A MAGICAL WHIMSY

A MAGICAL WHIMSY IS DEDICATED TO PROMOTING DOLL MAKING SITES, MIXED MEDIA SITES, AND CHILDREN'S BOOK AUTHOR'S SITES. PLEASE VIEW MY SIDE BARS FOR VARIOUS LINKS TO CREATIVE ARTIST'S SITES.

Friday, May 25, 2012

I HAVE SIX WINNERS FOR ALIENORE'S BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY!!!

And the winners are:
Castles, Crowns and Cottages
Rhissanna
Shop Girl (and please send me your email!)
Manon
Patty
and 
Mary Ann
I will be emailing you for your snail mail addresses.
Thank you all for participating so very much!!! 

Monday, May 21, 2012

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND GIVEAWAY FOR ALIENORE OF PAPILLION BLEU!

Won't you please come celebrate Alienore's Birthday Party with my dolls and I today?  Today Alienore is three years old.  My dollies decided to host a photo shoot in celebration of the party festivities as we celebrate here in California and Alienore celebrates in the U.K. and many other bloggers celebrate the day too!!!   So, without much further ado, let the photo shoot begin!!!

The dollies wanted to dress up in their finest dresses.  In order of appearance from left to right is: Abelia from Blackeyed Suzie;  in the middle is Dolly from Karen of KDMilstein Studio on Etsy; and on the right is Little Gypsy also from Karen's Etsy.

On the left is 'Alice in Wonderland' from by Abi Monroe from Art Dolls Only; in the middle is a French Style doll from Kaire Faire;  and on the right is Hannie from Cheekie Bottoms Blog.

And here we have Sasha by Susan Hopkirk Etsy; A Folk Art Angel Ornie from Gollywobbles on Etsy; French Vintage Style 'Man in the Moon' by Pearl Avenue Studios on Etsy; 'Alice in Wonderland with her bunny' from The Black Berry Briar Etsy; and Alice Psychadelic Doll by Dame Darcy.

All the dolls in my doll collection are uniquely one-of-a-kind.  On the left we have Deidre who is completely poseable from The Iron Kettle Etsy;  in the middle is Lemonade Fairy by The Filligree on Etsy; and Rosie from Ashland Hill Etsy.

Here are Alice in Wonderland themed dolls.  On the left we have Alice made by Ashly Daugherty (which I believe was highlighted on Art Dolls Only); next is a paper mache Folk Art Vintage Style Bunny by Pearl Avenue Studios on Etsy; In the middle we have 'Alice in Wonderland' made by  The Polka Dot Pixie - Jenny Hernandez; Then we have a cute little piggy again from KDMilstein Studio on Etsy;  and hiding in the corner on the dolly table is The Cheshire Cat made by Teresa S. (me).

On the left is Elsie Wright from the Cottingley Fae (Fairy Tale Movie) doll by Tracey McCartney of Jasmoon Butterfly Etsy; next to her is Merci a soft bodied French style doll by Wray of Light Etsy; in the middle is my French  marionette style doll I made in the Cloth and Clay doll ning site; and Valentina by Janice Moore-Petty of Cheekie Rose Boutique Blog and Etsy.
THE DOLLIES ENJOYED THIS PHOTO SHOOT SO VERY MUCH IN CELEBRATION OF ALIENORE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY!  I WILL BE GIVING AWAY (3) GOODY BAGS WITH DOLL MAKING FABRICS AND VINTAGE LACES AND EMBELLISHMENTS.  PLEASE LEAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN THE COMMENT SECTION FOR ME TO CONTACT THE WINNERS.
THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH FOR COMING TO THIS GRAND CELEBRATION! BE SURE TO CONNECT TO THE LINK ON MY SIDEBAR TO GO DIRECTLY TO PAPILLION BLEU'S BLOG AND PARTY FESTIVITIES AND OTHER BLOG BIRTHDAY PARTIES.

posted by Teresa on May 21st, 2012






Saturday, May 19, 2012

ANNOUNCING A BIRTHDAY PARTY WITH PAPILLON BLEU...A PARTY FOR ALIENORE...SHE IS THREE YEARS OLD!

 Please click on the Papillon Bleu party link ON MY SIDEBAR to arrive at Papillion Bleu's Blog. Come join me on May 21st in the festivities of a birthday party for dolly Alienore of Papillon Bleu.  My dollies decided to do a photo shoot in honor of the birthday party, so please do come join in the fun! The date is not too far away!!!  Hurray!!!

REMEMBER THE DATE!  MAY 21ST


Wednesday, May 16, 2012

SETH APTER'S BOOK: 'THE PULSE OF MIXED MEDIA'

My socks were blown off when I was told by Trudi at 'Two Dresses Studio' blog that I had won her giveaway for Seth Apter's 'The Pulse of Mixed Media'. (Please see my sidebar for the link to 'The Altered Page' Seth's blog.)  I can't say enough about Seth Apter as far as being the kind of mixed media artist who supports so many kindred spirit artists.  He just got back from a tour around the U.S. and Canada for a book signing of 'The Pulse..' and meeting many of the mixed media artists whose heart-felt and inspiring comments were included in Seth's book.  What a talented array of artists to inspire us all!!!  Please purchase his book online at Amazon.com or your favorite book store. OH!!! And please be sure to visit 'Two Dresses Studio' as she has some of the most amazing prints of her collages in her Etsy shop.  Her link is on my sidebar.
ENJOY!!!
Posted by Teresa

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL WOMANKIND! AUNTS, GIRLFRIENDS, GIRL COUSINS, OLD MAIDS, TEACHERS, GRANDMOTHERS, SISTERS, DAUGHTERS, ALL WOMANKIND!

I found a very lovely poem on Brenda Figueroa's blog.  A poem titled 'She' by Kobi Yamada.  It is beautiful.  If you go to my side bar please click on her blog link: lafiorevida.blogspot.com and the poem is on her posting of March 4th, 2012.  I wanted to give Brenda the credit for finding such an inspirational poem.  It fits all kindred artistic souls.  It is the perfect poem for this Mother's Day weekend.  (You can probably find a copy of the poem on Amazon.com too as I am sure it would make a lovely Mother's Day gift).  It is a very long poem.  I had thought of including it here, but I am sure the writer of the poem would appreciate some monetary support in purchasing her verse.  Have a lovely Mother's Day weekend!

posted by Teresa