Presents

 Presents

      I made a few angels for Christmas presents.  This one was "Hilda's 3-D Angel," by Mr Meyers.

Watercolor

 Watercolor

     Winsor and Newton, and Dick Blick had hosted a watercolor giveaway.  I was chosen to receive this awesome set with metallic paints.  Winsor and Newton was the first set of watercolors I had bought, years ago.

Pink

 Pink

     Last gnome for a little bit.

Forest

 Forest

     Now for a little gnome tatting.

Green

 Green

    A few green gnomes.

Support

 Support

The last class will be a "support," class to help anyone who might need help on one of my patterns. Hope to see you all there.

FAYLINN NECKLACE

 FAYLINN NECKLACE

Intermediate class. Faylinn is English for fairy kingdom. The versatile chain is from the Fairy Garden Collection. This chain can be used as a lanyard to clip you name badge to, a chatelaine, or a chain to hang a tatted pendant from. The bottom of the chain forms a heart. The larger beads glow-in-the-dark. You can choose from either, green or colorless beads for the larger beads. Choose from either, colorless or yellow beads for the medium beads. You can attach your name badge or your tatting essentials to the drop, hanging from the heart (included in the pattern).

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX

 THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX

Advanced class. This is not for the faint-of-heart. If you are like me and like a good challenge. This is the class for you. You'll receive a box with three, prepared embellishment. One in silver, one in gold, and one in bronze. We will go over, how the embellishments were prepared. Then, we will work through how to design you own, unique piece. You are the designer. Just relax...you got this! Don't worry, I won't leave you hanging. I'll include my designs at the end of class.

IRIDESSA PENDANT V2.0

 IRIDESSA PENDANT V2.0

Intermediate class. This is one of my favorites. Iridessa is Latin, fairy name for she resembles a rainbow. This pendant is from the Fairy Garden Collection. The pendant is Tatsmithed around a glow-in-the-dark bauble using gold and silver metallic thread. The outer round consists of a large flower with little glow-in-the-dark flowers around.

REVERSABLE PENDANT

 REVERSABLE PENDANT

Intermediate class. Beautiful pendant, that can be worn, showing the front or the back. This pendant had gotten 1st place, "Best of Class," and "Grand Champion" at the county fair.

TATIANA PENDANT

 TATIANA PENDANT

Intermediate Class. The first class of the the workshop. Tatiana is a Slavic, fairy queen. This pendant is from the Fairy Garden Collection. This is an "Ankars"-style (stacked rings) pendant with glow-in-the-dark beads. This beautiful pendant could be made into a pair of earrings.

Charms

 Charms

      This pair of earrings was from a set of charms I found at Walmart, years ago.

Collection

 Collection

      A dear friend, from Boise, Idaho, sent me a goodie box.  It was full of beads, a few large spools of thread, and various things.  My favorite box was full of tatting shuttles.  Some came from England and Germany.  

(This looks familiar...I've seen it on someone's site.)

All stripped of their thread and cleaned.  Nice and organized.

Woodland

 Woodland

     I love the green gnomes and had to make another one.  

Reds

 Reds

     This gnome was done with red, size 40 thread and the beard in size 20.

Berry

 Berry

     This gnome has size 10 thread on the reddish part and size 20 on the beard.

Favorite

 Favorite

     This might be my favorite color.

Colors

 Colors

    What a fun way to use up threads on my shuttles.

Opal

Opal  

      Cici wasn't the only orphan I had received for Christmas. I also received Opal the mouse.

I tried to use my camera to take the video, but not that great. Opal was out running around and Cici got a hold of her. Thankfully, Opal came too after a while. Cici, only, knocked Opal out. I thought she was a goner.

     Unfortunately, the video of Opal and Cici is too large for blogger. Click here to see them in action.

Purple

 Purple

     I had to use up the purple thread on my shuttle.

Adorable

 Adorable

    I'm not a fan of Facebook but I cruise by it once-a-day.  One day, I happened to come across an adorable dwarf pattern by Frivolite con sabor.  I had to purchase the pattern and start tatting him.

Cici

 Cici

My neighbor gave me an orphan for Christmas. I named her Cici. She has an attitude and very sassy. Maybe she'll calm down once she gets comfortable.

Unfortunately, the video of Cici is too large for blogger. Click here to see her in action.

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