3 Valentine Swaps for you to join!


To start let's ring in the New Year and Valentine's Day with a vintage style Valentine ATC Swap and Valentine Postcard Swap!


VINTAGE VALENTINE ATC SWAP
Sign up Deadline: Feb. 5
Swaps need to be sent no later then Feb. 11

-Think vintage valentines, lace doilies, paper doilies, paper dolls, chocolate hearts, cherries, crepe paper, vintage Dennison, etc.

This is a 2 for 2 swap ( make 2 atc's get 2 atc's back )
After sign up ends, you will be assigned swap partners

QUEEN OF HEARTS GARLAND SWAP
Sign up Deadline: Feb 1
Swaps need to be sent no later then Feb. 5

-Think vintage valentines,paper dolls, foil crowns, gilded crowns, dazzling tiara's, Queen of Hearts, Valentine Queens, Vintage Red Prom Dresses, crepe paper, vintage Dennison, etc.

This is 12 for 12 swap. We will each make 12 of the same or close to the same pieces that will hang from a ribbon and turned into a banner. Example, have you seen name and birthday banners made from card stock triangles, circles, squares with lettering on them?
Each piece base should not be bigger then 5 inches by 5 inches, its okay if you have ruffled papers, trims, etc hanging off your pieces.

Each of you will receive 12 pieces back, including the ribbon to hang/glue your banner pieces off of.

These pieces will be shipped directly to me, organized and shipped back out w/return shipping fee of $3.00 for US, $4.00 Canada, $6.00 Euro. This fee includes the ribbon, re-packaging, etc.

VALENTINE POSTCARD SWAP
Sign up Deadline: Feb. 5
Swaps need to be sent no later then Feb. 11

Make 5 valentine postcards, get 5 back, they don't have to be the same.
You will be assigned 5 swap partners

Think vintage postcards and valentines, costume parties, and candy shoppes.

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Remember, each swap item you send shows the amount of time you put into it. Many swappers put time into their creations, let's all respect each others time and efforts.

Sign Ups:
Leave your name in this post and tell me which one or ones you want to sign up for! If you prefer emailing me, facebook me or flickr me, you may do that as well. Once the deadlines are up I will assign the partners and inform you! When signing up I need your email!

xoxo
Lisa!

Freebie Collage Images For You!
Hello All,
Many of you know just how much I love photographs and ephemera, the more vintage and unusual the better. Old books, magazines, illustrated journals, scrapbooks, theater/opera programs, circus programs, fashion plates, comic books, recipe books, craft books, cabinet cards, postcards, tin types, perfume and apothecary labels/boxes/bottles, cigar labels/boxes, tobacco cartins, candy wrappers, prom tickets, dance cards, auto/oil ads, carnival posters, you name it, inspiration and imagery for your artwoks can be found everywhere, the older the item, the better chance at it being copyright free/public domain.Normally works dating before 1929 are considered public domain, however you will also find works from the 1930's to the 1970's that are copyright free as well, or no copyright was re-newed on these, or photographer or individual is deceased, no estate with restrictions, etc. can all lead to public domain works, check the US Gov.Site for more details, in my book: Altered Art Circus I touch on the subject, located in the beginning of the book.I periodically upload images for you to use in your works both on this blog and on my flickr site:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moonfaires16/sets/72157603511546861/ In order to download the pictures you must have a flickr account (which is free for a basic account), and be my approved friend contact, which can easily be done by sending me a friend request, once approved you can download the images in high resolution to use in your works.

I also have a variety of collage images for sale:
1.Flapper CD
2.Soiree CD
3.Marie Antoinette Chronicles/Royal CD
4.Fashion Plate CD
5.Art Deco Fashion Plate CD
6.Grandville/Ballet/Botanical CD
7.Holiday CD
8.Halloween CD
9.Opera CD
10.Children Storybook/Ephemera CD
11.Vintage Greetings CD
12.Kitchy Chic CD
13.Doll Chronicals CD
14.Travel/Archaeology CD
15.Queens of the Sea CD
16.Seaside CD
17.Circus CD
18.Vintage Wedding CD
19.Compilation CD (parts of each available cd)
20.Geisha CD
21.Victorian CD
22.Fairytale Follies CD
For more information on these cds's, what's in them, previews and to order visit
my webshoppe:
http://moonfairesworld.com/curiosity_shoppe.htm
my etsy shoppe:
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5074220
moonfaires.etsy.com
my ebay shoppe:
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Queen-Lisas-Art-World__W0QQ_armrsZ1


If you have additional questions regarding what's on the cd's send me an email at:
lisakettell@yahoo.com please put CD question in the title.Enjoy the freebie's I have posted today, just click on the photo, it will bring you to my flickr site.

Have a magic filled day!

Altered Poker Chip! APC's!
Here is an example of an Altered Poker Chip aka APC's, a concept I made for a project in my new book Altered Art Circus, called: The Traveling Bumbelina's.

Currently I am hosting a swap in The Faerie Zine Flickr group, called Carnival Tokens.

In this swap you will alter 2 poker chips and get 2 poker chips back, with a Circus/Carnival theme.

For the original project: Traveling Bumbelina Coins and its Coin box, you can see it in my new book!

Contact me if you want to join the swap, deadline to sign up is March 15, 2009!

XO!
Lisa!

Hello All,
Some new and exciting news with The Faerie Zine, Piddlestix's teatime, Tiara's and Whimsy, and The Collage CD's!


I am happy to announce the faerie zine is available as a download e-book format as are new collage collections such as Dress Form Fashion Plates from The Marie Era to the 1920's Era are in download formats.


I will be adding the whole collection of collage cds, everyday, as they are converted, the best part, no shipping involved for those who prefer an instant to 24hour time period, straight to your computer, and at a lower pricing cost to you. So starting tomm. the collage collections and cd's will start to be available as e-downloads.

However there are loyal customers who still prefer their images on cd, to transport and use anytime they want, saving them memory space on their computers, so I will still have the cds available.

I want to be able to provide everyone with the magic of the zines, collage cds and my images for all price and value ranges.

SPECIALS Till Dec.24:

-All Collage Cds are: 2 for $30.00

Zine CD's: Buy 1 zine cd, get the next edition free, so you will receive 1 cd with 2 zine volumes on it! example order premier zine, get zine 2..etc.

These promotions are only available in my website store, not valid in my etsy or ebay store sites.

Please visit:

My Website Store: http://www.moonfairesworld.com/

Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5074220

Ebay Store: http://stores.ebay.com/Queen-Lisas-Art-World/