http://www.historicthirdward.org/events/sculpturesonice.php
Earl and I decided to take a drive down to the historical third ward in Milwaukee today and see the ICE Sculptures from a contest that took place yesterday! The theme was "Summertime and Livin it Easy". At 10 a.m. on Friday they began sculpting and then at 6 p.m. they had to stop and were judged.
There were not that many participants, but we took a drive to go see the completed pieces in person.

We were able to walk around them. I made Earl get int he shot with the lobster so you could see the size of them. It was dusk and the lights were not on yet.....and to be honest, the ice on the backdrop of our freshly fallen snow makes the pictures less desirable! :( But you will get the idea, as I will try and describe what they are!
Top to Bottom:
1. Flip Flop (tong) heel at bottom with a guy with sombrero kicked back on top.
2. Guy on top of tong, close up.
3. Bear laying back on a like a floaty with a drink on his tummy.
4. Artist drawing laying in snow of dog, who will be naughty are get someones bikini top.
5. Dog holding bikini top in mouth.
6. Palm trees, with a boat pulled up to island and hammock set up between trees!
7. Beautiful sun wearing sunglasses and woman kneeling and reaching an arm up sort of hugging sun rays.
8. Earl and lobster.
9. Lobster with tail at bottom and holding a nice drink in his claw.
10. Lobster
11. Lobster
12. Not sure what this is, even seeing it in person. I saw a face in it.
13. This is my favorite if I were judging. It is a boy fishing, leaning against a tree, with a bird at the top and a dog next to him and a distance away there is a fishing line and he is catching a boot......heheheh.
14. More of boy fishing, great detail.
15. Boy fishing
16. Lastly, our city tree is still up, so I snapped a shot, and there is an ice sculpture there with two random people looking at it. :)
This was fun to do, but it was COLD out. Brrrrrrrr! And I wish that I had seen it when the sun was out.....we were too cold to stay until the lights came on. I bet they look beautiful with a light shining.
They are supposed to reveal the winners on Monday at the link above this post. Click on the pictures to enlarge and see them better.
They were all really neat and I teased Earl that him and I should do one next year! Haaaaaahehehe!

You know, art is not just for the walls any more!
A friend of mine,
Nina Owens, is going to be doing her FLOOR with tons of vintage papers.
You heard me right, vintage papers, ledger sheets, music sheets, foreign text.......and she is adding some collaged papers to it as well! Is that not the coolest thing?? It was a neat project to join in on. Obviously, I did not put anything dimensional or 3d on it at all, as it will be walked on! :) I wanted you to see the sheet close up though, really fun I think!

Imagine an art room with a floor like that! Sounds like heaven to me! Maybe I will do my DOOR that way, she is getting my mind rolling!
Anyways, here are some sheets I am sending her along with the one vintage doctor ledger paper that I collaged for her! I cannot wait to see how her floor comes out!

Rufio says "Hello" to start the New Year (and wonders if you would give him a treat if he gave you this face?)! His hair is longer because we want him to be warm enough in winter with his own winter coat, so he is a bit shaggy, but none the less..........cute cute cute! :)

Merry Christmas!
This is Earl and Rufio and me wearing our festive hats for you! haaaaahehehe! Rufio is none to happy about it. I am taking the picture too, so over all, this came out pretty well. Earl's hat is a Star Trek hat with Spock Ears, mine is Tinkerbelle (you really cannot see it) and Rufio's, well is like an elf and includes a collar too! He was happy when we were done! Haaaaaaahehehe!

This sweet Reindeer card was made by Marcy Hudziak! I just love it! You can also see it on my Christmas card tree below! :)

Don't you love it when you have talented artsy friends?  These beautiful pieces(card and wall hanging) were created by Barb Head, she is always thinking of me and sends me beautiful one of a kind pieces to make my day!

 This beautiful ornament below was made by Marcy! My tree is filled with handmade artful ornaments this year and it brings such a fun tone to the tree and my heart!!!!!!

 The Holidays are Happier with Art from Friends!!!!!

