Lest We Forget

I did this page in an ATC swap a couple of years ago. Daphne made the ATC which does not photograph well but the embellishment on the tile is maple leaf . Heck the photo is terrible I will try another one in better light and less blurry soon. The theme I used was Lest we forget for my page using rubber stamps , figures from the newspaper. punched leaves and distressed inks. I should have written on the back how I made it so shiny. Looks great in person though. I really need to work more in this format. 4"x4" page and I do have lots of ATCs to work with from swaps over the years . Maybe a 2012 project? Maybe.

Judy

new photo but not much better than the first one. Maybe Santa will bring me a new camera??Thanks for looking

Minis

My miniature club made their lettuce salads on Thursday and I finished mine. Every salad looked different but I think they all enjoyed making them . I am going to make a couple more of them myself. Remember they are made from green grocery bags so it is interesting to see what you can make out of them One of the group did not stretch the plastic much and it looked great. If you need to know more let me know and I will send you off some instructions. This is not an original thought of mine but a collective of things I have read in magazines and online.

I am very happy with my results though.

Thanks for looking.

Judy

Minis

I have been busy working on my Felting the past month when I have a spare moment so have neglected my blog . So much for once a month posting eh? Anyways I have been working on some Day of the Dead sugared skulls in mini and this week I am in charge of the mini project for my club and here is my little lettuce salad prototype for my class. I will of course be adding to it to make it better but it is a start for them to see what they are making. The lettuce is made out of green grocery bags that are stretched and cut and glued into the bowl. And the table is from a dollar store which I will tile one of these days and use in my DOD project for more food and other Mexican things I have been collecting over the years . I will keep you all posted on that.

Thanks for looking and happy Autumn

Judy

August Post

I have been trying to post once a month on my blog so here is a photo of what I have been up to this month. I am experimenting with needle felting and wet felting too. I am going to use the flowers to make a table runner. I think it will look cute on my table top and maybe help me keep the junk off the dining room table too (I wish). The other is an attempt at a necklace! Not sure where it is going to go to but I am needle felting it to a crocheted rope and then will wet felt it at the end to make it more firm. This is the plan and I HOPE it turns out . Thinking it will need some beading or something more to make it perfect. Stay tuned for the results! What are you up to????

Off to enjoy a lovely summer day!

Judy

Miniature Hat challenge

On one of my yahoo groups there is a challenge to make a hat in any scale. Since I am making a southwest (sorta) theme display I thought I would try my hand at a felt sombrero. I will try another one soon as I made some big mistakes on this one, but ........ Thought you may like to see the photos anyway. I do like this one and may add some more beads to the brim yet.

Thanks for looking!

J

Mini show challenge

Dale
Ruell and Sandie

Val

Mine
Last fall I challenged my miniature club to making up Poinsettia kits that I had bought from Peaches (Monica). The challenge was to have them ready for the Kelowna clubs show and sale the end of April. Enjoy and I will try to get names on them too. Sometimes I have trouble with blog and pictures getting to the spot I want. My display is far from being finished but I displayed it anyways. You can see I have been busy making cacti too. I really like the way my poinsettia bush turned out. Thanks for looking!

J

Minis

Happy Easter,

I cannot believe how fast the month has flown by! Time to post again.

I have been working on Minis this month. There is a miniature show and sale next weekend in Westbank and my club always has a table to display our artwork. I am working on a south west scene and have finished some of the cacti and my poinsettia bush that will be in the display, so these are the photos that I am showing you today. Hopefully I will get the windows in the "house" (going to be a wine shop eventually)and get a photo of that at the show for next month.

The first photo is my collection of cacti that I have made or collected over the years. There are four which were tops off some little knives. Some I have made out of paper clay.

The second photo is the poinsettia which is finished and at home in it's tiled planter. Very happy with it but the photo does not do it justice . Amazing how a box from bar of soap can become a planter.

Some of the cacti in the oval planter are from a workshop that my friend Rosemary had for a couple of us last year. Thanks for the inspiration Rosemary and Cate for the mini tiles too. I am very happy with the results even though I need to add some different shades of green to make it perfect and the odd flower on a couple of them maybe. Are we ever done with a display? ; )

Thanks for looking!

J