i spy a charm

It's been a very unusual winter here in Michigan. With a total snow fall of what we can get in one day. The middle of March is here and we are having mid to high 70 degree weather. Then today I wake up to fog.. fog so thick its scarey. Ok enough of that...

I love charms.. I look at things thinking that would be a cool charm. I have acquired quite a large collection of Art Charms. My UFO (unfinished object) project this week is related to this collection of charms. I put together a necklace.

I participate in several swaps a year. It's fun to see what others come up with for the theme or how they use a object.

Lets play a game of I SPY... see if you can find a charm you may have created for me.

I had received a cloth necklace in a swap. I wanted to use that as my base. I wove it through a length of oxidized silver link.

I mixed my metals. Using mostly silver, copper and black. But as you can see there are a couple of golds in there too.

I attached the chain to the cloth by sewing it and then tied knots. This served two purposes. One to hide the stitching and the other to adjust the overall length.

I'm not sure each charm has found its exact placement yet. I'm sure I will fuss budget around and move one or two.

I wore it to town yesterday and received great revues. I'm sure it will become one of my go to pieces.

Haunted House Tour...

You don't know what your going to find waiting you at the 2011 AlteredWithOutLimits haunted house tour. This year I had some exceptional houses from the gals in my little yahoo group, AlteredWithOutLimits.

I found this cute little box that fit my pages perfectly. I covered it with Some Like it Haunt paper from the Midnight Dreary collection from gotmoxxie.

Enjoy the tour. Who knows what creatures are awaiting you.

The moon is full and all sorts of bewitching creatures are out to meet us at Cathy's garden gate.

Down a dark winding tree whispering trail you find Deb's english cottage and her ghosties of the night out playing.

As we head down towards the lake we run into Ellen's little cottages. Wonder what is being cooked up down there.

Continuing the haunted tour takes us to Jean's. Where we find a house full of toil and trouble.

Up on the hill is Judy's spirit filled mansion. Take care as you enter. Who knows what ghostly sights await you inside.

Down the lane to Lori's. We find a skellie dancing into the night. Who might that be watching out the windows.

Heading down to the Big Star state we find Mary Lynn's covenant waiting to cast a spell.

Ending our tour, takes us to Sandy's. A house filled with all kinds of winged delights.

Hope you enjoyed our little haunted tour.

Charms

Faux tin transfer charm

Halloween charm swap....

Charms traded for in several swaps

Charms I have made and traded for over the years. The first picture is charms that I made for a faux tin type class I taught. Second is a halloween swap I hosted with my local gals for halloween. The last picture is a collection of charms I have collected that are created by others.

Metallic ATC

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Two Atc's for a swap. We had to create them with a metallic theme. The SOAR atc is bronze, gold and silver. The skeleton web is silver. Can't wait to see what others have made.

AlteredWithOutLimits Haunted House Swap from 2009

It's been one of those months. Out to Missouri to help my daughter out. Back home working on some updating and repairing of our home before the kids come home in July.


Here is a 1 for 1 swap that I did with my AWOL group. It went in a totally different direction that I had started.

Had so much fun working on this over the weekend. As it snowed (yuck). Was getting used to the high 50's - 60 weather last week. I chose to go with a more Victorian feel than build a "steampunk image" Can't wait to see what the rest in the swap have come up with.

 

Here is my transfer image, created for a monthly 5x5 swap I am participating in. Its a gel medium transfer with a lazer printer image. The arch is made from light modeling paste. The canvas was painted with some golden paints and them stamped on. I hope my swap partner enjoys my creation.

My cover for a Valentine Swap I hosted. A tin type transfer.

 

I finally finished this for a 1 for 1 swap I am hosting on my yahoo group AlteredWithOutLimits. This month our challenge was to create a beeswax collage. This was so much fun I could see myself getting hooked on doing these.