I Finished my Marie Inspired Felted Hearts!

Our Challenge was to:
Sew 3" hearts, using felt. There are many pretty colors to find in felt, please use Pastel colors.Wool or Polyester blend is fine for this project, but If you're using wool felt, please ask your partner before hand if she's allergic to wool first
For one hearts cut 2 pieces of felt in the shape of a heart 3"... for the center stuffing you can use sheet batting it's flat and easier to work with. or you can double your felt and use that for the inside stuffing.
You can make these either hanging ornaments or hanging sachets to hang in your closet, using ribbon, string or fibers.
For embellishing use lace, trims,ribbons, and mini flowers, or anything that's pretty. You can add your sachet inside before you sew together.(using sachet scents optional)
These can be hand sewn or machine sewn, embellishments can be attached with a clear fabric glue, felt is easy to sew, these are quick and easy. In the photo above I sewed my hearts together by hand using a blanket stitch, the embellishments I used a clear fabric glue, the choice is yours. Thanks everyone, enjoy!

Here are my Hearts:




I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed working with the wonderful fabric! The next swap is for "Felted Eggs" and you all know how much I love the soft pastels of Spring!!

Let Them Eat Cake ATC 3/3 Swap

Here is the newest ATC swap I joined...
In celebration of Marie Antionette Mail Art being one year old on 1/24/10 I am doing a cake theme. Your cards do not have to say "Let them eat cake" unless you want, BUT they do have to each have at least one cake. Thanks Rebecca for hosting!

Color Pallet ATC Swap

The color Pallet Swaps are a little harder than one would think. This was my first attempt at using the "pallet". No more than 15% can be of any other color than the colors determined. Our pallet was:




And here are the 6 cards I sent, I got back 6 cards from various members who joined this group/swap.

MARIE ANTOINETTE ~Valentine"s Day 4x4 Altered Book Swap

Here is another 4x4 page, for the swap: MARIE ANTOINETTE ~Valentine"s Day~ I love this page and can't wait for the book to arrive!



We had to do 10 pages this time! I sent mine off to be bound by our Hostess, Rhonda! Thanks Rhonda~ A LOT!!

Northwest Pretties: Christmas at Versailles 4x4 Book Marie Antoinette

This fabulous book all finished up and on it's way to me! I am so happy to share it with you all! I'm so excited to receive it. I'll always treasure it ~that is for sure!

A Huge Thank you to all the group members who joined in this swap, and especially Rhonda who did all the binding and made extra pages for an extra chunky book! It is so special.... I hope you'll enjoy it too!

~ Patients IS a Virtue ~ A Garden Party Gazebo

I thought I'd share the beauty of this darling miniature Garden Party Gazebo that I have finished up and entered into a contest. I was rallied & cheered on by my granddaughter.

I designed a place that I could imagine myself entering and lounging around in with my favorite magazine or book and a cup of freshly brewed coffee!

The only rule for the contest was to start with this particuliar building/gazebo. It came in pieces -raw wood. I crackled and antiqued the frame in a creamy white over vintage green. It turned out fabulous, I was very pleased. The flooring was done with a paintable fresco wall paper that I cut & pieced together. I also antiqued that. I used fresh wispy birch branches to enter-twine in and around the roof and around the posts. They emerge from a pair of "cherub" column planters that I painted black and gave a gold highlight to. I attached the various pink paper roses all around on sprigs of baby tear and pepper berry greenery.

I used 2 victorian wire chairs, a victorian bird cage (decorated in roses & birch too) and a baker's rack, all of which I painted black. I made a chair cushion for the fan back wire chair and even little bow ties hanging from the back. I created the swing by removing the legs from a cottage style "sofa"... I punched holes on the back and arms & used eyelets and rings to attach & hold the vintage pearl and wire loop "chain" hangers. I hand made the sofa cushions and throw pillows from things I had on hand and hand painted the frame in black with gold accents which matches the little table where you'll find waiting a cake and pretty tea cup and saucer.

I had a lot of fun designing this and my granddaughter is so pleased. I can't wait to find out where (or if) we'll place in the contest. No matter the outcome, we've had a great time doing this. I'll keep you posted, I 'm not sure when they announce the winners.

The scale is 1 inch = 1 foot.

Marie Antoinette Christmas at Versailles

I finished my pages for the 4x4 Book Swap. We had to do 12 pages (there were 12 members who joined this swap.)

This is what we had to do:
Create one original Marie Antoinette 4 x 4 page and then make x number of color copies (one for each member) via your local copy center OR your home printer. Please use card stock or heavier, no paper pages. Embellish your copies to you heart's content. You can use any type of embellishments. It can be a digital page, you can cut and paste to collage, or make a copy on your printer and add to it. Whatever you like. You just need to make sure that each participant has your page for their book.

Put your name and any other info you would like to share (email address, blog/flickr page) on the back of your page, and feel free to decorate. Please remember that this is a book and both sides of your page will be viewed.

Send your finished pages to me. I will then bind all participant's pages into a book and send one book to each participant.

Exciting isn't it!!

Here are the pages I sent:

I finally got some things Listed to eBay

After a very busy summer (so far) I finally got some things listed on eBay. Hope you have a minute to stop by and take a peek at the latest treasures.

Special Order For Michelle

Well I finished up the Sewing Chair that Michelle sent me for a NW Pretties make-over. I thought I'd share it with all of you! Hope she loves it!

Sweet Eddie

Here's a Cool Picture of Eddie, our Chow Chow trying to stay cool on these hot summer Seattle days!

"DOG hiding in bush... KNOWS you're there! "

He's a sweetheart.