PHOTOS OF PILLOWS FROM MY PAST GIVEAWAYS

Well, I am going to post some photos of pillows I made for two giveaways, and another pillow which I made for a dear friend, Janice Moore-Petty of Cheeky Rose Boutique Blogspot.  Janice is a fabulous doll maker and has her own truly marvelous paper mache recipe she uses to create her Queen Anne style dolls. I will put her link on my sidebar so you can access her blog.

This pillow was won by Palomasea Blogspot and was the giveaway for my participation in Anita of Castles, Crowns, and Cottages Blogspot Paris Party.   It is an embellished handmade pillow handmade by me, and has lots of vintage lace, vintage buttons, a printed fabric Marie Antoinette inkjet 'photo' with a rich fabric for the pillow cover.

Here is a close up of some of the details on the Paris Party Pillow Giveaway.

Here is the top of the Alice In Wonderland Pillow for the Mad Tea Party hosted by 'A Fanciful Twist' back in July of this year.  It is embellished with vintage crocheted lace, appliqued smaller Alice in Wonderland characters placed around the edges of the pillow, and a vintage photo print of the Mad Tea Party. The fabric is vintage and has tea pots and saucers and flowers. The pink crocheted tea pot in the fore ground was crocheted by me a few years ago and added just the right touch for the tea party pillow.  Silly me...I forgot to take any photos of the completed pillow.!  But this gives you an idea of what it looked like.  When I completed the pillow the back side had a French stripe fabric and was embellished with a vintage doily in the middle of the pillow surrounded by more smaller appliqued Alice in Wonderland characters.  Dog's Mom Blogspot was thrilled to win this pillow in my giveaway.

Here is a close up of the smaller characters which surrounded the main Alice Mad Tea Party scene.  I was not quite finished with the embellishments in this photo.  I so enjoyed making this pillow.

The whimsical Cheshire Cat graced the top of the pillow.

This is the left side of the pillow with the White Rabbit and Red King appliques.

 And I must tell you, I had the most delightful time finding the printed Alice's Tea Party image, and also the Alice in Wonderland fabric which I snipped out the smaller Alice characters from.  I found these lovely items from Connie Hindmarsh of www.hindmarashstudios.net in her sweet Etsy shop: Bears, Hares, and Folk Art Dolls.
And I found by further communication with Connie that she was the original Romper Room teacher on televison, back in the day!  What a sweetie she is!

I found the Marie Antionette printed inkjet embellishments in Etsy too from Sherifairy's Etsy site.

This is the French Style pillow I made for my sweet friend Janice who has one of the most generous spirits. 

This is the skirt with French Style fabric and vintage braid on the side, with vintage buttons and a bow at the waist.  This isn't the best photo but it does show the details.

This is a close up of the pillow showing the vintage soft chiffon fabric roses, the vintage crocheted lace, and vintage heart button at Marie's bosom, and the tiny blue rose on her 'hat'.

It was a joy to make these pillows for my blogging friends!

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I WON! SWEET GIVEAWAY FROM KATHY AT CREATIVE HOME EXPRESSIONS

I was so thrilled when I found I had won Kathy's giveaway on her Creative Home Expressions blog!
I love the color aqua and some of the goodies were in that lovely color.  Here are the items she sent to me.
Thank you again Kathy!

This is the BEAUTIFUL Bird's nest with three Robin's eggs!

A very sweet bird card was enclosed from Kathy to me.  Then there was a magnolia scented candle which has a divine scent;  and some adorable French Rooster cupcake holders; a sweet white photo frame (center).

There was an adorable aqua double pail tin pail I will use to put my doll making tools and markers in which is to die for!   There were three separate paper goodies which included a two note pad pack with a pen; plus sticky notes and sticky flags; plus an 8 invitation pack of chef cards.  And I adore the huge aqua clothespin to keep important notes on.

Thank you ever so much again Kathy!  I will post a link to her blog on my sidebar.  Please check out Kathy's blog as she has many amazing ideas for decorating found/purchased vintage items.  Check out her latest cutie as it is a suitcase transformed with vintage dolly fabric.

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ALTERED ALICE BLOG --- MORE ALICE FUN!!!

Hello Everybody!
Well, I always feel a let down after the Mad Tea Party because I could stay in Wonderland all of the time!
So...I ran across a fantastic blog for creating Alice related paper goodies.  So please come with me as we enter the world of Alice and join in challenges that are fun to do.  It's all on the 'Altered Alice' blog which you can access on the link on my side bar.  There is a list of other blogs who also participate in Alice related fun!
Enjoy!

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REMEMBERING DENISE CANGELOSI

It was a little over a year ago, July 31st, to be exact that I received news of one of my dear doll making friends passing away unexpectedly.  Denise was 57 years old and way to young to leave this life.  I am going to post some of the photos of her exceptionally detailed whimsical dolls.  She and I had a bond through doll making, both of us snail mailed each other various doll making fabrics across the 6,000 plus miles between California and France, and again when she was living in Germany for a time too.   We both enjoyed reading fantasy about fairies, hobbits, wizards, dragons and I think that is why we became fast friends over the internet.  She was initially from England and had a vast knowledge of Celtic lore and also medieval lore.  We would write very long emails to each other talking about everything from cabbages to kings.   Enjoy the photo tour of French photos she took and also of a few of her dolls.

Granny Weatherwax from one of Terry Prachett's books.

Virginie.   I love the rich fabric on this doll and her beautiful hair and those shoes!

An incredible winged Elf with the most amazing feet!

The expression on this forest Fae is amazing.  I love the belly button and the tail!  Denise was truly a fabulous doll artists.

France

Denise did not take this photo but I am including it as it really gives you the 'feel' of France.

Thank you for viewing these photos and hope you will share precious memories of friends you have lost.

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AYALA ART IS HAVING A GIVEAWAY UNTIL TODAY, AUGUST 15TH

HURRY ON OVER TO AYALA ART BLOGSPOT FOR HER SWEET GIVEAWAY!
I was unable to put the link up for it so hope you can find her on a Yahoo! or Google search!
Thank you!

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YAY!!! IT'S TIME TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNER OF THE MAD TEA PARTY GIVEAWAY!!!

THE WHITE RABBIT SAYS ITS TIME TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNER!!!

I tossed all of the names into a hat and swished them around three times to the left and then swished them around once to the right (like you would do to tea leaves if you were going to read them) and then I pulled one name out of the hat. (My camera was being obstinate as I DID have photos to show you of the UN-Birthday hat and the name I pulled out!)

                                          AND THE WINNER IS!!!   DOGS MOM

HURRAY!   CONGRATULATIONS!!!  DOGS MOM,  I WILL BE SENDING YOU AN EMAIL TO REQUEST YOUR SNAIL MAIL ADDRESS.

AND SO WE BID ADIEU TO ALICE AND THE RABBIT AS THEY FINALLY FOUND EACH OTHER AFTER THE PARTY AND ARE HEADING HOME UNTIL THE NEXT MAD TEA PARTY.

WONDERFUL THANKS TO LOVELY VANESSA AT HER GLORIOUS BLOG 'A FANCIFUL TWIST' FOR HOSTING THIS AMAZING BLOGLAND MAD TEA PARTY!!!

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