Mermaid Treasures

Cathy's Amour Valentine swap

2010-02-13T21:28:00.001-08:00

Happy Valentines day!
My swap partner was Nancy and she sent me a beautiful decorated heart box filled with lots of lovely goodies - as you can see in the photos. Everything was fabulous! Thanks Nancy!
Thanks for hosting Cathy!

A peek at some of what I sent Nancy....

My Marie Antoinette bracelet is home!

2010-02-11T18:24:00.000-08:00

After traveling for about 6 months, my bracelet is back home! I love the charms that everyone in my group added! It's sooooo pretty!

Valentine "Amour" Swap

2010-01-02T20:35:00.000-08:00

Wow, I can't believe that 2 months have flown by and I haven't posted! Well my family had a great Christmas and now that the holidays are over, I am ready to get back to swapping! I saw a Valentines swap on Cathy's blog. It looked like a lot of fun so I decided to join! Go check it out!

Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular

2009-10-14T18:14:00.000-07:00

My daughter and I, along with some friends, went to the Jack-0-Lantern Spectacular. We saw thousands of carved and illiminated pumpkins. The artistry was amazing!

Some of the photos my daughter took....

Marie Antoinette charm bracelet swap update

2009-10-11T18:29:00.001-07:00

I finished working on Terri's beautiful charm bracelet and sent it on its way to 9 other players who will also add to Terri's bracelet until it is full and returns back home.

These are the charms and tag I made to add to Terri's bracelet and tag book.

Halloween Marie Antoinette Art box

2009-10-09T13:51:00.000-07:00

I recently joined a Halloween treat box swap in my Marie art group. We had to create a "treat bag/box" for our partner and fill it with goodies for making Halloween themed Marie Antoinette Art. This is the spooky art box that I made for Cathy.

Brimfield antique show

2009-09-14T15:14:00.000-07:00

We went to the Brimfield antique show last Thursday. We walked around for over 6 hours and I think we only saw about half!

Here are some of my fabulous finds!

I found a vintage Marie postcard!

I think my favorite find of the day was a double daguerreotype with case. The case has a girl holding a flower basket, throwing flowers from it. Inside is 2 daguerreotypes. I'm guessing they are brother and sister. It is in great condition. I'm so happy to add it to my collection!

Marie Antoinette charm bracelet swap

2009-08-27T21:03:00.000-07:00

I recently signed up for a charm bracelet swap in the Marie Antoinette Mail art group. There are about 9 players in my group. Each person adds a few charms to each bracelet and then mails it to the next person until you get your own bracelet back.

This is the inspiration photo

This is my starter bracelet and tag book.

These are the charms and tag I made for Rhonda's bracelet and tag book.

Mermaid Trousseau swap

2009-08-25T17:05:00.000-07:00

I had a fun time participating in Bryanna's Mermaid Trousseau swap. I was so excited to receive my package from Vicki last week! Wow, Vicki sure went over the top (to the moon)! She is a very generous and talented artist! As you can see from the photos, I am a very lucky girl!

Some of the things I sent Vicki...

Yay! Kittens!

2009-08-11T22:14:00.000-07:00

We have been so sad with the sudden loss of our wonderful cat Shadow . He was such a extraordinary cat. He made me laugh every day! We miss him so much and our other cat Sheena has been lost without him. So we decided to adopt a new kitten. Well make that 2 kittens! LOL!

Presenting Luna and her sister Lily!

Etsy Bead Swap!

2009-08-05T16:47:00.000-07:00

I thought it would be fun to join the etsy forum bead swap. One can never have enough beads!!

Here's a sneak peak of some of the beads I'm sending off to my partner in New York tomorrow.

Etsy Front page!

2008-12-15T17:44:00.000-08:00

Yay ! My white owl necklace made the front page on etsy! Thanks to Outofthepinksky who included me in her wonderful treasury!

Sea Sprite Deco

2008-10-13T17:56:00.000-07:00

My Sea Sprite Deco is home. I forgot to put the date on it when I made it, but I know it's been gone for well over a year....... I made it out of drink coasters. It traveled all the way to Norway , PA. and Florida. I'm not sure where else because the rest of the artists just signed their name. I love all the art everyone has added...very creative!!

Rhode Island school of design museum

2008-09-24T18:15:00.000-07:00

WOW ! We went to the RISD museum today. Such beautiful paintings there. Absolutely breathtaking! I could stare at them for hours!

Artist trading cards!

2008-09-06T19:44:00.000-07:00

Some artist trading cards I made.

I joined the Etsy September ATC card swap.

I've been matched up with someone from the U.K.

Should be fun!

Brimfield antique fair

2008-09-06T18:35:00.000-07:00

We went to Brimfield fair yesterday. It was fun, but so hot! There were lots of amazing and interesting items. I especially liked a beautiful mermaid garden statue but at over $3000 it was a little out of my price range! I did end up buying several old post cards to add to my collection.

We walked around for 4 hours but didn't even get to see half of it. After a while I made my poor husband carry my heavy girly tote bag. He did get some complements :)

My Etsy shop photo assistant!

2008-09-03T13:33:00.000-07:00

Take a look at my behind the scenes etsy photo shoot helper. My black cat Shadow! Always there to lend a helpful paw.... LOL!

Butterflies!

2008-09-03T13:11:00.001-07:00

I saw 2 beautiful butterflies and a humming bird. I grabbed my camera but the humming bird flew away!

I did get one shot of the butterfly. I am sad to see summer come to a end!

My Deco book came home!

2008-08-11T15:19:00.000-07:00

Wow! In my mailbox today, was a deco book that I had made in April 2006 ! It was worth the wait ! The art work was beautiful!

Thanks to C . from New Zealand for returning it! The theme for this book was " The Art of John William Godward". I made this deco book using red paper lunch bags. When I sent this book on its way via alternative decos (yahoo group) I had no idea where it would travel, or if I would ever see it again! Not everyone wrote where they lived, but from those who did, I know that this book went far (Florida, Canada, New Zealand). I shall treasure it, and want to give a special thanks to the creative artists that worked in it -- Brenda A, Anet, Rebecca V, Linda L, Julia P. and C.C. !

Bracelets!!

2008-08-05T17:44:00.000-07:00

A few bracelets I just finished working on........

Shrinky dink charms

2008-07-29T19:18:00.000-07:00

Today I decided to try making shrinky dink charms. I've used shrink plastic before but not the shrinky dink brand. I wasn't happy that they cost $10 and there are only 6 sheets! I like to experiment a lot with sizes and colors. Needless to say I pretty much went through the whole package experimenting. The first sheet everything came out too small. The second sheet I thought I could make my son a quick sandwich while they were baking. Guess I took too long because I burned that batch.....next sheet got caught and mangled in my printer......LOL!

Charms

2008-07-29T18:54:00.001-07:00

Some polymer clay charms I made....

A Pirates life for me!

2008-07-18T19:02:00.000-07:00

Oh, I love making Etsy treasuries....but I don't like waiting for them to open! Seemed like it was stuck on 333 forever! I sat glued to the computer with my life on hold ...finally it opened...

I put in my title, clicked create...and up came the words " unable to connect to treasury" NOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Thankfully I did connect a few moments later and my treasury was there waiting for me.....and here it is.........

2008-07-17T19:12:00.000-07:00

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