Preparing for the Craft Show in Oct.

Photography is not my talent.  I love taking 

pictures, but they don't seem as wonderful as 

when others take them.

I wanted to show the 4 colors of angels I have.

Lizbeth Summer Fun, Cotton Candy, 

Tropical Punch, and Blue Ice.
I currently have 5 angels ready.

 I bought artificial wreaths years ago to add tatting 

to, but have procrastinated A LOT!!!

Well, the garland was done a long time ago, 

the snowflakes on and off a long time ago, 

the snowman were bought when the wreath was, 

and I just got the ribbon for the bow.

 I am second guessing the bow now.  The blues are 

so different, yet all the blues are different.
I made the bow yesterday.

 Hoping you can see all the little pieces.

Any opinions on the bow??  Should I look for 

another blue ribbon that could be a better match??
The wall is actually cream colored, but the sun is 

coming through the blinds to the left of this and 

I can't get better pictures.

Have a wonderful day and hopefully some tatting 

too!!!  :)

Tatting....

I had an idea and wanted to have it for a Christmas 

greeting here, but as you can tell it didn't happen.

I wanted to tat my own idea of a wreath.

Here is what I have-I quit and will try to improve 

it later!!!  It looks ok, but doesn't lay as I want it to. 

It's size 40 Lizbeth Christmas Green with 3 different 

sized picots randomly tatted along.  I wanted the it 

to look like pine needles of various sizes.  I like the 

look but my chains aren't correct, and I should have 

had lots more seed beads and in more colors.

 The decorations on the wreath came from the package 

pictured below.  I got it to make earrings out of those 

tiny cookie cutters, and I thought those tiny buttons 

would be great decorations for the wreath idea-which 

as you see I added a bead to the top of for a little sparkle.

 I found a small motif I tatted(not sure what it was for) 

and thought it would make a great back for an Ice 

Drop-yep it does.  This is the front using my regular 

size 40 stitch count from Diane's basic Ice Drop.

 And this is the motif.  Pretty huh?  I love it!!

I think I might try to figure out the stitch count 

and see if I can make others in better colors!!!

Hope you are having a wonderful tatting filled day!!  :)