I made DORTHY from OZ---Mary

I made Dorthy this week!!!!! She is about 12 inches high. She is carrying Toto in her square basket. Her pockets are full of her three friends----The ScareCrow, The Tin Man, and The Lion. At the bottom of her skirt are the words, "There's no place like home." Look closely at her Ruby slippers. They are sparkling with red glitter. Her feet move so that she can click her shoes together so that she can go home at any time. Oh yeah, she is home with me. Her arms are jointed too. I have made several Children's books characters and other fashion dolls. But I am not sure when they will be available on collage sheets. But watch for them on the website at:
www.thingsaltered.com

Art Journal page from an old book---Mary

I love to use old books for art journaling. I usually prepare the old book BEFORE I begin to use it for art jounaling though. I cut out at least one half ( more like two thirds) of the pages of the book. Then I glue pages together, rip edges at varying lengths, then gesso the pages. In the picture to the right is a picture of a little giri writing in the sand. I really liked her. She is one of the pictures that I kept from the actual art originally in the book. I just added to her because she reminded me of me. I added the words - "my name is M--". On the left....I used a picture from a magazine. The interesting thing was it matched the dress in my first grade picture. These two pages came together in a most interesting way. I will be showing you many more pages as the time goes on. Hope you enjoy. Please check the website at:

http://www.thingsaltered.com/ for vintage collage sheets of little children that you can use in your art.

Fairy Artist---Mary

Another Fairy doll. It has a painter's palet with paint and brush. It says "Fairies are artists too". She is very colorful and her wings are interesting. We had a class last week. We hope to get that video on here soon. This Fairy is actually a combination of two of the collage sheets. There is really no limit to how many different fairies you can create with them. All of the collage sheets come with an option of either a skirt, or mermaid tail or just using the legs straight to the torso, then adding silk flowers for a skirt.
Take a look at:
www.thingsaltered.com

Fairy and stand - Lila

Look her over. Here she is hanging on her stand. How cute is that?

Fairy doll stand - Lila

The woman who embellished the fairy below, created this stand so her fairy can be placed in her craft area and bring her joy each time she looks at it! Isn't that an amazing work piece. Her husband is very handy with wood and she said she put beads at the top tip ends. She is planning to make more of the fairies and the stands. Choose your next collage fairy on our web site; thingsaltered .com.

Embellished paper doll - Lila

If you have followed us along through the blog pictures, you may recognize the collage above. Mary had embellished fairy angel #9 from the collage page, with a sunflower skirt. Scroll back through the pictures. See how one person, starting with the same pattern can make a 'OOAK' (one of a kind) look. Look at the fun detail. This angel was made by one of the creative ladies who told me today she has caught the 'Mary fairy fever' ! How fun is that.

Collage creatures come to life - Lila - part 2

I thought the baby was so cute I had to share it. So is the little doll.

The collage fairies Mary created are even more sophisticated.

The blue braided hair fairy above, is the one I embellished. She is collage fairy #6 on our web site thingsaltered.com. Check it out! We love what we do. We want you to have some fun too. The fun thing about these faires is that they have jointed elbows, shoulders, knees, and hips, held together with brads of your choosing. It makes them so fun!