I (heart) berries

Don't you just love sweet summer fruit?

Especially berries...yum yum!

Blossom Shop now has berries for your ears!

Lovely gem stone chips are wire wrapped in sterling silver or gold fill wire and dangle in clusters from gold fill or antiqued silver hoops.

More colors available on Blossom Shop!

If you don't find the color combination you want, just send me a note and I can special order anything you need.

xoxo

hey! what's with all the ribbon?

The what, you say?

Oh! the ribbon you say!

well I am so glad you asked!

Blossom Shop is um, blossoming and adding something new to the fair table.

(not in the shop just yet!)

~Bookmarks!~

They will be making their debut at the Renegade Fair on July 18th and 19th in San Francisco.

Different colors and patterns of ribbon and different charms.

I think you should come by the booth and have a look!

A week and a half and counting!

xoxo

Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny

wow! Blossom Shop is in another Etsy Treasury!

Very exciting indeed :)

I am sending out a big thank you to NSSeaglass (Nova Scotia Seaglass) for including my Itsy Bitsy necklace in her Itsy Bitsy Treasury .

You can click on the link above to get a larger view of her treasury!

Here is the Itsy Bitsy Necklace that is available in the Blossom Shop right now!

thanks again!

xoxo

Cherries Cherries Cherries!

A great big thank you to catherinereece of Village Clayworks for including my Cherry Tree Necklace in her very cute cherry inspired Treasury on Etsy!

Click HERE to see the actual treasury!

And here is a close up of the necklace.

It is available at Blossom Shop on Etsy right now!

thanks!!

xoxo

My Altered Animal Friends

Whew! the excitement of the Mad Tea Party is subsiding and we are all basking in the afterglow of too much tea, too many goodies and lots of wonderful giveaways.

I got lots of nice comments about my party guests (Miss Ellie, Miss Geri and the twin ponies).

I wanted to share where that inspiration came from.

Lisa Kettell and her Altered Art Circus book!

This book is so wonderfully fun and creative and inspirational.

The circus animals are only the first of the projects I will be doing out of this book.

Books like this are so wonderful because there are no rules....you can read the words and look at the pictures and if you desire you can embark on your own journey.

Your imagination takes over and the words and pictures that were in the book are transformed into your own special project.

There is no wrong.

Here is my journey...

I found my friends at dollar stores, toy stores, thrift shops.

Mine came in the form of more circus type animals but I saw bugs and marine life...the possibilities were endless!

They needed a base of paint...I went with whatever felt right at the time.

And from there it was all about fancy.

I went through my jars of paints and glitter and trim and tissue paper and beads and

Miss Geri got a lovely beaded necklace...with that neck how could you not adorn it??

Lipstick, blush and eyeshadow complimented her bone structure.

She is after all a proper lady.

Miss Ellie called for a striking headpiece and a light shawl.

Isn't her pedicure lovely?

It matches her eyeshadow.

This twin went bold with red and gold.

German glitter on the legs and the mane and tail highlighted.

This twin went more subtle with silver, purple and white.

I had a wonderful time decorating these lovelies and am looking forward to my next project from the Lisa Kettell book!

xoxo

and the winner is......

Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by the Mad Tea Party here this weekend.

A fabulous event indeed!

But now without further delay we need to announce the big winner of the Teapot Necklace Giveaway!

The gang has all gathered in anticipation...

The entries have been folded and put in the fancy winner picking bag...

Miss Ellie will do us the honors....


Here is the pick....
And the winner is.....

Michelle at Mosaicqueen!!!!!

Congratulations Michelle!

Please send me an email with your address so I can send off the Teapot necklace to you.

Thanks again to everyone!

It was a great weekend!

thanks to Vanessa for hosting such a wonderful event!

Looking forward to next year!

xoxo

And we shall have tea and cake!

It's time! It's time!

The Mad Tea Party has begun!

A HUGE thank you to Miss Vanessa at A Fanciful Twist for hosting such a lovely party!

Please visit her blog and say hello!

You can also find a list of all the other participating blogs on the right side of her page.

Please visit everyone and say hello!

Enjoy your day!

The guests are ready the tea is brewed and the cake is iced.

The first to arrive is Miss Ellie, always leading the pack.

Dressed in her finest from head to neck to toe is Miss Geri, the next to arrive.

Welcome! Welcome! Enjoy some tea as we wait for the lasts of the guests to arrive.

The twins have arrived! And now all is complete...

Pour some tea....

Cut some cake....

sit back and relax and enjoy the conversation and all the Mad Tea Party visitors!

Oh! one last thing before you hurry along to your next party!

Please leave me a note and let me know you were here...

I made a special teapot necklace that I would love to give away!

The drawing will be Monday at noon...so please leave me a note!

xoxo