YAY IM BACK

Im back into the swing of things, but nothing to show you yet... lots of half finished things, which will be going into my etsy shop hopefully next week.

Missed you all, but i needed the space.

xxxxxx

IN LOVING MEMORY

On the 24th June my darling beloved husband Ernie passed away in my arms.

I have never felt such pain in my life, and at the moment cannot focus on anything except just getting by each day. I have lost my zest for life and art, and just hope that this ache in my heart will go away, so that i can at least face the future without him.

Here is the last photo of Ernie taken at his 65th Birthday party, on the 22nd May 2009, which he celebrated along with our Grandson Bobby, who was 13 years old that same day.

GOD BLESS YOU ERNIE, and I hope that we will meet again one day my precious.

ALTERED KEYS

The challenge this month over on GAS MAMMA is to make an altered key. I've seen some beautiful examples out there in cyber land, and my group of gals have not let me down.

Here are my two offerings.

Click on pictures to enlarge.

This one is not just an altered key, but an altered vintage brooch too, so will be wearable.

May have to make more of these. lol.

GREAT GIVEAWAY HERE ON NEEDLEWINGS BLOG

Altered Drinks Can Doll- Squashed Can art Doll

For this month's theme on MAD MAMMA (monthly art doll swaps), i chose the theme, squashed drinks can doll.

Oh boy, there was a mixed reaction, as most people assume art dolls are supposed to be pretty, but i wanted the group to be challenged, but was worried about their reaction. I should have known better, there was a mixed reaction at first, but now the ball is rolling. they have not let me down. pop over to MAD MAMMA to have a look at the great pieces so far. http://www.flickr.com/groups/964970@N23/

Here is mine. Now i really WAS worried about putting this in the swap, especially as my hubby said i had gone a bit tooooo wild with this one. So i put it in the photo-stream, but was more than prepared to remove it, if it wasn't well received.

Believe it or not, I've come to looove this doll, ugly as it is.

So i suppose you want to have a peep at her........

here she is in all her glory.....lol.

Zetti Fairy.

To make the doll, i flattened an empty lager can...lol. well in fact I practically annihilated it with a big hammer. Oh boy that was fun, and a great way to get rid of frustrations. roflol.

Then i painted it all over with white acrylic glue, after finding it much to difficult to erase the wording on the can.

Then i painted the face with flesh coloured acrylic paint, and coloured the body with alcohol inks.

The Wings, arms legs and hat are all collaged onto card, and the hands and feet are brads, that i managed to find just last week.

SEASIDE ALTOID TIN

For this months altered swap over on Flickr's GAS MAMMA the chosen theme is seaside and to alter a tin.

So far i have altered an altoid tin, and the bottom half of a cigar tin.

FRONT OF TIN

This is of Blackpool, UK, and the sand and shells that i used were collected from Blackpool beach


BACK OF TIN

The vintage advert to the left, shows how the circus ring fills up with water for the Grand Finale. I was absolutely mesmerised as a child.


Showing all the ephemera that goes along with the tin

on the far right is a copy of a seaside cut out that was used by families whereas each family member put their heads through the cutout, and had their photo taken.
Also included are some small versions of saucy british postcards, as well as a current Brand New one of today showing thefamous Blackpool lights.

I also altered the bottom half of a cigar tin

Last night, in honour of MAMMA Flickr groups 100th member, i gave an online party, to celebrate.
Everyone brought their own drinks, a firework display was given, and i set numerous tasks for them to winprizes of a paintings etc of mine.
The main prize was a Zetti doll. For this i set a challenge of making an ATC celebrating MAMMA's 100th member and they had 60 minutes to do it in. Ernie, (hubby) drew a name out of a hat, and it was Sherry.

here's the main prize won by her.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME- Marie Antoinette

Things just got toooo hectic for me to post. My husband has been seriously ill, and what with the 3 MAMMA groups i run on Flickr, it got too much.

So what's been happening.

First i was published in the Stampington & Co 'Marie Antoinette' magazine.

This is a scan of the page i was on, i never received a copy of the magazine itself.


Next, work over in Mamma - Handpainted ATC's




A paper doll in the Mad MAMMA swap



a button fairy for the MAD MAMMA swap

I've also taken part in a 6 way JAM swap of a bird journal. template from Stampington & Co.




HANDPAINTED FOR VIV





Made for Sherry




Made for Wendy






Made for Sheila





Made for Maureen




Last but not least is a fabric bird i made as a gift to Constanza. I altered the Stampington template to give it a better shape.




I'll try and keep in touch more, if life allows it.

Take care...xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

CAT HUMOUR

This cracks me up