Tuesday, November 30, 2010

~Sugar Plum Fairy ~


Hello everyone! I hope you are having a great week so far. I am so excited to show you this fairy.You know, different people see things differently, so she may not impress some of you as she has me. I have spent quite a lot of time with her too, so that has made her near and dear to my heart. This past weekend I completed four miniature sugar plum fairies as ornaments, They were inspired by this very large sculpt. I had a vision of her, and believe it or not, she turned out exactly as I envisioned! That is a rare thing at my table. Usually, I will get an idea, or be inspired to create something, and part way through, the vision will change, almost as if the doll has a mind of it's own! So many times I begin with a girl, who turns out to be a boy! (smiles) This sculpt is 9 inches tall, very large for me compared to the tiny FaeWees and the tiny ornaments ( I will show those in a later post) So without further babbling...I would like to show you my version of a Sugar Plum Fairy! She will be listed on eBay tonight, and will end Sunday night. xoxoxo Christel












Sunday, November 28, 2010

I think I got this...

Ok maybe I finally have figured this out..lol well thanks to Samm, once again, I'm telling you people, this is the lady to "go to" no, no, wait, shes MY go to gal! Thank you Samm, you're a real doll Luv U Hopefully, you will see the rest of the FaeWees listed on ebay


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More Yultide fun...



there are actually eight new FaeWees listing on eBay tonight at 6 pm central time, but I am having SO many problems with uploading pictures to my blog lately. These three pictures took over 3 hours to upload!!!! Hope you will go take a peek at all of them on ebay tonight! xoxox Christel

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

The Little Match Seller

The Little Match-Seller


by

Hans Christian Andersen

(1846)

T was terribly cold and nearly dark on the last evening of the old year, and the snow was falling fast. In the cold and the darkness, a poor little girl, with bare head and naked feet, roamed through the streets. It is true she had on a pair of slippers when she left home, but they were not of much use. They were very large, so large, indeed, that they had belonged to her mother, and the poor little creature had lost them in running across the street to avoid two carriages that were rolling along at a terrible rate. One of the slippers she could not find, and a boy seized upon the other and ran away with it, saying that he could use it as a cradle, when he had children of his own. So the little girl went on with her little naked feet, which were quite red and blue with the cold. In an old apron she carried a number of matches, and had a bundle of them in her hands. No one had bought anything of her the whole day, nor had anyone given her even a penny. Shivering with cold and hunger, she crept along; poor little child, she looked the picture of misery. The snowflakes fell on her long, fair hair, which hung in curls on her shoulders, but she regarded them not.



Lights were shining from every window, and there was a savory smell of roast goose, for it was New-year’s eve—yes, she remembered that. In a corner, between two houses, one of which projected beyond the other, she sank down and huddled herself together. She had drawn her little feet under her, but she could not keep off the cold; and she dared not go home, for she had sold no matches, and could not take home even a penny of money. Her father would certainly beat her; besides, it was almost as cold at home as here, for they had only the roof to cover them, through which the wind howled, although the largest holes had been stopped up with straw and rags. Her little hands were almost frozen with the cold. Ah! perhaps a burning match might be some good, if she could draw it from the bundle and strike it against the wall, just to warm her fingers. She drew one out—“scratch!” how it sputtered as it burnt! It gave a warm, bright light, like a little candle, as she held her hand over it. It was really a wonderful light. It seemed to the little girl that she was sitting by a large iron stove, with polished brass feet and a brass ornament. How the fire burned! and seemed so beautifully warm that the child stretched out her feet as if to warm them, when, lo! the flame of the match went out, the stove vanished, and she had only the remains of the half-burnt match in her hand.



She rubbed another match on the wall. It burst into a flame, and where its light fell upon the wall it became as transparent as a veil, and she could see into the room. The table was covered with a snowy white table-cloth, on which stood a splendid dinner service, and a steaming roast goose, stuffed with apples and dried plums. And what was still more wonderful, the goose jumped down from the dish and waddled across the floor, with a knife and fork in its breast, to the little girl. Then the match went out, and there remained nothing but the thick, damp, cold wall before her.



