My Birdcage Book Class at Tinsel Trading, NYC!

Deep in the forest, in a secret place, lies an enchanting colony called: Sugarwoods, a place were woodland creatures call home. Birds, bunnies, pixies and more, all dwell in this wonderful land. Henrietta Birdsview is the Queen of Sugarwoods, she lives way at the top of Pinkshire Grove, where the grounds resemble a patchwork quilt, filled with rare and unusual flowers collected from all over the world.For years the Birdsview Royal family have collected these natural wonders and cultivated them on their grounds. The Sugarwoods Arboretum is home to many more species of plant life, including the Henrietta Rose, which is a delightful hybrid rose, the Sugar Plum Tulips, The Crowning Delilahs and the Clausebird Hydrangea. The Pinkerton Family is a huge donator of stone which is the main material used to create the gorgeous statues at the Arboretum. My favorite part of the Arboretum is the Carousel which pipes out enchanting melodies from its magnificant structure, complete with mer-birds for all to ride on.

Hummingbird Lane is a delightful area with cute and cosy, cupcake chic boutiques and cafes filled with delightful trinkets, tea and precious fashion accessories. A must see is Goldies Crown Boutique, Woodies Pub and Bluebella's Tea Room, located on Greensly Pond over looking Shellies Lake House which hosts Boat Duck Rides every 10am, 12pm and 2pm, night rides with lanterns and dinner at 6pm and 9pm, reservations required.

When you enter the world of Sugarwoods, you might never leave!

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Come join me in re-creating this wonderful place in my workshop entitled: The Birdcage Book, at Tinsel Trading!
For more pictures and info on joining me at Tinsel Trading for this class and to join in on other workshops visit Terri Ventura's Flick page: Dimestoredaze or her blog/websites:
www.dimestoedaze.typepad.comwww.dimestoredaze.com
Come on over for some enchanting melodies at my blog as well for additional pictures of this project and details of this class that I will be teaching on May 24, at Tinsel Trading!

My class will be filled with Lisa Magic, Surprises, Enchanting Goodie Bags, Giveaways and more, not to mention some edible treats as well.

Hugs!

Lisa!

Previews From The Pixie Isle Chronicles
"A Summer in Pixie Isle"
By: Lisa Kettell

Welcome to Grimshaw Alley located in Pixie Isle along the Merwin Sound. Pixie Isle is part of the Pixie Region of Wistica and located 25 miles from land. Since Wistica is south of England, the whole area has many British characteristics.
Pixie Isle is considered a premier seaside destination and famous for the Tri-Sea Pixie Pageant, last years winner was August Platmoore.

Lavender, coral powder and moongrass are indigenous to the island. While Wentmoore Holloway made the area famous with his delicious tea called Holloway's Teasers, with flavors such as: Mervander's Twist, Licorice Sunrise and Lavender Vanilla, and many more, which have now been made into scrumptious taffy and candy confections.
Madeline Merwright is pictured here waiting for Percy Spellbinder to start his summer potions class, held every thursday evening at 8pm. $100 pixiepents gets you 8 classes. This is a must do for any young and curious pixie.


