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.  

Valentine Cards for Chads 4th grade class

                                                                     

                                                                  Rock on Guys

                             
               Chad's Special Valentine 

     

For the past 5 years I have designed Valentines forChad's classmates. Each year he has picked out the theme and I work my magic for him. This year the theme for the cards is a suprise for him....... He just couldn't come up with anything I could work with....lol.

  

January's ATC's Cards Swap - Woodland Creatures

My ATC's for the January swap

In My Vintage Room - Tea Party

 

    Setting up for the Tea Party       

Miriam, Beth and I hosted the first art gathering of 2012 at Captured Moments, we tried to

think of everything from china

teacups to the art projects.

Maura, Fran, Miriam and Helen working on the art project. A  Framed Altered Teapot thank you Tiffany from Captured Moments for designing this for our tea party themed gathering.

Lori, Beth, Mary and Janice  work on the project also.

Ginger and Donna catching up on things.

Tabitha talking to Lori and Beth about her   upcomming wedding plans.

(Best wishes Tabitha)

  All the fun things we went home with.  Our project the Teapot Picture, assorted teas from Beth, Victorian treasures and trinkets from Miriam and the recipe/photo album from me (Doris) along with the china teacups 

 

And of course Maura and Fran showing us how to properly drink a cup of tea....Pinkies up ladies.
(just kidding)

I would like to say thank you to everyone that attended the tea party art gathering.  I know that Beth, Miriam and myself tried to make it as fun and relaxing for everyone, and thank you for all the wonderful responses we have had letting us know how much you all enjoyed it.  Again THANK YOU.

Advent Calander 2011

As I started to put my Christmas decorations away today, I decided to post pictures

of the advent calander I made this year for myself. Yep you read that right I made this

for me...lol.

 The Advent Calander box is from Kaiser Craft and the paper collection (I think it's called)

 Christmas Past is also Kaiser Craft, there 2010 collection.

 The advent calander is a pressed board and has to be assembled, along with  the
25 little  chipboard boxes.

I have to admit I did enjoy making this project.