My friend, Beth, gives me cool stuff she finds at estate sales. A while back, I got this domed piece from her, and tucked it away, not sure what I’d be using it for. When my studio got a deep cleaning in preparation for A Lovebird’s Song, I came across it and promptly sat down to make something from it.
Because what is more inspiring than a chance to avoid cleaning?
Sorry, no before pics. (I was excited to get busy avoiding my chores and couldn’t wait to start)
I’m sure you can picture it, plain, blonde wood base, with scraggly bits of floral foam glued to it. I painted the base and glued an old, metal lid to the center. The lid is covered in wallpaper. Around that, I drizzled a ton of glue and pressed moss into it. I cut small millinery blooms to add to the foreground, and larger ones for the back. They are all standing on their wire stems, not glued flat against the moss.
“Garden of Memories” was clipped from sheet music. I make a habit of cutting out interesting phrases from old text to have on hand when I need just the perfect words. These words were ideal for this garden, because the photo I used was from a fun play date with a friend, Karen- a lovely memory!
A couple of vintage butterflies were added the same way as the flowers. I glued their wires into the moss, instead of sticking them right onto it. Then, I bent the wires to make it look like they were flitting about.
The faye child sits on a wooden spool, covered in blooms, with a teensy bluebird of happiness by her side. Her dress is netting cut from a vintage gown, her antennae are flower stamens, her wings are old text.
She has added a little bitty, bright spot of spring to this gloomy, winter day.
But now, I need to go clean after this refreshing break from work!
What a beautiful tale you tell about your lovely domed Garden of Memories! I can’t wsit to see it in person along with the rest of your fabulous studio amd hime! 💕
Posted by: Carol | January 25, 2019 at 09:28 PM
Typing without readers and didn’t preview before I posted gets a spelling error but Im sure you know I meant to say your fabulous studio and home!
Posted by: Carol | January 25, 2019 at 09:32 PM