A Nest of Fairie Eggs

As you've read...I love a deal. This weekend was fruitful, even though I only spent about $5.

See this cute little next...well I actually got four of them just alike and they were brand new. I paid $1 for all of them. I decided that I wanted to have a little fairie standing in the middle of the eggs, and this little Paper Whimsy girl was a perfect addition to the nest. I added some wings to her, and a colorful silk bow. You'll notice some tatting at the bottom of her dress. This is some vintage tatting that a friend of mine brought me from a big antique show she visited in Ohio earlier this summer.

One last thing to note is her wand. Again...a deal! This is a bobby pen with a star on the end of it that I got at a garage sale for 10 cents. I knew that I would someday use it for a wand. I cut half of the pen off so that she only had one stick. I then cut her hand away from the rest of her and put the wand under her hand for deminsion. Isn't she adorable?

Helga's Turquoise Weekly Challenge

Turquoise...I love the color turquoise! So, I was so happy to hear that Helga wanted us to add the color to our art for this week's Challenge.

We were on our way home from vacation this morning....and while we were driving along, I was thinking about what I wanted to do for the challenge. I completed another Challenge yesterday that I used turquoise for, and decided that I wanted to use a simliar background for this Challenge.

This piece is approximately 4 x 7ish...I stamped the flourishes on the background and then used my watercolors to get the desired colors. Because I really dig black and turquoise, I decided to add the black border. I used the Fabulous Paper Dolls and Spoil Me collage sheets for this piece. I added Tulle around her hair, I snipped the arms and legs to place them like I wanted...and used vintage Bric-a-Brac to fancy her dress up, and a few shiny flowers for BLING. The final touch was to pen the words "This Much"....because that's how much she loves ArtChix!! : )

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Paper Doll Swap Idea and WINNER!

So...like I said...I had many ideas for Helga for the next Swap. This was the last one...and the one that I got up early to finish yesterday morning. This was my first paper doll. Other than the ones that I played with as a child.

I made the skirt and blouse patterns by hand and used the face from one of Helga's Art Blast Cards. The arms and legs are from one of her paper doll collage sheets...and the cumberbun was from another collage sheet. Oh yes, I used some of the hands from the ARTchix shop too.

I was so excited when I got home this evening after a fun day of ATC supply shopping with a friend and job hunting after that. I got home to check my email and see what the next swap would be....Tee! Hee!! It's going to be MY idea....Party Girlz Paper Dolls. Yippee!!! I'm so excited!!! So, come one (yes, Dawn...you're the only one :) come all and play with me in the ARTchix Swap due in September. BTW, there are new Paper Doll Sheets coming out next week...can't wait to see what they are.