This summer will be the opening of the Pixie Boutique on Pixie Isle. FiFi and Trixie LaBlume, have been preparing all year for their fashion show at The La Dolie Opera House. This would be the first fashion show for the two pixie sisters who had left The Phantom Chillarie Theatre Group just last year to pursue their love for designing.Their debut line will consist of a variety of cutting edge bustiers with vintage ribbons and tulle skirts layered over funky leggings. There will be lots of frills and glam in this collection, complete with dazzling Austrian Crystal colorful tiaras and blown glass flutter rings to accompany the pixie wings.
Pictured here is Polly Andrews, the lead model for the show, who was just featured on the cover of The Faerie Princess Magazine and in The Pixie Times. Polly with her velvety blonde hair, comes from the Rouge Agency and so does her friend Lisette, a new up coming model with gorgeous violet eyes and radiant long brown hair.
To show no hard feeelings that the La Blume sisters didn't renew their contract, The Phantom Chillarie will provide the props and flowers for the show, along with some advertising, other sponsors include: The Paris Magic Group, Hollowood Bank and Trust, Langley Grace Designs and The Garden Bug Cafe.
Every show has a theme, FiFi and Trixie choose a carnival theme. They even transformed the Opera House into an acting Carnival with Pierrots, Ballerinas, Acrobats, and a Lion Tamer, all courtesy of The Percy Peapack Carnival which opens on the Isle two days later. Some of the models will ride down the runway on elephants costumed in LaBlume clothing, others will roller skate while eating cotton candy and the rest will walk with balloons and candy apples.
At the end of the show, guests will be ushered into the opera promenade where they will be given either cotton candy light puffs or sparklers. Then the models, circus performers and The LaBlume Sisters will be whisked away in the Vintage Hot Air Balloons, in an eclectic blend of shapes and designs followed by a magnificant firework display.
I was impressed with the show, however, Lisette, who has no last name, seemed weird, quite strange if you ask me, there was just something about her that bothered me, I don't know what it was, she just did. What's even more strange is that the owner of The Phantom Chillarie has never been seen, only his liason, Groman Felsaunt, who is the appointed, head of the Chillarie. I asked my parents why no one has seen him, they claim, its because of his involvement with the dark arts. Rumors have circulated that he has a secret den where he tortored Pixies and Wizards for their magic, but it can't be proven.

Potion Class, Madeline and her friends c.1920

The Fairytale Box Assemblage Workshop I am Teaching at Tinsel Trading and Contest Too! Read Below! Kits Available Soon!


In a land far far away where blue birds and sparrows can be heard singing sweet melodies as they fly by, a land where boats don't need water to sail, just a sprinkle of pixie dust on their sails and away they go, sailing gracefully through the sky, over storybook places such as Mother Goose Corner, Wonderland and Mermaid Cove where Peter and his bandits from Neverland can be seen playing mischievious pranks on Captain Kidd and his men.
Come set sail with me on the Fairytale Boat of Dreams in my workshop entitled: The Fairytale Follies Box Assemblage, at Tinsel Trading!

For more pictures and info on joining me at Tinsel Trading for this class and to join in on other workshops visit Terri Ventura's Flick page: Dimestoredaze or her blog/websites:

http://www.dimestoedaze.typepad.com/
http://www.dimestoredaze.com/

I will be teaching this class on May 31, at Tinsel Trading!

My class will be filled with Lisa Magic, Surprises, Enchanting Goodie Bags and more, not to mention some edible treats as well.


Also today begins the 2nd blog contest:

Contest Details:
7 winners will be picked to receive handmade tickets to ride this boat.
They are altered art vintage style boat tickets which I made to giveaway to 7 lucky winners, to represent 7 days of the week and the 7 seas. I will keep the tags a secret until the winners are picked, so start posting for a chance to win. These tags will also be made for my class as well!

Magic and Joy!
Lisa!

By June, I will be selling kits of some of the fairytale boxes, in different sizes and packs for all price levels!

Also take a stop by my flickr site of image and explore:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moonfaires16/

The "Arte y Pico" award was created/made to be given out to bloggers who inspire others with there creative energy and their works, whether it be writing, artwork or more. When one receives this award it is considered a "special honor". Once you receive this award, you are to pass it on to at least 5 others. For more info on this wonderful award pleases visit: http://www.arteypico.blogspot.com/.

I just received this incredible award from the amazing Gina Smith, who is brilliant in every way. words can' t describe just how wonderful she is. I'm truly thankful for having her as a friend, Thank Gina for all that you do and for who you are! Please go and explore her wonderful site when you get the chance:

http://lillysoflondonish.blogspot.com/

Now I have to pick 5 others to give this special award to.

I will have to start with Susie Scott Studios, She is such an incredible artist and continues to inspire me everyday with her wonderful art! http://www.susiescottstudios.blogspot.com/ One glimspe into her world and you will never leave!

