A few new creations *from Altered Whimsey*

I have worked on a few new items and have them added to the shop. Feel free to check them out at http://alteredwhimsey.etsy.com/

I am very happy with the turn out of the items. I sort of just started the decorative box project on a whim of wanting to create SOMETHING yesterday and thats what the outcome was hee hee :) I really love the vintage image that I chose to use,its one of my very favorite images.... and I was very surprised at how everything fit together so well. I had a bit of a disaster when I first started the project as I was attempting to use vellum *ps never use vellum printouts and then glaze the finished product* That is just what I attempted to do, the image was a totally different one printed on vellum. I have had some good items come out of that technique but this one wasnt very good. The new gel medium I have for glazing actually made the vellum start disintegrating and the ink from the printout started smearing together and bleeding... it was a nightmare of a mess. I was basically back to square one by the end of that stunt *lol* So I learned a valuable lesson, but it must of happened for a reason because I came out with an even greater product when I was finished. =D

The other item that I have added is an altered domino necklace, I already posted about it here, but I thought I would share the new picture of it... I had my sister do the modeling for this item. I havent really created jewelry that much but I did want to show how it would look being worn and also the actual size and things. I think she did a great job for the photo and I really appreciate her help. Maybe in the future if I decide to create more *depending on the success of this one* she could model some more for me. But again thats in the future.

I do hope to start drawing or painting some more items soon... I have an idea swimming in my mind about a 3 part painting that I want to attempt... but I havent gotten the nerve up just yet. Soon though, Im sure! Stay tuned for more updates and news to come! Thanks for stopping bye! ~Andrea~