Twilight Masquerade At Versailles

I have journeyed to Versailles once again for a twilight masquerade. The Queen is on her balcony, behind a mysterious buliding, guarded by a glass glittered swan! These ATCS are triptychs and are for the Birds of a Feather Swap over at the Marie Antoinette Mail Art Group on Ning.
They are watercolor with pen and ink, digital image printed on acetate and a watercolor glass glittered swan for the outer panel. Each card is the same yet different, featuring different color schemes, different dresses for Marie and different digital out building pics. I wish I could really go to Versailles for a twilight Masquerade party and slip back in time to see the Queen herself dance a minuet!

Sugar Spun Powder Pouf

I looked up lambswool powder puffs on the internet and was shocked at the prices! Sooooo, I decided to make my own! This is made with a blend of Merino Wool, Alpaca and Tussah Silk roving. I cut two bunches from the roving, laid them out, sandwiching some pink wool roving in the center. You can't see the pink in this image, there is just a bare hint of it. Then, I needle felted the layers in the center on both front, back and sides, pinching it together to make a slight bow shape.. After the felting was done, I fluffed it out, combed it, trimmed it and added a sweet vintage flower and Italian glass bead to make it luxuriously beautiful! Try makin your own! I bought this roving blend from missbabs_fibers on ebay. The roving cost less than buying 1 commercially made puff and I will be able to make many puffs from it or use it in my other felting crafts! You can also use all wool or all alpaca, but I don't know if all silk fiber would felt. Experiment, have fun and leave comments letting me know how it worked for you!

The Queen's Shoe

Marie mania continues....this is an altered shoe I made for a swap on the Marie Antoinette Mail Ary yahoo group. I started with a vintage shoe, spray painted it pink, stamped motifs in gold pigment ink, layered it with pink sparkle tissue paper, layered on K and Company ornaments, more tissue and then finished it off with a print of vintage wall paper inside; a vintage crepe paper ruff on the outside edges; a feather ornament with a vintage glitter, frosted Marie paper doll and iced it with a sweet vintae gold birdieperched upon a vintage peach flower atop a faded, vintage green bow. I love this so much, I may keep it and make a different shoe for the swap.

A Morning in Versailles

Ok...I'm not really in Versailles..but I did spend the morning crafting this glass bead crown chandelier. It is hand wrought of gold wire, frosted pink glass beads, sea foam and peachy pink hex beads and pastel pearlized beads with a few faceted glass tears dropped in. It is fit for a paper palace or an Art Doll Queen. I made it for the monthly lotto at the Marie Antoinette Mail Art yahoo group. Isn't it just delicious????

Plum Crazy for Marie Antoinette

Wow! I has been a looooonnnng time since I have added anything to this blog. Shameful! October-December is always a crazy busy time for our family. And right after Christmas, we added a new Keeshond puppy to the mix! His name is Chewbacca and he is a little charmer! Now that I am finally getting back to routine and enjoying some quiet times, I can get back to my art! I spent most of my Christmas break cleaning out my art supply area and making a studio in my basement! It took days to do, but now it is all organized and ready to go! I am itching to make some art! My latest obsession is Marie Antoinette! I just joined a new yahoo group called Marie Antoinette Mail Art. It is a juried site with several wonderful artists there! See the button at the upper right of my blog to go check it out! I also figured out how to work with my Adobe Photoshop elements and made several beautiful Marie Antoinette digital collages. The pics here are copyrighted by cannot be used for resale. Today I am offering some pictures of:Our Christmas tree: a simple number of blue feathers with home made glitter snow flakes ; some beautiful Marie Antoinette Digital collages I did and our new puppy Chewbacca.

If I were a fish in the sea....

Here is my newest dottie doll creation. This little fish is swimming all the way to Australia for a dottie doll swap! He is made of batked quilter's cotton, acrylic felt and numerous beads and spangles. His face is needle felted with wool. Who wouldn't love those google eyes????

Aussie Dottie Doll

This little critter is going all the way to Australia! She is a hostess gift for someone hosting a "If I were a Butterfly" song Dottie Doll swap on my website, http://christianatcs.proboards45.com/ ! She has a batik cotton based body, acrylic felt bases for face and ears that are felted with Alpaca roving. The Joey is made of felted Alpaca roving and wool felt with a sculpted face. He is tied into Mama's pocket by a string. I finished it off with a hanger of vintage glass beads in striated color layers that remind me of the beautiful rock formations in Australia!