Sunday 25 September 2011

Talented Artists And A Birthday

Yesterday I had a lovely surprise when this collection of ATCs  arrived in the post from Dallas ,Texas. They were from my dear friend  and talented artist Jackie who can you believe is a newcomer to ATCs .
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And even the envelope was decorated inside,
I also had a visit yesterday from another talented artist ( I am not biased) bearing an early gift for my birthday.
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Now you have to agree this is very good for an 11mth old.
Mummy and Daddy  had added gifts as well
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This is a delightful necklace  with as you can see sewing inspired charms.
As it is my birthday today I spent a little longer wandering around in my dressing gown  feeling lazy. I was quite pleased when I spotted this random heart on my sleeve .
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I have been using the red fabric for sewing but this is just a tiny scrap which happens to look like a heart.
This afternoon I made another twinchie I was offered a day out ,but the thought of just pottering in the studio was more appealing.This twinchie was made from the inside packet of a cereal packet. I had the iron out and I wondered what would happen if I heated it, the answer was that it fused together and actually became quite strong. It would have been better to leave it as it was but I decided to sandwich it with Angelina fibers . The effect was ok but it lost the luminosity.
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my Tim Holtz mini stamps came in very useful
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and with a small battery light inside it looks quite nice.
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todays random image
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