tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16232287587625332122024-03-21T02:16:24.138-07:00The Tattered RoseNEWS FROM MY DISTRESSING JOURNEYThe Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-23206850055176105602009-06-02T13:31:00.001-07:002009-06-02T14:12:44.155-07:00HOW DO YOU GET TO CARNEGIE HALL?Do you remember the old joke where the out of towner stops a NYC cabbie and says, "How do you get to Carnegie Hall?" The answer is "Practice, practice, practice."<br /><br />That's the quip that was on my mind when I decided I could make myself some new summer jewelry. I used some of the jewelry techniques I had been reading about in O'Briens <u>Metal Craft Discovery Workshop</u> and Kelly Snelling and Ruth Rae's <u>A Charming Exchange</u> . I have been collecting tools and findings for awhile and I finally got the nerve to try my hand with them.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizrSL36W0Em7dnLgsIxA9O82DXEMAIFA8H_L4vtc1zeBcNXgGljKuvbE0ZmX5_kLXAbdWUUmE63OQJzYLxfNfG0oYvhZFkD3AUZl-ckbJl_vtZUxvBWur9yFxujHEHI9VxOfr_XbOTkn9c/s1600-h/jewelry+1+004+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342831701934784178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 297px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizrSL36W0Em7dnLgsIxA9O82DXEMAIFA8H_L4vtc1zeBcNXgGljKuvbE0ZmX5_kLXAbdWUUmE63OQJzYLxfNfG0oYvhZFkD3AUZl-ckbJl_vtZUxvBWur9yFxujHEHI9VxOfr_XbOTkn9c/s400/jewelry+1+004+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This necklace I cut from a lemon cookie tin. I used my new tin snips and made the fleur-de-lis and then filed the edges with tiny metal files. I used my new metal hole punch to make a tiny hole in the top and put a jump ring to attach it to the necklace. I made a few other metal charms from works on the same tin and attached them to the necklace. Since I had never used a crimp bead before, I had a few false starts in getting the necklace all put together. In the end I tied tiny bits of purple tulle in between a few of the beads which took up the extra space left by my clumsy attempts with the crimp beads. (Yes, she said, I begin to understand why they say that necessity is the mother of invention.)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-h8SlmNYRSZdLIWwEEthiQp2kXv2PHDKOVNHBrDZWdTumdzkgOQaS7mhgXZ5gmtVZm2MqA_fryTb47pPmLJF5PG55Bv0qBezmpYTuVg1r3VNrFbRKQ6N1uKZF5LbQ5cfs8nHgtXDY1HkH/s1600-h/jewelry+1+002+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342831705623920738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 221px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-h8SlmNYRSZdLIWwEEthiQp2kXv2PHDKOVNHBrDZWdTumdzkgOQaS7mhgXZ5gmtVZm2MqA_fryTb47pPmLJF5PG55Bv0qBezmpYTuVg1r3VNrFbRKQ6N1uKZF5LbQ5cfs8nHgtXDY1HkH/s400/jewelry+1+002+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br />For the second necklace, I cut little bits of wire, stung a green or gold textured bead on each and then bent the wire on each end and attached the bead together as I went. On a few of the gold textured beads, I covered them in old dark green veil from an old hat I tore apart for its millinery flowers and secured the netting to the bead with little bits of light green tulle. At the end of the strand of these beads, I attached to each size an old rhinestone button from my stash and strung a length of different colored rhinestone beads between the two buttons and attached the strand to the buttons with fine wire I wove around the spokes in the buttons.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkTMSs5WubqT_lgMyktQiKQMPo7Lu7VdVBT91QO12wAnZe6eZB4wLmo_e7URIDPBrPaoJrM8nPbTdrIV3KYXJXj5-cBVjwdnEBsvIeLpg3uhyphenhyphenPSyhMl2rwBRQ1yKs0cQwOMBj6Y8BflXI_/s1600-h/jewelry+1+015+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342833655252055154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 290px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkTMSs5WubqT_lgMyktQiKQMPo7Lu7VdVBT91QO12wAnZe6eZB4wLmo_e7URIDPBrPaoJrM8nPbTdrIV3KYXJXj5-cBVjwdnEBsvIeLpg3uhyphenhyphenPSyhMl2rwBRQ1yKs0cQwOMBj6Y8BflXI_/s400/jewelry+1+015+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9tWkcUkez1jfvAROhaw4EOo1jw1J93MFMIJvhMBenN7ev8gVwCB5YIIkABwokgCIBF5-kVSGTD6BHurnhsmfFR0LdqcUQrHV_APZIzlBCAR0hoxNsO3hWBrC0hbPmXXxnwMzBq-osvll/s1600-h/jewelry+1+008+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342833650110100530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 235px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9tWkcUkez1jfvAROhaw4EOo1jw1J93MFMIJvhMBenN7ev8gVwCB5YIIkABwokgCIBF5-kVSGTD6BHurnhsmfFR0LdqcUQrHV_APZIzlBCAR0hoxNsO3hWBrC0hbPmXXxnwMzBq-osvll/s400/jewelry+1+008+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>For the third necklace, I made a little bird's nest by wrapping silver wire in the shape. I painted a little birdie brown and blue (to match the robin's egg opal beads) and glued it to the nest with E-6000. I also included some dark teal crystal beads for interest. (Sorry my little birdie is so blurry!)</div><div></div><div>Even though my work may be a little rough, I have been happy in the designing process. I caught the green on something getting out of the car and had to climb around and gather the bead that broke, but I was able to restring and start again. I plan to practice some more so that maybe I can make some as Christmas gifts this year. Thanks for letting me share my thoughts. </div></div>The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-61516113699405722642009-05-06T10:56:00.000-07:002009-05-06T11:57:12.710-07:00FAIRIES FOR ALL SEASONS!Wow! I can't believe that its been so-o-o-o long since my last blog post. Please know that I have been working away despite a little sickness last week and that I miss each and every one of you! When I am not visiting your blogs my own inspiration often wanes. I had a little sore throat that seemed to turn into the croup - thank goodness not the swine flu! I seem to be on the mend and I no longer feel like I am walking through pudding just to make my way around. <br />Last month a fortuitous blend of new "toys" led me to make this fairy house. I had a little board book I had bought some time ago at Dee's for $1.99 with no plans for it. When I saw the lovely little fairy stamps in the $1.00 bin at Michael's, I knew they would be just perfect for this little fairy house. The little stamp on the front of the book - "fairies live here" was all the inspiration I needed and this book was put together in no time from stuff I already had on hand. When I reduce photographs I always make a whole page of little postage size stamps and save the rest for later projects. Many of my previous projects came together into this one little package. And if, like me, you wonder how it all comes together, I'll try to give you the chain of events that led to this book:<br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnKpsAUkNZ702yM5jyC8QZD42eE8Zu7OnqtOZdjkms6jn7xh-0OrjY8Puz9xD1a08k6iOXG9snUsVwjGLKtkE64AZZrN-wdVcCxLt3c836dJ1TV5_clEcKjO4XGBUMvkhommiyhmBh0gV/s1600-h/fairy+book+010+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332775475375306994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 333px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnKpsAUkNZ702yM5jyC8QZD42eE8Zu7OnqtOZdjkms6jn7xh-0OrjY8Puz9xD1a08k6iOXG9snUsVwjGLKtkE64AZZrN-wdVcCxLt3c836dJ1TV5_clEcKjO4XGBUMvkhommiyhmBh0gV/s400/fairy+book+010+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p>I covered each of the little house pages with scrapbook papers. As I was working, I decided to make the book travel through the seasons of the year so I picked the papers for my "seasons" accordingly. </p><p>I love the Ranger Distress inks and embossing powders and I used the Distress Ink (old paper) to age the scrapbook papers and the peeled paint embossing powder gave the edges a look and texture of moss. Occasionally I used a white wash of water and white acrylic paint on part of the background to dull it a bit and pop the rest of the page.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizrCYMps5aNYEP9V8ee4Npa6qcYdYWrvtp2xaDSzQt_axmq_uqziMBgkbYM2CeojYJ9hKgYNvemFKb8N2IYelUll_6PcmDpNHPoEVX00ar4_gRItKare1XpVujwSy0xu8yxzK4XHRod96Q/s1600-h/fairy+book+011+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332775469480199282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 394px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizrCYMps5aNYEP9V8ee4Npa6qcYdYWrvtp2xaDSzQt_axmq_uqziMBgkbYM2CeojYJ9hKgYNvemFKb8N2IYelUll_6PcmDpNHPoEVX00ar4_gRItKare1XpVujwSy0xu8yxzK4XHRod96Q/s400/fairy+book+011+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a>I used some diamond glaze sparingly on the flower "tree" and the roof of the mushroom "house" to give the page an extra pop. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0nsaAza_eiyXl6-ETXaaD0SYBS9vRxtAVJm3nKafTzNgB-3DTaQaRek35YA80ixF7RcYa8sEgExUzc_JMUBVzvsSZB8SdjJ89dGazh3OlTEQB6guSYPlWf1Q11oNIhz_dPar3AGJB4Uwh/s1600-h/fairy+book+012+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332774806231273538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 397px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0nsaAza_eiyXl6-ETXaaD0SYBS9vRxtAVJm3nKafTzNgB-3DTaQaRek35YA80ixF7RcYa8sEgExUzc_JMUBVzvsSZB8SdjJ89dGazh3OlTEQB6guSYPlWf1Q11oNIhz_dPar3AGJB4Uwh/s400/fairy+book+012+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I had little images of this little girl with her dress already painted bright orange and green from a bookmark project last year in which I dressed her up as a pumpkin. I reduced a piece from Sandra Evertson's great book : Families. I also already had a little bag of the leaves which were punched for another project and edges with Ranger sepia brown ink.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYkEsfnMouJNRAXlEE66WEPI0xKKogA85VDIj-Zm8si5st7CPvRVGYUl_HigrQoPYFBPVJkWEC7FBWzyEE4hOIcqfuSdqnq4pAcg7GA9dgqinllXF0ueMjZMRCMpQ6Z-WwCiKKHaVCD0G/s1600-h/fairy+book+014+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332774807578600818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 383px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYkEsfnMouJNRAXlEE66WEPI0xKKogA85VDIj-Zm8si5st7CPvRVGYUl_HigrQoPYFBPVJkWEC7FBWzyEE4hOIcqfuSdqnq4pAcg7GA9dgqinllXF0ueMjZMRCMpQ6Z-WwCiKKHaVCD0G/s400/fairy+book+014+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The tree is part of a rubber stamp image I had saved from another project as well. The little silhouette fairy is from one of the new $1 sets from Michael's.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3rwbSvTVVg-CyQaL6MxJvP_XWAu8NVlQzL_cpCXkLqNYA-D1503y0AFjG7Fm6SefAJ2GEfMfF_A5bm7S6ZULPrZtcIamZg93Zm1h4OzzZx10CnfDIp_arIgxc3mp6Ig4L411ONJZMvjef/s1600-h/fairy+book+015+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332774802727458402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 369px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3rwbSvTVVg-CyQaL6MxJvP_XWAu8NVlQzL_cpCXkLqNYA-D1503y0AFjG7Fm6SefAJ2GEfMfF_A5bm7S6ZULPrZtcIamZg93Zm1h4OzzZx10CnfDIp_arIgxc3mp6Ig4L411ONJZMvjef/s400/fairy+book+015+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This winter page is my favorite. I made a path for the two children with white acrylic paint and then made "snow" on both sides with glue and fine glitter. I am so in love with how this path turned out that I may use it as my Christmas card this year. The photograph is one I have used again and again and is one that my business partner's mother graciously loaned me for any use. It is of her mother and uncle as children. I think the path and snow would be really pretty on a larger card. I could make the path curl around behind them. I made another rubber stamp image of the same tree from the last page (except this time with Versafine Ink) and put it on the other side of the page. I made some falling snow with dots of glue and glitter and put a large snowflake from a paper punch. I only glued the large snowflake in the middle so that the edges are loose. The little fairy is from another $1 set.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qB6IUvCyteYE1ObeikyDn8R-QpOjFTWkgqbAmpuoTTu8MT144no0xzR_ybyc1Rsh5pSPHhw4f_W0suWr3XO7DxcxRb1J3O0vFfmbaczysALh-QJ-kVN3GkFOYS591TRJrWHtEeNL5S9W/s1600-h/fairy+book+017+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332774051967827138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 371px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qB6IUvCyteYE1ObeikyDn8R-QpOjFTWkgqbAmpuoTTu8MT144no0xzR_ybyc1Rsh5pSPHhw4f_W0suWr3XO7DxcxRb1J3O0vFfmbaczysALh-QJ-kVN3GkFOYS591TRJrWHtEeNL5S9W/s400/fairy+book+017+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I already had this tiny image of boys playing in the snow from an ATC swap last Christmas and I covered the page with more glue and fine glitter. I found this quote on the Internet to complement the pages.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipk-fNzEHJSnmDbqJaHkkACLK7oBWC2eGZdZbIpT7azAQcRKRwAUA_VR-Wstt0WuMyAemS470PMbCCtBrquM_SYmJSFMYeK4ddXrt5DqdSlpwNXZ_decRyNs049C3NhurtZwg8ANxzdFHv/s1600-h/fairy+book+018+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332774041592634770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 360px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipk-fNzEHJSnmDbqJaHkkACLK7oBWC2eGZdZbIpT7azAQcRKRwAUA_VR-Wstt0WuMyAemS470PMbCCtBrquM_SYmJSFMYeK4ddXrt5DqdSlpwNXZ_decRyNs049C3NhurtZwg8ANxzdFHv/s400/fairy+book+018+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a> This is the only season I had planned out when I began this book: April Showers bring May Flowers. I made rain with white blobs and diamond glaze.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAaR8J0I5GA0xw56c1yfarrABKZP16JYVQ4gDvArk_BfQjlCcikLEnt5OkwpDJijkmfSsJhmN6UP2-SsRhhgWKX0Ei96kT7GWwk0WcjpbBQ-IzBwmhtf1kzVbSgE2YoA2rmszAQEUPy8ys/s1600-h/fairy+book+020+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332774036062309858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 387px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAaR8J0I5GA0xw56c1yfarrABKZP16JYVQ4gDvArk_BfQjlCcikLEnt5OkwpDJijkmfSsJhmN6UP2-SsRhhgWKX0Ei96kT7GWwk0WcjpbBQ-IzBwmhtf1kzVbSgE2YoA2rmszAQEUPy8ys/s400/fairy+book+020+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a> This was the first time I had used the new Ranger Distress stickles and I just love them. They are the texture at the top of this page. Lots of texture, but no shine! Perfect! I had a little page of German die-cut angel heads and that nest I had stamped from a friend's set of rubber stamps. I used another fairy in silhouette and left her wings free. The greenery are rub-ons.<br /><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69oO8jccXLusvz6pOhr7utQHTDw4RIoXZ3LpIi19rKrZ7YU1qpAtJDPAed4q3Mzy-vuvu0p83_Kbpy2mwKpQ7gvRCuXKoDh0X5HfAqUHHizO0MV5gr8c5C8NJz5hv_3t1oWSIZzyV4YpH/s1600-h/fairy+book+024+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332772563732134562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 352px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69oO8jccXLusvz6pOhr7utQHTDw4RIoXZ3LpIi19rKrZ7YU1qpAtJDPAed4q3Mzy-vuvu0p83_Kbpy2mwKpQ7gvRCuXKoDh0X5HfAqUHHizO0MV5gr8c5C8NJz5hv_3t1oWSIZzyV4YpH/s400/fairy+book+024+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a> I had picked a paper for the summer pages that already had butterfly wings on the page so I positioned one of the little fairies to look like she was driving that butterfly. Then I stamped the other two butterflies and fairies from the Michael's stamps. I found this near perfect quote by searching the Internet: Then followed that beautiful season...Summer... Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light." I white washed parts of the page and then used my Stardust gel pin to add scribbles of tiny glitter to the rest of the page.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPuK9yZFJiUxkbp5QEYECoi-SNQiiqPoe3OD-gRbIk7OtxeHarbtx_YAZs6Mzfi-6P_vhlmsWE84BhNlaKtz173ZNlOjAEx2ngtJs6KTlT71tu7hu6sGrNf_ZRXCYPvfbIkZ_Kx_RdL6bb/s1600-h/fairy+book+021+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332772570172281026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 378px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPuK9yZFJiUxkbp5QEYECoi-SNQiiqPoe3OD-gRbIk7OtxeHarbtx_YAZs6Mzfi-6P_vhlmsWE84BhNlaKtz173ZNlOjAEx2ngtJs6KTlT71tu7hu6sGrNf_ZRXCYPvfbIkZ_Kx_RdL6bb/s400/fairy+book+021+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Md0zyVymNxgfcDcOaGZYAKXfAIx0xVA7c7N6q34E3VjzdYIm0eA966N9Af-sVRONOVkaJlOGSMsNhujMlomRJ_R_HWKR0TZf2HT948hOgkIPpCqMtpmXkuaJOHmq3yBjT7D2GZ0fdDQD/s1600-h/fairy+book+025+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332772569796141282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 383px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Md0zyVymNxgfcDcOaGZYAKXfAIx0xVA7c7N6q34E3VjzdYIm0eA966N9Af-sVRONOVkaJlOGSMsNhujMlomRJ_R_HWKR0TZf2HT948hOgkIPpCqMtpmXkuaJOHmq3yBjT7D2GZ0fdDQD/s400/fairy+book+025+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a>I used part of another image from Sandra Evertson's book and made a little fence from some trim and rhinestones. The quote on the back was from a page I had torn out of a magazine years ago and saved for just the right occasion such as this: No winter last forever - no spring skips its turn. How true!</div><div> </div><div>Happy Spring to each of you!</div></div></div></div></div>The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-1263151930752302462009-03-23T12:46:00.000-07:002009-03-23T12:56:40.681-07:00HAND PAINTED CHARMS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOge7Hcs_W9v3ZSd07AIHYoxHyHuss9RrNPDKUqWRpDZRJeeQI1FVMp17CTulh47HMYUcfoK0afn_zNMWG4DKXoy0g68hnReBidSUz5rUAapnT_z_pXr9SHrOEmiD84x9z_E7H8H0QusGr/s1600-h/painted+charm+002+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316472902522034850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 388px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOge7Hcs_W9v3ZSd07AIHYoxHyHuss9RrNPDKUqWRpDZRJeeQI1FVMp17CTulh47HMYUcfoK0afn_zNMWG4DKXoy0g68hnReBidSUz5rUAapnT_z_pXr9SHrOEmiD84x9z_E7H8H0QusGr/s400/painted+charm+002+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Yesterday I painted the flower above at a free demo at a local craft store. I have always love the colored enamel charms I've seen for sale and thought it would be great to find out what paints they used to make them. I was assuming it would be some special hobby enamel paint like they use to paint model cars. Turned out it was even easier than I expected. </div><div><br />Here's the formula:</div><div>Cover any metal charm with one drop of acrylic paint mixed with three drops of Diamond Glaze. Paint the entire charm with one color and let dry (about 3 minutes). After that coat you can paint the acrylic paint directly onto the charm. When you're done with all the painting just seal the charm with a final coat of pure Diamond Glaze and let it set overnight to cure.</div><div>Above is the flower charm I made for free. I can't wait to try this at home on some other charms. Enjoy and let me know if you try this technique too!</div>The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-27477888321160293912009-02-14T12:55:00.000-08:002009-02-14T18:14:22.649-08:002009 ROMANCING THE CHARM SWAPA shape...a color...even a delicate butterfly's wing - all can convey the spirit of romance in the hands of the right artist. In December I announced my Romancing the Charm Swap in which artists/crafters/brave souls who signed up here would each make a "romantic" charm for each player and mail them all to me. Then I would send a complete set of them out to each participant so that each player would receive enough charms by Valentine's Day to make their own piece of jewelry. Many of us had trouble getting our charms done by the due date, myself included. Overall, I think the swap was a great success and I want to share the results with you.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4C4wpkZdajDWujwjEjLd8BmIaMbio6QS8eSCqRSAc7YF_IfJ1VjQJ1haSVpoRcGnN98Kh9xzqxRNWwHmvvY2rG7u5C8NGg4G4_7swzj0XxiCYeYyJFx54BsCTspmUSL_7aRwGMjnU7juZ/s1600-h/charm+bracelet+2009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302811502833583154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 317px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4C4wpkZdajDWujwjEjLd8BmIaMbio6QS8eSCqRSAc7YF_IfJ1VjQJ1haSVpoRcGnN98Kh9xzqxRNWwHmvvY2rG7u5C8NGg4G4_7swzj0XxiCYeYyJFx54BsCTspmUSL_7aRwGMjnU7juZ/s400/charm+bracelet+2009.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div>There were almost as many different mediums represented as there were participants.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="http://wendyhue.spaces.live.com/">Wendy</a> made a charm with wire, beads and silver charms:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCotzmZCI9F33jkYgZp6WK1l_KavNs1JE-MQWrdgqNqIwbXg592iwSobDGpUDBsBk0SadPJTRgi_8JgGZ86wiA49pt3lEPh0Ap_e_zYD-5FcFnXNcmZLK0K4xOAn_peZIVJNU4VEcKi-F/s1600-h/wendys+charms.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302780636832754450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 294px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCotzmZCI9F33jkYgZp6WK1l_KavNs1JE-MQWrdgqNqIwbXg592iwSobDGpUDBsBk0SadPJTRgi_8JgGZ86wiA49pt3lEPh0Ap_e_zYD-5FcFnXNcmZLK0K4xOAn_peZIVJNU4VEcKi-F/s400/wendys+charms.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>Linda made ones from beads and wire harvested from deconstructed necklaces:</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIbcLL_wwydbsupkmoTZFi2JdJkjiENM_NHJ5AUkycQ32thXN4u0F2rCXWIalRszZa9_Jxn2hLXok-KU4koybxnO1pPHPyA8TOZv4IrsUUV68UewqES_B9zg_Q0spa8Gcy7ubpulSVDQ9/s1600-h/DSCF1423.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302780639606599522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIbcLL_wwydbsupkmoTZFi2JdJkjiENM_NHJ5AUkycQ32thXN4u0F2rCXWIalRszZa9_Jxn2hLXok-KU4koybxnO1pPHPyA8TOZv4IrsUUV68UewqES_B9zg_Q0spa8Gcy7ubpulSVDQ9/s400/DSCF1423.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="http://michelestreasures.blogspot.com/">Michele</a> used a silver bezel, cloth and beads to make a 3-D charm of tiny pink flowers:</div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi24gs3IpVfG6FDUxqOWRtFG9kGnnibqYgr5PG63hbEMtB8wscWfAPm6Bxp3glpxmiZZrKaPVVbLWpaNLa0iP2UJgN8sKU434Krqz8hhxCBEFWHB906f1N97_4RmJcHWwjQCyOZ-nCmu0RM/s1600-h/DSCF1417.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302811493203386594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi24gs3IpVfG6FDUxqOWRtFG9kGnnibqYgr5PG63hbEMtB8wscWfAPm6Bxp3glpxmiZZrKaPVVbLWpaNLa0iP2UJgN8sKU434Krqz8hhxCBEFWHB906f1N97_4RmJcHWwjQCyOZ-nCmu0RM/s400/DSCF1417.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://melissaburford.typepad.com/">Melissa</a> made a charm with pink rhinestone, little silver hearts and tiny pink and pearl beads:</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi09OMZBBMjqmtZNYL8s34gog41vdcxLGVNts1LKj6X58nYnorwnOhRFAFcHu1kIeJOGdzak-91kHuN7wlYgHpkGqOAfsI0xXPnPmZklI5JS9RwpzecYnydfSiyLiMpJcq-cGvlMXrvW-vi/s1600-h/DSCF1411.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302811508065723458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi09OMZBBMjqmtZNYL8s34gog41vdcxLGVNts1LKj6X58nYnorwnOhRFAFcHu1kIeJOGdzak-91kHuN7wlYgHpkGqOAfsI0xXPnPmZklI5JS9RwpzecYnydfSiyLiMpJcq-cGvlMXrvW-vi/s400/DSCF1411.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="http://papertrailsleaver.blogspot.com/">Amy</a> made little silver charms to which she added cloth and words:</div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Z9r-glmXFrDGgodKO5Ty8ku2MMHLydKGH06X-ZHO-kxdlKtincpMJYWfgSyxXnaQhv997nDtiagZcJFWD9QPkPHnQ5_L5VJMJWwRe1bizMiIzpcIchf7jstfD5OeOnLpk_aj09u-0hHn/s1600-h/amy"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302826152645696914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 232px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Z9r-glmXFrDGgodKO5Ty8ku2MMHLydKGH06X-ZHO-kxdlKtincpMJYWfgSyxXnaQhv997nDtiagZcJFWD9QPkPHnQ5_L5VJMJWwRe1bizMiIzpcIchf7jstfD5OeOnLpk_aj09u-0hHn/s400/amy's+charms.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="http://lifeandartwithglammafabulous.blogspot.com/">Kelley</a> and I both constructed charms from bottle caps. Kelley filled her bottle caps with sparkly stuff and a rhinestone heart:</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2j5LUPh4WDEmrwRvH3Y4IGsSC01zcDta3H_xWMwNM_uNo11WbNpur8YULQRA92DWLxrMGZvnjFyB5ZZDHelgE3GW3iJcskOgH-RISVJpSj9ZlmoV9X-JEEORhRpjwO1idEsvhJFnkdIJa/s1600-h/DSCF1367.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302794812800284018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2j5LUPh4WDEmrwRvH3Y4IGsSC01zcDta3H_xWMwNM_uNo11WbNpur8YULQRA92DWLxrMGZvnjFyB5ZZDHelgE3GW3iJcskOgH-RISVJpSj9ZlmoV9X-JEEORhRpjwO1idEsvhJFnkdIJa/s400/DSCF1367.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I folded over the sides of each bottle cap and then pounded them flat. It took a lot more pounding than I had anticipated. I smeared each bottle cap with black textile paint and silver lumiere and then wiped some of it off. On the inside I glued a little rose reproduced from a bit of a vintage postcard (as a signature for "The Tattered Rose"). On the outside, I glued various paper images reduced from vintage postcards, photographs and bridge tallies. I even made my Sis, also in the swap, a little charm with a tiny colorized pic of our parents and the word "Valentine:" I used Sparkles to accent the charms. After they were good and dry, I covered each side (letting one side dry overnight before going on to the next side) with a generous helping of Diamond Glaze.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5vWhtyp5A2tv8eLHwkYiOfwYNT_E8tBlJs1qJ_ApNvz1JjBnEMfe_TCJur0OUMBLjj5ZDeBQlQ9_MGCdO33b1rLcZ8rCv6SIbMPm1g6oH_csjwDhzF5raLfR0BabCxoNxzm913z5Pz6o/s1600-h/DSCF1420.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302821526352580210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5vWhtyp5A2tv8eLHwkYiOfwYNT_E8tBlJs1qJ_ApNvz1JjBnEMfe_TCJur0OUMBLjj5ZDeBQlQ9_MGCdO33b1rLcZ8rCv6SIbMPm1g6oH_csjwDhzF5raLfR0BabCxoNxzm913z5Pz6o/s400/DSCF1420.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><a href="http://jessicarodarte.blogspot.com/">Jessica</a> and Pat both made charms from Polymer Clay. Jessica made hers into a tiny little valentine stamp with a tiny red bead at the end and presented it on a shipping tag wound with loads of laces and ribbon for future projects:</div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjPLmacNJyBAfiyO9aQcAKz8-T6GaBU1k5kzZNuYw10Z9lzIU9Egtw7a7usCpxieS64AixrgpcSHRn9nMQgfw6hjOEHCUCFNlrUf1lpZhctBpoGPrsIN8O557m7rP6DAYWhbvoLRBxegOS/s1600-h/jessica"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302794804892700722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjPLmacNJyBAfiyO9aQcAKz8-T6GaBU1k5kzZNuYw10Z9lzIU9Egtw7a7usCpxieS64AixrgpcSHRn9nMQgfw6hjOEHCUCFNlrUf1lpZhctBpoGPrsIN8O557m7rP6DAYWhbvoLRBxegOS/s400/jessica's+charms.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Pat made her heart charms from red and white clay that look good enough to eat:</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoYp7ajY8G5-BAgvC0nBdZH4rV7gwKE4BKMnepHyfzK3zHAVsf83egjq4mHjnqyn5Rv07Nt9PPPkFJU5QimpJp-XmIxK1XpTxX4409ueFxckx-tpS-8UTAccoUCb2B9BVmhDYqTzFn3xRr/s1600-h/Charm+Swap+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302826155912666514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoYp7ajY8G5-BAgvC0nBdZH4rV7gwKE4BKMnepHyfzK3zHAVsf83egjq4mHjnqyn5Rv07Nt9PPPkFJU5QimpJp-XmIxK1XpTxX4409ueFxckx-tpS-8UTAccoUCb2B9BVmhDYqTzFn3xRr/s400/Charm+Swap+006.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://wandamai.blogspot.com/">Wanda</a> made a clever little charm from a little glass bottle containing little pearls, glitter, and pink and white sequins attached to a tiny frame containing the words "No. 9". I confess it took me a moment to figure out it was Love Potion #9!:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4yQ1NXTwUBKQAGAfBo-p-T8Qi3sAOL6p1e1f1KeBhZHuGS44OUCVzX8bBE8w5z_ePEm4RniaoE02noc4AP9OM3mO1DhP8fJN1B3qTCXSJkrLBxkTX3qwjzPveHazh0N-pIxZBq9fcJM_b/s1600-h/wanda"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302784290497193186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 272px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4yQ1NXTwUBKQAGAfBo-p-T8Qi3sAOL6p1e1f1KeBhZHuGS44OUCVzX8bBE8w5z_ePEm4RniaoE02noc4AP9OM3mO1DhP8fJN1B3qTCXSJkrLBxkTX3qwjzPveHazh0N-pIxZBq9fcJM_b/s400/wanda's+charms.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>My sister Sharon and my friend Marianne both made felted charms. Sharon felted little red and pink hearts and decorated them with little beads, buttons and rhinestones:</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lzOy8pNChEAQ79gOfyWea-W8FQPy2wIaMj_45dWHmPsyoTmBUsh1r64pkHlCT6s2SC8Q2c3KwHrkOmsg-TqhiA-KYM35lTIYx6idt8q3AmIrDGUpJs1hOrnEikjsHNpA1FRFSx4LAOV7/s1600-h/sharon"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302784300581337218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 307px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lzOy8pNChEAQ79gOfyWea-W8FQPy2wIaMj_45dWHmPsyoTmBUsh1r64pkHlCT6s2SC8Q2c3KwHrkOmsg-TqhiA-KYM35lTIYx6idt8q3AmIrDGUpJs1hOrnEikjsHNpA1FRFSx4LAOV7/s400/sharon's+charms.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div>Marianne made dangle with two tone pink beads and attached them to little glittered and cloth hearts:<br /></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Tcdcil97X04NR39sSm8U1-88Jz7HAEvJmulbD9ovMxx7Rv42OCJnBKYixIQIHIXP33Q7kFgvCaLG_dHfulqS893xVKTHh9F8qfPi9leRStT67zfE67Om8SZJRO-I9cvm4fwGtmOpclGT/s1600-h/DSCF1366.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302804573526285042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Tcdcil97X04NR39sSm8U1-88Jz7HAEvJmulbD9ovMxx7Rv42OCJnBKYixIQIHIXP33Q7kFgvCaLG_dHfulqS893xVKTHh9F8qfPi9leRStT67zfE67Om8SZJRO-I9cvm4fwGtmOpclGT/s400/DSCF1366.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Holly hand painted little love birds on shrink plastic: and built them up with different paints:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhi0PzXQi8DU-h4BOqkTb6wuBxXBD6CWnVJI-Xggu4KFS4AwCDxYdQ5ahVR045rwll2r4GgmUFIZfooK5FHtU15z-TQmu72XG7QSw6dzBksb864f8qI-m8joZB9RZpUC-hNIXvw-rXgwxB/s1600-h/holly"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302819028827644146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 223px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhi0PzXQi8DU-h4BOqkTb6wuBxXBD6CWnVJI-Xggu4KFS4AwCDxYdQ5ahVR045rwll2r4GgmUFIZfooK5FHtU15z-TQmu72XG7QSw6dzBksb864f8qI-m8joZB9RZpUC-hNIXvw-rXgwxB/s400/holly's+charms.