Artist Class: Making a Digital ATC with Joy Ott

One of the projects in "Artist Class" is Joy's tutorial for Making Digital ATCs. Her instructions and great photoshop tips were very easy to understand . Also included is a mini kit Joy put together using the fabulous 1905 French Dictionary/Encyclopedia images from Green Paper Packages. I had so much fun with this tutorial and here is the result.



KarenOX

Welcome to November

Today is the first of November and after the scary winds we had yesterday, many of the leaves are gone. This year the fall colour was absolutely spectacular. I have not seen colour like this for many years.

On Thursday we went to the yearly chrysanthemum show. On the way home we decided to check out two local areas with water falls. The trees were gorgeous and we managed to take some great pictures.

Here are two pictures I took at Webster's Fall


Fall is my favourite time of the year, I just love everything about it.

In Autumn
by Fannie Montgomery

They're coming down in showers,
The leaves all gold and red;
They're covering the little flowers,
And tucking them in bed.
They've spread a fairy carpet
All up and down the street;
And when we skip along to school,
They rustle 'neath our feet.

KarenOX

Halloween "A Hauntingly Magical Celebration"

To-day a special Halloween Celebration is being held by Vanessa over at A Fanciful Twist

In honor of the Celebration, I am, with a little help from Photo Shop, providing some Halloween poems for your enjoyment.








I also copied a page and a tag from my Cat themed altered book.





I hope you enjoyed my little bit of Halloween. Please visit Vanessa and check out all the other participants

Credits: Christine M. Stone, Shabby Pumpkin, Kubivet and Woolman

KarenOX

I'm Back

I have been home for two weeks after our fantastic Baltic Cruise. The places we visited were amazing and the crown jewel was St. Petersburg, Russia. We spent two days touring St. Petersburg and only touched on the splenders of this historic city. I will be posting in small posts of all the wonderful sights and Russia I will leave until the end.

I really got hit with jet lag this time and it took a little over a week to get back to normal. In between sleeping I had a swap to get ready for and was so happy to see that my Etsy orders of supplies had arrived while I was away. And I did manage to get my swap items out on time. Last week was full of catch up appointments and of course the never ending chores we sometimes have to do.

My husband took over 2300 pictures and I have been trying to upload some of my favourites of each city.

Our first stop was Stockholm, Sweden. We visited City Hall. This is the place that the Nobel Prizes are presented each year except for the Peace prize which is presented in Oslo, Norway.

The interior of City Hall is beautiful. This only gives a little taste


Next the Vasa Museum, this was one of the places I would have loved to have spent much more time at. Vasa was a Swedish warship built between 1626 and 1628. The ship sank on it maiden voyage after sailing less than a nautical mile in 1628. She was salvaged almost intact in 1961 and the museum was built around her.



Old Town in Stockholm is a lovely place to wander around with it's many shops and places to eat. It is also the only place that I found a gargoyle



I have been trying to catch up with all the wonderful posts I've missed and will be around visiting soon.

KarenOX

Dotee Dolls and Holidays

Just recently, I discovered the wonderful little dolls called Dotee Dolls. I did some research and found they are tiny handmade dolls between 4 to 6 inches and have a hanger made of ribbon or beads and a beaded tail. The doll are made for swapping and gifting. the original Dotte Doll was created by Dot, an Australian doll designer. Dot also has a shop on Etsy where you can purchase Dotee kits to help you get started. Or you can so a search and find all sorts of instructions and variation. You will be amazed at all the little dolls you will find on Flickr. There is also a flickr group

My first Dotte Doll was made for a friend and I am now working on another.


I decided to make a few faces to have on hand.

These little dolls are so much fun and make up fairly quickly.

This week I am flying to Copenhagen to start a Baltic Cruise. One of the highlights is two days in Saint Petersburg, Russia. I am so looking forward to this trip and will post some pictures when I return.

KarenOX

My First Amigurumi Dog

I have been working away on some projects and just finished my first Amigurumi. I had been looking for a pattern for a pug and came across a crochet pattern on Etsy. Jaravee sells some of the cutest patterns and the pug is so sweet. The pug was to be a Christmas gift, but I decided to make one for myself first. This way I could work out any problems I came across. I used worsted weight yarn and a 3.5 mm hook. The crochet needs to be tighter, so next time I will use a smaller hook.

Here are some pictures of my finished dog and a picture from a couple of days ago while he was in progress.








I have a few more projects that I have finished and some I'm working on.

KarenOX

The Mad Tea Party

Today is the Mad Tea Party being held by Vanessa over at "A Fanciful Twist"

The girls finally finish getting ready and are so excited to start the party. Only five could attend today and I will introduce you to them now.

Chloe, a pretty little white Persian wearing a diamond necklace and a pink pearl head piece


Strawberry, an elegant pink & white cat who is showing off her pearl collar and diamond pin. She is also wearing a diamond tiara


Jasmine, a saucy little black poodle who loves wearing pearl bracelets as collars. She is also wearing a pearl and gold pin just above her delicate ear.


Fifi, and exquisite little white poodle who loves wearing diamonds anytime. She chose a simple necklace and tiara


And last, but not least, Little Tia, a gorgeous little pink poodle. Unfortunately, she likes very flashy adornments and her choice of neck and head piece are very vibrant. She maybe should have gone with pearls??


The table is set and I was able to get them together for a group photo.




Thank you for visiting with us today and be sure to drop by Vanessas and all the other participants that are joining the Mad Mad Tea Party.



KarenOX