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Sunday, June 27, 2010

This is the stupidist tea party I ever saw!

Hey, I didn't say it...this is actual text from a vintage book I have that includes the Alice In Wonderland story.  I personally never liked Alice and the story but when I got this little teapot (for free) at a garage sale, I knew that it had Alice's name written all over it.  I found the line in the Alice book and the rest is history as they say. 
I have been looking to alter little objects for a quick create fix since I just finished my altered box for the Yearlong Workshop group I am in.  So, what better way then to dress up some vintage bottles of which I have many.  Here is the first bottle I made.  It's entitled "fly" and I used vintage paper from a music book, a cutout of a swallow from a vintage bird book, and I made the nest with some wire and blue beads.  I had seen a lot of examples lately of artists making their own bird nests using wire and so I tried my hand at my own.  Here is how it turned out...


A few more bottles I've done recently and one I am currently working on.  It is an inkwell and I am using an old barrette to decorate the front of the bottle.  It's in progress, but will post the pictures when it is done.  Oh, I also thought I would include a picture of all my bling.  I just love these old costume jewelry pieces and digging through the old jewelry box gives me inspiration when I feel like I have none. 


Monday, June 7, 2010

Free Images




I thought it was time to share some free images with my friends and followers.  This is especially for my fellow group members from my Yahoo Group Altered Pages who helped me to figure out what I can use to help to protect my vintage papers (letters, sheet music, book pages etc) from further age damage.  I decided that Archival Mist from EK is probably my best bet.  This product should change the acid in the papers and keep them from falling apart when I use them in my art--at least that is the idea.  I'll let you know how it works when I get that far.
Here are some old photos I have in my collection.  I love the chubby faced baby and the sisters who look a bit unsure of getting their picture taken.  They would both probably make great subjects of an assemblage.
I hope you enjoy the photos and if you make something with them I would love to see your creation!!!
Now, back to my current project:  working on an assemblage for my year long workshop group (see previous post).  I'll post pictures soon.
Till then,
Marianna  

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