She lighted another match, and then she found herself sitting under a beautiful Christmas-tree. It was larger and more beautifully decorated than the one which she had seen through the glass door at the rich merchant’s. Thousands of tapers were burning upon the green branches, and colored pictures, like those she had seen in the show-windows, looked down upon it all. The little one stretched out her hand towards them, and the match went out.



The Christmas lights rose higher and higher, till they looked to her like the stars in the sky. Then she saw a star fall, leaving behind it a bright streak of fire. “Someone is dying,” thought the little girl, for her old grandmother, the only one who had ever loved her, and who was now dead, had told her that when a star falls, a soul was going up to God.



She again rubbed a match on the wall, and the light shone round her; in the brightness stood her old grandmother, clear and shining, yet mild and loving in her appearance. “Grandmother,” cried the little one, “O take me with you; I know you will go away when the match burns out; you will vanish like the warm stove, the roast goose, and the large, glorious Christmas-tree.” And she made haste to light the whole bundle of matches, for she wished to keep her grandmother there. And the matches glowed with a light that was brighter than the noon-day, and her grandmother had never appeared so large or so beautiful. She took the little girl in her arms, and they both flew upwards in brightness and joy far above the earth, where there was neither cold nor hunger nor pain, for they were with God.



In the dawn of morning there lay the poor little one, with pale cheeks and smiling mouth, leaning against the wall; she had been frozen to death on the last evening of the year; and the New-year’s sun rose and shone upon a little corpse! The child still sat, in the stiffness of death, holding the matches in her hand, one bundle of which was burnt. “She tried to warm herself,” said some. No one imagined what beautiful things she had seen, nor into what glory she had entered with her grandmother, on New-year’s day.







Available on eBay now, ends Sunday night.

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Ho Ho Ho Here they come...






Here are a few of the very first Christmas FaeWees I am creating!I have created these nine so far. It was so much fun imagining a FaeWee Christmas, and all that will keep them busy. If you visit my ebay, you can see many more pictures of them all! The auctions at EBAY begin at 6 pm central time on Sunday.Have a great week everyone, hope you are all getting into the Holiday spirit! xoxox FaeWee Blessings, Christel

Monday, November 15, 2010

FaeWees and a House!








Hi everyone, I hope you have a great week. I created more FaeWees, a sweet little mermaid, and even a FaeWee house this week! See more pictures at ebay!  Thanks for stopping in to see me, I always love hearing from you all! FaeWee Blessings, Christel

Monday, November 8, 2010

Ornaments arrived!

 
what a pleasant surprize! In todays mail, my ornaments from the swap over at Cindys!!! Cindy is so generous, and wrapped them with such care too! Tha packages were even decorated! This very special angel came bearing the gift of friendship, with such a sweet note from Cindy! I love this card, isn't she just sweet?

 The three ornaments are so different, and each just delightful! The first, is this oh so cute primative reindeer made by Cyndy and Mary over at CRAFTYSTITCHERS! He's so cute, look at his tiny antlers! The second was this very lovely Victorian shoe, so delicate, and pretty. It is hard to see in the pictures, but it has a beautiful scroll design in the foil, as well as intriquite hand painting, and the pastel pink tassle tops it off. It was created by Deborah at Debs Vintage Soul

A third ornament  will take a special place on my tree this year. Not many know, but I lost a son to a tragic accident in 1993, he was eight years old. It has been since then, and still now a tradition to place at least one angel on our tree each year for Howard Lee. This beautiful little wire angel will be among those! It was created by Cindy herself! Thank you so much Cindy, it was such fun particapating in this swap, I can't wait to do it again next year!please visit Cindy here ThinmblePrims Studio again, thank you to everyone who created these beautiful ornaments! xoxo Christel