A Mad Tea Party - Alice in UnderWaterLand

You're late, You're late
Why did you make us wait ?

Come quick, come fast
We're gonna have a blast

Follow me, flick that tail down and up
The party is starting, they already poured you a cup...

The invitation was sent

through the recommendation of an arty friend
It all started with a blogpost
one of despair rather than art, like I do most
She saw my little Alice spiralling down and away

and told me about this Mad Tea party - play

A larger idea emerged, a joint venture...
but first a little more about this adventureMy Alice loved water and one day stared down the pond
she dreamily watched the fishes and felt a strong bond
One day she jumped in, 'cause the fish seemed to speak
A funny fish it was, it almost had a beak
Or like a rabbit, it had two big front snippers
and Alice herself ... suddenly grew flippersThe fish took her down to a field in the deep blue sea
there was a table full of cakes and cookies and cups of teaShe partied all afternoon and well into the night
The creatures in this world were quite a sight
She wanted to stay forever to get to know them all
so she wished upon a (sea-)star by late nightfall
Let's hope she'll have her wish come true
so we'll get more stories of Alice in the deep Blue
Mad Tea Party - a Fanciful Twist

Magical Mad Tea Party...

Magical Mad Tea Party... coming soon...
2 more sleeps....

Chunkies for a swap

See here 4 Chunkies for a swap with a friend in the States.
The themes we picked were:
1 "My Muse" - 2 " Fairy Tale character"
3 "Antler people" - 4 "Mermaid"
They made it there before Christmas, which was nice for both of us.
Little Christmas present for JoAnn
and peace of mind for me
with all the busy postal activities around this time of year
....and....she loved them :-)
♥

Little Red

another spread in the journal

with my first succesful crackle ! Yay !

and little windowshutters that keep an old piece of parchment

to write on.

Stories from the Garden

First spread in the journal

Fairy

8X12 inch canvas

Another gift, this time for a third birthday of a friends daughter

I found some beeswax !

-funny enough: in an amusement park where you go back in time

follow the link, it was FUN and we got to make candles, so I had my beeswax !-

...it's a bit yellower than my yummie one at home though...

A little girl's World

Another gift for a little baby-niece

8x12" canvas with a matt varnish
-I was too afraid to use the candle this time again-

Teaser

teaser for something I am working on....

Mermaid Garden

Mixed Media on flat panel canvas

10x12 inch ~ 24x30cm.

Handmade Dolls !

I have recently found some VERY special things about handmade dolls on-line and I just had to share this.

These ladies are truly amazing, their craftmanship is out of this world......

and I would love to try and make my own dolls now too.

Please check out the links, they are so worth it !

This is just one of many dolls made by Elsa Mora

and here is a little video of Sarah Faber making Tim Burtonesque kinda dolls

a Cinderella Story

Quick, quick, she's late, she's late....

She started out as a Marie Antoinette

she ended up more like a Cinderella

among many other materials

I used the "old stone wall technique"

She is on 15.5' x 20.5' Marine-wood

(that's what they use here to build boats with, hehe)

The Frog Prince

The first of the Fairy Tales