Now without any hesitation, I want to send an award over to Mary Ann/Follow Your Bliss, her artistic energy is amazing. MaryAnn is truly a wonderful artists and wonderful person, stop on my her wonderful site for endless inspiration http://firstborn.wordpress.com/

Bettsi -Tender Arts is such a wonderful artist and person, I can't forget to drop on by her site and send her this special award. Everything she touches turns to magic and enchantment, a true artist who creates from the heart and a joy to swap with visit the wonderful Bettsi at: http://tenderarts.blogspot.com/

Izabella Pierce is what can I say brilliant, her work just inspires you instantly, her creative energy is amazing and I'm lucky to have become friends with her. Izabella is also a guest artist in my art book, The Art Circus which will be released this year. Take a visit to her world of magic: http://izabella.typepad.com/

Now I have to award the wonderful Terri Ventura who is absolutely the greatest ever. Not only is she super talented and full of energy, she creates from the heart and is so nice. She is a pleasure to speak with and I am honored to call her a friend. You have to go and visit her site which is filled with so much inspiration. Thank You Terri:

http://dimestoedaze.typepad.com/

I need to award one more, to Susan Tuttle http://www.ilkasattic.blogspot.com/ her creative energy and beautiful artworks inspire each and everyone of us, everyday. Not only is she a brilliant artist, but a brilliant person too, take a journey over to her site for a moment of inspiration!

Can I award one more, it has to be Ann Denise Anderson http://whimandfancydesigns.blogspot.com/ We met by chance, a serendipity, accidental encounter, and i'm glad we did, her work is absolutely divine, so whimsical, so fancy, so chic, just beautiful, and I'm proud to say she is another guest artist in my new art book. Please take a minute and explore her world of whim and fancy!

Well one more:

Denise/Couture de Papier http://couturedepapier.blogspot.com/ Denise does so much, and is just filled with tremendous creative energy, her works are vintage chic, they continue to inspire me as does her energy and dedication to others, that is why I have to give her this award! If you want to embark on a vintage journey, take a visit her site!

The award states, send to at least 5 people, I did 7, for 7 days of the week!

Thank You Gina for this award!

Have a magical week everyone!
Lisa!

Here are some more pictures from Gabriela's class:
Above top left: Heather and I, My Crown during a photo shoot in my garden, My Crown and me, Some scrumptious trimmings and embellishments I used, a photo of some of the paper I used as well which I extra enchanced and turned into an enchanting piece of paper on the computer!
I will be adding some more photo's today of Terri and the other royal girls.

Saturday April 19 was Gabriela Delworth's Crown Class at Tinsel Trading in NYC. Here is a variety of pictures of all of us and our royal crown creations! Along with glimpse into our sparklicious day.

Gabriela flew in all the way from Canada to teach this class, along with her husband who filmed this regal event!

We started the day off by selecting our trims and embellishments, then picked papers revolving around our gorgeous items. I have to say the papers were absolutely amazing, the colors were vintage chic, cupcake chic, springy, trendy, girly and ecclectic, so many to choose from. I wanted to use the all, lol!

As for the crown making: Everyone seemed to create crowns that went with their outfits ( I don't think it was intentional either, we just picked the colors we were feeling for the project), including me who picked shades of pinks, reds and greens, not to mention, I was wearing most of those colors too. LOL

I couldn't of asked to be apart of a better event, with such wonderful people who each are filled with incredible talent and were a pleasure to create with. They each inspired me in many ways and are new friends I have met: Ellen, Sallianne, Merrilee, Mariah and Gabriela, each of you are brilliant! As for Heather and Terri they are absolutely wonderful and so is her beautiful daughter!

The Royal Court of Tinsel consisted of:
Lisa, Ellen, Gabriela, Mariah, Sallianne and Merrilee.

Everyone's crowns were absolutely divine, You wanted to leave with them all,

For more pictures and to join in on a day of workshops visit Terri Ventura's Flick page: Dimestoredaze or her blog/websites:

www.dimestoedaze.typepad.com
www.dimestoredaze.com

To Visit the Crown Queen herself, Gabriela, visit her blog at:
http://gabrieladelworthclasses.blogspot.com/

Visit Art is You at:
http://www.art-is-you.com/
http://artis4thesoul.blogspot.com/

Visit the amazing Ellen for more photos and details of the event:
http://artandellen.blogspot.com/

Okay here are some more amazing finds I bought at the Store:
1. I got around 50 vintage greeting cards from the 20's, 30's, 40's and 50's. They are the cutest and more detailed cards, some are fuzzy, like the chick, some are on a removeable stick which can double as a wand, some have feathers, some have foil, fabric and trimmings, ribbon, and embossed, the insides of each card have illustrations too. I love them, especially the circus style ones which I photographed together and then photographed the sweet cupcake chic ones together.

