Marfi-topia: Childhood

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Childhood

Take a word Challenge this week is

'Childhood'

I didn't have many friends when I was growing up..

My afternoons consisted of coming home from elementary school,

and immediately going outside

& playing in a tent made of old sheets.

My companions were our cat Lucy and a glow-in-the-dark

skeleton made of paper.
(my mom

had bought it for me at the pharmacy

and to me, it was the most incredible thing ever!)

Reading,

talking to fairies,

pretending it was Halloween,

bobbing for apples

drawing....

it all happened

in my tent, amongst my mother's garden.

I created a doodle

then used

elements from Deviant Scrap

over it.

I also wanted to let you know that

Random Number Generator chose #6.

JoAnne from Vintage Dragonfly

Congratulations!

you won the Haunted Humpday monster:)

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Gypsy Dreams

when I was a little girl my dad made me a playhouse...

I remember it had a toy stove, a cot and a big trunk for all sorts of magical things.. a bitty tea set with dragons painted on it, thick stacks of paper, cigar boxes full of crayons and paints, two rag dolls named Lilly and Polly that just knew I was their mommy, and the gypsy bag!
The gypsy bag was a huge beaded bag that held ribbons, make-up, bits of costume jewelry and an ever-changing supply of clothing that looked very much like my mother's and sister's old things.

I would spend hours in my make believe world,(dressed as a glamorous gypsy queen of course) on a pirate ship, in a haunted house or just having tea in a gypsy tent with my two girls.

I was separate from everyone,on my own, so to speak(sigh).
As I grew older my playhouse began to fill up with 'stuff'. It sort of became a catch all area for things that weren't even mine.
It was very sad to watch this amazing place turn into storage.

Our home is very small, my studio is tiny! And while I appreciate what I have, I still yearn for a place of my own, a place of dreams, to imagine and create.

Guess what???? My husband has gifted me with the most adorable amazing little haven!
It's a 1958 vintage westerner camper!!!!!
this is it here....

It's painted an icky black right now as it was used for hauling ghost hunting equipment at one point:) but now it's mine and I'm all set to turn it into a gypsy wagon/studio!!!!!
I'm over the moon!!!
I'll be posting my progress in converting this camper and maybe asking your advice on decor if you don't mind.
When I'm finished I will have a place to dream, create, nap, lol... It can be whatever I want it to be, a pirate ship, a haunted house or a gypsy tent where I can have tea with my two girls:)