Finished Pieces from the Encaustic Workshop

Whew! 3 full days of encaustics! Today I'm in wax withdrawal!

Here's some photo's of my finished pieces, now in my living room!

This one's my favourite:

...followed by this one:

...followed by these two:

"Black Pointy Hat" Artdolls

Here's the artdoll that I made for last month's swap: "Black Pointy Hats".

Here's the ATC artdoll (with the same theme):

Last Day to Sign up for the September Giveaway!

Tomorrow's the draw for my September giveaway!

Each month I have a giveaway, and anybody that signs up to enter the draw on the actual post, as well as all of the blogs' "followers" are entered to win! This month's giveaway is this book: "Simple Gifts 50 Little Luxuries to Craft, Sew, Cook & Knit", by Jennifer Worick. P.S. You can sign up on this post if you wanted to enter!

Here's some preview photo's from inside:


My personal favourite: "Salted Caramels"......not that I can eat them with my braces......one more year (or so)!

Here's my daughter goofing around while waiting for her brother to finish his soccer practice. She's more into being in the garage, monkeying around with dad than her brother is!

I just received this artdoll in the mail today from my September swap partner. She's just darling in person, and is the first Halloween decoration up this year!

Tomorrow a new swap theme will be announced for the "FantasticFlat_Paperdolls" group. Think "Autumn" and "Wings".....

Buttons Buttons Buttons!

I have thousands of buttons! The other night I dumped a few hundred onto my kitchen table and had tons of fun making little colourful stacks of buttons. I can't decide if I'm going to turn them into hair pins, or fridge magnets.







Here's the paper artdoll I made for my online trading group "fantastic flat paperdolls". The swap theme for this gal was "50's/60's". September's theme is "Black Pointy Hat" - fun!