2. I also discovered some beautiful cabinet cards and photographs on this trip, One had a girl sitting in a make believe garden in the photographers studio, the other has 2 children dressed in flapper style clothes, the others look like communion gowns and wedding gowns. I also picked up old Ginny doll ads, raggedy ann print from 1930, 1982doll magazine, Mozart music book (for my vintage book classes) and ephemera.

3. My hunt wasn't over yet, picked up a large tarnished silver plated bowl

Plus the foll0wing items, which I haven't had a chance to photograph yet:

4. Sterling silver, not plated, incomplete silverware in wooden, velvet lined box
5. World War 2 extra large clothing/supply trunk
6. Clemente wooden baseball bat (That one was for Glenn)
7. Vintage woman in costume print in old frame
8. Huge, no enormous box of old/vintage shine bright and other Christmas bulbs, glass ornaments, tinsel garland, paper garland, cards, ads and more! Dating between the 20s-50's

My Mother had some great finds as well:
Old hankerchiefs, 2 Kewpie dolls (she got to them before I did, I'm still working on her for the other one, LOL), 3 vintage woman in costume prints-Victorian, an old sewing iron from 1900's, a small tea set and doll house miniatures, a lamp, fireplace set from England, jewelry, 2 mammy dolls, campbell kids dolls and an old vitorian poem book.

Let's just say it was a day filled with vintage and cupcake bliss, not to mention the scrumptious chocolate mousse cupcake we each picked up on the ride home with a large coffee, and her tea, we needed to re-fuel after that excursion.

On Wednesday I had a fabulous day filled with magic and joy. I went went on my monthly antiquing and rummage excursion with my Mother, in NJ. We frequent this one place alot on Blackwell Street in Dover, its in an old department store building from the turn of the century and is filled with so much vintage eye candy, I'm ususually there for hours looking for treasure.

On this trip I found so many great items and buys, along with receiving packages filled with delicious finds I bought on Ebay!
To Start:
1. I bid and won 38 old textile bobbins on Ebay, they are the most beautiful I've ever seen, completely amazing!
2. I placed an order for vintage and cupcake chic style feathers for the birds of a feather book swap I am hosting and for 2 vintage book classes I am teaching at the Museum and Tinsel Trading!
3. At the Antique Center I nabbed a great tag sale find of a vintage fishing tackle box complete with metal fishing accessories for $2. This tackle box is filled with wonderful treasures, the metal fishing pieces have perfect drilled holes in them making them perfect for id bracelets and jewelry. There are several vintage ones from England and France as well. As for the box, it is a rustic seafoam color, looks like enamel/metal paint original to the piece and will be perfect for housing my metal findings!
4. Then I stumbled upon a vintage jewelry box from the 1930's, its an embossed green leather with raised bees on it with creamy beige velvet inside, I bout it for $2 and it will hold my vintage jewelry.
5. Then I found vintage jewelry for my jewelry making in the dollar basket, they were so pretty and vintage chic, I photographed them in the jewelry box.
I'm posting more finds and info in a minute, read above post for more!

Yesterday as I explored the many wonderful blogs of my friends, I stopped by Susan Tuttle's Blog and was so excited to see, she has created what looks to be an outstanding and wonderful book due out mid year. The cover looks absolutely amazing, so I can only imagine what the inside of the book will look like, its going to be wonderful.
Susan's work is absolutely enchanting and wonderful, each piece she does is created from the heart, and Susan has a wonderful heart and spirit, I know for a fact, you can see that in the work that she creates. Her work is inspirational and gives us all the urge to create.
If you stop by the following link you can pre-order Susan's wonderful book:

Amazon

I have visited Amazon, here is a preview of the book cover, for more info visit Susan's Blog and Amazon:

Susan Tuttle

Here is a glimpse into Countess Bella's world:

Meet Countess Bella whose royal kingdom is located in Canary Ridge, just outside of Penelope Woods, NJ. A place filled with ballerinas, berry wood trees and lush pink moss covered grounds, Canary Ridge is a whimsical place to visit. They are world reknown for their juniper and yellow raspberries, which are some of the ingredients in their Penelope Breakfast Blend Tea sold in boutiques everywhere tea is sold.

