Easter 2013

Once again

we celebrated Easter

at the Hilton Garden Inn

The room was very

"Springy"

Of course there was 

The Easter Bunny...

oh my..

.was there ever some

delish food....

I think everyone got their fill

all kinds

of mini desserts

which were just the right size

 All but one of my

kiddlings were there...

he had to work...

or wait did he????

Next year will

be interesting as

we add to our kiddos

HAPPY EASTER

EVERYONE

Victorian meets Madonna Display

I have been working

on my displays for my 

booth this year

My jewelry has taken a turn

and it is time 

for my displays

as well

I bought this 

wire dress from 

from Lakeside Collection

The black wasn't working for me

so I sprayed it Heirloom White

I started pining the jewelry on the frame

but that wasn't doing it for me

so I decided to ties some

lace curtains on her

She will have more

necklaces attached to her

this was just a test

From this angle

all I could think of

was Madonna look

of the 1980's

but from

this angle

it looks

like a bustle

I was pretty impressed 

oh how she looks

I will be pulling up

her skirt in the back

so there isn't

a gap

Now on to the

table displays

grandbaby count down

10 weeks down

1/4 of the way

30 weeks to go.....

Grandma Jo

22 yrs ago today I gave birth 

to Devon 6 weeks early, 

how exciting is it that we can now

 announce that in Oct she

will be giving birth our first grandchild? 

This has been the hardest

 secret we have had to keep off of fb or blog abt 

(for 3 wks! She told us on Chuck’s boday) 

so I can now shout…… 

CHUCK AND I ARE GOING TO BE GRANDPARENTS

…… AND…. WE ARE OVER 

THE MOON ABOUT IT!!!!!! 

Lily

When I got her she was partially covered

with dirty white medical tape

I had no idea what I was abt to uncover

(of course I didn't think

to take photos until

after I started to rehab her)

she was definitely cracked up

I spackled her together 

over a couple of days

then sanded her smooth

and reapplied more spackle as needed

She was very long and I only

wanted a short mannequin

so my hsb cut her off and 

mounted her on an old

broken ashtray base 

we had

After that I took torn  computer paper

crumpled it up and modpodgd it

on Lily.

This took a few days

and I did it very randomly

Making sure the wrinkles

and imperfections were present

I coated her with a watered down

white acrylic paint

Then sponged on a watered down

linen colored 

acrylic paint

it gave it just enough contrast

and a weathered

down look 

I tried to make sure 

to get in every nook and cranny

 I followed up w 2 coats of matte

Modpodge

The next step

was to add some bling

and viola

Lily is now

a fashion model.....

I am thinking abt making a muslin ruffled

skirt to hang more necklaces from

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