A bed piled high with mattresses and by order of a doubting queen, a small pea lies beneath them all. If the girl felt the pea, she was indeed a princess and worthy of the prince. Princess & Pea 1 (17†x 20â€) – she hardly closed her eyes all night, heaven know what was […]
Author: Carrie
Hello – Joy
Tiny (3.5†x 4.5â€) stitched portraits combine my like of coloring and love of doodle stitching. I can use up lot so neutral(ish) scraps of fabric and practice my free motion stitching. I don’t have an exact purpose for these – except to spread joy and happiness.
Rapunzel 1
Rapunzel looks down from her tower her hair spilling down toward the ground. There the prince, grabs hold hoping to spend some time with is beloved. Rapunzel 1 (13†x 20â€) – Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair
Journals
As part of my art show I also created fairy tale themed journals. Some covers are silk; some are magical trees; others are prints with a fairy tale theme. To keep up with demand from local galleries and customer request, I also made a few non-fairy tale themed journals. I enjoy making the cover for […]
The Light Princess
A princess clad in lilac silk with silk ties on her arms. She is the Light Princess – as in she floats. In this tale the princess is cursed to not be affected by gravity. She floats and so does her personality. She has little care for others and doesn’t see the consequences of her […]
Quilt for Kristin
The Vintage Market fabric line from Riley Blake was so cute that I ordered a fat quarter bundle. I cut each fabric in half to make fat eighth bundles. One bundle was mailed to my friend Kristin, the other half I keep to create a quilt and other goodies for her. It’s taken a while, […]
Sleeping Beauty
When I was thinking of creating Sleeping Beauty, I didn’t want the girl in the bed awaiting her prince charming, I wanted to capture the moment before the spell put her into a deep sleep – her happening upon a spinning wheel inside the castle. Sleeping Beauty (12†x 15â€) – she reached for the […]
Play Pretend
hello joy : : play pretend : : grateful heart : : happy life More notebook covers to inspire creative play and the capturing of joyful moment. Play pretend is resonating with me today – I’m pretending my husband and I are well and not waiting for our bodies to finish battling the virus that […]
Hansel & Gretel
A colorful house in the woods… A brother and sister with handfuls of breadcrumbs… Hansel and Gretel (13†x 17â€) – they found an odd house deep within the woods
Website and Inspiration
After a few years, it was time for a website change. It was a giant puzzle implementing a new theme, but I’m thrilled with the results. One notable change – for those that like to add comments on the site, click the Read More button and the comment form will be displayed. I am smitten […]