Its almost that time of year again. I have never created a sexy witch, thought I would try my hand at it. I did create an old hag a couple of years ago, and she was alot of fun, like this one, but much different~I am happy with Aggie, hope you like her too. She is for sale on my eBay now. Have a great end of the week everyone! xoxox Christel

~~ Sea Maiden ~~

Hello everyone. I am so pleased with the work I have done here, maybe it's the green...lol but I love her profile, and her blue eyes. I have titled this piece simply..The Sea Maiden
She is available on eBay now. You can go to her auction to see many more photos.

Fairy Wonderland Birds

As I told Penny recently, I had a vision about a bird...not quite this! haha My original plan, (the pink flamingo ) was to create an Alice in Wonderland companion piece with the bird, and Alice...it turned into this! ..I know, Im a bit looney. haha Thats whay I created looney birds  All three birds are listed on eBay now!  Thanks for stopping in xoxo Christel

~ Minnies Magic Garden

Minnies Magic Garden      Just down the path from Storybook Lane, is a  magical little  place known as Happy  Hollow. Tiny gnome houses, filled with plump little gnomes,  are all  lined up in neat little rows.  Mushroom cottages, and their bright colors , sprinkle the  wooded woods, and are filled  with happy little pixies! In one of these Happy Hollow cottages,  lives a sweet tiny  pixie girl. She is considered very special, gifted even....Her name is MINNIE      You see, Minnie has a very special talent. She has  a green thumb.  Actually, Minnie has two green thumbs, and  everything Minnie touches..grows!   Ever since Minnie was just a wee pixie baby,  she could make things grow.  If Minnie threw a stick down on the ground, it would soon grow into a beautiful tree! . Minnie loved flowers and plants for as long as she  could remember, and her dream  was to have her very own garden..a magic garden!                                                  She began planning,  and planting. First she built a sweet  little picket fence, perfect to surround her garden.  gathered up her favorite planting tools,  her basket, the prettiest one ever, and her favorite watering can! Minnies grandma had  given her the can when she was just a wee sprout  herself, and she always watered  everything with it! Grandma said Minnie had the  magic touch, and the water would  help her dream come true!                                                         Minnie then made  her very first yard ornament,  she took an old fence post, and a small  bird house she had built, and wrapped it in wire..not  quite she thought..it needs something!  Ahh yes, perfect, a small sign with her name! Now,  everyone will know, this is Minnies Garden! e      Well, Minnie thought, I should really plant something!  What will be first? She noticed some tiny seedlings  she had planted were beginning to  come up. She though, "I will just pot these three,  and see what grows!  Sure enough, and  in no time at all, she saw three  tiny faces! Wow Minnie thought, I have potted Pixies!       Then Minnie found a small bean pod she had placed  on her garden table, she wondered what the pod would  grow. She stuck her green thumb  in the dirt, and made a hole, she placed the pod in,  and covered it up, she sprinkled a little magic water on it, and out popped a magic bean sprout Sprite!         Minnie saw two red ripe apples on the wagon,  and decided to try to plant the apple seeds. She watered  them, patted down the dirt...and nothing!  Then she remembered the green thumb, "better stick  it in for good measure"  she thought , and to her surprise, and joy, appeared  apple bottomed babies!  Right there in her garden..little fairy babies, with tiny round, apple bottoms!             Minnie had sprinkled so many seeds, and  watered just about every inch of her magical little  garden, that she nearly forgot to check on  the vine she had transplanted. There, next to the  fence had bloomed tiny dancing fairies! They were giggling at her! :)        Right beside the dancing fairies were  the snap dragons she  had sewn, and now they were little  Happy Snap Dragon blooms! :)      As Minnie looked around, her dream had  indeed came true. She had a magical,  and beautiful garden. A true one of a kind garden too!  She could only think of one last thing to plant ..she thought "maybe I will try my thumbs  at a melon patch". So she took one melon,  watered it, and placed it gently on top of a  mound of dirt, and waited..the next  morning Minnie  was all smiles when she saw that  she now had grown her very own Melon Patch Kids!!      Minnies dream had come true, she had  two green thumbs,    and the most beautiful,   magical garden ever!    I had so much fun creating Minnie,  and her accessories!  I Hope you enjoy this magical little story!  Minnie was inspired by my mother,  also named Minnie! Just like my story, my mom can  put a stick in the ground, and magically, it will grow  into something  beautiful! My mom recently gave  me this tiny  watering can, and said maybe  you can use this when you make  a little FaeWee* Funny how sometimes the  smallest things can provide such huge inspiration!  Thank you Mom,  Love Christel Minnie and All her garden pieces will be listed on eBay starting  Thursday evening at 6 pm Central I hope you will go see her auction! eBay button is at the top right of this page!

