Breaking News LOL – St. Patrick’s Day ATC Swap is Open over on Milliande

For those adventurous souls, I’m hosting a St. Patrick’s Day ATC swap over on Milliande Art Community for Women.  You have to be a member of this NING group (membership is easy though) to participate and there are all kinds of cool swaps running all the time.

I just decided to take the plunge and host a St. Patrick's Day ATC Swap.  Yes, mine are done (wouldn’t be right if the hostess wigged out on her end) and are ready to head to their new homes.  Once they are well on their way, I’ll post them here (plus, I haven’t taken pictures yet LOL).  You are assigned two partners, and make one ATC card for each partner.

Signups are open through Saturday, February 4th or until I post the swap list on February 5th.  I have something to do the afternoon of the 5th so the swap list will go up late, giving stragglers a few more hours to sign up.

So, show your Irish!  Join up and have a great time.

I See London, I See France Tag Swap

Once again, those of us over on Roses On My Table that participate in the Tag, Your It Tag Art swap, had a wonderful theme to choose from.
Of course, the children’s rhyme, I see London, I see France, I see somebody’s underpants! went screaming through my head, non-stop the entire time.
Well, I didn’t do the obvious,  I did a London Tag, and a Paris tag, but I also did an India tag!  India having been a British colony at one time.  Also, nothing to do with underpants!
So, without further ado, here are my contributions to this month’s swap:

I find Tags just slightly more difficult than ATCs.  All that extra room to work with!  I’ve been a miniaturist (1/12th scale & smaller) for a number of years and the Tags just seem HUGE to me.
Until Later……………

I'm linking up to the Unique Crafters Challenge, March Challenge #1

Cowgirl ATCs

I just finished up participating in an ATC swap over on Roses On My Table.  The theme this time was Cowboy’s Sweetheart.  I decided that I would go the Cowgirl route with my cards (plus, have you ever tried finding images of women from the Old West that were not Cowgirls?).

Since the cards have all been sent in, here are the 6 ATCs I made.

  This one was a gift for the hostess.

These are the best I feel I have ever done.  However, they were not the easiest to come up with.  Trying to find the right combination of papers, findings, and trims was hard, but so far, they’ve been a hit.

I also recently participated in a “I See London I See France” tag swap.  Those will be in another blog post.

Just out of curiosity, are they any suppliers of digital images and/or findings that anyone can recommend?  I’m having a tough time with both, especially all the findings I use to accent my pieces.  The filigree items, charms, etc.  are difficult for me to come by.  Any help would be greatly appreciate.

Well, off to celebrate my MIL getting a part-time job!

New Frills & Fancy Ezine for Miniature Doll Makers

I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted.  I’ve been struggling with multiple surgeries since August, but think things are starting to look up.

However, I was so excited about this I just had to share it with everyone.  The new Frills & Fancy Ezine  from Dana Burton is now available for subscription at http://www.frillsandfancyezine.com/.  Cost is $5 per issue or $30 per year (there will be 6 issues). 

The first issue is 23 pages chock full of tutorials, how-to’s, tips, tricks, & doll artist profiles.  Once you pick it up, it’s hard to put down!

Here is the cover page of our first issue.

    

If you like Miniature Dolls, why don’t you also consider becoming a member of  MSATMiniDolls, a Yahoo Group dedicated to the love & creation of 1/12th scale dolls.  We’ve got a wonderful, fun, helpful group of people over there.  Our companion website, MiniDollList contains back issues of previous Frills & Fancies (from before we went to a subscription model), tips, & help.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!