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