Princess Bubbles Creates

 This is the other end of the shawl that I am working on for the upcycling project.  The challenge is to make a garment.  Now, I am no garment maker!  A shawl is about as complicated as I can manage and even at that, I am concerned about having to sew straight seams! I hope that the way I am manipulating the fabrics is found to be interesting.  I am rather pleased with the way I have used the fabrics.  There is still loads more stitching to do.  I am enjoying this project so much! I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

LeeAnna  has asked did you get easter baskets as a child? Please describe them, what was in them, did you get them in the morning? After church? Did you make them for your kids  your mate or decorations ? I made Easter buckets for our sons. We did not have much money when the kids were little. Not that baskets were expensive but I saved the plastic buckets that dishwasher soap came in.  I painted them and made them look festive.  We used the buckets for years.  I put a bit of candy and some dollar store toys in them.  Staying at home with our kids is one of the best things I have ever done in this life and I don't regret the lack of money. One year, I created giant papier mache eggs using balloons as the base.  That was fun and they lasted for a few years.  I don't decorate for Easter any longer. I like it when my niece comes for an art day.  We have so much fun together.  She was here last weekend and we laughed so hard my stomach hurt....

  I am pleased with the progress that I have made on the upcycling challenge.  This is one end of the scarf.  The other end is similar.  Not everything has been stitched down yet but I am getting there.  I am working on the bigger appliqué pieces first.  I will add more details once that is done.  I can't wait to get out the beads!

  I have mentioned how I create these mandalas in the past so I won't go into the details again.  However, I took it a bit further by printing with a toner-based printer.  I then ran the image through a laminator.  The image had a transfer foil sheet set on top of it and the laminator made the foil adhere to the toner.  It worked great.  I had seen it done somewhere so it's not an original idea. It worked great and I am so pleased.  Getting the hologram foil to show up properly in a photo is another thing.  My niece was here on the weekend and we had great fun playing with this idea.  She brought her laminator, as I don't have one.  Actually, I am going to pick up one later today that I found on Marketplace.  This is too fun of an idea!  I need to play with it more!

  Here is a portion of a scroll I have been working on.  There are some scrumptious silks in this scroll.   I love the jewel tones in it but I haven't found the right inspiration for it.  I started this scroll a year ago and have not made a lot of progress. I have only added minimally to it.  Other projects keep leaping ahead of it with inspiration.  Or projects with a deadline.  A deadline always motivates me! I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

LeeAnna  has asked us do you remember dying easter eggs? did you do it with your mom, or the other kids,   did you have those crayons to pre mark them? what did your family do with them?  Did your family hide them for hunts? Any stories about hunts gone wrong or couldn't find all the eggs, etc I remember the Paas Easter Egg dyeing kits.  I remember the tabs fizzing when you put them in the vinegar.  I remember the neighbour across the street always gave us one of her very fancy dyed eggs.  I remember my MIL dyeing eggs with my sons and doing an egg hunt.  My sons are a fair bit older than their cousins on that side of the family.  That tradition went on for a very long time and once my boys were too old for it they would help their younger cousins.  I was so proud of them for the way they helped. We had the whole family here last weekend to celebrate Liliana's fourth birthday.  It was such a good day.  We all coloured the giant...