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div>Susan made a quilted heart and added colorful little heart shaped buttons:</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmT14oVL1S9Nax5WLdsdM_aiBG8kV9gw2jkgtBtopl4CZKMZVQUbRFpOKF_S6bzohk6tx7_QGRHewJubFRRdgT3BvFa5T75dChN86BLCBTQaPlNCPAyoMR3tM1cYaQxx7I_pu0Vug9ep9/s1600-h/DSCF1413.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302804588304847714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmT14oVL1S9Nax5WLdsdM_aiBG8kV9gw2jkgtBtopl4CZKMZVQUbRFpOKF_S6bzohk6tx7_QGRHewJubFRRdgT3BvFa5T75dChN86BLCBTQaPlNCPAyoMR3tM1cYaQxx7I_pu0Vug9ep9/s400/DSCF1413.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Corrine made micro-macrame charms into which she wove little silver hearts and beads:</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2RpUgOsO5dRpvU-4HpEGefmw6CHwkjIr7OKQXJS3PSrXKvrwKMkWv2pdKDi_Ee3vM3RLCVprUjdV2KQMpXSZGn2VGkIgWEh6CGHhnlf0nArr5QqddFL-uadGd9srGcQCGTqvFDXz8zsqV/s1600-h/corrines+charms.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302816214035665986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 253px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2RpUgOsO5dRpvU-4HpEGefmw6CHwkjIr7OKQXJS3PSrXKvrwKMkWv2pdKDi_Ee3vM3RLCVprUjdV2KQMpXSZGn2VGkIgWEh6CGHhnlf0nArr5QqddFL-uadGd9srGcQCGTqvFDXz8zsqV/s400/corrines+charms.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Bobbi G. carved little hearts from gourds and hand painted them red with little squiggly designs and the word Love:</div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-zf3vxJDM2JxLnnFMSbxTQRnje40GMKzg5zH1AzwHFwrWUOWaXTDwBPzWH1JoP8R1ne4TyqDN3OYBaFvj1gtWBwiz70nRAQFGYf8z-wlU98SfM1DdQbebuCctJXlJ_fYbMV1_GYHrwOJe/s1600-h/DSCF1405.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302804582161336802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-zf3vxJDM2JxLnnFMSbxTQRnje40GMKzg5zH1AzwHFwrWUOWaXTDwBPzWH1JoP8R1ne4TyqDN3OYBaFvj1gtWBwiz70nRAQFGYf8z-wlU98SfM1DdQbebuCctJXlJ_fYbMV1_GYHrwOJe/s400/DSCF1405.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://woofnanny.blogspot.com/">Barb</a> trapped little bits of butterfly wings between glass and soldered a charm:</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9QDZEVNSTzvcJarELTO8vojw3sOO9ERbpoz5jo37y0LFMY0lmdoePRllU24TX9VEjy1XwBVvKVU1v9AVUQ3ecJ6d09zTDXhqcgxak0opLvehPrTjitppKmDHFMKBcEShuzJdUCUqapesr/s1600-h/barbs+charms.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302827541507728498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 397px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9QDZEVNSTzvcJarELTO8vojw3sOO9ERbpoz5jo37y0LFMY0lmdoePRllU24TX9VEjy1XwBVvKVU1v9AVUQ3ecJ6d09zTDXhqcgxak0opLvehPrTjitppKmDHFMKBcEShuzJdUCUqapesr/s400/barbs+charms.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>I made everyone a little card stock charm of the swap from the original vintage postcard I used to announce the swap. I admit that I had numerous troubles with this little baby as it was my first time trying to use the new Melt Pot I bought myself for Christmas. I covered the little card stock images by dipping them into molten UTEE. I made myself send them out even though they were not as perfect as I would have like just so everyone could see how simple a medium (and inexpensive) a design could be.</div><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheg9Jueo2gyhu1tT3fvxo57Q6IMZqKrPVFH7MCpOpmJtqJ-z0fd2PxG-opX96YN2QcQalOTCfEx7Qac69lS0tf2OyKWuXHZ6b1Yo8JSWjPJnwOGAELWjOd8DbB_5G-FTN5iNUF4gskAU9C/s1600-h/closeup.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302827545699689186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 361px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheg9Jueo2gyhu1tT3fvxo57Q6IMZqKrPVFH7MCpOpmJtqJ-z0fd2PxG-opX96YN2QcQalOTCfEx7Qac69lS0tf2OyKWuXHZ6b1Yo8JSWjPJnwOGAELWjOd8DbB_5G-FTN5iNUF4gskAU9C/s400/closeup.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>I truly hope that everyone who participated had a great time and that posting our results here may encourage others to try their hand at charm making. It was a great pleasure to give myself permission to experiment in a new medium and an even greater pleasure to see how everyone else rose to the challenge. It has made my Valentine's Day all the merrier and I hope that everyone who participated enjoyed making and receiving their charms. My great gratitude goes out to each and every one of you for making this a great charm swap! Please stay in touch and I hope all of this year's participants and anyone else who is interested will consider signing up next year for "Romancing the Charm Swap - The Sequel. Watch for the announcement in December 2009.</div><div><br /></div><div>Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!</div><br /><div>Cheers,<br /></div><div>The Tattered Rose</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-28625438021568101412009-01-14T10:21:00.000-08:002009-01-14T12:18:57.749-08:00HOMER RETURNS HOME FULL OF WISDOM, STORIES OF INTRIGUE AND A LITTLE INTERNET RAKLast February 1, 2008, Odeana Raven left home on a mission trip that was scheduled to cover 3 countries and 2 continents. She wished to become a more rounded crow and to have adventures so that she would have stories that could compete with her two brothers. She left behind a very distraught boyfriend, Homer Crow, who was very much in love with Odeana. When Homer's worst fears were realized and Odeana was never heard from after her first scheduled stop on her trip, Homer left home last June in search of her. He left with wearing his black cloak of mourning and carrying his diary. He expected that his scheduled travels in 3 countries and 2 continents would change him very much and he wanted to record his adventures so that he could share them when he returned.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUgHyXXWQdg1ZlKijUGEMlzf3OhyphenhyphenfJnfGZxmlP5uOrmVC8SKc-wzTzVLlEs0bqzWqc0A0F4n-cBsfqbrtqCiA68J1Wb-Q71RLh6Lh53okKZFk3mdIBClq-aRICoJ3pY8dQWQfj7dw1M31e/s1600-h/homer"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291218252947295170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUgHyXXWQdg1ZlKijUGEMlzf3OhyphenhyphenfJnfGZxmlP5uOrmVC8SKc-wzTzVLlEs0bqzWqc0A0F4n-cBsfqbrtqCiA68J1Wb-Q71RLh6Lh53okKZFk3mdIBClq-aRICoJ3pY8dQWQfj7dw1M31e/s400/homer's+story.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Since Homer left here, I had the occasional report of his travels - a brief message here or there that he had landed somewhere or that he was on the wing again. By the end of December I knew that he would be returning home soon and I waited with bated breath to see what progress he had made in finding Odeana and how his travels had changed him.<br /><br /><br />Last week Homer returned. His diary now carries a "Miami Vice" button on the outside. No doubt somewhere along the way, he consulted that police department for aid in locating his beloved Odeana, though his diary does not contain this account.<br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpP7rRQY00C26E-m3_zPAGfuxlLTVVn5mCKIUajGmmZD-heb49sn_KUk71xFZlxSvwN2Uemyh4QZefzH_guNCN7VkRXhNYGBVNHO9EVPBchtRc-7nCmd1plr4ye5WnmECjyuQR91aQupwV/s1600-h/homer+diary.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291221045030367826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 350px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpP7rRQY00C26E-m3_zPAGfuxlLTVVn5mCKIUajGmmZD-heb49sn_KUk71xFZlxSvwN2Uemyh4QZefzH_guNCN7VkRXhNYGBVNHO9EVPBchtRc-7nCmd1plr4ye5WnmECjyuQR91aQupwV/s400/homer+diary.jpg" border="0" /></a> As per the instructions of his last host, Robin, I read his journal before opening the other packages. I could tell by the journal that he had been the guest of many gracious hosts:</p><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8jr-SI_YxmCN9trc-yLipma6OdlGTPI-7VWsBcDa9OP2QQyz8nx2ZW5CqAI5Ek21EKnx_cVhNLxXf7cHWtg_vK-7dngkCaZtHz54Q1ca9UouPmDJp5UODj1UKXm73TZtPzka4LwvI2yUN/s1600-h/cheri+painting.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291219978794494658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 397px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8jr-SI_YxmCN9trc-yLipma6OdlGTPI-7VWsBcDa9OP2QQyz8nx2ZW5CqAI5Ek21EKnx_cVhNLxXf7cHWtg_vK-7dngkCaZtHz54Q1ca9UouPmDJp5UODj1UKXm73TZtPzka4LwvI2yUN/s400/cheri+painting.jpg" border="0" /></a> Cheri drew this picture in his diary so that he could remember the lovely waters where he searched from tree to tree for Odeana. She even recorded this ballad:</p><br /><p>Homer the Crow</p><br /><p>Has no place to go</p><br /><p>but to explore a stream</p><br /><p>and Oak tress between</p><br /><p>Every perch every branch</p><br /><p>Scowled for Odeana, perch</p><br /><p>for a Scout in a black shadowed cowl.</p><br /><p>Homer will find love in his clouds above</p><br /><p>with the watergypsy he will glide thermaltypsy</p><br /><p>With the Melody of Wind on Merlin's Crag he will find.</p><br /><p>Alderly edge over cheshire basin</p><br /><p>And there a true love find.</p><br /><p></p><br /><p>Always, Always Homer clung to his last photograph of Odeana Raven - the last one taken before she was lost - so young - so inexperienced - and so alone:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0O8E_7DNS5NJ-bAJvYIpDPKvKsQTd18dKrVV8G-tUs9j8eLwkEjW84XsCKHfLAUfEThFEkfwH4a9dHe2NMlkmZA_WsjMSoPTmu44YjJGIMMVGJqvmpO1dhbq8LBOtwsVJOYYj4G9DBvz/s1600-h/odeana"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291229018314150770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0O8E_7DNS5NJ-bAJvYIpDPKvKsQTd18dKrVV8G-tUs9j8eLwkEjW84XsCKHfLAUfEThFEkfwH4a9dHe2NMlkmZA_WsjMSoPTmu44YjJGIMMVGJqvmpO1dhbq8LBOtwsVJOYYj4G9DBvz/s400/odeana's+photo.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Always hoping, against hope that she could be found. Homer's story, as documented in his diary recount his untiring efforts to find his one true love. Felicia took him to the beach to take his mind off his troubles. But he soon took back to the air and redoubled his efforts in Canada when he visited Gail. I couldn't believe him when I saw him, he left home a boy, but he came home a man! The story recorded in his diary by the many kind hosts who gave him shelter and assistance in his search, is very compelling. Thanks so much to all who helped Homer along his way!</p><p></p><p><a href="http://renaissancewomantobe.blogspot.com/">Terry</a> kindly made him a necklace with his True Love's name:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImyOVd49xo2qhjX6qtooboTmNLR4YilJVooI_OXeC9cd5mO3CqVk-Iilzd1Mm87LJ34v2DPQ1ODbEEdKofjdJRqZI7hcz3wUCZdvLpAbbC1-yjGNxUdTsBUQX5o0XDpPPzT5L4QhmiRvp/s1600-h/homer+head+shot.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291217362138912930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 316px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImyOVd49xo2qhjX6qtooboTmNLR4YilJVooI_OXeC9cd5mO3CqVk-Iilzd1Mm87LJ34v2DPQ1ODbEEdKofjdJRqZI7hcz3wUCZdvLpAbbC1-yjGNxUdTsBUQX5o0XDpPPzT5L4QhmiRvp/s400/homer+head+shot.jpg" border="0" /></a> Cheri, Lee, Felicia, Gail and Lee gave him many garments and other additions and he returned home like this:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HC-tCIDiP8r3LOYsI81KPQlAuaggQXMWpJXtEh2oimyCQU2_kbaMkKvgK3pThKUbHqkrqEz8ec1JfVJtBOGEJEKD2UhsTkMpcPKxvIOldn0G-WNpajZPjxzL7R74ZT69_c5CKCaeCKSa/s1600-h/homer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291217364101988770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 263px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HC-tCIDiP8r3LOYsI81KPQlAuaggQXMWpJXtEh2oimyCQU2_kbaMkKvgK3pThKUbHqkrqEz8ec1JfVJtBOGEJEKD2UhsTkMpcPKxvIOldn0G-WNpajZPjxzL7R74ZT69_c5CKCaeCKSa/s400/homer.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Isn't he splendid! I can't believe what they have all done with him. I love the way someone tied up his black tulle coat of mourning with a ribbon with silver stars and adorned it with rhinestones. They gave him a great Geri curl, eyes of amber, a red beak and feet and lavished him with a silver heart and angel necklace.<br /><br />But wait...there was another package! Here's the story as Robin recorded it in the diary in Homer's own words:<br />"I flew off and headed west. It started to get dark and then I saw a strange Blue Glow. So I went down to see what it was. I discovered this wonderful magical place in the woods - in a Valley of beautiful pines. There was a brook and trees. In the middle of this place was a village of these magical creatures. I was met by an old grandmother crow. She told me this was the magical place of <a href="http://dreamsofblueacadia.blogspot.com/">Acadia Blue</a>. The Queen of Red dog. She said that she watches over this magical place and rules it with peace and love and all are welcome. So I explained my journey to her and who I was looking for. She said, 'Ah..yes, come down and warm yourself and have some food. ' Awhile later after I had eaten and warmed, Grandmother Crow came into the fire circle. She said, 'Homer, the Crow, come with me. I have someone you should meet. ' We went into the deep pines and to a large oak tree. The tree was a home, her home, and we went inside. I couldn't believe my eyes - sitting by the fire was my Odeana.'<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAG_3i83upVEOX8oHd-tocU-aNrHsqefoqFEYRqd5X324aZGlqWU4EjrC6vwm9MWzmU82RrlkfSxs6kOLIhop1GCWE4FayBOj9UQjjx9JwcuhZIw_MfbG3Us6Az7vHosniyfEqfseTOFkK/s1600-h/odeana.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291217368581062130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 305px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAG_3i83upVEOX8oHd-tocU-aNrHsqefoqFEYRqd5X324aZGlqWU4EjrC6vwm9MWzmU82RrlkfSxs6kOLIhop1GCWE4FayBOj9UQjjx9JwcuhZIw_MfbG3Us6Az7vHosniyfEqfseTOFkK/s400/odeana.jpg" border="0" /></a> Odeana was even lovelier than I remembered her. She was now dressed in a lovely lace gown and had lovely wings of blue and a long blue scarf. But there was no mistaking her - she was my Odeana!<br />She looked up and our eyes met. We had found each other again!"<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1egtabNH2zX8z7_PjGBi_8NNLMBmu3dAGziKCo5zC5EdTF4rrGSASiFj4Mt5YctyoU3fmxFNYZBRjiAL61DUALvlyYWvaE0PDkknd-agZA9sMdxfF1y3REoRbzW1-5uhsXC1LzQCEcngy/s1600-h/the+happy+couple.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291218246700629698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 396px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1egtabNH2zX8z7_PjGBi_8NNLMBmu3dAGziKCo5zC5EdTF4rrGSASiFj4Mt5YctyoU3fmxFNYZBRjiAL61DUALvlyYWvaE0PDkknd-agZA9sMdxfF1y3REoRbzW1-5uhsXC1LzQCEcngy/s400/the+happy+couple.jpg" border="0" /></a> This is the last entry in Homer's diary, but I have been able to spend many happy hours with the couple since the day they arrived here. Everyone who meets them is much taken with the couple and can't believe there harrowing tale of how they lost each other and reconnected. There is talk of a June wedding. Also, though Homer is afraid to talk of this yet, they have been contacted by Paramount Studio about the possibility of a major motion picture to tell their story.