The Girls

The girls are actually altered salt and pepper shaker dolls

I made for a swap in our

Marie Antoinette Mail Art Group.

Their heads are from antique porcelain dolls who lost their bodies

a long, long time ago in Germany.

 I've given them crowns (the tall blonde has a fleur de lis crown!) and dressed them in some lovely vintage fabrics and adorned them with

assorted bits and baubles.

The girls will be traveling to their new homes tomorrow...

both of my swap partners happen to live in

Knoxville

so perhaps they'll get to visit

each other again.

Enjoy your Sunday!



Happy Mother's Day

Chirp, Chirp

Some funky bird atcs I'm making

 

for the Chirp, Chirp Swap

over at

Paper Traders.
Enjoy your Sunday!



April Showers Bring May Flowers

New swap announcement...

Oh what lovely creations these will be.

Sign-ups open now in my flickr group

HERE.

Wishing you all a happy weekend!

Wabi Sabi Solder

Wabi Sabi...

finding the beauty in imperfection.

My first attempt at soldering can most certainly be described as imperfect.

I have been both intrigued and intimidated by the art of soldering

for quite some time now

but finally took the plunge in a stained glass suncatcher class

at a local studio.



The suncatcher is about 8 inches square.

For the outer border I chose pieces of milky white

stained glass

to complement the image I selected for the center.

I'm still deciding what to use as a hanger

and where exactly I'll be hanging it.

My first soldered piece is

wabi sabi

to me.

 

This past week I also mailed a package of fun

to the winner of my blogiversary giveaway.

Loads of ephemera, buttons, jewelry pieces, vintage postcards,

cabinet cards, flowers, trims, art bits

and a frozen charlotte wrapped in pom pom trim.

I hope this brings Tabitha hours of enjoyment!

Sushi (?) Antoinette

This is the image Kris gave us to create

a diary-like chipboard page

for a book collaborative in the

Marie Antoinette Mail Art Group. 

I certainly couldn't pass on such a

whimsical project! 

 

After envisioning Sushi in many different roles and outfits..



I opted for a career as a can-can dancer

in a Gay Paris revue.

(Look closely, that's Sushi on the left.)

 

When she's not performing,

Sushi loves to play..



The back of my page is Sushi

enjoying a day

at the fair!

I can't wait to see what my fellow collaborators have done

with Sushi

&

I'll be sure to share the finished diary with you.

Wishing each of you a wonderful week!

 



The Sweetest Fairy Children in All The Land

And they were all born in my flickr swap group by some very talented fairy artist mamas!

Lorraine 





Sandi

Kelly

 

                                                

Jess

 



Jo

 



Karla

 



Mercedes

 



Michele

 



Kimberly

 



Michele

 



Peggy

 



Cindy

 



Peggy R.

 

JoAnne

 

Thank you all for a wonderful swap!

It's Time to Announce a Winner!

 

Congratulations

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Tabitha!

 

Your package of our favorite things

will go out in next Saturday's mail.

Thanks to all for helping me celebrate my

3 year blogiversary!

xoxo

Easter Greetings

Happy Easter!

 

Enjoy a few more Easter freebies...

And if you haven't entered my blogiversary giveaway yet,

there's still time.

Click

HERE.

Our Favorite Things Giveaway

We're kindred spirits aren't we...our fun-loving, alter anything, artsy tribe of bloggers.

Three years ago today, March 28, 2010,

I wrote my very first blog post.

Can't say I loved it from that very first post but it sure grew on me quickly!

It's been a wonderful ride..

sharing my creations...

loving your creations..

swapping art...

learning...

boundless inspiration...

and making some of the best friends I've ever known.

I used to think it was weird when I saw bloggers talk about close friendships

back in the early days.

Now I can't imagine my life without each of you in it.

 

That affinity we share for

vintage things...

flowers, flowers and more flowers...

and yards of yummy trims and laces.

 

Those are just a few of our favorite things of course.

There are trinkets and fabrics and art supplies galore

(that I simply didn't have the time to photograph!)

 

But that's what makes this giveaway,

yes,

Three Year Blogiversary Favorite Things Giveaway

such fun!

You won't know exactly what you'll win-

only that it will be a wonderful selection of

our favorite things,
wrapped in gratitude and love.

 

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment

and random.org will pick a winner April 5th.
Good luck to all!

 

 

Marie Easter Eggs

We swapped Easter Egg ATCs in the

Marie Antoinette Mail Art Group.

I used a lovely muted lavender patterned paper for the background..

 on top of that I added lavender Russian bridal veil...

 then edged the egg with a wonderful vintage lavender and green trim.

I embellished each Easter bonnet a little differently

but every Marie sported a lavender dotted guinea feather!



Luck O' The Irish Freebies

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Dress Form Ball Wishes

Though I'm just a modest lttle fairy dress form,

I didn't want to miss

Carol's Ball....

Here's wishing this years estate sales, thrift stores and flea markets

bring me a "big girl" dress form

before next years ball!

 

More Springtime Greetings

These little side by side matchbox chests

 are quite addictive....

...particularly this time of year

with an abundance of sweet springtime images.

This is one of my absolute favorites!





Springtime Greetings

What a sweet swap hosted by Melanie in our

 Marie Antoinette Mail Art Group!

This little matchbox chest is constructed by adhering two

of the small 32 count matchboxes side by side.

You then sandwich those between two pieces of matboard.

I decorated my Springtime Greetings box in an elegant Easter theme.

After scouring my collection of images I chose this beautiful lady and her sheep.

I framed her with an ornate white resin frame

and surrounded her with lovely blue, brown and ivory paper and fabric flowers.

The finishing touch.... a sparkly blue butterfly.

 

Inside our boxes we were to include our greetings.

 I made these mini collaged cards on matboard.

 

I finished the sides in this shabby tulle floral trim

and my box is ready to travel.

 

You simply can't send a matchbox creation

without some goodies tucked inside!

 I am soooooo ready for Spring!!!