Mermaids & Sea Life Craft Day

 In 2011, I attended my first Bird Song art event by Karla Nathan

I met Beth at a vintage sale and learned of Bird Song.
Other than briefly knowing Beth, I did not know anyone at my first Bird Song.
I reached beyond my comfort zone and signed up for it.    

Little did I know at that time how much Bird Song would BLESS my life.

I've attended all five Bird Song events. 
I'm eagerly awaiting Snowbird Bird Song #6 in November 2017.

The amazing thing about connecting at Bird Song is you discover you
have a soul-connection with these 'Peeps'.

Sometimes our Peeps connection is by email or phone calls.

Sometimes it is connecting on Facebook.

Sometimes it is gathering at a Bird Song event.

These Peeps have blessed me with their generosity, talents, love & friendships!

A handful of these Peeps live in my local area.

I began hosting craft days in 2013 with local Peeps.

We've shared many amazing craft days together...Girlfriends Gathering.  

Together our souls are nurtured in creating art, laughter, joy & sorrow.
Our hearts, our lives are bonded in love & friendship!

We bring food and share potluck meals together.  

We share craft supplies as well as tips & techniques of creating art & crafts. 

I am so BLESSED with these special friends!

A note to Karla...If it hadn't been for your Bird Song events, I would have never known these friendships that fill my heart with joy nor the joy found in creative art...Thank you Karla!

Earlier in July, we gathered for a Summertime craft day
of Mermaids and Sea Life.

Many craft options were available -

canvas art, collage art, clay mermaids and mermaid crowns. 

Please enjoy a peek at some of our creations 

 

Supplies - endless possibilities!

Peek at our desserts...yum!
(snatched photo from Karla - thanks Karla!)

Canvas Art

Beth's canvas art, in-progress

Marj's canvas art, in-progress

Marj sharing her canvas art

My canvas art #2

My canvas art #1

Creating!

Collage Art

Beth's collage art

Clay Mermaids
Some mermaids were created to sit on real shells,
while others were used on their canvas art.

Karla creating her clay mermaid

 

Karla's first mermaid rendition.

She chose to later soften her mermaid.

Here it is revised

Nora's mermaid, in-progress

Marj's mermaid (canvas art), in-progress

Mermaid Crowns

Lee's mermaid crown

Nora's mermaid crown

My mermaid crown

Karla's mermaid crown and clay mermaid

Karla

Gail

Lee

Corrine

Mermaid Wall Plaque

Beginning stages of Nora's 'redesigned' mermaid wall plaque

Nora's 'redesigned' mermaid wall plaque, in-progress.

Another amazing day together!  Love you all!

I find myself finally sharing this post today, September 3rd nearly two months since
our Summertime craft day.  I can hardly believe that much time has passed.

Soon I'll be replacing my summer Mermaids & Sea Life decorations with Autumn Decor...
my favorite season!  I can hardly wait to to decorate!

Enjoy today, hope your day is blessed with the love and encouragement of family & friends!

Girlfriends Gathering - Our Autumn Art & Craft Day

When Girlfriends Gather it is always a wonderful day! 
Here's a peek of our recent day together - 

friendship, good food, arts & crafts.

My young friend Corinne worked on painting her sugar skull before

she was off to a birthday party.

 

 Marj worked on her crocheted baby blanket gift.

 

While Gail, Lee, Nora and I created other projects.

 

We started on Autumn/Halloween canvas art although no one finished theirs in class.
I completed mine later that evening.

My elegant witch canvas art

 Sparkly poofs of silver tulle enhanced her sleeves while strands
of black lace, pumpkin seam binding and black mesh became her skirt.

A bit of silver rick-rack along with a black bat for her belt. 

Most of our day was spent on creating our necklaces from vintage coin purses.

Who knows how long I have been accumulating these sweet purses, but I had acquired about 20 of them.  Along with bits & pieces of vintage beads, jewelry and trims,
we created our beautiful necklaces. 

    Gail's stunning Victorian-style necklace

  Lee's lovely button-trimmed necklace - very fitting as Lee is a button collector

Nora's first necklace - a real beauty in teal, silver & pearls

(work in progress)  

(finished beauty)
 

Nora's second necklace - another real beauty in muted tones.

 And finally, my necklace also done in muted tones including
mother of pearl beads, pearls and of course some rhinestone bling

It was a beautiful day!

 

Mermaid Canvas Art

Ribbon trims of blue flow like waves of water

Pearls adorn her with a crown

Glass beads like sea glass are her wardrobe

Starfish and seashells decor her home

Canvas Art by Tami Hacker 

Click on By the Sea challenge hosted by the Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog to see my mermaid canvas art along with other fun & creative By the Sea creations.  Summertime Fun!