<br /><br />Thanks so much to all at Altered Art of Visions and Dreams who participated in this round robin. I loved this round robin and I will remember it always. I loved working on each of your crows and i hope that you love them as much as I love Odeana and Homer. </p><p>Special thanks to <a href="http://dreamsofblueacadia.blogspot.com/">Robin</a> for making me a replacement Odeana! It was so sweet of you and I really appreciate it! You're a doll!<br /><br /><br /></p>The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-8433723433331628742009-01-02T11:06:00.000-08:002009-01-02T12:00:18.559-08:00MORE SNOW PEOPLE!I confess! I can't stop making snow people. I stayed home on New Year's Day and worked on three new ones most of the day. I had already given a few as Christmas gifts, but now I really think I'm getting a system for making them. There are 4 more undecorated ones curing on my counter at home. I think I love them so because I can dig through my stash and use up all kinds of little incidental items I've collected. They are kind of like a 3-D collage because I don't realize the reason for the embellishments I give them until after I am finished with them. After I finished making this one:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglkh026DbTvB1_lh_sECR2xp8J5MxzkqoiU2P-9ZC7Rrj5MyKXVq3GF9nfFmz2qgo84Axq8-rZgou4I24RWb2_YOguyrUYe43laSe6Wga_s18FjD2-tRjnjj7FHqnqhZkkRaVIqexkprSu/s1600-h/snow+people+ok4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286776159982233730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 219px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglkh026DbTvB1_lh_sECR2xp8J5MxzkqoiU2P-9ZC7Rrj5MyKXVq3GF9nfFmz2qgo84Axq8-rZgou4I24RWb2_YOguyrUYe43laSe6Wga_s18FjD2-tRjnjj7FHqnqhZkkRaVIqexkprSu/s400/snow+people+ok4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />And had already added the little rhinestone 4 on the key she was carrying, I realized, duh, she was the 4 of wands from the Tarot deck. (!) Traditionally, if I remember correctly, that card has a celebration going on (a wedding or other celebration of some sort) and the people on the card are often depicted with wreaths on their heads. The key is clearly her wand and the 4 (well, I added that one last) just looked right to me.<br /><br /><br />I think this snow angel is my personal favorite:<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiSjVfZIqr5UA0hq3_eHMCNvZmeuBrlE7QNzcNV4gLjtEWji-BtemblIbJxtQT3NtBcRvFFrv1mv7KhU953CgB2YtcTU_ia5rpB0tth33g2ufd8YSH4m1lGMFh-tIS6kOg4jzQJrDU11AS/s1600-h/snow+people+ok1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286777997216739010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 178px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiSjVfZIqr5UA0hq3_eHMCNvZmeuBrlE7QNzcNV4gLjtEWji-BtemblIbJxtQT3NtBcRvFFrv1mv7KhU953CgB2YtcTU_ia5rpB0tth33g2ufd8YSH4m1lGMFh-tIS6kOg4jzQJrDU11AS/s400/snow+people+ok1.jpg" border="0" /></a> She is made from an old Log Cabin Syrup bottle I bought for $1.50 at a local antique store. She was marked $3.00, but when I told the clerk what I was going to do with her she generously slashed the price in half. I love how the little handles near the top of her bottle make her look like she is wearing a long full skirt and is standing with her hands behind her back. I used silver ground glass glitter on the letter J-O-Y so they will oxide over time and become almost black as they age. I used a bit of gold bouillon for her crown. I bought a couple stems of this stuff at the rubber stamp convention I attended last year and if anyone knows where I can buy some more, please leave me a post. I'm sorry for the glare, she is hard to get a pic of because of all the glitter, but I thought she still might give some of you an idea or two.<br /><br />Here's the remaining snow girl in yesterday's trio. She was made from an old pink tinted pearl tree rope and a glass ketchup bottle which I also bought at a flea market for $1. I wasn't sure that I would like this shape, but once I had started constructing my little village, it was nice to have bottles in different shapes.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUkj0M9TWNL-2eYX1sMh3cEpD6dyRxsGS-sWkPJYQqeDmEjWrayuxZPm1mGseIn-vyRLtad_i2wqFC9rkpEab5fWUDHvaWE_dmKw8xYU8EfeatBrzzJiRRF6KCGzaFHLo6lvvnGXCQissB/s1600-h/snow+people+ok2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286778885258615154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 159px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUkj0M9TWNL-2eYX1sMh3cEpD6dyRxsGS-sWkPJYQqeDmEjWrayuxZPm1mGseIn-vyRLtad_i2wqFC9rkpEab5fWUDHvaWE_dmKw8xYU8EfeatBrzzJiRRF6KCGzaFHLo6lvvnGXCQissB/s400/snow+people+ok2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p> </p><p>It is just as well that I am almost out of bottles because I need to get busy with my plans for the Romancing the Charm swap. I have a few little surprises in store for my players if I can just get them to come out right! Happy New Year and Happy arting, everyone. I hope you have all made new art resolutions for the coming year.</p><p>Please leave me a comment. I love hearing from all of you.</p><p>Cheers, Trish G.</p>The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-69026651400777713122008-12-30T11:34:00.000-08:002008-12-30T12:03:24.916-08:00WINTER SNOW PEOPLE ALA CLOTH PAPER SCISSORS MAGAZINE<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQaywN-RY_y4LmI4WhPHptYlxJdheb4ZaBvcza_nj15kTAljDpKXwF1u3BoKMi0ZUEM3o9FFSQj4YusXLG0-xfTcW5Gm8Azn6pAIjMq0KacV92kHNDTc7KMrYMNB7EBzZTn3jZ3maGUIKy/s1600-h/snowmen+024+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285669356394756450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 376px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQaywN-RY_y4LmI4WhPHptYlxJdheb4ZaBvcza_nj15kTAljDpKXwF1u3BoKMi0ZUEM3o9FFSQj4YusXLG0-xfTcW5Gm8Azn6pAIjMq0KacV92kHNDTc7KMrYMNB7EBzZTn3jZ3maGUIKy/s400/snowmen+024+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>The November/December 2008 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors Magazine had a little team of delightful snow people on the front cover. Inside, the article by the artist, Sue Pelletier, urged us to have fun by making our own snowmen from found objects. They have been appearing all over blogland and the magazine got so much response that they published a little eletter to show us some. You can see it <a href="http://www.quiltingarts.com/cpsmag/extras/RainingSnowmen.html">here</a>. I finally decided to jump in, too! I made and gave away quite a few as gifts (which I have no pictures of), but here's a late gift I finished this morning. This lovely couple, Joy and Hope had a previous life as a Tazo tea bottle (left) and an olive oil bottle (right). The heads are paper clay covered with white glitter and decorated with black rhinestones and a little copper soldering tape for the nose. I partially filled each bottle with a pearl tree rope and then decorated the outside with rhinestones, deconstructed earrings and bracelets, and constructed a little hat for each. The Joy and Hope in the center of each bottle were made by applying silver ground glass glitter with glue to stickers and then gluing them to the bottles. As time goes on, the silver glitter will oxidize and the letters will be darker in color. To match this anticipated change, I finished the bottles with black velvet flowered ribbons. (Yes, Deann, this is ribbon I bought at ARCHIVER'S). I then covered the bottles with spray adhesive and sprinkled them with vintage mica flakes I received as part of my gift in the Christmas Cracker Swap. I am gifting this pair to my friend Mark. I had originally planned to give him the snowman with the cowboy hat (which I shaped myself), but after I had finished this pair, I just couldn't stand to break up the set.</div><div>If you have been thinking about making these, I heartily recommend that you get started. I had never used paper clay before, but it was not difficult and the end result is prettier than Styrofoam. I do have one little practice hint: Form the heads and push them onto the bottles. Cover immediately with a generous layer of Golden Gel Medium and cover with white glitter. Then leave the heads for a few days to dry before decorating the rest of the bottles. During the pre-Christmas rush, I made 4 heads without covering with the gel medium and glitter and went out shopping for a couple of hours. When I came back, it was Nightmare before Christmas. The heads had cracks all over them and looked a little spooky. I was able to salvage them, by covering them with a heavy coat of glitter and giving them scarves and hats in strategic places, but I noticed that when I covered them with the gel medium and glitter right away, none of them cracked. Thought I would pass this little tip along to you.</div><div>Hope everyone has a Happy New Year!</div>The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-61730512954258513132008-12-15T08:24:00.000-08:002008-12-15T08:58:20.149-08:00IT'S BEGINNING TO FEEL A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS!This last weekend I was fortunate to get together with three girl friends I met in 1979. It was the very first semester of a tough professional school experience and we were 4 of the few women. Our trials and tribulations during those four years, bonded us together. Since that time, we've all been through a lot, but we still get together for our annual Christmas celebration. Three of us now live in the same town (although that hasn't always been so) and one of us lives about 3 hours away. Our celebration is always a joyous time and reminds me just what the holidays are supposed to be about. Last year we made a pact that we would make at least one of the presents we gave the other. While we did not have perfect compliance with that pact(although gifts, not yet completed, are still underway), it was a rewarding challenge and one I urge you to try with your own friends and relatives. We have vowed to continue our new tradition.<br /><br />I want to share with you a tree topper I completed for one of the friends:<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280054626834609442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 129px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmcV6BRs0LmqWxDF511LbJxE3noTjD2rwFVDuKIdP_Y4GLYtdgDl08ruK3Ee-CHvvHjlcXyG_PgMFFREcQX1TxO0IPtChoiz7xmzTFgxrlO8vIZ4kNioqQPWM2A7iTfpzIPW-w-MCr1qaj/s400/pats+tree+topper.jpg" border="0" /><br />I made a color copy of an vintage confirmation photo of a young girl. I mounted the top half to cardstock and cut it so that there was a long narrow extension to glue inside the cone. Glue the cone together so the the upper torso of the photograph is above the cone stape. I also stamped a star (chinese laundry) for her halo and embossed it over and over with platinum UTEE so that it almost looked like embossed foil. I then glued sections of vintage lace around the doll and made her a belt at her waist with a black ribbon and piece of an old rhinestone necklace. I embellished her further with a 3-D piece of vintage holly in her hair and placed a piece of holly garland in her hand. I added some silver and diamond stickles to her torso to give her a delicate shine and I further accented the berries in the holly with red stickles and edged the holly garland with shiny silver lumiere paint. I hope she will be all sparkly when she graces the top of my friend's holiday tree this year.<br /><br />How many of you have made Christmas gifts this year?The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-54103331628643760062008-12-12T10:56:00.000-08:002008-12-12T12:21:30.852-08:00CHRISTMAS CRACKER SWAP! RESULTSI signed up for the lovely <a href="http://magpie-pixie.blogspot.com/">Carolyn's</a> 2nd Annual Christmas Cracker swap and I was lucky enough to be assigned <a href="http://rhondamum.blogspot.com/">Rhonda</a> as my swap partner. I knew about Rhonda from reading Carolyn's blog - they are net BFF's. As it turns out, I found out what Carolyn already knew - that Rhonda and I have a lot in common. We love a lot of the same things and we have them in enough abundance to share. Rhonda was so generous and didn't stick to the rules which are: make a Christmas Cracker and fill it with delectable goodies you think your swap partner will like - she went the extra mile and sent me all sorts of goodies too numerous to be contained in her beautiful cracker. Here's the cracker:<br /><br /><p><br /><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTIHpsECWGx5encsP1xhJ3gAlmXCDIrYiZfUPqO7WLwDBfi9k1gcG9F3XcBUmYqxcNwAr5fPp7iTdhV_CeU1zBNfWhXnLO2hrbm4QsEVqyCPWF6UG-Cdb8RBd19_Q_4MXhq0S0QTKsa8kp/s1600-h/trishs+christmas+cracker.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278983702918776562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 153px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTIHpsECWGx5encsP1xhJ3gAlmXCDIrYiZfUPqO7WLwDBfi9k1gcG9F3XcBUmYqxcNwAr5fPp7iTdhV_CeU1zBNfWhXnLO2hrbm4QsEVqyCPWF6UG-Cdb8RBd19_Q_4MXhq0S0QTKsa8kp/s400/trishs+christmas+cracker.JPG" border="0" /></a> It's made of a thick paper, but feels like it is covered in a shiny silver velvet jacquard. She tied it up with festive yellow and red vintage rayon seam binding.</p><p>Here's what it and her package contained:<br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJsccX4Gvny2tONqzgJKWf6xeWe8qOGu1SF_EwoGsfHLPBC6YfvyTcIJk1ajEce3UYZrCkKHSe3RfSGD8AeW-HlxhNIAGGni0x8l8tZebwzEE1lOIktOA5mP-0ZRE4RSD0kK3S0qXm7hIF/s1600-h/trishs+cracker+contents.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278983705105863090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJsccX4Gvny2tONqzgJKWf6xeWe8qOGu1SF_EwoGsfHLPBC6YfvyTcIJk1ajEce3UYZrCkKHSe3RfSGD8AeW-HlxhNIAGGni0x8l8tZebwzEE1lOIktOA5mP-0ZRE4RSD0kK3S0qXm7hIF/s400/trishs+cracker+contents.jpg" border="0" /></a> Who wouldn't be over the moon to receive this package? Vintage buttons, little paper reindeer, vintage beaded flower, old mica glitter, an assortment of vintage tickets (!!!), old Christmas cards, and more. As the song goes, these are some of my favorite things. See the little blue tissue paper - its a little hat. I have read that the original crackers contained little treats and toys and a little tissue paper hat for each of the guests to wear at dinner. How authentic of her to have includee that hat (I wish I had thought to include one in hers!) She even sent me a "real" Christmas cracker - so named because when you pull the end they have a little charge of gun powder that goes "Crack!" I've never had a real one before so I am anxious to try it out with my friends this weekend. I just love everything. Thank you so much Rhonda! And thank you Carolyn for hosting. This was such a fun swap. </p><p>Today I received an email from <a href="http://rhondum.blogspot.com/">Rhonda</a> that my package had arrived safely at her place so I can share with you what I sent to her. Here's the outside of the cracker I sent her:<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_WT3AqHbbajGv_M0jAQZY777uc5NnFsQFfYZ3PAXOQ2w3thPd6XBOcfURZFmPdLfeS1rj8335CHFTeZpPOwpaVleEHF1oZ1c1cXXrREsWaHO_a2lYH1IIvCJF5fC7KSsmGFYqprWyu2h/s1600-h/christmas+cracker+swap+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278982059786056658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 133px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_WT3AqHbbajGv_M0jAQZY777uc5NnFsQFfYZ3PAXOQ2w3thPd6XBOcfURZFmPdLfeS1rj8335CHFTeZpPOwpaVleEHF1oZ1c1cXXrREsWaHO_a2lYH1IIvCJF5fC7KSsmGFYqprWyu2h/s400/christmas+cracker+swap+002.jpg" border="0" /></a> Here's an assortment of other stuff I sent her in her box that wouldn't fit in her cracker:<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisNvcyWiUt5GNYjt3DkQePU3wiq_I6AAZQJUBEP7DJgCdlBxJNQl7SnwW7Oybpuo3216wCsBcn0IedERPZnjzcNQY03kqffqUL6T-S1ZGeYtKqd3kJ42YSYbCRJiSArMa95am5WeGKcWI2/s1600-h/christmas+cracker+swap+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278982062256112386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 358px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisNvcyWiUt5GNYjt3DkQePU3wiq_I6AAZQJUBEP7DJgCdlBxJNQl7SnwW7Oybpuo3216wCsBcn0IedERPZnjzcNQY03kqffqUL6T-S1ZGeYtKqd3kJ42YSYbCRJiSArMa95am5WeGKcWI2/s400/christmas+cracker+swap+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>I forgot to take a pic of stuff I actually stuffed inside her cracker. It was a challenge to get it all in. If you want to see, hop on over to <a href="http://rhondamum.blogspot.com/">RhondaMum</a> and see if she's posted a pic of it yet. And while you're there, take a good luck around Rhonda's blog. She's got a really great blog where she creates all manner of great vintage style items and her own <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5259268">etsy shop </a>where she offers some of them for sale. Be sure and say Hi! to Rhonda for me.