Day 12-Terry Pritzel created a peace bird collaged with sequins and paints and beautiful feathers for the tail! You can visit Terry here......

http://theravenswhim.blogspot.com/

 Day 13-Pat Winter created a sweet little pin that is filled with lavendar! She is an amazing sew talent and created this little pin with lace, and hand beading and roses. Just wonderful!!!!! You can see Pat's sweet talents here...
http://www.gatherings100.blogspot.com/



These are the beautiful steampunk dollie ornies from Linda Morgan-Number 11! I just love these unique beauties! FUN!!!!! Her blog is here, give her a visit!
http://purplecatcards.blogspot.com/

Hope Clinchot Number 9, made these beautiful face pins surrounded by lovely layers of pretty fabric and lace. :) She hand painted the face! This will add a special touch to a scarf or jacket for sure! visit Hope here....http://www.fibermixedmedia.com/profile/Hope

Cookies made by Amber and me this year! YUM!

Number 8---Corrine Gillman....she created this handmade paper garland for our trees or it would even look beautiful on a fireplace mantel or hanging up anywhere! It is different beautiful papers tied off with ribbons and buttons. Clever and unique! Thans Corrine...you can visit her blog to see more of her creations here.....

http://www.dosfishes.blogspot.com/

This unique and special little vintage thread spool was created by Terri Lightfoot-Number 10. It has Christmas music sheet and glitter,vintage buttons and glorious glimmer and shine! You can visit Terri here.....http://lostartcreations.typepad.com/

This swap has been a wonderful Joy, having something artsy to open every day for 13 days! Thanks so much to fun artists who played in this swap. I have really enjoyed it!

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

MERRY CHRISTMAS to me! Hehehehe!

Day Seven is Vivian Neroni's ornament. He is adorable and Viv has given our teree a bit of whimsey with her skinny snowman! Heheheh! He is handmade and his tall felt hat and painted face gives him perfect personality! Thanks Vivian!!!!

You can see Vivian's blog here.....

http://vivs-whimsy.blogspot.com/

http://www.m-is-for-martha.blogspot.com/
Day 6 was from the lovely Martha Brown. Her link is above!
She created a beautiful glass ornmaent with the theme JOY, on one side and the other
has the detailed message! It can be hung either way and it is gorgeous!
Thank you Martha!!!!!

Day 5 was my ornament, a fabric cone, made from cheesecloth, vintage music sheets, flowers, lace, perarl and some free motion stitching. It was such a fun thing to make and the girls have given it wonderful reviews! That made me smile! :)

These are the cute vintage candy dream ornaments from Leslie Brier.
http://www.brierdesignstudio.blogspot.com/
What a sweet little vintage inspiration and such fun!

I am enjoying these little ornaments so! :)

The 13 Days of Christmas continues!!!! What fun!
Here is the ornament from the talented Elizabeth Woodford.

http://elizabethcreates.blogspot.com/

She made a beautiful vintage cone from a hand dyed vintage table cloth that she also did a sun print on it(you can see more of the sun printing on her blog, link above). The lace and velvet are all from old vintage items, repurposed as well as the buttons........Gorgeous!!

I am one lucky girl with a fun artsy tree!!!!!!!!!!!!

Day five is my ornament, that will be tomorrow!

This is ornament number TWO from the talented and very kind Mary Zimany!
http://myonceuponamuse.blogspot.com/
This is an altered tin done with alcohol inks and stamping and the inside is done with wonderful fabric art, sweet stitches and glitter. There is a handmade off white rose on a velvet ribbon for the finishing touches!!!!! Spectacular! Thank you Mary! This is ornament Number One from Barb Burkard!
http://www.123lavenderlollipoplane.blogspot.com/
She made a beautiful image of the snowman on transparency and rolled it and inserted it into this glass ball. She made a bow, with a darling soft bell and filled the ball with darling gems and stones that sparkle and shine! Just beautiful! She also made each of us a lovely fabric cuff!!!!! So exciting and thank you Barb!!!

A sweet friend Elizabeth, http://elizabethcreates.blogspot.com/

invited me to join a 12 Days of Christmas Swap for little ornaments. If you have never participated in one, you create 12 pieces to swap out and mail them to the hostess! You are assigned a number and wrap up your ornament and label it. I was number FIVE! The hostess swaps the packages back and you open ONE a day for 12 Days! Well, we had 13 participants, the more the merrier and we could not start to open on the 1st of December because some packages went out of the country. Long story short, the FUN HAS COMMENCED!!!!!!!!!!!! We have opened day one and day two! BOTH are fantastic ornaments from talented artful girls! :) If you want to see more detailed pictures of their ornaments, visit their websites, links above. They have some great shots of them!