURREALIST.COM marisa@modernsurrealist.com 773-243-6186 Meet celebrity crafter Marisa Pawelko, winner of the Craft & Hobby Association Indie Craft and Crafty
Couture Contests. Armed with a formal education in furniture design, Marisa used her talents to design products for the gift, toy, fashion and accessories markets before turning her focus to the
craft industry. In 2005, sparked with an idea to create a recycled baby memento-keeper out of one of her son’s baby food jars, she founded Modern Surrealist LLC, which quickly developed an
international following. Marisa enjoys inspiring crafters on her blog with thrifty project ideas for “upcycling” ordinary objects, into extraordinary custom creations! Her work has been featured
by PBS, HGTV, Illinois State Museum and in countless exhibitions and high end boutiques around the world. Modern Surrealist has been providing customers around the globe with individualized and
fantastical gifts, crafts and accessories since 2005. Featuring eclectic themes that celebrate your individuality with humor and heart! *Disclosure of Material Connection: I have a material
connection because I received a gift or sample of a product for consideration in preparing to write this content. I was/am not expected to return this item or gift after my review period.
BLOG.MODERNSURREALIST.COM: Westcott Brand is the Official Sponsor of the PINK October Blog Hop for Breast Cancer Awareness
Westcott Brand is the Official Sponsor of the PINK October Blog Hop for Breast Cancer Awareness
Road Trip Anybody??? Drive For A Cure With These Custom Designed Modern Surrealist Rearview Mirror Dice With 17 Interchangeable Panels!!!
I am proud to announce my participation in the PINK Westcott Brand(R) Blog Hop for breast cancer awareness! For this unique charitable blog hop Westcott Brand(R) has partnered with the Designer Crafts Connection, CharityWings.org, The Duck Brand Duct Tape(R), VELCRO(R) Brand Fasteners and several talented craft designers including Modern Surrealist! Many of the crafty creations inspired by this cause are being auctioned off though CharityWings.org, such as this eyecatching 18 piece boxed gift set of rearview mirror dice with interchangeable panels that I designed with the PINK tools and materials provided for this blog hop! I had an absolute ball getting crafty into the night with the official sponsor Westcott(R) Brand's Cutting Tools! The NonStick and Titanium Bonded Cutting Tools lend themselves perfectly towards crafting with tough to cut Sticky Back VELCRO(r) and Duck Tape Rolls and Sheets!!! There's good reason why they say Westcott Brand Makes Cutting Easy!!! They are after all "The World's Favorite Scissors(tm)"!!!! For this online charitable craft extravaganza, each designer received an assortment of PINK Westcott Brand Cutting Tools including: The Pink Cheetah Scissor Holster designed by yours truly and manufactured exclusively by Westcott Brand, a reversible self healing cutting mat, an ergonomic Titanium Bonded Hobby Knife with 5 Assorted Blade Shapes, 3" Titanium Bonded Fine Cut Scissors, a fabulous Narrow Body Trim Air Titanium Bonded Paper Trimmer with a Breast Cancer Awareness Pin and pairs of the wildly popular 8" and 5" NonStick Titanium Bonded Scissors!!! ALL in lovely shades of pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month! Here's some pictures of the tools the designers received and my packaged gift set of Rearview Mirror Dice With 17 Interchangeable Panels! This amazing handmade set can be yours with the proceeds from your charity bid going towards Breast Cancer Research and Support Foundations!!! PLACE A BID TODAY!!! Participating blog hop manufacturer VELCRO(R) Brand Fasteners supplied the designers with rolls of black and white Sticky Back VELCRO(R), PINK VELCRO(R) Brand Sheets and PINK VELCRO(R) Brand Floral Ties! The Duck Brand Duct Tape(R) also provided great sticky products to put the Trimmer and NonStick Scissors to the test including: Pink and White Duck Tape(R) Sheets, Rolls of Pink Breast Cancer Awareness Duck Tape(R), Pink Hello Kitty Duck Tape(R) and the newly released "oh so chic" metallic GOLD Roll of Duck Tape(R)!!! I designed these interchangeable rear view mirror dice so some lucky and generous charity auction winner can stylishly raise breast cancer awareness while driving about town or even cross country! Please be sure to show your support by placing a bid on this and the other designers creations through CharityWings.org! During my marathon craft session with Westcott Brand(R) Titanium Bonded Cutting Tools and these very fun materials, it became quite clear to me why Westcott Brand(R) Scissors are sold more than any other brand around the world and are known as "The World's Favorite Scissors"(tm)! The Titanium Bonded Nonstick Scissors effortlessly sliced right through the tough Sticky Back VELCRO(R)! They also allowed me to cut defined shapes and borders around pieces of super sticky Duck Tape that I used to adorn matboard and a pair of 3" Styrofoam(R) Make It Fun Cubes by Floracraft! I also added surface designs with the newly developed Marvy Uchida Duct Tape Markers in Black, Pink, Gold, Silver and Red. The Trim Air Paper Trimmer came with a cute pink ribbon lapel pin and cut both the VELCRO(R) Brand Sheets and the Duck Tape(R) Sheets like butter! The fabulous Titanium Bonded Hobby Knife with Assorted Blades (below) really came in handy for cutting tricky designs in the tape and I found that the fine detail blade is perfect for popping those pesky little air bubbles! I also found the Reversible Self Healing Cutting Mat to be an extremely versatile cutting, measuring and "parking" spot for Duck Tape(R), keeping it clean, flat, stationary and readily accessible!! Here's some pics from the morning after the very late night craft binge made possible by Westcott Brand(R) Cutting Tools and especially their very handy Non Stick Scissors! If you don't already have a pair of these in your craft room, you need to run out and buy some asap! They will change your life by making cutting sticky materials easy and eliminating the hassel and danger of cleaning gummed up blades! They outperform any other Non Stick Scissors on the market in test after test and they look oh so fashionable in the original Westcott Brand(R) Modern Surrealist(R) licensed Scissor Holsters! If you are feeling lucky, perhaps you will win some pairs in the giveaway! For more information on the October Designer Crafts Connection Blog Hop for Breast Cancer Awareness, please visit the Westcott Brand Blog. There you will find links to the all the participating designers projects and you may also leave your comments to be entered into the random giveaway! The winner of the giveaway will receive a deluxe Westcott Brand(R) Cutting Tools assortment including multiple pairs of The World's Favorite Scissors(tm)!!! *Winner must provide a valid US street mailing address
10/3/2011 2:07 PMLaura Bray wrote:
As usual, another completely fun and orginal project Marissa. Thanks for putting all this together. It was great fun! Reply to this
10/3/2011 10:11 PMLinda Chilcott wrote:
What a great job with the Duck Tape Marisa ! I love every thing the designers have created with the the Duck Tape and time to go to Michaels to find the Hello Kitty Duck Tape. Reply to this
10/11/2011 6:26 PM
maria soto wrote:
love your project and all the others I saw on the blog! what did you use to write on this project? if you don't mind me asking. Reply to this
As usual, another completely fun and orginal project Marissa. Thanks for putting all this together. It was great fun!
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Marisa,
These projects are sooo you! I love them!
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What a great job with the Duck Tape Marisa ! I love every thing the designers have created with the the Duck Tape and time to go to Michaels to find the Hello Kitty Duck Tape.
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love your project and all the others I saw on the blog! what did you use to write on this project? if you don't mind me asking.
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