</div><div></div><div>I'm having my first Christmas Party of the season this weekend and I'm really excited to be getting together with some girlfriends I've known for almost 30 years. We agreed last year to each make each other at least one of the presents so I may have some great pics to share with you next week! Now I can't wait to see what they made!</div><div> </div><div>Happy Holidays to all and may all your own celebrations and preparations be merry!</div></div>The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-62693628499520498712008-12-11T12:11:00.000-08:002008-12-11T12:26:04.806-08:00NEWS OF A GIVEAWAY!<a href="http://wandamai.blogspot.com/">Wanda</a> is having a giveaway for her 100th post. Go take a look at the lovely foofed up wreath you could win. You can register for her giveaway by clicking <a href="http://wandamai.blogspot.com/2008/12/this-is-actual-100th-post.html">here</a>.The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-89064925395039448012008-12-09T14:31:00.000-08:002008-12-09T14:52:03.064-08:00I LOVE JUNK JEWELRY!!!! SEE MY LATEST TREASURES!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh__kVPoXQOhhuqWAP-VWeorKBbuFxNeTzcLE01ZK5jzGyKcrh7ToXhyphenhyphenhPG4aTAnNj9zk6SmQ-o4UiDPKhPWcAgtFoofhXIFhFI22TGwG-pNmrliCK2m7lMv8maB5jsqJ5v_xReI25mQh5-/s1600-h/junk+jewelry+002+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277921970221146802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 366px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh__kVPoXQOhhuqWAP-VWeorKBbuFxNeTzcLE01ZK5jzGyKcrh7ToXhyphenhyphenhPG4aTAnNj9zk6SmQ-o4UiDPKhPWcAgtFoofhXIFhFI22TGwG-pNmrliCK2m7lMv8maB5jsqJ5v_xReI25mQh5-/s400/junk+jewelry+002+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Lookie, lookie what $3.50 bought me today! A whole 2 bags of broken jewelry and buttons. You may not be able to tell from my pic, but a couple of those strands are from an old rhinestone necklace and the old broken bracelet near the upper right hand corner has green rhinestones for the leaves and purple rhinestone flowers. The big, big, big broken necklace (which is not as old) is decorated with silver pearls, black, clear and amber rhinestones. Considering that I was only looking for some old strands of pearls (which were also enclosed), it was a great haul. At a splendid price!!!</div><div>You might think that my love of "junk" (broken) jewelry stems from my crafting obsessions and that I love it because I can make things from it. You would (alas) be wrong. I believe that I actually took up making things with it so that I could justify my need to collect it. I love it because it is beautiful, vintage and (God love my Scottish ancestry) cheap! These are three of the qualities I hold nearest and dearest in my heart.</div><div>All of my grandparents were born in the 19th century - yes, that's right, in the 1800's. (Don't infer too much about my age from that because I am the next to the youngest grandchild on both sides of a family that does not turn over a generation very often. All of my great grandfather's fought in the Civil War.) I associate my love of old things with my maternal grandmother's "junk" drawer. I used to love to go through every inch of her bureau drawers (for my sister, the white one in the kitchen on the right of the bathroom door). They contained broken jewelry, old campaign buttons, milk caps, bottle openers, note pads, discarded perfume bottles and old cracker jack toys. When I was lucky she would give me something from those drawers. And those are still some of my favorite treasures to find when I go knicky-knack hunting. After all, aren't we all trying to buy back our lost childholds?</div><div>And today was a good day!</div>The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-42516939468492191662008-12-01T14:41:00.000-08:002008-12-23T10:54:24.271-08:00ROMANCING THE CHARM SWAP: SIGN UP ON THIS POST TO PARTICIPATE</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWda-tUWKwViUzowhuqNu7m-bUhLo8Q5Umle8eVD46XsLk-0wR03plBSUDJw8p8qm_SppKKw6WFszp6o7Ji0crc7K755jorEZHSOntJCFf0q14fGtJwp4TkOT-ONKcLKqjeRh8FdZOA4e/s1600-h/valentine+pic.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274980546901633810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 399px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWda-tUWKwViUzowhuqNu7m-bUhLo8Q5Umle8eVD46XsLk-0wR03plBSUDJw8p8qm_SppKKw6WFszp6o7Ji0crc7K755jorEZHSOntJCFf0q14fGtJwp4TkOT-ONKcLKqjeRh8FdZOA4e/s400/valentine+pic.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">THE ROMANCING THE CHARM SWAP SIGN-UP IS NOW CLOSED. PLEASE CHECK BACK LATER TO SEE THE RESULTS OF OUR CHARM SWAP. THANKS FOR VISITING THE TATTERED ROSE AND PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT.<br /><div><span style="color:#999999;">Greetings, friends, followers, readers and lurkers! I am very happy to announce I am hosting a charm swap in honor of St. Valentine's Day! For those of you (like me) who may not currently have a significant other, or would just like to ensure a special little treat for the most romantic of days, here's your opportunity to get something extra sweet! for the special day. Sign up by leaving me a post here and an email address so I can contact you.<br /><strong>Here's how the swap will work</strong>: Make a charm for every member in the group (which will be no more than 30) with a romantic theme - I leave the interpretation to you of what's a romantic charm: a little string of beads with a heart, a bead with a romantic word, a romantic symbol, a romantic scene, whatever you think fits the theme of romancing the charm. The charms should be not longer than 1-1/2 inches and should have a silver colored jump ring attached to connect to a bracelet (or necklace or whatever else you can dream up to use your charms). The charms should be predominantly silver colored if they are metal, but may contain other metals in moderation. The charms can be from any medium: clay, metal, cloth, treated paper, shrink plastic, glass, china, etc.; they can be etched, stamped, soldered, stuffed, felted or any other method that meets the specifications. Return them to me in an envelope by January 23, 2009 and enclose enough U.S. POSTAGE for their return. Make sure your name and complete address is either legible on the outside of your envelope or enclose a legible card inside. You do not have to send a padded envelope (though it will be appreciated if you do) but be sure to enclose U.S. POSTAGE not the bar strip you get from post office as these cannot be used to mail the item to you (I know that sounds crazy, but it's the rule now. They will put the little strip on your package but when I take it to the post office to mail it back to the swapper, it cannot be used because it was made more than 24 hours ago. So this bears repeating. <strong>ENCLOSE ACTUAL U.S. POSTAGE</strong> <strong>STAMPS</strong> NOT A POSTAGE METER STRIP. (I was educated in my last swap when I had to pay postage for several of the packages because I did not warn the players of this problem.)<br /><strong>Here's what you will receive</strong>: a special handmade charm from everybody in the group! Just in time so you can assemble your own bracelet or necklace in time for the holiday! </span></div><div><br /><span style="color:#999999;"><strong>For inspiration</strong>, read A CHARMING EXCHANGE by Kelly Snelling and Ruth Rae (North Light Books, 2008)<br /><br /><br /></span></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8GCmT2N2spteUso1SwOBT0IpJM1P5WUmyJc7LN_L03e-RSvsTFEHhFbxMupT-Zy1cc7nZuPEpOFWKNcLnYxQhlhVexWSUTEKId8EtShUcFGNWNq813RkAaVnYdcXrsH7kyYguoU4Tqfvp/s1600-h/a+charming+exchange+(3).jpg"><span style="color:#999999;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274971735847611954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 313px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8GCmT2N2spteUso1SwOBT0IpJM1P5WUmyJc7LN_L03e-RSvsTFEHhFbxMupT-Zy1cc7nZuPEpOFWKNcLnYxQhlhVexWSUTEKId8EtShUcFGNWNq813RkAaVnYdcXrsH7kyYguoU4Tqfvp/s400/a+charming+exchange+(3).jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#999999;"><br /><br />PRETTY LITTLE THINGS by Sally Jean Alexander or SEMIPRECIOUS SALVAGE by Stephanie Lee or any of the many, many other jewelry making books at your local libraries or book stores. No doubt, you may have some inspirational books, blogs or website of your own you can leave in the comment section to inspire us all.<br />Please sign up here for the Romancing the Charm swap by leaving your name and your <strong>email address</strong> if you have a no-reply blogger account. If you are worried about privacy, I will erase your email addresses before my next post. If you do not have a "no-reply blogger account" I believe I can get your email address from your comment and it is not necessary for you to leave it here. I need an email address so I can send group messages without having to contact your individual blogs or waiting for you to respond to my posts here.</span></p><div><span style="color:#999999;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="color:#999999;">Well, I think that's all the details, though no doubt I have left out something important. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them here and to leave me any comments whether you are able to join in the swap or not!</span></p><div><span style="color:#999999;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="color:#999999;">I hope you will join in the fun! It's 7 weeks to make the charms and get them in the mail to me. I'm sorry I don't have a swap button, but please feel free to pass around this info. I'm looking forward to romancing the charms with you this Valentine's Day. </span></p><p><span style="color:#999999;">Cheers,</span></p><p><span style="color:#999999;">Trish G.</span></p><div><span style="color:#999999;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="color:#999999;"></span></p><div><span style="color:#999999;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="color:#999999;"></span></p><br /><br /></span><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span>The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-46085725486685917922008-11-26T11:41:00.000-08:002008-11-26T12:51:20.349-08:00HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL! AND COME SEE THE GOODIES MY THANKSGIVING SWAP PARTNER SENT ME!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv5bhN4PcUvVdN6LtNhh5TwlN-260socHyaCCETYokqKghpkDPdeyDRScCuLTK1JVwyrN1Y5rjDiQPEKQVqO9QfzWWL0nmqAGF_r6d1ELyYAUEtiiasL7QylrMzcpzs0L6uT83oR-4wMdd/s1600-h/sharons+atc.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273057679980722434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 279px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv5bhN4PcUvVdN6LtNhh5TwlN-260socHyaCCETYokqKghpkDPdeyDRScCuLTK1JVwyrN1Y5rjDiQPEKQVqO9QfzWWL0nmqAGF_r6d1ELyYAUEtiiasL7QylrMzcpzs0L6uT83oR-4wMdd/s400/sharons+atc.jpg" border="0" /></a>I participated in a Thanksgiving Paper doll/ATC swap over at <a href="http://www.blogger.com/hophopjingleboo.blogspot.com">Debra's.</a> Her blog has been a source of holiday inspiration for me since before I started my own blog so I was so excited to participate in one of her swaps. The requirements were to make a paper doll and an ATC and send them to your swap partner. I can't show you my paper doll because I didn't look at my pics until after I had mailed the doll and they were blurry. (My apology for all the pics: I am not a good picture taker.) Above is the sweet ATC I received in the swap. I love that she made a pink Thanksgiving card. And here's what else I got from my swap partner, <a href="http://myvintagestudio.blogspot.com/">Sharon</a>:<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkC-TFMFGXimr4_pCu6nNRKPvOE9ZnCcI4TRu1lFc0zeNXJQaW6nDhMiKELb3y6yjwfT4PUfvmGwhtXMopHJXkJmVhZtnXvhUdcqJg7fG25M6cbNVSuhYAJww9-WCw2NUK4qMrn91ibNUH/s1600-h/sharons+paperdoll.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273057341569809682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 285px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkC-TFMFGXimr4_pCu6nNRKPvOE9ZnCcI4TRu1lFc0zeNXJQaW6nDhMiKELb3y6yjwfT4PUfvmGwhtXMopHJXkJmVhZtnXvhUdcqJg7fG25M6cbNVSuhYAJww9-WCw2NUK4qMrn91ibNUH/s400/sharons+paperdoll.jpg" border="0" /></a> Isn't her 3-D paper doll wonderful. I love that she has that little rope belt of pearls. The background is just a pillow we had the office, but I thought it looked very rustic with the doll.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxgap_iIj8R5p061IOSuzkwrdHn18Wi4Hzau0QhgQNfv7csztGrmAn38w5kZ1mE5oDuU3d3CkmEQYZ1WOnXex7JQn6tI3-1GTTgvXd12QiEouhNsgn6k-AgdLHNtP63HPBhyLnOiP3E9t/s1600-h/thanksgiving+swap+goodies+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273057350390746914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 310px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxgap_iIj8R5p061IOSuzkwrdHn18Wi4Hzau0QhgQNfv7csztGrmAn38w5kZ1mE5oDuU3d3CkmEQYZ1WOnXex7JQn6tI3-1GTTgvXd12QiEouhNsgn6k-AgdLHNtP63HPBhyLnOiP3E9t/s400/thanksgiving+swap+goodies+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Sharon also very generously enclosed these other little treats for me. Just the kind of trinkets that a vintage girl like me adores. There's even a little tractor stamp and I am coincidentally working on a little tractor project! How serendipitous! I love, love, love, love the old purse with the celluloid closing. The leather has a little dry rot so it can't be carried as a purse anymore, but I'm thinking that the front of the purse could be a good journal cover embellishment or maybe the whole purse could be used in a shadowbox. I'll keep it until just the right project presents itself.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6lycL-IrMRmX9yTUysWxbeaZnbdNbNOoig-tA0uOk6P2biI0iURtB6_ap1eIQ8Obt5sjpmtW75XQSi7mcIpU2YKxKltsoR2jXSsNj8Roy85_OzNRQxP0Aj9OZQbljWTPxOJ5Cih7EOYw/s1600-h/thanksgiving+swap+goodies+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273056273766002226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 334px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6lycL-IrMRmX9yTUysWxbeaZnbdNbNOoig-tA0uOk6P2biI0iURtB6_ap1eIQ8Obt5sjpmtW75XQSi7mcIpU2YKxKltsoR2jXSsNj8Roy85_OzNRQxP0Aj9OZQbljWTPxOJ5Cih7EOYw/s400/thanksgiving+swap+goodies+2.jpg" border="0" /></a> Its so lovely I thought you should see a close-up of the design on the leather. Thanks so much Sharon for being such an awesome swap partner. I hope we get to meet in person.</div><div></div><div>Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! I am so grateful for my family and friends, on and off the net. You all mean so much to me. I know more of you read my blog than leave me comments. Please know I appreciate you all very much and I love to read your comments, too.<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-3253458028262968722008-11-17T09:04:00.000-08:002008-12-23T10:33:35.306-08:00I'VE JOINED ANOTHER SWAP!<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgREseK5I7ko47GL4AMdrQHb3zROagHvGFG5J0P4boJDN1W80_zVu06HCgzS2fkBb0GJZQFjlAWeYLr1L6zgsYZKdQgf-0BERwCbTJxkj_tvvcKjkhjjwAW2WRPqAe3GrAnzzemdnJ83DJU/s1600-h/christmas+cracker+swap+banner.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269674538520792274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 282px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgREseK5I7ko47GL4AMdrQHb3zROagHvGFG5J0P4boJDN1W80_zVu06HCgzS2fkBb0GJZQFjlAWeYLr1L6zgsYZKdQgf-0BERwCbTJxkj_tvvcKjkhjjwAW2WRPqAe3GrAnzzemdnJ83DJU/s400/christmas+cracker+swap+banner.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />
