BNOTP Inspired !

Well don't you just love it when you see something and darn, you know you will  never  find one. 

This was in the  back  of my thoughts as I was walking through  HomeGoods  the other day and saw this.  

Busted,  I was there again.

Guess what I saw ?

  

A  picnic cloche !

I should probably call in  a  dome.  Cloche is such a big word for something under 5 dollars.

I bought 4 of them. 

A little  plane? 

 So here is Miss Susans...
From her blog Between Naps On the Porch

Isn't so cute... adorable..  cookies  too !!

So  here is what I did.. 

Looked at Susan's again, got hungey and ate an  oreo !

Got  on  Ebay and found these. 

A ren't they cute!

The bee....

And  the  dragonfly of coarse ...

Then I had to  wait  because they were coming from China !

China !  What was I going to do while I waited.

Trash to Green Treasure

I picked this up at a junk sale.

They  were going to throw it away. The leg was broken off and the handle had  snapped off.   The owner said it wasn't of any use to her. 

Not perfect ! 

Look at this tray ! 

It's huge.

And it lifts off the bottom so you can  use  it on a table top.

So I glued it  back  together.

Sanded, Primed and Painted

You can see the very  broken  handle here.

Here is some of the  detail
This leg  looks  bad but is very sturdy still.

Fiber Artist Expresses Her Journey With Lyme Disease Through Art

This is my friend Sidsel who lives in Norway. On her Blog Kill That Lyme you can see she does amazing things with scraps of paper or fabric, her needle and her hands. She has been suffering from Chronic Lyme Disease for may years, a very hard disease to treat. It's rare that you see someone able to express themselves through art in this manor.

We get a look at a life changing day. Don't we all have that one moment in our lives we would like to go back to and change. The one second that will change our lives forever. I know I have many good moments like this, that changed my life in very good ways, however I will never know the day I was bit and infected with Lyme. For this I think I'm thankful. I would not want good memories with my family or friends to be taken from me in this way. To see a larger version of this picture here is a link Isn't this amazing !!

This doll of herself made me cry. It is such an honest picture of what pain and suffering looks like. To brighten the mood a lot, we have surrounded Sidsel with love from far away. Support groups becoming one of the most important tools for a person with Lyme. So from far, I send Sidsel hugs and joy to make her day just a little better.

One of Sidsel's many self portraits, she shows herself with three doctors that for the most part are telling her they can't treat her. Many of us have had this happen to us during our treatment of this disease. Notice the doctor laughing at her. There is much mental pain caused by the very people who are suppose to help us.

This is titled At The Haunted Castle Of Southern Sweden. She describes in a fairy tail like story about how she came to get Lyme Disease. Made with paper this striking pretty scene looks to be beautiful and flower filled until you notice the black cloud in the horizon. There are some black dots in the garden I believe may be ticks.









Sidsel Has over 80 pieces to post. I hope you can take a second visit her and leave her some comments. She does very well in English !


A small preview of what is to come....

I bet you can't wait to hear the story of this through Sidel's eyes.



A little something else about Sidel, She likes HATS !! Here she is in this matching outfit, I'm now wondering if she made it herself?

And once again...

To you Sidel from faraway.... Love you !!!