Mini Portrait 5 - Busy Day

Hubby and I went to an art festival today and bought a stone carving. Then we went to a local Ribfest and bought a beer and fries.

The stone artist meant for the piece to be displaying on a table. Unfortunately we're not the "display art on a table" type of people. Our tables tend to get cluttered with other things and so the art would be lost. Instead, we've asked the artist to drill a little hole on the back and glue a hook so that we can hang it up on the wall where it can really be appreciated. We have to allow a day for the glue to dry so it should be ready for us to pick up in a few days. I'll post a picture of it then. The carving is a partial face (now how did you know that would appeal to me)?

Tartan Icicle Doll

Another Icicle Doll completed for the Highland Games. There's an order for putting these dolls together quickly and easily and every time I start working on one, I do it a more difficult way. Note to self: Write down instructions for future reference.

Mini Portrait 4

Icicle Doll

Another item completed for my booth at the upcoming Highland Games. I should make a few of these in tartan fabric too as they're quick and easy to do.

It's certainly much more fun to work when you do it for the pure enjoyment. Not as much fun when you're trying to produce as much as possible to meet a deadline. I just keep pluggin along...

And hey, what's up with this weather here in Southern Ontario? Mid-July and we haven't even had a heat wave yet. My skin loves heat and humidity. :(

Mini Portrait 3

Here's another completed mini portrait with a tartan ribbon frame.

Simple Flower With Tartan Ribbon

The title says it all.

Mini Portrait 2

I couldn't figure out what to do with the tartan ribbon my friend Julia gave me. Then it occurred to me that the simplest thing to do was to use the ribbon as a picture frame.

I have a few of these ready to be completed. It's just a matter of co-ordinating the colours of the fabric, faces and tartans. (Thanks to Judy Merrill-Smith for the celestial background fabric).