If you get a chance to visit Canary Ridge stop by Larson's Farm to sample one of the many scrumptious jams, pies and cider donuts in the region or take a ride on their owl boats located at the edge of the farm on Wimble Lake, a half hour ride is $15.00 and comes complete with iced Penelope Fruit Tea or Breakfast Tea.

Another recommended place is a tour of the Royal Palace and Botanical Gardens, located just outside ten minutes from Canary Ridge International Airport. If you are lucky then you can meet the Queen or Countess Bella, if not you will still enjoy the tour of the palace and its luscious gardens.

For more information pick up a Canary Ridge Information Packet at their headquarters located on the corner of Main and Woods!

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This piece was inspired by all the wonderful bird artist on flickr and all over the web! Thank You for your inspiration.

I made Countess Bella from a nest I hand painted and glittered, vintage beads, crystal beads, millinery flowers, handmade bunny top, ballerina, feathers and more!
Visit my flickr gallery for more photos and my art:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moonfaires16/

This is the papier puppen dollie I made for the contest I held on the blog. The winner is frstyfrolk/cyndi , she will be getting this doll in the mail in a few days. This was a contest I held on the blog to promote Spring and the return of my blogging, which I slacked with for the past few months, due to crucial deadlines, projects and classes.

This doll is part of my papier puppen dollies, which are made mostly from crepe paper, tulle, glitter and vintage images. I call this one Molly Vanderwicke, The Cotton Candy Princess! Molly comes complete with a scrumptious pal pink princess hat, wand and costume!

Thank you to everyone who participated in this blog contest!

Have a magical filled day!
Lisa!

This is the 3rd ribbon bracelet I've made in the past year, I call: Loulee's Bracelet which I decided to keep for myself. The bracelet is made with a variety of ribbons in many sizes, along with crystal beads, vintage pearl shell pearl button, rhinestones, pearl garland, and it attaches to your wrist with a silver clasp set which is connected to each end.

This bracelet line was inspired by the early ribbon work jewelry from the turn of the century, mixed with the colors and flair of today. If you love ribbon as a much as I do, then this is the project for you. For inspiration on ribbon and for fashionista swaps visit the sites below:

1. I'm hosting a vintage Tea Time Apron Swap Due June 1

2. I'm hosting a Fairytale Necklace Swap Due June 25

3. I'm hosting a Blythe Doll Costume Clothes Swap, Due July 10

Contact me for info on joining the swaps mentioned above.


Some great websites: inspiration, projects and more:

http://www.craftsolutions.com/

http://www.craftown.com/

http://www.freepatterns.com/

http://tipnut.com/

http://tinseltrading.com/

http://www.blumchen.com/

I currently have 5 more I am finishing for an order. I'm making an additional 3 to place in my etsy or ebay store, along with an extra as a sample for a class I am teaching on this, that bracelet will bee tied in place with 4 ribbon strands, more inlays and gems, ribbon flowers, etc.

Hugs!Lisa!

Hello Everyone,

Happy Monday! Today is the day I announce the blog contest winner of the papierpuppen dollies doll, the winner is frstyfrolk/cyndi.

How I choose the winners: SInce each and everyone of the blog contest players are amazing, I can't pick a name, so I copy the names down on a piece of paper, then toss into a hat, shake it around a few times, then pick the name out. I think this is the fairest way to pick a winner.

I'm hosting another blog contest this week, starting in a few, stop on by and play for another chance to win, I'll be hosting these contests randomly throughout the year!

Help me in congratulating Cyndi!
All the best!
Lisa!

Hi everyone,
As many of you know I have been working on an art book with a great publishing company, since early fall, it will be in stores sometime this year!

