Trees of the Fields

Scrappy Crow

2007-11-25T08:42:00.000-05:00

The Nov/Dec issue of Cloth, Paper, Scissors had a fun article about crow dolls made of scraps. My on-line friend, Cathy, is hosting a scrappy crow swap. What a scream these things are! I had so much fun dressing my crow and of course, I had to include some feathers from my little guinea buddies. These crows are so easy to make and the possibilites for dressing them are endless. Give one a try, you'll have a ball!

Golden Spell

2007-10-12T10:33:00.000-04:00

I enjoyed making my Victorian Art Doll so much that I had to try another one. Altho the picture is not so hot...the colors are off, they are much more gold and orange...she represents the Fall Season. I named her Golden Spell because I used some paint chip samples for part of her dress and one was named Golden Spell. Using a book for her skirt is so much fun, I never know how she's going to turn out. Her wings are store bought sheer wings that I painted with Lumiere and sparkley stuff. These dolls are so easy to make, but I think they turn out beautifully. I'm quite pleased with this little girl!

Halloween Chunky

2007-09-24T16:08:00.000-04:00

These are my pages for a Halloween Chunky that an on-line group, Fairies Elves Art is doing. We are each doing 2 pages. I decided to do a vintage page with the image of a lovely lady all decked out for Halloween. For the second page, I remembered that Harry Houdini died on Oct. 31 and that he told his wife that after he died, he'd try to contact her every year on that date. For 10 years, his widow held a seance, but Harry never showed. Although she stopped holding the seances after 10 years, groups of Houdini fans still hold the event. I thought his story would make an interesting and different Halloween page.

Altered Poker Chips

2007-09-03T16:34:00.000-04:00

An on-line friend is hosting an altered poker chips swap. This is the first time I've done these. The hostess recommended covering the plastic chips with tissue paper or very lightweight papers. I used napkins and added the images and embellishments. They are a lot of fun to make, I think a "rope" of them would be fun to hang in my art room.

Things That Scare Me

2007-08-30T08:14:00.000-04:00

The Fairies and Elves Art group is doing a coffee table sized chunky. This is the first chunky I've done in this size and it was a lot of fun and a nice change to work in this larger size. The theme, Things that Scare Me has to include a fairy of some sort. I decided to do a fairy being scared and found a lot of cool clip art for my images. The background paper is from the free paper in Somerset Studio and when I saw it, I knew it was perfect! The blue skull is cut from fabric and my fairy fit perfectly on top. The little tombstone is a wooden doll house shingle. Won't the final chunky be fun?

Fabric Inchies

2007-08-24T12:36:00.000-04:00

My on-line friend, Tammy, is hosting a fabric inchies swap. They are really inch and a halfies, as sewing on a one inch square is quite challenging! I had a lot of fun with these, especially using the retro fabric for the background. When they are cut into individual pieces, the fabric gives each one a different look. Then the fun part...embellishing! Thank you, Tammy, for another fab swap!

Victorian Art Doll

2007-08-11T18:45:00.000-04:00

I always thought dolls were kind of goofy..what's the point? Then I bought Somerset's Art Doll Quarterly and my whole concept changed. Wow! So, of course, I had to try to make some. I've made a couple of paperdolls, a big felted doll and a smaller felted doll. I decided to try one using a book for the skirt. I whacked a book in half, no easy task, and folded the pages to create the skirt. Then I just went to town dressing her. She was a ton of fun to make and guess what, I still have the other half of the book!

2007-08-11T17:30:00.000-04:00

For August, the quiltie themes are "Things with Wings" and "Shades of Red". For the wings quilitie, I made wings out of wire and Fantasy Film and attached them to the paper head. Of course, since I'm a sucker for anything Asian, I had to use the Asian theme in my red quiltie. These quiltie swaps are so much fun! I have a beautiful wall hanging with the quilties I've received..20 of them so far!

Birds

2007-08-11T17:28:00.000-04:00

My Birds Quiltie is another September entry. We've been all a twitter in the Fabric In Altered Art group about "doodle birds", so no surprise, I had to do a doodle bird. I drew the bird on muslin, painted it with Lumiere and sprayed the background with Adirondack Color Wash. All this talk about birds has made them show up in my work a lot lately!

Shades of Yellow

2007-08-11T17:01:00.000-04:00

The September themes for the quilties swaps include "Shades of Yellow". I fussy cut the sunflowers and backed the paper faces with Angelina Fibers. I love sunflowers and when I saw this fabric in my stash, I knew I wanted to do something with it.

House/Home Skinny Book

2007-07-11T17:04:00.000-04:00

In the BookArtz group, we're doing skinny book shaped like a house. We're doing what house and home means to us. This is my submission...the little pocket holds 6 tags with words that mean home to me...comfort, security, love, blessings, heritage and family. I seem to always have my family's ancestors in the back of mind and I wanted to try to honor them with a vintage look. The background of this piece is a page from the phone book, aged with glazes and inks. I think it will a lot of fun to see what the other particiapants do with this great theme.

Storms

2007-07-10T17:29:00.001-04:00

We're having a much needed rain right now, it's been so dry here. Lots of thunder and lightning, but worth it to get the rain. That reminded me of this piece that I made in a Stampscapes class a couple of weeks ago. I had some Stampscapes stamps, but didn't really know what to do with them, so I decided to take the class. It was a ton of fun and I liked how this one came out.

Inchies

2007-07-07T12:10:00.000-04:00

These are my completed inchies for 2 swaps in the Inchies group. Inchies are little one square inch works of art, quite a challenge, but a lot of fun. The two swaps are themed..Red and Women. I'm always amazed at how big these things look in a photo, and how small they are in person!

Inspired to Clean

2007-07-06T17:41:00.000-04:00

I participated in an ephemera swap in the FairiesElves group. We were assigned partners and my partner, Debbie, sent an unbelieveable box of stuff! There is so much in there, that I had to make a place for all of it and ended up spending the whole day cleaning and orgainizing "the room". Found stuff I'd forgotten all about. Debbie sent some beautiful fabrics, vintage things, charms..just so cool! Tonight, I'm going to go thru my paper scrap box and thin that out a little bit. Who knows what's hiding in there!

My New Blog

2007-07-05T17:11:00.000-04:00

Well, I did it..my on-line friend, Stacie, encouraged me to set up a blog. Please be patient, as I haven't a clue as to what I'm doing! I chose my blog name, Trees of the Fields, from one of my favorite Scriptures, Isaiah 55:12. I just love the thought of the mountains bursting into song and the trees clapping their hands. In fact, I used this scripture for one of my journal quilts thru the FabricInAlteredArt group...a wonderful group!