<br /><div><a href="http://magpie-pixie.blogspot.com/">Carolyn</a> is hosting her 2nd annual Christmas Cracker Swap. Yours don't have to p-o-p, but they are decorated on the outside and contain some Christmas Surprises within. You can read about the specific details <a href="http://magpie-pixie.blogspot.com/2008/11/its-that-time-again.html">here</a>. Sign-ups until the 21st so get on over there and sign up if you're interested! (uh, oh, I think I threw away that paper towel tube last night.....)</div></div>The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-30875292313365215252008-11-13T17:26:00.000-08:002008-11-13T17:37:24.702-08:00WILD WOMAN IS ON HER WAY TO ENGLAND!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCpkyt06DRr_rEL9FcZEznMyTP-aecm3uJ3lvQiIgzCoJ7gC8o3b60GZnt6L4823qVHdTSDLFJGKgo28QSMAihe-9PmozBQwfQGdM1a5jWzLO0KKZZX7OZKQ46qPGOTkrTndgieziuaeE/s1600-h/wild+woman+pin+002+(3).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268319344895368546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCpkyt06DRr_rEL9FcZEznMyTP-aecm3uJ3lvQiIgzCoJ7gC8o3b60GZnt6L4823qVHdTSDLFJGKgo28QSMAihe-9PmozBQwfQGdM1a5jWzLO0KKZZX7OZKQ46qPGOTkrTndgieziuaeE/s400/wild+woman+pin+002+(3).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I signed up for a wild woman pin swap. After I signed up, I felt a little intimidated by all the great textiley(is that even a word - anyway, the girls are good with yarns and fibers) works by my fellow artists - I work mostly in paper. In the end I decided to cut the back of the head off a little rubber baby doll and paint her little white baby doll pony tail into a silver bee hive on the top of her head. She still wasn't looking wild enough so I painted her face gold. I thought it would cover all her features, but they still shown through so I wiped the paint off her eyes and mouth. I then made her a little cocoon made from a time card and attached a zipper to help with her emergence. I gave her wings made from silver tree leaves and stamped the word "FLY" on a little lingerie strap. The purple and green thing perched on her head is a dragon fly for good luck. I added a little bling and sparkly and sent her on her way. I named her Miss Meta for metamorphosis. What will I be after the change???? She's a little big and heavy to be a brooch, but I hoping whoever gets her will forgive me and will use her as a journal embellishment or some other good use. Good luck to Miss Meta in her travels.</div>The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-13567049027380108562008-11-05T12:08:00.000-08:002008-11-05T12:21:49.518-08:00I'VE JOINED A THANKSGIVING PAPERDOLL SWAP AND YOU CAN, TOO!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1vrbdVv5V5TC9q0VhJ1ZHf41PPizK5jiIXdlmv04VpukFJnNNCmLSUSA8gEsskQwD3rovewK9QAcxtLfqg3HByoVTsLLhg2G5q04XEr2po4vnbPy7jc74JTG2oS3HOb0gLrqTCT0zCz5/s1600-h/THANKSGIVINGswapcard.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265271031078185714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 252px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1vrbdVv5V5TC9q0VhJ1ZHf41PPizK5jiIXdlmv04VpukFJnNNCmLSUSA8gEsskQwD3rovewK9QAcxtLfqg3HByoVTsLLhg2G5q04XEr2po4vnbPy7jc74JTG2oS3HOb0gLrqTCT0zCz5/s400/THANKSGIVINGswapcard.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I love the holidays, specifically all the old vintage graphics. Now there's a new opportunity to use them. Debra over at <a href="http://hophopjingleboo.blogspot.com/">HopHopJingleBoo</a> is having a Thanksgiving Paperdoll swap and I'm playing, too. Debra's keeping it simple, you only need to make a holiday themed paperdoll, an ATC and maybe a recipe and get them in the mail by November 15th. Sign-ups are open only until November 8th so get on over there and follow the directions in <a href="http://hophopjingleboo.blogspot.com/2008/11/new-swap-and-all-details.html">this post </a>to sign up. It should be a lot of fun! Hope to see you there!</div>The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-90981624276738770022008-11-03T09:43:00.000-08:002008-11-03T09:47:29.572-08:00GLOBAL HOLIDAY ATC SWAP!Strathmore Artist Papers is hosting a global artist trading card swap, where every participant is a winner and receives an original artist trading card. First, visit a participating art materials retailer for an entry form. Create your own holiday or winter-themed card. ATC and entry material must be postmarked by Nov. 26. You will recieve another artisit's card around the middle of December. I know Preston Art Supply in my area has entry forms, but you should be able to find them at other locations. I looked, but could not find them available on line.The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-70190422730058357802008-10-31T09:54:00.000-07:002008-10-31T10:23:32.403-07:00HAPPY HALLOWEEN AND NEWS OF A GIVEAWAY<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThH5SBWXEp_kiWdcH4CPn9b2Nxbyw1aMqxY1C1P4Z1di4xOtRDdcEz9J21pjLY1F_lN2lM-MOOUrfsdTF55n7WJIbV3QTpE-gflNX2qm5VslrXKeyL4Jmu1GxfQk68gEcxUFeanipYx0X/s1600-h/halloween+charm+004+(3).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263367466266550962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 395px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThH5SBWXEp_kiWdcH4CPn9b2Nxbyw1aMqxY1C1P4Z1di4xOtRDdcEz9J21pjLY1F_lN2lM-MOOUrfsdTF55n7WJIbV3QTpE-gflNX2qm5VslrXKeyL4Jmu1GxfQk68gEcxUFeanipYx0X/s400/halloween+charm+004+(3).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://playswithpaper.blogspot.com/">Shari</a> participated in our latest ATC swap (see below) and she sent me this beautiful charm as a hostess gift. I was so thrilled. I have barely taken it off. Thank you, Shari. It is such a charming Halloween image.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Shari is a fabulous artist and jewelry maker who work has appeared in Somerset Holidays & Celebrations (issues 1 and 2) and Somerset Studio. She has more publication in the works.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>She has a lovely Internet shop - <a href="http://www.staffordshiregarden.com/page/page/1576613.htm">Staffordshire Garden</a> "where antique and vintage treasures abound." Check out her lovely offerings.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>You could even WIN one of her pretty treasures. Shari has made some lovely holiday kits she is sending to Silva Bella and she is giving one of them away in honor of her 50th blog post. Get on over to <a href="http://playswithpaper.blogspot.com/">her blog</a> and put your name in the hat! Her drawing is next Friday, November 7. Good luck to you all!</div>The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-40178139327433178722008-10-30T13:33:00.000-07:002008-10-30T16:25:29.400-07:00RESULTS FROM OUR HALLOWEEN ATC SWAP<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HSjrxP8l1KT-DT4HkE6Em9I7JF1KjUaqRF9qGtbTSGwd5kBmz5cesZzA7ENW1jpHhDtnPU5lBScpju_HdCyirki0x4lOnueaprqVWbkuWWeJ-g2R4ko6LHz_FSH4mikhB1M6s7EPJ1Fy/s1600-h/halloween+swap+002+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263060140245161122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HSjrxP8l1KT-DT4HkE6Em9I7JF1KjUaqRF9qGtbTSGwd5kBmz5cesZzA7ENW1jpHhDtnPU5lBScpju_HdCyirki0x4lOnueaprqVWbkuWWeJ-g2R4ko6LHz_FSH4mikhB1M6s7EPJ1Fy/s400/halloween+swap+002+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfPT3UEOoGrgDsYjlGX9UFZWuj-jKRLSZt0w3nW7JK-uvJOMzGd2meaKV4s1cRGV8zbd14umil2FNjPXQVHZ6g80fD3n9hPlrchyJzm7jjwR0mAYz6-k8-EYUiLNr9ySgL5TxbAnnT6d7a/s1600-h/nancy"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263059702526101602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 264px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfPT3UEOoGrgDsYjlGX9UFZWuj-jKRLSZt0w3nW7JK-uvJOMzGd2meaKV4s1cRGV8zbd14umil2FNjPXQVHZ6g80fD3n9hPlrchyJzm7jjwR0mAYz6-k8-EYUiLNr9ySgL5TxbAnnT6d7a/s400/nancy's+atcs+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Nancy made these cards with a combination of fabric, paper, and glitter. Aren't the results spookily fabulous. On card #6 she even snuck in a little ghostly image of her precious puppy in the upper right hand corner.<br /><br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOWCL7Lcqeb8h5KBtwNC4hrLZWAPwBMXuR-CZgvOxooSUmDZQ_MEhHOLirc8xwFasQ-aZAQh93cvQu7lDDbp5JlRciSur3jKqQrtoidY_T8-K1b3GkYh5nfQRlQGimcFFlYyY3l4P4nBPX/s1600-h/sharis+atcs+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263055659578820370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 293px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOWCL7Lcqeb8h5KBtwNC4hrLZWAPwBMXuR-CZgvOxooSUmDZQ_MEhHOLirc8xwFasQ-aZAQh93cvQu7lDDbp5JlRciSur3jKqQrtoidY_T8-K1b3GkYh5nfQRlQGimcFFlYyY3l4P4nBPX/s400/sharis+atcs+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8anMHe48Rfi0w6YkoxtvFGl0JFiL0g9uCLMQvlLUnwBZZEybUjfVRi8Il4Lx4WG8apFNVOAphaVnSZflB8mx67B0-KnTFDv94tQ_foxJTBGuEWeNM6qRvLOXCn8zw885N7FVxiihTOlAn/s1600-h/sharis+atcs+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263055648288653490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 291px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8anMHe48Rfi0w6YkoxtvFGl0JFiL0g9uCLMQvlLUnwBZZEybUjfVRi8Il4Lx4WG8apFNVOAphaVnSZflB8mx67B0-KnTFDv94tQ_foxJTBGuEWeNM6qRvLOXCn8zw885N7FVxiihTOlAn/s400/sharis+atcs+1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/playswithpaper.blogspot.com">SHARI</a> used these vintage images, old sheet music, and glass glitter to create these beautiful cards.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixNRtoTYe33WZqogGCEHykVg8_hyEL_4y2ic5Y1FwU5YUSdotZI78gjFfDLnw84xaAL2Uz4X2FyytaskGW0k-zHkAYV03mFV3s1upPqIJwrQRKoPULYwRj_ech2tCHpZ8BDD1qOReYJNRZ/s1600-h/sharons+atcs+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263055062472185762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 258px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixNRtoTYe33WZqogGCEHykVg8_hyEL_4y2ic5Y1FwU5YUSdotZI78gjFfDLnw84xaAL2Uz4X2FyytaskGW0k-zHkAYV03mFV3s1upPqIJwrQRKoPULYwRj_ech2tCHpZ8BDD1qOReYJNRZ/s400/sharons+atcs+1.jpg" border="0" /></a> Sharon used her creative license to make cards that open cut from discarded overhead projector transparencies (for those of you who don't know what an overhead projector is, you are showing your age and I am hating you right now - they were pre computer). She stained the sheets with alcohol inks and created ghostly images of spider webs you can view from all angles. Forgive me for the shiny pics - they are so shiny they were difficult to get a photo that did them justice.<br /><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263055082935853666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 290px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjQoPuROeLoLZmr13_Coj-5fjMUbc0nDfBqhKybvZ53Ro0aq1LgHMX9zXCrOJiiuuFzdHb9CBQbcOrWtnkIc0MUyL7c__N0Jjhiix8_pSLsz-zyk0iSqaxCMh3QnVnXf6BcxdKs52pA61/s400/sharons+atcs+3.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhszLB55wC6OrgpcP49RGEdhJRgm61Zbjig9WJ5jSuBCLononTz6Ny_nncD728IgaW2NqwUs_HakOJi6seVbKvaFPSSTnrCNC1_1O3RLu_AafmVmb3QolS76vozSmvuZOZX-psFbeqz6goH/s1600-h/sharons+atcs+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263055070384857218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 257px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhszLB55wC6OrgpcP49RGEdhJRgm61Zbjig9WJ5jSuBCLononTz6Ny_nncD728IgaW2NqwUs_HakOJi6seVbKvaFPSSTnrCNC1_1O3RLu_AafmVmb3QolS76vozSmvuZOZX-psFbeqz6goH/s400/sharons+atcs+2.jpg" border="0" /></a> Sharon also made these three cards from various vintage images reproduced on transpancies and layered with other embellishments.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHrY5TyQpHBeIjQVqMXoI1HUh7tvNojPh2s95d15vMg0eKlPuSp5xc1CCDNXomoohl7eL_XcX_CfDWepmJXJJRWaMqv2cnBT8fGLC65oBOXBSAY4nexltP2M1dUAFq0ZwZPXSUGE1NL3Ej/s1600-h/mariannes+atcs+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263083987382944594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 259px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHrY5TyQpHBeIjQVqMXoI1HUh7tvNojPh2s95d15vMg0eKlPuSp5xc1CCDNXomoohl7eL_XcX_CfDWepmJXJJRWaMqv2cnBT8fGLC65oBOXBSAY4nexltP2M1dUAFq0ZwZPXSUGE1NL3Ej/s400/mariannes+atcs+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQuSBFzY8xPThFvAT-_J9A2fjqhkLwrb-1Sqjz96HwylDzrxRkVIAagx9KqpZeKYOXrYiHMnbgSk4i3PdGRJDJfcWvI8bux8j_lesPwdMkhViAx7nRH3K_IjcZT6Nl_AIq1p5nlicZe_cM/s1600-h/marianne"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263083980960173394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 311px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQuSBFzY8xPThFvAT-_J9A2fjqhkLwrb-1Sqjz96HwylDzrxRkVIAagx9KqpZeKYOXrYiHMnbgSk4i3PdGRJDJfcWvI8bux8j_lesPwdMkhViAx7nRH3K_IjcZT6Nl_AIq1p5nlicZe_cM/s400/marianne's+atcs+1.jpg" border="0" /></a> Marianne made these great ATC's from halloween die cuts and handrawn images accented with tulle.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK821KbeaRQxwkunL8TrhdK11F_woAE-pY4E52rJXNd4YTPAEAbuj6X53dSBpWUO9bUX_atB7OIqXwNU79DSjm0ksHC7UCv92WBFi745DyNrwdaUw_9Mt22zZ2Q_SUXtpmat27ypoG7Zr-/s1600-h/halloween+swap+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263083972672038882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 285px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK821KbeaRQxwkunL8TrhdK11F_woAE-pY4E52rJXNd4YTPAEAbuj6X53dSBpWUO9bUX_atB7OIqXwNU79DSjm0ksHC7UCv92WBFi745DyNrwdaUw_9Mt22zZ2Q_SUXtpmat27ypoG7Zr-/s400/halloween+swap+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Pat created her own vision of a Halloween Nighmare on her ATC's.