Showing posts with label Paper doll swap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paper doll swap. Show all posts

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Arrival of Angels

The Angels have arrived at my house!

Danielle Muller, of The Vintage Dragonfly, hosted The Angel Paper Doll Swap. It was a pleasure creating this angel. She started out as a turn of the century painting by the American Illustrator, Jessie Willcox Smith. I altered the sitting mother and child to a standing angel with the Child and embellished her with feathers, pearls, fabrics, and antique lace.



Is this a choir of angels? Looks like it to me.


When the swap angels arrived, I attached them to a length of lace and hung them from my mantle. Perfect for Christmas!!

I had just finished assembling all the "stuff" on the mantle.....lots of my favorite things...hmmm, sounds like a song....
Of course, the photos don't do them justice. The angels are treasures, obviously carefully crafted, each one a beautiful piece of art.


Below--from the left--by Jamie Vowell http://rem-nants.blogspot.com/
in the middle--mine
on the right--Susie Bieker


Below--on the left--Susie Bieker
on the right--Danielle Muller http://www.thevintagedragonfly.typepad.com/


Below--on the left--by Robin Sanchez
middle--Pamela Keravuori http://pamelajanes.blogspot.com/
on the right--Jamie Vowell's

Pardon if my photography skills don't exist, but I liked these with no flash--the lighting is very peaceful to me.

I feel lucky to have been able to participate in this swap with such talented ladies.


Carol

Monday, November 23, 2009

Silver Bella Paper Doll Swap

Here are some of the paper dolls from our swap. We do not have pictures of all of them, I am sorry to say. They came to us already in packaging and were delivered to the recipients unopened. We requested pictures but not everyone sent pictures. All of the dolls were wonderful and in beautiful packaging.
This will give you an idea of the variety we received.

above created by Robin Sanchez

Lori Oles

Jana Perenchio


Danielle Muller


Alisa Noble


Kara Ward


Andra Hepler


Joanna Lewis


Valerie Jones


Kathy Jacobson

Below are the dolls Carol and I made. They have been shown on this blog previously, as well.