Tribute to your Best Friend

Another of April's swaps for In My Vintage Room was A TRIBUTE TO YOUR BEST FRIEND....the only requirement for this swap was a picture of you and them.  My best friend is Debbie O'Neil Perry. Debbie and I have been best friends for as long as I can remember, we were about 3 maybe 4 when we met (we are now 58), we went through grammar school, Jr High , and pretty much spent all our time together.  There were a few years when my family moved from Colonie to Guilderland that we were not always in contact with each other but for us it seemed like those times didn't  matter, because when we were, we just picked up like we had seen each other the day before. We have always been there for each other through good times and bad.  Over the years I have seen Deb and Jerry's (her husband) 3 children grow up, get married and have children (3 granddaughter and 1 grandson).  It's truly an honor to say Debbie Perry is my Best Friend.

April LFB Swaps

Recently I participated in a swap with my art group In My Vintage Room the theme was YOUR FAVORITE POEM  it took me awhile to figure out what poem I wanted to use, but I finally decided on a poem I learned when I was in grammar school.  At that time, I think I just loved reciting the tongue tying words.  Although I can't recite the poem from memory I do remember bits and pieces of it, and I have to say it still is my favorite.  Jabberwocky by: Lewis Carroll

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Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll

Twas brillig, and the slithy toves  Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,   And the mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!  The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun  The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:  Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,  And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,  The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,  And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through 

The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head  He went galumphing back.

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?  Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'  He chortled in his joy.

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves  Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,  And the mome raths outgrab 

Thank you Ginger for Hosting this swap, I really enjoyed creating this LFB. 

Never Enough Bunnies

Finally finished the bunnies for my sister's co-workers, the card club I belong to

 and for a couple of mom's nurses and aides at the Guilderland Center Nursing Home.

Theses cuties are made with a variety of  punches.

And a cello bag filled with assorted candies,

Crochet Sweaters

Sweaters I made for a friends twin girls...they came out so cute.

There made with basic granny sqares.

Captured Fairy

 I am so excited to share today's project with you.  I took a class called CAPTURED FAERIES at Captured Moments Scrapbooking Store in Rotterdam, NY where one of the owners Tara Burtt created these fantasy scape's that are just awesome....I was so amazed at how we all started with the pretty much the same materials and not one was alike even if the same color materials were used.

 This is the porcelain doll you start with.  Tara did all her prep work..pouring the slip (liquid clay) 3 kiln firings  (12 hrs for each firing) and the painting which is done in several stages. 

 I glued her together to start the process.

                              This is the materials I choose to work with for dressing my fairy

Dressing the fairy was a process of cutting the flowers petals apart and glueing to her body to form her clothes. She has transparent wings ad mohair hair which is all glued on.

Next once you are happy with her you start to build her landscapeing for her jar.

I have to say again this was really a awesome project not hard at all to do, thanks to all Tara's prep work.  I definitely will be making more of these.

If you would like to see more of the Captured Faries made in today's class click on the link below

http://www.inmyvintageroomandbeyond.blogspot.com

also

Tara at Captured Moments has posted the fairies on their blog...link below...

http://www.capturedmomentsblog.com/2012/04/the-capturing-of-fairies-at-captured-moments/

Swaps with In My Vintage Room Group

March Swaps with In My Vintage Room Group

Theme:  Green: 

I choose to Kermit the Frog for my subject and his famous song

IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN

Theme: Altered Egg

 In honor of Easter I hosted a ALTERED EGG SWAP where everyone who choose to enter the swap got a chipboard egg to decorate.  Below is the egg I did.  If you would like to see more of the eggs click on the link here:   http://www.inmyvintageroomandbeyond.blogspot.com

Receint Art Swaps

  These are the ATC"s Valentines I did for the art group In My Vintage Room.

This is the 4 x4 swap titled Tea Party that we did in reconization of the Victorian Tea Party we had in January.