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy4J5JsvVt4iMZ-1A7k1B3v0VFgQRAxT5LjVh0ZVwshq6wch7HxjOA2S4q-UF2b4J45Ip_wYSzoTO0btYSywcb_29BXx9UACeBvdKPqp4DOocduVNahuVJIaqQtFJ8Dm5PkGdlQXdeSLP5/s1600-h/trish"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263054171070644530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy4J5JsvVt4iMZ-1A7k1B3v0VFgQRAxT5LjVh0ZVwshq6wch7HxjOA2S4q-UF2b4J45Ip_wYSzoTO0btYSywcb_29BXx9UACeBvdKPqp4DOocduVNahuVJIaqQtFJ8Dm5PkGdlQXdeSLP5/s400/trish's+atc.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I made this witchy ATC from a vintage photo, rubber stamped image of a house, colored with crayons and covered in diamond glaze and a black dresden for a fence. The little black cat is plastic confetti.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinSi8XpnKNE_f-ZoxbES1d25jJHYWYTjUkbsEGBCZEJT-Gs3rbcox8JcY-FF_EZWYITvHnLlRkqNbGdL7owkbh_9wcQJLk5qz25lPrGVQo16XqnZSu6mcR-zCldKfqm_oqtFjtiocFomIY/s1600-h/book+cover.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263053588695460930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 390px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinSi8XpnKNE_f-ZoxbES1d25jJHYWYTjUkbsEGBCZEJT-Gs3rbcox8JcY-FF_EZWYITvHnLlRkqNbGdL7owkbh_9wcQJLk5qz25lPrGVQo16XqnZSu6mcR-zCldKfqm_oqtFjtiocFomIY/s400/book+cover.JPG" border="0" /></a> My sister Sharon made me this fabulous paperbag book to display the ATC's from the swap in.</div><div>This is the spooky cover with one of Nancy's ATC's in the clear acetate pocket. Sharon made drips of diamond glaze down the acetate pockets to simulate some drippy Halloween gunk.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7daKhe7vmxH7sYjBZP7lW6bAOGk6R49gIxoR1wbZ_1lYnplclLHxeJllbAwT4QBB47ugwXkngyI7eB_BNKH2n0WxpieM5f1whcVAlU1v2ZAAfPrfMFnTpVzeQSFf4zHKbdxojuQ3SQ4b8/s1600-h/page+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263052780651641458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 399px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7daKhe7vmxH7sYjBZP7lW6bAOGk6R49gIxoR1wbZ_1lYnplclLHxeJllbAwT4QBB47ugwXkngyI7eB_BNKH2n0WxpieM5f1whcVAlU1v2ZAAfPrfMFnTpVzeQSFf4zHKbdxojuQ3SQ4b8/s400/page+2.JPG" border="0" /></a> Here's page 2 with my little witchy card in the pocket. Yes, Sharon, I couldn't resist adding those smallest eyes in the lower right hand corner. I had the eyes in one smaller size and I thought they looked just right. See if you can spot any other additions I have made to your beautiful book.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFvpswMEY-Hk0oQsXQXH7Gi_dV-KQ6KfwEzLipLsWw3wU0awizwdcVbNtN5HYI62KjoMjvPxUVzHWH5yyuyGEgG0W0HZWyGtS2CzOMeviamTzABrMJw9PQ3l0I0_xnwr5PxhY-UEQtlUp/s1600-h/page+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263065436031955810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 386px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFvpswMEY-Hk0oQsXQXH7Gi_dV-KQ6KfwEzLipLsWw3wU0awizwdcVbNtN5HYI62KjoMjvPxUVzHWH5yyuyGEgG0W0HZWyGtS2CzOMeviamTzABrMJw9PQ3l0I0_xnwr5PxhY-UEQtlUp/s400/page+3.JPG" border="0" /></a> Marianne's little hand drawn ghost covered in tulle looked just right for this page.</div><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqiytOA-Bk25tBa2SoRKVEz99LH5W3fgYD0XP7-yNBC8RPbEFiC0gx_uLVZ9jCVxUF6UJg3cfhHWrhFX7gsLFxau2ni-OnasEpjHudGcqFzUK_cotbIcsTFNQzalBuBmeSOfgyjUCpbDb/s1600-h/page+4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263075913515934898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 357px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqiytOA-Bk25tBa2SoRKVEz99LH5W3fgYD0XP7-yNBC8RPbEFiC0gx_uLVZ9jCVxUF6UJg3cfhHWrhFX7gsLFxau2ni-OnasEpjHudGcqFzUK_cotbIcsTFNQzalBuBmeSOfgyjUCpbDb/s400/page+4.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Shari's little witch looked right at home in this pocket of the book.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_S3Qlwchw2RIrfx3xZX7n1ONbiyTgyMzDsccBIJbpyMkqwuMlCn4pMsQecPugjsuKVUBLqogcmaMPCw-PzUU64RTlWH3ENt8brfuP6e1oeBVed2tBcAmVZ0mudbuJt2hDVCmtHhyphenhyphenExSx/s1600-h/page+5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263050843573037218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 378px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_S3Qlwchw2RIrfx3xZX7n1ONbiyTgyMzDsccBIJbpyMkqwuMlCn4pMsQecPugjsuKVUBLqogcmaMPCw-PzUU64RTlWH3ENt8brfuP6e1oeBVed2tBcAmVZ0mudbuJt2hDVCmtHhyphenhyphenExSx/s400/page+5.JPG" border="0" /></a> Here are one of my own cards waiting for the Great Pumpkin to arrive.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UzexQiB-s_lG2IldJ6HFjJ5hi9YDgpVgGddAQMGkdjSyTdEsMBxiBczbvnSYFDnFQLDFaxlXHurFG23LPe6md3SI20CN9sM5XpbIGmZa_WqSxgT8YqA4cB1-SwYszwJto6dFzc3RNJZA/s1600-h/page+6.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263073771411992738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 390px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UzexQiB-s_lG2IldJ6HFjJ5hi9YDgpVgGddAQMGkdjSyTdEsMBxiBczbvnSYFDnFQLDFaxlXHurFG23LPe6md3SI20CN9sM5XpbIGmZa_WqSxgT8YqA4cB1-SwYszwJto6dFzc3RNJZA/s400/page+6.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Pat's Halloween Nightmare fit in perfect on this page.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMcQf9hHmfenEbqKgDmaUbQtsWTkONXxoKfbvSnO_C_3OyIrCXaFaUzZUWMkjhKUwClKDFuWOPiYIR0wQcEW2gi8WvHhNR9COTQNUyzKyht7iXMtp-BpVPEBkVU_NV7N-zaWCngjLOTGZ/s1600-h/page+7.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263049050511187682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 387px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMcQf9hHmfenEbqKgDmaUbQtsWTkONXxoKfbvSnO_C_3OyIrCXaFaUzZUWMkjhKUwClKDFuWOPiYIR0wQcEW2gi8WvHhNR9COTQNUyzKyht7iXMtp-BpVPEBkVU_NV7N-zaWCngjLOTGZ/s400/page+7.JPG" border="0" /></a> Here's one of Sharon's spooky transparencies in this pocket.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOS7BV5MTMW7HwFMQEKlIEwXSVrWGPWViyLfUBWD5z6-Adonti4QlE-ZuBseTFaHFNqF55UrCN4rKYS0GbrQ8PPKLnygq7zTgZbr-kaJt_KbggtHm1hjvAOaWBxUorKtvGKnk1-2dxnHD/s1600-h/page+8.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263048182742623330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 397px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOS7BV5MTMW7HwFMQEKlIEwXSVrWGPWViyLfUBWD5z6-Adonti4QlE-ZuBseTFaHFNqF55UrCN4rKYS0GbrQ8PPKLnygq7zTgZbr-kaJt_KbggtHm1hjvAOaWBxUorKtvGKnk1-2dxnHD/s400/page+8.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The back cover of the book showcases my little pumpkin patch card.</div><br /><div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQ5E6VEI2CyX9qFLkJF-DjZCuK_-DdFinRGFIhOapc0_BWA6NV8cftDq1T_j7Ua1JcSu4_MIqMKecN6KB3PFs_Tc0J3k6LH-nhU3IKh-qc3S82OtSUNAN5v_ctirmOczGiDgyk-pKoUNd/s1600-h/DSCF0288.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263071586132442178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQ5E6VEI2CyX9qFLkJF-DjZCuK_-DdFinRGFIhOapc0_BWA6NV8cftDq1T_j7Ua1JcSu4_MIqMKecN6KB3PFs_Tc0J3k6LH-nhU3IKh-qc3S82OtSUNAN5v_ctirmOczGiDgyk-pKoUNd/s400/DSCF0288.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_7HK_QBHOAT15-U6V-ynqz1kTwdjBW2kwTrgZCW91KpXTzkOdI6cp3tU8fRFxWV1_FZZF6qiTroMGGbCkVeCHO7NobzPztzCTzhUQwTYfq5j1bdMhok54oSW1040Xj2eUpDl5e7cOX3MK/s1600-h/DSCF0277.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263071575346278626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_7HK_QBHOAT15-U6V-ynqz1kTwdjBW2kwTrgZCW91KpXTzkOdI6cp3tU8fRFxWV1_FZZF6qiTroMGGbCkVeCHO7NobzPztzCTzhUQwTYfq5j1bdMhok54oSW1040Xj2eUpDl5e7cOX3MK/s400/DSCF0277.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The pockets of the book were also filled with Halloween luggage tags. Thanks so much for the book, Sissy. I love it and its the perfect keepsake for our swap. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-89538400812687362292008-10-29T17:26:00.000-07:002008-10-29T17:55:36.650-07:00I BLAME MY SISTER!!!Do you ever find that when your muse finds you, she keeps on AND ON AND ON long after your NEED for her has passed? I think some of you must know what I'm talking about because Albert Brooks made a movie about it (sort of) called THE MUSE. Sure, in the movie, the muse was an actual person who demanded that Albert wait upon her hand and foot, eventually to the detriment of his family and career, but some of you will know what I mean when I say that when my muse comes to call, its sort of the same thing. SHE MUST BE SERVED!!!<br /><br />Awhile back some friends and I decided to have a little Halloween ATC exchange. I designed a card and made more of the same card in a kind of assembly line fashion. Everybody mailed or delivered their cards to me, then I packaged them up and mailed or delivered them to all the players. Bing, bang, boom!<br /><br /><div align="left">But then my sister (one of the ATC players) came to visit on Monday night and gifted me a lovely little Halloween book she hand-crafted for me to display my ATC's from the swap in. Each page has a little clear acetate pocket for me to slide an ATC into on a page pre-decorated in the spirit of the season. (I'll post it tomorrow, along with the cards from the swap, I'm just giving the out-of-towners time to get their cards. ) The book had 8 pages and 2 little pockets between the pages so I would need more ATC's to completely fill the book than I was getting in the swap. Then my muse demanded that we make more cards to fill some of those pockets. It was 10:00 p.m., but does my muse care! NO! Time means nothing to her. I was up half the night, but I made four new cards. The little clear acetate window in the costume shop was a little challenging, but after a few do-overs, I think it looks o.k. although it does not photograph well. Anyway, there they are, for your Halloween amusement. I would never blame my Muse for this forced labor. I would be too afraid that she might desert me sometime when I need her most. I blame my sister. If you like the ATC's, please leave me a comment. If you don't like the ATC's, you can blame my sister, too. </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="center">THE FORTUNE TELLER</div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGJx6OJmCtJz16ax9m94OX68Eq18Bg3vfXSr7bhp1cVzzoesmOIPg8PNQ48tzX2SkuafMGlQQI3leXNA62a5G52XKOsD8qcLmnoTUZHi5zgYYSDCgevFWGyhnUeG22EifdWF2tizBnFPSd/s1600-h/atc+1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262739913037286562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 341px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGJx6OJmCtJz16ax9m94OX68Eq18Bg3vfXSr7bhp1cVzzoesmOIPg8PNQ48tzX2SkuafMGlQQI3leXNA62a5G52XKOsD8qcLmnoTUZHi5zgYYSDCgevFWGyhnUeG22EifdWF2tizBnFPSd/s400/atc+1.JPG" border="0" /></a> </p><p align="center">WAITING FOR THE GREAT PUMPKIN<br /></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WY9_AhR3FB-KNsMAweZopB8b4ldAuDaZKBWH6ns5qrKb5Bk50MYNBI6OFdptURN6iXb745iv5j5CBaAXAjZ072k-4hiF_iLTSm2OiNsF68I37tTLMPbN9OWu5PFo7O5ipD79zk3TmOTC/s1600-h/waiting+for+the+great+pumpkin.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262738823966356002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WY9_AhR3FB-KNsMAweZopB8b4ldAuDaZKBWH6ns5qrKb5Bk50MYNBI6OFdptURN6iXb745iv5j5CBaAXAjZ072k-4hiF_iLTSm2OiNsF68I37tTLMPbN9OWu5PFo7O5ipD79zk3TmOTC/s400/waiting+for+the+great+pumpkin.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />THE PUMPKIN PATCH</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqyj6DCmi-fEi0a62G_eU_P3thyfZg2XPb5AlP4EXe4iEGE96T5f8lRCMcCCKS1TUQG35gD7jdjxv18qgOwIkeoyqYlkEM98VOoF-D691ff_50V8RooVpKVrTNHic883bkWjd0ZiURjptT/s1600-h/pumpkin+patch.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262738824802237730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 289px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqyj6DCmi-fEi0a62G_eU_P3thyfZg2XPb5AlP4EXe4iEGE96T5f8lRCMcCCKS1TUQG35gD7jdjxv18qgOwIkeoyqYlkEM98VOoF-D691ff_50V8RooVpKVrTNHic883bkWjd0ZiURjptT/s400/pumpkin+patch.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />THE COSTUME SHOP (OPEN)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2T0sh2l0rZ201l8cg6lnKs8aaptGwjDxDmTTKx4xPA6qg0Yky5M-BaiDAXBWB_T0_iy2vdGUlYgDdMeH7qF1goqR6ixdTYQOJMaDonmOlRNapVeYzWj9w8vv9sEkRUslCMsreiLNlDcKG/s1600-h/costume+shop+open.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262738011002213586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 203px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2T0sh2l0rZ201l8cg6lnKs8aaptGwjDxDmTTKx4xPA6qg0Yky5M-BaiDAXBWB_T0_iy2vdGUlYgDdMeH7qF1goqR6ixdTYQOJMaDonmOlRNapVeYzWj9w8vv9sEkRUslCMsreiLNlDcKG/s400/costume+shop+open.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />THE COSTUME SHOP (CLOSED)</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLAYnmD-l82rYU__xjF7ZInndYgM665FjyC9tx3wDiN8EAobvkShAB4bB-cKyipLg_zlFlbEEFtzBTO5DhWqLC1rhMnOY_9Eweip3FPymc92E8iOze77yq7S4pcuh1cvPeaWJs0e6j9NZ6/s1600-h/costume+shop+closed.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262738004008152002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 271px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLAYnmD-l82rYU__xjF7ZInndYgM665FjyC9tx3wDiN8EAobvkShAB4bB-cKyipLg_zlFlbEEFtzBTO5DhWqLC1rhMnOY_9Eweip3FPymc92E8iOze77yq7S4pcuh1cvPeaWJs0e6j9NZ6/s400/costume+shop+closed.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div><br /></div>The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-1998886432006317492008-10-22T14:28:00.000-07:002008-10-22T14:53:53.280-07:00Halloween Greetings!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqIZDLXPR4PSYUYIr-P7la5cZMOcNzyg77tJuRX2zQWJwQVRKdELqNwVpIHdyPQ9pXYAN4Omn2jNVmSUnaTVzdoaEa4wdYXg9XOaC458KPCTYMlKF6m6VjeqcguVCC9dGPwPoTVz25tqHY/s1600-h/TRICK+OR+TREAT+PLAQUE.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260094895541091346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqIZDLXPR4PSYUYIr-P7la5cZMOcNzyg77tJuRX2zQWJwQVRKdELqNwVpIHdyPQ9pXYAN4Omn2jNVmSUnaTVzdoaEa4wdYXg9XOaC458KPCTYMlKF6m6VjeqcguVCC9dGPwPoTVz25tqHY/s400/TRICK+OR+TREAT+PLAQUE.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I've been looking about at all the great Halloween swaps I missed out on <a href="http://hophopjingleboo.blogspot.com/">here</a> and <a href="http://artsymama.blogspot.com/">here</a> and a super Halloween party over at <a href="http://afancifultwist.typepad.com/a_fanciful_twist/2008/10/halloween-extravaganza.html">A Fanciful Twist</a>. You should look at these posts only at your own risk because I guarantee they will work you up into a Halloween decorating nightmare. I just had to post this pic. (Because I don't have a camera today and it is the only pic I have saved in my computer.) Anyway, I made this last year from an old book back, vintage photo and other clipped images, fibers, and ribbons. Some friends and I have been having a little unpublicized Halloween ATC swap and those cards are coming in and making me feel even more Halloweeny. I'll be posting images of those cards as soon as the participants have time to get their cards. So stay tuned.....</div>The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-68233697709718544412008-10-14T13:00:00.001-07:002008-10-14T14:08:00.863-07:00WE WILL NOW TAKE A BREAK FROM OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED TEXT TO BRING YOU THIS COMMERICAL MESSAGE: HOW TO CUT A PERFECT CIRCLE EVERY TIME!