At craft day on Tuesday, Beth came across an old velvet doll hat in her box of supplies and of course, we had to try it on one of the pups! This is the biggest girl, and she is not shy at all when she wants some attention, she will call me until I come over and give her a snuggle. Its fun to see just how much these guys love people already, even when they are still living in the nest with the other babies.
Mary is offering a glue book class online and gave us all a sneak peek yesterday, as well as personal tutoring and downloads of the extensive paper selections for the class!
I didn't have a book to start, but wanted to make a sympathy card for Beth's mom, who lost her own mother recently. So, I used Mary's images from the class as well as her guidelines for a glue book. The rules are pretty simple:
ONLY GLUE AND PAPER ALLOWED!!
Which was a challenge for me, where was my ink, my glitter, my buttons, ribbons, and of course, my MILLINERY FLOWERS!!! I had no idea how difficult it was to make a collage with no 3-D objects. Mary had to walk me through it, and when I got really shaky from millinery withdrawals, she suggested that I cut out a picture of a flower, and that seemed to get me through it okay.
The class begins Sunday if you'd like Mary to give you all the tips to working on a glue book. She certainly knows them all! I learned a lot from her. You can too.
Working flat was quite a stretch for me, I even used fluffy millinery in this collage that I then smashed under beveled glass. But its always good to try something a little different, and I got a lot of good ideas from Mary. I'm looking forward to playing along with the classes and trying a few more. (plus you can use the ideas and papers for other projects that you do, not just glue books)
When I finished the card, I went back to my old ways and started sticking flowers everywhere.
This little Charlotte fairy is nesting in a pocket watch.
This is my favorite of all the Charlotte fairies and I was thinking of her as the queen even before I came across the words "Fairy Queen" in a 1930s book. How lucky was that? Her wings are a rhinestone studded, leaf shaped brooch that I cut apart.
(the background for this is some of Mary's paper too, she provided LOTS of good backgrounds)
A canning jar lid is the home for this 2" Charlotte sprite. Her wings are sequined leaves off of an old hat.
The inspiration for all of the fairies that I made came from this tiny little fairy collage that Beth made in a tin. Its done with one of my 1" eensy Charlottes.
It was good to see how many of you loved the vintage new stock necklaces that I loved too! I added a couple more to the shop, then that is the end of them. (Except for the ones I kept for myself!!) This one is really something, a pink glass rose pendant, that is kind of mirrored.
And there is this rhinestone one too. I think all but one of the others have sold. Its really special to think that these are almost 100 years old, and were packed away, never worn by anyone.
There are a few more new things in the Boutique, including a lot of prize ribbons from 1950s garden club shows.
And by the way, all comments are entered into the May giveaway. What ever it is…. I'll see if I can find something extra special at garage sales this weekend. I know you love junk as much as I do!
What wonderful eye candy~ you know I love the adorable pup in the hat…and OH, the Queen Fairy…
The fairies turned out beautiful. The Queen Fairy is my favorite also. Oh those colors togeather…perfect! Can’t wait to see your glue book.
Blessings,
Carolyn
Oh, I like the one in the pocket watch…that’s neat!!
the pocket watch is my favorite, too! The pups are starting to get their hair now..so cute.
sandy
I’m still drooling, but now its over that Queen Fairy- she turned out just beautiful.
EVERYTHING turned out beautifully, I’m so glad I get to watch your process!
I love how you embellish the Charlottes, especially the Fairy Queen!
~elaine~
Hi Karla…
The pups are the most ADORABLE little things! Oh how I love your sharing their daily antics!
The little Charlotte creations are FAB…and I’m with you regarding embellies…can hardly craft without them! When “forced” to use only paper, I stack it, pop dot it, rip it, layer it,and basically do anything to it to keep it from being flat. I loves me some texture…
Thanks for sharing all the wonderful treasures!
Oh my gosh, I so want a puppy, or 2, or 3… : )
Kathy
The pups are so cute. That hat is perfect. Find some good junk at the garage sales. Would love a chance to win some.
I am loving all your wondeful Charlotte creations!!
Karla,
I always enjoy reading your blog….the fairy creations are beautiful. I love the one in the pocket watch.
Blessings!
Christa
Karla, The queen fairy charlotte is just BEAUTIFUL!! I just love it! Just the perfect combination. Don’t you just love it when something turns out sooo perfectly. Looks like you all had a great time. Your puppies are so cute. I still marvel at how much you accomplish. Have a great gloomy day ha. Are you as sick of all this gray and cold as I am? I have a new deck to decorate and don’t even want to be outside, ha. Linda
Oh I couldn’t resist some of those tiny Charlotte’s!!!! I only have 2 left in my stash so offffffffffffff I went to snatch up some of yours. Thanks. Charlene
Karla: You are so right, “WE ALL LOVE JUNK.”
Magnifique ! Beautiful ! I like the little fairy in a pocket watch very very much ! Belle fin de semaine !
Such fun! Couldn’t resist buying a necklace and some fun prize ribbons – always fun to see what you’ve got going on. Thank you!
Hope the homes lucky enough to have a puppy will be fairy homes. The puppies are lucky to know super magic as normal, including dress-up for little figurines and themselves. ;->
Oh that sweet little girl!! How can you get anything done with those precious little ones around??
Love,
Susan and Bentley
xxoo
Hi Karla, I love all the projects and your card turned out wonderful
Hugs Karen
Karla, I love all of your creations, but that Charlotte fairy in the gold pocket watch is tdf gorgeous!!! p.s. that pup in a hat is way too cute 🙂
Some folks can do flat — you, I think, need flowers! Charlotte in the watch is the best! And Dorkies in Clothes work for me! But then, I can’t resist a critter with a hat!
How fascinating! It is so easy for me to do collage- I would find it hard to do what YOU do! Patsy from HeARTworks
Wow. I came here from Mary’s page … I definitely have to add you to my blog list! Teensy Charlottes? Whoda thought?
Came over from Mary’s blog – your glue book/card turned out beautifully! Love your charlottes and jewelry, too!
Your fairies are delightful! I really wish I was doing Mary’s glue book class, but I have no time!!
And, oh, I meant to say — those garden prize tags!! You can see how the women took so much care to design a gorgeous tag to go along with the ribbon!! That just makes me so happy!