~~ " Oh Brother " ~~

                                                  
 This art work was a labor of love..not hard work, not at all. It was so much fun to do, and was inspired by the beautiful works of well known artist Rose Lacefield of bb.flockling fame! http://bbflockling.blogspot.com I am always so inspired by her unique talents, her way of adding true "magic" into her pieces, and her storytelling abilities. I sent Rose a message telling her how she inspires me, and she knows how very much I love everything she creates. Although my work by no means compares to Roses , and I would never try to "copy" another artists work, I hope she smiles when she sees these, and is proud that her work inspires so many of us! I hope that you can feel just a little magic too! Thank you sweet Rose for all you inspire, and the magic you create. ~ Christel








                                                             ~~ "Oh Brother " ~~



It began quite simple enough, a normal summer Saturday morning. Millicent, or "Milli" as she was called, got up, ate breakfast, dressed her two very best "friends, Boo, and Critter, then picked out one of her many favorite snazzy outfits, and out the door she bolted!...and yes, just like every other Saturday, there was her little brother, William, or "Willie" as he was called, begging her, "can I ride your bike?"

Millicent was annoyed. Little Willie was always asking to ride her beautiful bike. He couldn't reach the pedals, could barely reach the handlebars, and had to use an old crate as a step to even get up on it and sit, but still, every Saturday, there he'd be, with those big sad eyes, asking..."can I ride your bike?"..and just like every Saturday Milli would say, "Willie, you are to small to ride my bike, you can't even reach the pedals yet!" "Oh 
Brother"

Although annoyed with Willie at times, Millicent was a good big sister, careful not to make little Willie cry, by telling him, "one day he would be big enough, and then he could ride her bike." A simple little sentence, but a huge dream come true for little Willie! Milli always felt a little sad when she left to ride her bike to grandmas house. Leaving little Willie there on the back porch steps, with his best bear buddy Theodore seemed like the best solution she could provide most days.

So off she went, Milli, Boo and Critter. Next stop grandma Rubys house! It was a journey she knew well. Down the long dirt lane, around the corner, cross Mr.Greens pasture, (being ever so mindful of where that bull might be grazing) pass that rickety old fence,around uncle Wilburs barn,  and yes! grandmas back yard, her pretty flower garden, and we are there, grandmas back porch! Milli could smell the shortbread cookies..mmm. Grandma always sprinkled a little extra sugar on Milli and Willis cookies!

Milli was always a good sister, thinking about poor little Willie, at home on the back porch, waiting for her to return, so she made sure to bring back sugar cookies for him every trip! After they had eaten the cookies, Milli would let Willie help her wash her beautiful bike! It was hand painted, all pretty, tied with bows, and ribbons, painted stripes, and polka dots! ("one can never have too many polka dots!") and the best part, was that Milli had done it all by herself! She had fastened two baskets on the back, one for Boo, and one for Critter, so that they could go along with her!  Long ribbons and streamers trailed along behind them, making their mark as she traveled.

Even though it was a pretty summer day, this Saturday was different. Milli could not get poor little William off of her mind, his sad little eyes looking up at her, and his sweet little voice asking.."can I ride your bike?" Milli felt sad that she always had to leave her brother behind.."Oh Brother"she sighed ..

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Milli wondered what she could do..could she fastsen another basket to her bike? One big enough to carry little Willie? No, that would never fit..maybe a wagon to pull behind? No, she couldn't possibly pull a wagon and Boo and Critter too!..."oh Brother"  what could she do?

Just then, as she rounded the corner, to go back home, she remembered the little old scooter...the one uncle Wilbur had ridden when he was just a little boy, the one that was still in the corner of his barn! It had been there as long as Milli could remember, and even years before she was a sparkle in her mommas eye! Surely, uncle Wilbur would let her have it for little Willie..and, there was a small wagon in the barn too..it had a hens nest in it, but we could ask her to move..surely she wouldn't mind..aww but Milli forgot, the wagon had a broken wheel! "....Oh Brother"

Milli told uncle Wilbur about poor Willie, and how she was sad to leave him at home every Saturday, and uncle Wilbur was happy to help Milli, he even fixed the broken wheel on the tiny wagon too!Milli cleaned the little scooter as best she could, she even painted some polka dots on it for Willie! ("one can never have too many polka dots!") Milli was so happy, with uncle Wilburs help, she had found a way to make little Willies dream come true! As she strolled into the yard pulling his brand new, old scooter Willies eyes were as big as saucers!! He saw his dream! It was a bike, just for him!

"Oh Milli, is that for me?" My very own bike? " Milli said, "yes Willie, it is your very own scooter, and a wagon so Theodore can ride along too!" "Uncle Wilbur and I  fixed it up just for you!" Unce Wilbur fixed the rusty old wagon wheel, so it rolls good as new, and I painted your handle bars..and just a few polka dots too! ("you know, one can never have too many polka dots!") Without hesitation, little Willie ran to the scooter, carrying Theodore along, placing him in the wagon. Then he ran back over to his big sister Milli, and gave her a big hug, and a big wet kiss on her cheek,and said "oh sister' you are the bestest big sister in the whole wide world!"  then Milli said once again....."Oh Brother" :)

Milli and Willie are available now on ebay! Thanks so much for coming to visit!

 xoxox Christel

Micro Minis

Asian dollhouse miniature lady

Listed on my ebay now. You can go to her auction to see many more photos.

"YOU IS" Aibileen and Mae

"You is Kind, You is Smart, You is Important" 

Hello everyone! Hope you are all having a great week. I have recreated a favorite scene from the movie The Help here. This is Aibileen, and Mae, hope you like them. For more photos, visit the ebay auction! XOXOX Christel