Heart(s) of the ocean

Far off in the ocean where

the waters are a cool, clear blue

lives an amazing creature

named Halcyon.

She has long glittery hair and jewel encrusted tentacles.

 

Collecting heart shaped stones 

that she finds scattered along the ocean floor

is one of her favorite things to do.

If you happen to catch a glimpse of 

her sitting on a rock on nights when the moon is full

please be very quiet..she's shy.

 

 

 

 

 This is what you need to create the hearts of the ocean sailor's valentine

 

Supplies

Carnival Lulu mermaid cupie doll

wooden plaque

heart shaped acrylic jems

assorted sea shells

decorative scrapbook paper

paper clay or model magic

acrylic paints;green, dark blue, purple, pink, yellow

silver tinsel

glitter;black, purple, teal, magenta, silver

hot glue gun, glue sticks

white glue

Instructions

Create tentacles out of model magic, set aside to dry.

decoupage wooden plaque with scrapbook paper and white glue.

Remove Lulu's fin and paint her tail and tentacles dark blue, teal and purple.

attach her to the plaque with hot glue.

Glue her tentacles around her.

create flowing hair by attaching strips of model magic to Lulu's head.

when dry paint green and yellow.Cover in silver glitter.

Hot glue acrylic hearts and sea shells.

Attach silver tinsel around plaque with hot glue.

You can purchase the Carnival Lulu Mermaid Cupie here.

Be sure to check out Lisa Kettell's blog and awesome art fire shop

to find inspiration and amazing goodies to purchase!

A Book and a Blanket...and a Mermaid

 Welcome back!

How has everyone's week been?

I swear I meant to get back on here at least

three more times, but I've been

so sleep deprived lately!!

You remember how I hurt my back in July?

Well, it's acting up again...in the form of

excruciating leg and foot cramps every single morning.

It's to the point where I'm actually afraid to go to bed

because I know how I'm going to be woken up:(

So I apologize for not visiting with you sooner.

I always get anxious when it's time for
Random number generator to pick a winner...

you know how I feel about you all!

But I'm going to be having giveaways until the new year

(December is my birthday month!!!)

so everyone will get a chance to win something for sure.

This week's winner is 

Tessa

send me your details please!

I'm a huge fan of fairy tales...

I can't get enough of them,

 I love Hansel and Gretel,

Snow White and Rose Red...

The little mermaid!

The book I want to share this week is called

Mermaid by Carolyn Turgeon.

I actually suggested this one about two years ago...

But it's so incredible, I wanted to talk about it again!!

 

 

It's a modern fairy tale and it's absolutely mesmerizing,

beautiful and magical.

Totally loved it!

This author has written a few books that have the fairy tale spin

to them..I enjoyed them all.

She writes in a way that just takes you there..

you feel the cold wind

and smell the sea.

I hope you get a chance to read them all.

I'll be giving away a copy of this

treasure next week..

with a blanket of course.

and extra goodies!

 

Yummy marshmallows 

 

 

and a box of cocoa.

Leave a comment and you get a chance to win.

 

Hope everyone is doing great and keeping toasty.

 I'll see you soon.

 

Marfi

Song to the moon

I think I have four favorite fairy tales, & most of you know that The Frog Prince is one of them. Now I'd like to tell you about another one...
The Little Mermaid...
everything about this story is beautiful to me.. her incredible garden under the sea, with it's treasures salvaged from ship wrecks, the immense love she feels for the beautiful prince, even the way she perishes in the end.

Sometimes I find different versions of this story which are good, But I recently read this..

It's absolutely enchanting!If you've not read it yet, I highly recommend it.


I've created this painting in honor of The Little Mermaid and for another of my favorite things, the opera Rusalka. The first song on my playlist is from that opera, in case you want to give it a listen.

Have a magical day!