To get the word out, I have created a little promo as a preview of the book, although this picture isn't in it, (those projects and images are being kept a secret) this art card I made a while back sure does represent the circus, the carnival, marionettes and art!

The new book has a tremendous amount of eye candy, projects, art inspiration, freebie collage images for many of the projects and amazing art from special guest contributing artists! It is a book which will take you onto a creative journey, to a world where dreams come true and fairytales come to life, a place where the smell of kettle corn and cotton candy fill the air, where the unusual are normal and life is filled with magic!

Come explore, create and play in your art circus this year!

Until then, stay tuned on release dates, events and signings!
Stay Tuned for the release date!

Hugs!
Lisa!

P.S. Thank you to all the guest artists who contributed to the book! Each of you are a real treasure!

Come one, come all to The Brownie Recital this Friday at The Dollie Mae Academy in Peapack, NJ.

All winter the students at Dollie Mae have been practicing for their spring recital. Olga LeBlue, Professor of theater and music study has been directing the students with the help of re-known brownie actor Norbert Wellington who has appeared in several broadway shows and European venue's.
"Norbert is an asset to this production of The Brownie!" according to Miss LeBlue who stated this during an interview with The Hills Times and Morgan Gazette. Miss LeBlue also mentioned that the costumes in this recital were designed by Harriet of London with jewelry on loan from Priscilla Leighton Designs.

The show starts at 8pm and is followed by an after show party sponsered by Piddlestixs and Company. The reception will be held in the Acadamy's Ball Room, signs will be posted to direct you there.

Reminder, please ladies remember your gloves and finest gowns, gentlemen don't forget its a black tie recital, no un-sightly colors. Please be timely and all late comers will not be let in until the break, when the theater doors close, you will have to wait in the lobby, seating and a theater sound will be available in the lobby, along with refreshments!

We look foward to your presence at the show!

Loni Vanderwalt,
Promtional Director, Dolly Mae Academy!
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This piece is a mixture of digital and altered/collage arts! I used vintage images in my collection, along with an old china doll and cabinet card background!

My Fairytale Follies!

Ever since I could hold a crayon, I have been creating my own fairytale worlds, from inventing my own stories around mermaids and fairies, making ballerina skirts and crowns for my barbies and dolls, to making tiny miniatures for my doll house, I grew up surrounding myself with this world of magic and enchantment, like Peter Pan, I didn't want to grow up!

As adults we tend to lose ourselves in the every world, working and tending to life's daily grind, but what I found eliminates alot of stress is escaping into our own world filled with everything we love, even for just a moment.

Perhaps you need a cup of tea or coffee, chocolate break or cupcake, there are many feel good treats out there that can send us into pure Heaven. Living near M&M Mars, the smell of baking chocolate fills the air, when I leave the house or go for a walk, this decadent aroma consumes me, a slight wind can really kick up the fragrant air, allowing me to transport into Willie Wonka's Chocolate Factory, where there is a river of chocolate and a magical boat waiting to take me on a ride.

But sometimes that chocolate air isn't their and a trip to the book store for a latte, coffee or tea can awaken my muse, especially when she is tired and lazy, add a good book or magazine and the inspiration can begin.

But the ultimate heaven is a trip to the antique store or rummage sale, searching for hidden vintage treasures waiting for me to discover them. I have such a fascination with things from the past, its a passion. From Charlotte, Carnival and Kewpie Dolls to May Gibbs: Little Obelia, Alice in Wonderland, Arthur Rackham, Tea Party Novelties, Vintage ribbons, trims, millinery, and wood bobbins, Opera curtains and ornaments, I love it all.

The work I do is created out of this passion for the fairytale and vintage world, to re-create that life and time, to give it a new life, a re-birth into our current culture!

Enjoy my Fairytale World!
Lisa~

Hi everyone,
I know a few of you live in the NYC/Tri-State Area, if you don't but will be in the area, come join me in my upcoming classes at Tinsel Trading in NYC! My classes are filled with vintage magic, whimsey and fairytale enchantment, which are sure to bring out the creative muse in you!

