Wings

The butterfly is a flying flower...  

~Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun

'Wings' is the theme on

Take a Word Challenge this week.

The image I used is from Fairytale follies collage CD from Lisa Kettell

The rest are elements from Deviant Scrap.

Hello!

Hello!!

is everyone ready for tomorrow?

I don't really do a big thing here..

We'll dye eggs tonight and hide them for Helena in the morning.

but that's about it.

The weather has been nice lately, not too warm, yet.

Some Easter Sundays are so hot.

And one time it snowed!

Weird huh?

I have a few little spring-y pics to show you in the spirit of Easter.

 

busy bee.

I don't have a forest of roses to show you but I do have some that have bloomed

(I'm pretty excited about it)

Here's a fun thing to do...

Any yellow flowers work well..

 

 This is the bentwood bed I made..

This is an old iron cot that had been in our back yard hidden away in a corner, covered in spiderwebs.

The head and foot board are made out of old mulberry branches.

I painted it all brass colored and added tin stars.

the jasmine I planted should wind itself all over the bed eventually.

I'll take pictures once that happens.

 

Petunias...

 The pomegranate is blooming too:)

I also have a winner (finally) for my four year anniversary give away.

It's Maggie from the Mag Rag

congrats Maggie!

okay, I have a couple dozen eggs to boil right now

so I better get going.

I hope everyone has a beautiful weekend!

(Don't eat too much chocolate!I did that once and I'll never forget it!!!)

Peter Pan Book/Puppet theatre

Do you believe in fairies?

I think you all know that I do!

Here's a Lisa Kettell Designs project

that has everything you need to help you believe!

Supplies

Cigar box or book shaped box (available at craft and hobby stores)

2 Baby Bailey unpainted dolls

Fairy silhouette

wooden scrolls/trim

alphabet stickers

England stickers*

gold glitter washi tape

purple ribbon

treasure map

hot glue gun, glue sticks

white glue

glitter in gold & pink

craft wire

green scrapbook paper

acrylic pant: white, peach, orange, gold, pink, red, light green,

 dark green, dark blue, brown, black

 

 Directions

paint baby bailey dolls to look like Wendy and Peter 

hot glue purple ribbon to top of her head, add pink glitter to top of her ankles

fold a small amount of green paper to resemble a hat for peter, hot glue to his head

poke craft wire into back of dolls, set aside

paint the wooden trim gold and add glitter

paint inside of box dark blue

add white to create clouds

position Big Ben sticker in front of the clouds, or, paint him on:)

glue green paper to lid of box

paint outside of box gold

open box add wahsi tape across the top 

hot glue wooden trim to frame inside of box

add stickers and silhouette to box lid to create the cover

put a small amount of hot glue on tips of the wire attached to the dolls

and position them to look like they're flying 

add treasure map to inside lid

dry brush gold paint on corners of cover and the map

Hope this was fun...I've been outside most of this week adding arches and making a bed out of

bent wood and an iron cot!

when it's ready it'll be covered in vines and flowers.

(that's my next post)

ok, stay tuned for the winner of the blog anniversary gift!!

Thanks for visiting!