Tuesday, May 06, 2008

The Candy Carnival Crown!




Hello all,
Here is a sneak peak at the crown I made for The Bunny Crown Swap I hosted in The Faerie Zine, This piece is called: The Candy Carnival and is for the wonderful Miss Susie Scott!

The theme of this swap was Spring, Bunnies, basically what I call: "Cupcake Chic", all who took part in the swap was assigned a partner, together each person made one crown/tiara and received one back.

The images in this piece are all hand painted with acrylic paints and pencil on bristol board. I choose yummy color tones in seafoam greens, pastel and bright pinks, yellows and vintage whites. I Hand punched flowers for luscious pink paper, added vintage crepe paper, new crepe paper, glitters and more.

I also cover the back of my crowns with paper or paint, so that it is not so bare, this gives it a more finished look!

Then when my piece was done, I headed for the sun, actually, I went outside and prepared it for a photo shoot, started on the porch and made my way to the garden and stone wall. I met up with some garden fairies on their way to tea, they shared some extra pixie dust with me, that they packed for their tea with the Queen Bee, down in Peapack, I thanked them for their kindness and away they went.

The Candy Carnival is packaged and on its way to Miss Susie. To see Susie's wonderful works you can stop by her blog at:
http://susiescottstudios.blogspot.com/

15 comments:

Twyla and Lindsey said...

I love your blog. It's so beautiful, whimsical, and colorful! The crown you made is GORGEOUS!

Jessi Nagy said...

this is so cute.
i love it.
oxoxox,
jessi

Unknown said...

Oh, lucky Susie! I can attest to how wonderful your artwork is! I LOVE this crown!

Lisa Kettell said...

Thank You all so much for making my day even more magical!
Magic and Joy!
Lisa!

~dani~ said...

OMG!! I LOVE this crown. This is an absolute favorite!!! Well done~

Donna O'Brien said...

Cupcake chic is the perfect term. This could be nestled in on a shelf in a luscious bakery- darling!
D.

http://afancifultwist.typepad.com said...

Marvelous!!! I just loove it!!

Unknown said...

What a gorgeous crown, and I just love the bunny. You are always up to something creative. Karen

Pinkdilla said...

Luv all of your Pretties!
pinkdilla.com

Lisa Kettell said...

Hi all, thank you for visiting my bunny crown post and blog. Oh thank you for all your magical words and comments!
Hugs!
Lisa!

Unknown said...

I LOVE the colors in that. Susie is going to be thrilled, I'm sure. :) Sounds like a fun event.

Alison Gibbs said...

Susie is so lucky
It is a beautiful crown
Alison

Lisa Kettell said...

Thank You all so much for coming by! I have to say, I am lucky, just received Susie's crown and it is magnificant!
Hugs!
Lisa!

AscenderRisesAbove said...

visiting from fanciful twist; enjoyed my stay here, inspirational

AscenderRisesAbove said...

oh and i was going to say i really enjoyed the girl in the banner!