Visit:

Tinsel Trading

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I copied some of the schedule from the site with my classes and info!

For more classes in April and May, visit the tinsel trading sight or contact Terri Ventura!

I'd love to meet some of you!
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Vintage Style Bird Cage Book:

Enter a world of fantasy and enchantment with published author Lisa Kettell, of The Faerie Zine and the soon to be released art book: The Art Circus, due in stores this year.

Lisa's work can be seen locally and throughout the world.

Envision a time where Marie Antoinette was setting trends, where bird feathers were made into gowns complete with rhinestones and trims, lavish costumes and dazzling tiara's, secret gardens, butterflies and cages filled with rare birds. Come re-explore this place and time with the Vintage Style Bird Cage Book.

Construct a three dimensional book in the form of a birdcage, with interior pages made from vintage fabrics, trims, rhinestones and luscious pale chic feathers and other romantic findings.

Saturday May 24 12-pm-4pm

Class fee: 85.00 plus 10.00 material fee

Material will be provided.

The Fairytale Follies Box Assemblage:

Lisa Kettell, of The Faerie Zine and The Art Circus is back to teach a class filled with lots of glitter and tinsel fun.

Come join her and escape into a fairytale world filled with magic by making a large whimsical box assemblage complete with paper mache, scrumptious vintage trims, glitters, images, secret curiosities, and lots more.

Please join us for an enchanting afternoon of fun and excitement

Saturday May 31st 12pm-4-m

Class fee; 85 plus 10 material fee

All material will be provided

If you have any questions about any of our Workshops please contact Terri Ventura (Workshop Coordinator) at

www.dimestoredaze@gmail.com

www.dimestoedaze.typepad.com

Our Fabulous Instructors

Terri Ventura

Dime Store Daze

Charlotte Lyons

House Wren Studio

Laurie Davis

Glitter Works Studio

Loretta Marvel

Loretta Marvel

Robin Beam

Robin Beam

Jennifer Paganelli

Sis Boom

Melanie Mercado

Melanie Mercado

Danielle Muller

The Vintage Dragonfly

Gabriela Delworth

Gabriela Delworth

Lisa Kettell

The Faerie Zine Blog

Please go online and check out all the wonderful Art Work these talented ladies create.

Birds of a Feather Swap and More!



Hi All,
Here is the banner for the:
Birds of a Feather Swap, which is the book collaborative, I am hosting!

Use this banner in your websites and blogs!

Magic and Joy1
Lisa!

P.S. This swap is still open, if interested in joining contact me, we have 6 slots left!

Envision: Tinsel, Pale pink feathers, Victorian Ladies and Children dressed as fairies or in bird costumes, the opera, theater, rhinestones, tinsel, glitter, millinery flowers, paper trims and more!
Hugs!
Lisa!

Details:

Birds of a feather Collaboration
Limited to 16 people only
Due Aug.1

-Make 16 original pages in a 5 inch by 5 inch pages format.
This will add to the authenticity of the book and the elements inside of it. Since the page size is small you can make them fast and fun with scrapbook papers and more. Make sure to thicken your pages with thick card stock to hold the embellishments, try to decorate the back as to not leave it so plain.

Embellish the pages with feathers, glitter, ribbon, rick rack, millinery flowers, 3-d hats, tags, etc. Make sure you leave a 1inch margin on the left side for binding and you sign the back page with your name and info, try not to leave that side to bare.

Stay in a vintage color scheme: beige and pink, brown and green, pastels, cupcake colors, vintage chic, just to give you an idea.

I will make the covers, inside covers and do the binding for this book collaboration.

Since this book is more elaborate with vintage surprises You will need to send in $15 that includes: binding materials, the 3-d elements, covers and the return shipping for your book which will probably cost around $3-5 to ship back, the other half goes for the cover and binding!

The cover will be covered in vintage whimsey, pale pink feathers with rhinestones and velvet, and more surprises

Envision: a walk into the nature of fairyland

The Swan Ride Carnival!
This piece is called: The Swan Carnival Ride!

Sit back and remember the days when parks and arboretums with vast lakes and lilly pad invested ponds were filled with life sized swan boats, which floated whimsically along the waters throughout The US and abroad.

