Framed and hung

It was very exciting to get along to The Playful Market today and see all the fabulous Full Circle pieces on display, including our own works.

I'm hoping the rain didn't affect the takings for the day as there was a huge amount of work done by many to get this event up and running, particularly by this lovely lady.

Here is my piece - that I titled "My joy". 

Enough said really.

Obviously it's my three little chicks in their bathers.

It is stitched from a photo taken near Coffs Harbour in September/October of 2010 and evokes memories of a wonderful family holiday.

This is one of my all-time favourite photos.

Three little 'beach bums'

Here is Miss L with her work - quite hard to photograph as she did a series of needle feltings that she called "Everybody is different".

She's a very wise little girl this one and went about creating this piece all by herself - making each of the faces with different coloured skin, hair or eyes and the top one has freckles (not a bad case of measles..!).

I particularly loved her attention to detail - that she wanted the 'red dot' on the forehead of the "brown skinned lady".

She's a thinker.

I suspect the one second from the bottom is her rendition of herself.

Miss A is a more literal girl, much like her mother!

She stuck with the 'circle' theme and created a bear made of circles - that she called "Circle Bear".

It was stencilled onto the fabric over a few days using different colours and the details she drew on by hand.

Sheridan  you may have helped create a stencilling monster here!

Miss G went with her mixed media collage - also known as 'stick down anything sparkly or pretty that you can find with copious amounts of craft glue'!!

Boy did she have fun making it.

The cleaning up - not so much fun...

She titled her piece "Pizza with a spider".

That's the spider on the left in case you weren't sure.

A reluctant photo from the little miss with her dad.

There were some really lovely pieces of work on display in a huge array of formats including painting, ceramics, organic pieces, sculptural items, live pieces with plants, photography and of course lots of lovely stitched items.

I wasn't fast enough to get my hands on Bron's work of art but I am very pleased it has gone to a lovely new home in NSW!

Well done Wendy - I hope you are putting your feet up now for some well earned rest!

PS - Cam has opened the sign-ups for her Choose Your Own Bag Adventure next month so head on over and put your name down to join in.

Works in progress...

We've been working on our 'Full Circle' projects today.

A variety of mediums were offered and they each chose a different one.

Mixed media collage by the smallest child...

Felt flowers, jewels, fabric and wool scraps with lashings of craft glue!

A series of dry felted/needle felted faces.
We are thinking these will hang in small frames together...

All her own idea... this one fascinates me...

Drawing and fabric prepared for a stencil...

An illustration all made of circles, keeping with the Full Circle theme...

Your entry doesn't have to take weeks or days to put together.
Make a start today and send it in a week, you'll still make the deadline...

Go on, I dare you!

Full Circle

I've been meaning to blog about this special upcoming exhibition for a while now and as time to get your entry together is ticking by - I thought I had better get onto it.

I have very cheekily pinched this from the Playful Market blog as I know Wendy will have all the details correct!!

as part of Ashburton Baptist Church's 

'Playful Market' 
on Saturday 28th July 

... we'd like to invite you to be part of a very exciting 

ARTY project 

for people of all ages, any skill level 

 & from any part of the world... 

 entry forms are ready to go
available from: abcplayfulmarket@gmail.com (or click the link below)
and be sure to include a stamped

self addressed envelope so we can return your art work
or you may decide that you'd like to donate your work for sale
you may enter "FULL CIRCLE" as many times as you'd like
open for all ages ... in fact we a strongly encourage you to involve children & teenagers!!
Please don't hesitate to ask about this adventure
... come on & join in! 

You can get an entry form here and check out a couple of other people's works in progress here and here.

Your entry can be painted, stitched, stencilled, photographed, displayed on a plate, a bike wheel, a circular canvas, in a hula hoop or an embroidery hoop - whatever you like when you interpret the theme of Full Circle.

You still have time - and it's a great thing to do with the kids so get onto it!

Ready to play?!!?

My crafty pal Wendy has been working hard with some friends to organise a market this coming Saturday.

The money raised by the market organisers is going to charities in Indonesia and India as well as to provide support for a number of local community programs.

This is only some of the great stuff on offer - there's also going to be fairy floss - YUM!!

There's a kite making competition too - click here for details.

So here's your chance - come along to the market and enjoy a great family-friendly day and at the same time you will be helping someone else out.

Win-win right!!??

See you there, I hope.