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4y29Rssp57YWr5HFgqbFUwwVMUbN2thSikxdmc3Huq43Y6WsMnQD9R0y3qF22375_ZstYsyJgJqc3RVKWeWg0hpkR3rftImgUDdjzDUBCubvYFdWrUGr80hIGZk4xNMMgcXA5UbE-88F7/s1600-h/fisakars+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257114023952442466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4y29Rssp57YWr5HFgqbFUwwVMUbN2thSikxdmc3Huq43Y6WsMnQD9R0y3qF22375_ZstYsyJgJqc3RVKWeWg0hpkR3rftImgUDdjzDUBCubvYFdWrUGr80hIGZk4xNMMgcXA5UbE-88F7/s400/fisakars+2.jpg" border="0" /></a>I went to a craft class this last weekend put on at a local independently owned craft store by a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Fiskars</span> representative. The great thing about demos by company representatives is that they really understand their merchandise and they bring a lot of free samples and door prizes. This demo was no exception. I am not really a gadget kind of person, but in my art stash I confess to owning quite a few. No <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Cricut</span>, but I do own an older State of the Art <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Fiskars</span> paper cutter and a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Fiskars</span> Drill. I use them all the time and they make my job a lot easier. I also love paper presses which can be a great time saver. I have never owned any border or circle or corner punches (which are bigger and take away more space from my endless collections of antique flowers, dolls parts, etc - you get the picture), but I have found the extra large single paper punches to be especially helpful with shrink plastic and altered books (you can cut a perfect window to the next page) and I own a modest number of these. I went to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Fiskars</span> demo to see what other tools might be helpful - or I thought I might get another pair of scissors - what paper artist doesn't love scissors!<br /><br />What I did discover that I could no longer live without was the nifty shape cutter pictured above and below. It is called the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Fiskars</span> Ultra <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">ShapeXpress</span>. I recognized it as a tool my sister owns, but has never used. I generally retails for about $20 (or at Hobby Lobby for the low, low price of $14.99 MINUS this week's 40% off coupon -sorry, independently owned craft store).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-1HrGqlGdBa6PjnUZy4kUuRfmYX9U3cA3v8Zmn-xpRIh3IhgCQ4kFIi3xx95tOJA7qzX3pOuOdzAg6rRzPNC-9wYfa5Rhj4rPJC1SS94ssocgIQKx8i_dG7VXCYwSb4-UfanBrTV-SGa/s1600-h/fiskars+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257114031124983474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-1HrGqlGdBa6PjnUZy4kUuRfmYX9U3cA3v8Zmn-xpRIh3IhgCQ4kFIi3xx95tOJA7qzX3pOuOdzAg6rRzPNC-9wYfa5Rhj4rPJC1SS94ssocgIQKx8i_dG7VXCYwSb4-UfanBrTV-SGa/s400/fiskars+3.jpg" border="0" /></a>The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">ShapeXpress</span> is surprisingly easy to operate, once you have figured out what it does. You use it with a hard plastic template. I bought this set of templates at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Fiskars</span> class. They can be used with the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">ShapeXpress</span> to cut perfect circles from 4.5" in diameter up to 8.25" in diameter. Just follow the easy steps in the enclosed picture instructions to load the blade and then put the safety lock back in place. Then snap off the plastic cover on the bottom and twist the orange freehand spacer to remove it. Then position the blade at the top of the template with your fingers on the sides (not the top!) and move it around the inside or outside of your template. It's that easy! It really works!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisQMNw08dIe_CYSdjMW3AGo3OJB-6eeQGuHYA-u7bxAPcx-ncw-NADsW41o3JbVv0y752iWvR5gedKCOMOwezgv3hGQN-3P9AB7wUsLkEKKmis1_hIEFT7YHN1E6LJYete5bQ2OM_vlYwL/s1600-h/fiskars+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257114036585069810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisQMNw08dIe_CYSdjMW3AGo3OJB-6eeQGuHYA-u7bxAPcx-ncw-NADsW41o3JbVv0y752iWvR5gedKCOMOwezgv3hGQN-3P9AB7wUsLkEKKmis1_hIEFT7YHN1E6LJYete5bQ2OM_vlYwL/s400/fiskars+1.jpg" border="0" /></a> This size package of templates will cut circles between 4.5" - 8.25" in diameter. This package retailed for $13.75 and is guaranteed for life of the original purchaser - as are all <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Fiskars</span> products - another useful fact I learned. Just call an easy 800 number if you need to repair or replace a product. Its like the Tupperware guarantee!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LB8BCpL8xYUtVsbwKV0QdCGhhIBDl464VYNnKUaw8ayU9vScZhPyreqnEkog1OSoBGIkENiTMp8iBlkZ1kkLLviPcCaQ518C8lGXnbThomM2iLozCFOi6mv-0XOt8k-Ehcyp9G9gEKrE/s1600-h/2008_1014ebaystuff0005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257114036142754194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LB8BCpL8xYUtVsbwKV0QdCGhhIBDl464VYNnKUaw8ayU9vScZhPyreqnEkog1OSoBGIkENiTMp8iBlkZ1kkLLviPcCaQ518C8lGXnbThomM2iLozCFOi6mv-0XOt8k-Ehcyp9G9gEKrE/s400/2008_1014ebaystuff0005.JPG" border="0" /></a> Here I am cutting my easy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">peasy</span> circle! My Christmas cards may just be round this year!<br /><div> </div><div> </div>The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-54641383716132117742008-10-09T12:08:00.000-07:002008-10-09T13:04:04.480-07:00IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE -- H-A-L-L-O-W-E-E-N!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirRvUByCfhLHl7q8r73HrrQfFP5In6j18cS3RG5dT6XZJoMNEVet_ua-r4nVk_3EtpY_FMMlik0LWOK5xWGWUwJEsRZNb78shcc59iLZoyBBp4r0SxLAnmrbqIJXOwp1TQ1wSwBea1PXf/s1600-h/witches+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255237340228711682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirRvUByCfhLHl7q8r73HrrQfFP5In6j18cS3RG5dT6XZJoMNEVet_ua-r4nVk_3EtpY_FMMlik0LWOK5xWGWUwJEsRZNb78shcc59iLZoyBBp4r0SxLAnmrbqIJXOwp1TQ1wSwBea1PXf/s400/witches+2.jpg" border="0" /></a> Here at the office, it's beginning to look a lot like Halloween. Forget Christmas, we love decorating for the spooky holiday. Here's some paper witches I made last year from Character Construction stamps, Daisy D's paper, rub-ons, and dyed bits of lace and doilies.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1JIKh2PA4FmAIqHYNQdvrS6YiMqHA_5uv5swlcKAj9gj_irNfFHq4ZMxP7oEKBXAnqGxhkio8PZ-9pnwsRXm50dhWNyGdeUWMvmPJsnW8OuTle1t7GKA3mpe4arvBEgkgT6lDf1W5vo7/s1600-h/witch+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255237346088150770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1JIKh2PA4FmAIqHYNQdvrS6YiMqHA_5uv5swlcKAj9gj_irNfFHq4ZMxP7oEKBXAnqGxhkio8PZ-9pnwsRXm50dhWNyGdeUWMvmPJsnW8OuTle1t7GKA3mpe4arvBEgkgT6lDf1W5vo7/s400/witch+3.jpg" border="0" /></a> Click on any pic to see a larger version.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0EEMcOhwGZ8V8TQP8b2VKgI-sat-QQeTJ9CgM-iCTYwT4CDaGL_GhNkTt1bMrMgfEc_UglMOz4N26E_mmuQQ07ksAjYbGqQ_8HAfSSi9PUxWAW_5AOiD_fjWHrsinkBlRDb41tPytSLv/s1600-h/robin"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255237343562869874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0EEMcOhwGZ8V8TQP8b2VKgI-sat-QQeTJ9CgM-iCTYwT4CDaGL_GhNkTt1bMrMgfEc_UglMOz4N26E_mmuQQ07ksAjYbGqQ_8HAfSSi9PUxWAW_5AOiD_fjWHrsinkBlRDb41tPytSLv/s400/robin's+witch.jpg" border="0" /></a> Last year <a href="http://dreamsofblueacadia.blogspot.com/">Robin</a> and I swapped witch dolls made from wine glasses. This is the one I got from Robin. Isn't she beautiful? I don't have a pic of the one I sent her, but believe me, it did not live up to her fine creation.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-n3kXL_H08793ZbOLi2EiqUKwjRBqkdYBYbbqfIu8tDf3SyR-0fVDHU9fuATceEVWrWnPZnaAF7Y7xdosLiFwgFhEcsOty_DYzdPZ1WzSWE079bbXnr0D2Two-KE_KNJiWyvfPHnMX_KB/s1600-h/robin"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255237347660772082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-n3kXL_H08793ZbOLi2EiqUKwjRBqkdYBYbbqfIu8tDf3SyR-0fVDHU9fuATceEVWrWnPZnaAF7Y7xdosLiFwgFhEcsOty_DYzdPZ1WzSWE079bbXnr0D2Two-KE_KNJiWyvfPHnMX_KB/s400/robin's+witch+close+up.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Here she is close-up. Can you believe the detailing???</div><div></div><div>What are all of you working on for Halloween????</div>The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-27668815817815946832008-10-03T10:51:00.001-07:002008-10-03T11:07:00.084-07:00HOMAGE TO THE BIRDS!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAo3a6-ttI_Q1EL2o9D0tIGfOyUqEjPHrUv0gjSTcu5Myq4v7XF6wJSS0vNH_4M4vEqqUK7Fhz-TtnNn0Fa9pO8FFBRV5omiQfKTQR61tnEg5XtWibTEYZ4-TxFWc1G7iTVMgxlhWJ_bRG/s1600-h/homage+to+the+birds.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252988938541748002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAo3a6-ttI_Q1EL2o9D0tIGfOyUqEjPHrUv0gjSTcu5Myq4v7XF6wJSS0vNH_4M4vEqqUK7Fhz-TtnNn0Fa9pO8FFBRV5omiQfKTQR61tnEg5XtWibTEYZ4-TxFWc1G7iTVMgxlhWJ_bRG/s400/homage+to+the+birds.jpg" border="0" /></a> This is a collage I gifted to my Sister.<br /><br />Last Christmas I bought my sister a gift of art supplies to use in her own beautiful artwork and told her as much a couple of days before Christmas. She told me she was disappointed to know this because she had hoped to receive something hand crafted by me. (This sounds almost too good to be true, but I wanted to believe.) In case she wasn’t just being nice, I couldn’t resist the urge to create a piece of art just for her - but I only had 2 days left! I already had made a base sheet on canvas paper as per the instruction in Cloth Paper Scissors in an article by Kelli Rae Roberts (who recently published a book on the same topic). It is a collage of bits and pieces of scrap papers, text, stamped or inked images. Then the main event is layered over the top of these and covered with paint, gesso, or ink and then wiped off so that some of the layer underneath peeks through. I decided that I would make the first of a pair of green works. I constructed the work from pics and text saved from magazines and the computer generated phrases "Don’t forget the birds!". I also stamped white hearts and "Hot" into the gel medium while it was still soft to give the work depth. After this was dry, I wrote randomly in white gel pen the phrase "Bring back the bees" and added black musical note brads which I spotted with white gesso so they wouldn’t look so new (just snap the prongs off with wire cutters). I painted some white silk leaf ribbon various shades of green and attached down one side. Then I added a little three dimensional compass and a smooth pebble with the work "Nature" inscribed on it. For the final touch I used a piece of vintage white embossed wallpaper to construct a bird feed that stands out from the page. I painted it with Golden fluid acrylic paint in bronze and then dry brushed it with a turquoise color to make it look like it had a patina. I glued real bird seed inside the feeder.<br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8txyFSvrK2d4l7HFJ00oKVxwADyZmjGSLyOBbFR7V0PVsl0YtjOhXdx6tSFS_LtpIVgg88oSQ02qOJHUbYRigXkpoChe9hN5br8aTGlJJf6CpwaQWzIJY6fo8JeRzY0ReSRlvqicHHxHS/s1600-h/homage+to+the+birds+close+up+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252988939842350034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8txyFSvrK2d4l7HFJ00oKVxwADyZmjGSLyOBbFR7V0PVsl0YtjOhXdx6tSFS_LtpIVgg88oSQ02qOJHUbYRigXkpoChe9hN5br8aTGlJJf6CpwaQWzIJY6fo8JeRzY0ReSRlvqicHHxHS/s400/homage+to+the+birds+close+up+2.jpg" border="0" /></a> Here's a closeup to show the dimension.</p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidWZriYC1-d0ByHWYrrQ8n_pnsyrxs8GhZftaH5whoUiTRO1dgqOvLUj6pNRGQ1sqv4FFP4ZT6GKPx-D3o4JWPTKXntRE4zQTROnyrgjbk7eup3GHxnnhOtF3bH3lXrejURDn3zaiR9Liw/s1600-h/homage+to+the+birds+close+up.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252988942153350466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidWZriYC1-d0ByHWYrrQ8n_pnsyrxs8GhZftaH5whoUiTRO1dgqOvLUj6pNRGQ1sqv4FFP4ZT6GKPx-D3o4JWPTKXntRE4zQTROnyrgjbk7eup3GHxnnhOtF3bH3lXrejURDn3zaiR9Liw/s400/homage+to+the+birds+close+up.jpg" border="0" /></a> </p><p>Here's a closeup of the wallpaper "bird feeder."</p>The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623228758762533212.post-48493075321281686272008-09-30T12:22:00.000-07:002008-09-30T13:09:07.207-07:00MR. EYE CHING CROW ARRIVES HOME SAFE FROM HIS TRAVELS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlr4XbhuHsy4yBt3l_Fz2__H-6-q7au6gVp_9oVKl13KCR-rmiQPgj7h40ivsxyylZiFaJNPFmimbpRi7Zsn0xMi8k7eHgcVCxPObetlo3aifOk-BmbtShHDrRLiPlRz2XsK6u9ZYRSgsF/s1600-h/mr+eye+ching+crow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251899772953245122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlr4XbhuHsy4yBt3l_Fz2__H-6-q7au6gVp_9oVKl13KCR-rmiQPgj7h40ivsxyylZiFaJNPFmimbpRi7Zsn0xMi8k7eHgcVCxPObetlo3aifOk-BmbtShHDrRLiPlRz2XsK6u9ZYRSgsF/s400/mr+eye+ching+crow.jpg" border="0" /></a> Some months ago I signed up to participate in a round robin of scrap crows. You can read about it <a href="http://mydistressingjourney.blogspot.com/2008/07/murder-of-crows.html">here</a> and <a href="http://mydistressingjourney.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-crow-for-me.html">here</a> and <a href="http://mydistressingjourney.blogspot.com/2008/06/another-crow-leaves-my-nest.html">here</a> and <a href="http://mydistressingjourney.blogspot.com/2008/02/scrap-crow-round-robin-begins.html">here</a>. Please meet Mr. Eye Ching Crow who was returned safely home to Terry this week. Mr. Eye Ching Crow (yes, as the artist describes in the accompanying booklet) is a play on words. He left home with an acrylic eye made from a symbol and all his other accouterments he had added by other artists along the way. Various artists who worked on him added the feet, 2 reflecting buttons, a calligraphy nib, some yard and beads, some coins, and some papers for a coat. He arrived at my place in such splendor that I had a hard time thinking of anything to added that would not distract from his magnificence. In the end, I added some black velvet and black satin feathers from an old vintage hat I de-constructed. I added pure silver ground glass to the edge of all four wings and sent him along his way. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-BsbIG4HZDuqFvrMaIgxdM38aTi6qKvjf7Glu7X7tE_nLbUcep1TmMo8oXueRR6l7T7SwdI42oro3EmHG6iTJpu1VDlMtG4JrUzHZlts78CQHNidrPhNtp87FB4MnITfCmMJjCamqF7x/s1600-h/mr+eye+ching+crow+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251899776609584610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-BsbIG4HZDuqFvrMaIgxdM38aTi6qKvjf7Glu7X7tE_nLbUcep1TmMo8oXueRR6l7T7SwdI42oro3EmHG6iTJpu1VDlMtG4JrUzHZlts78CQHNidrPhNtp87FB4MnITfCmMJjCamqF7x/s400/mr+eye+ching+crow+2.jpg" border="0" /></a> Here is Mr. Crow from the back. Isn't he fabulous????<br /><div></div>The Tattered Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567130754496618779noreply@blogger.com0