The Victorians loved the unusual, fantasy and the occult, they were fascinated by folklore and legends. They believed so strongly in the occult and that ghosts existed, one would often called upon a medium to perform seances to communicate with lost loved ones. The existence of fairies often crossed their minds, many believing they could exist. When the Cottingley Fairies were discovered, many thought this was the proof scientist needed to prove in the existence of fairies and fantasy creatures, one leading believer in this was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who often corresponded with the Cottingley Girls regarding their occurance.

As time went by and technology was improved many of these legends were disproved, The Victorian age was ending and the skeptism of our society was in full throttle, our desire to believe in a fairytale existence soon diminished, especially as we began to lead our adult lives. Reserving this dimension for television, movies and theme parks starting with The Ziegfield Follies, Cary Grant's Alice in Wonderland, Disney Movies, The Wizard of Oz, etc.

But for some, this desire to hold onto our childhood fantasies never disappeared, only strengthened. No matter where you look, the essence of fantasy is everywhere from Harry Potter to Spiderwick, Pan's Labrynth, Bridge to Tarabithia, The Disney Fairies and Barbie Fairytopia, its back, we are now reliving fairytales and fables from our past, re-visiting the works of Peter Pan, The Stories of Oz, Alice in Wonderland and Little Obelia. This movement is strong right now.

These stories and ideas are what inspire me most of the time, I love to re-create the stories and visions from our the pas, to bring others to a land of enchantment if only for a moment.

The following projects: The Swan Carnival Ride and Teatime with Alice and The Rabbit!are my versions of that time: I wanted to re-create the Swan Boats, which graced many Worlds Fair, Carnivals and Parks. I wanted to bring a visual to the Wonderland Stories with my Teatime with Alice and The Rabbit jar assemblage. It's my version of tea in the garden and of Alice.

I hope you enjoy my new works and re-live these stories and times!
Magic and Joy!
Lisa!

Hi All,
The Contest has officially begun!

Starting today, I will be hosting a contest on my blog, the prize is one of my new art dolls I call papierpuppen, the dollies, see the post below for some examples of the dollies.

I have just started blogging again and this contest is to celebrate my return to blogging and the start of Spring and all the wonderful cupcake pastel colors that begin to surround us in Cherry Blossom Trees, Japanese Maples, Daffodils, Lilacs, Hydrangeas, and other blooming beauties. It's also to embrace the wonderful May Day festivals and the Fairies who begin to flicker around the gardens and the seaside.

Spring is a time for re-awakening from a long cold winter where the eye could see through trees for miles, then within a few months, the barriers are up and the only thing piercing through the leaves are the specs of light glowing from the sky. Although April is rainy it provides for the lusterous landscape we gain in May, which leads to the sunny heat and seaside retreats beginning in the half summer month of June!

This contest will run til Friday 8pm leave a comment on the papier puppen article below or in this thread, that will act as a poll, then I will randomly select the winner and send out the doll, who is already packaged and waiting to spread magic and spring joy into someone's house.

Magic and Joy!
Lisa!

Here is my new collection of paper dolls (Papierpuppens in German) made from vintage and new crepe paper, tinsel, glass glitter, pure silver glitter and other fun trimmings.

These papierpuppens were inspired by vintage ornaments and dolls from Europe. I absolutely adore the soft colors, tinsel and aged glitter on the vintage dolls and curiosities I have and pondered on a way to make similar ones today.

After much trial and error, I created these this week, they were my first attempts at the dolls. Very little sewing is involved, mostly tacky and hot glue is used to assemble these. I hope you enjoy them as much as I am loving to make them.

I hand made each one of these, they will be available for sale soon or customize your own with a favorite picture. Contact me regarding the custom orders which are $15.00 each.

P.S. I have 15 more that need finishing! I'll upload those next week!
On their way are: The WIcked Witch of the East, The Blue Monkey Queen, Fiji Mermaid Princess, Cupid, Chloe: The Fairytale Angel, Tallie:The Ballerina Mouse, The Snow Queen, Thumbelina, Alice, The Mad Hatter and more!