WELCOME TO MY GYPSY DREAMS...

When I was a small girl, I lived in Bavaria with my Oma and Opa. I often went mushroom hunting with my Opa in the beautiful thick forests...treading over the many kinds of mosses in search of the treasures. I can close my old eyes now and see the beetles and lizards we found and brought home...most of all I can remember the smell of the pine needles and fallen oak leaves. The beds of moss were so soft and felt like pillows. One day my best friend Monika and I decided we would run away and live in the woods like gypsies. I had an old goat cart that would be pulled by the pony we would take along from the neighbors pasture. We would pack it full of blankets and live off the berries and mushrooms we found. Oh I remember the dreams that little girl had...they are still alive and now I enjoy creating them in my artwork...deep down inside we are all little dreamers...and that is a good thing!

FORTUNE TELLERS COTTAGE...

ROMANTIC GYPSY...
this link will show you the magical gypsy vanner horses that once were breed to pull the colorful vans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1JEnzBHPjE&feature=related
this link will inform you about some of the history of the gyspy and more of the wonderful horses http://www.bigskygypsy.com/Gypsy%20History.htm

Thank you dear Celia for letting me hitch my wagon in your beautiful meadow for this lovely get together...

STARGAZY PIE!!!!! FISH CAKE ATC

My friend Wendy sent this most purrrrrfect ATC from Blissful ATC Swap. I just adore it because I love the book THE MOUSEHOLE CAT which features the stargazy pie dish. Thank you so much for this magical ATC Wendy! Stargazy pie is a Cornish dish made of baked pilchards, covered with a pastry crust. The pilchards are arranged with their tails toward the centre of the pie and their heads poking up through the crust around the edge, so that they appear to be gazing skyward. Along with the fish, a typical stargazy pie would contain hard-boiled eggs, bacon, onion and mustard. Many recipe variations around these ingredients exist, some which include boiled potatoes and white wine. All recipes for the stargazy pie are topped with a shortcrust pastry lid, through which the fish heads and even tails protrude.The dish originates from the village of Mousehole in Cornwall, and is traditionally eaten during the holiday of Tom Bawcock's Eve.

VINTAGE COLOR HALLOWEEN ATC FOR MWS...

I made this fun retro Halloween ATC for a swap with MWS...it has three layers to play with...

FUN WITH MIDWEST STAMPERS!

My altered envelopes for a swap with MWS...

This is my August 2012 calender page for my favorite swap with MWS...Lorian Baker hosts this fun swap each year and I am so proud to be a part of it.

LEAVES AND SEASHORE...MY FAVORITE THINGS!

I altered this matchbox with the things that came inside of it. I love how it turned out...I call it the leaves of time. This beautiful matchbox is the first creation of Gerri Herbst who was my partner in the 'Treasures of the Sea" monthly matchbox swap this summer...here is where I display it on top of my favorite picture in my seashore themed powder room...

THE CIRCUS ATC's ARE IN TOWN!

my dear friend Penny created this magical circus trio of ATC's for our Blissful ATC swap...I love all the tiny details she stuffs into these works of art! Below is my favorite art display spot in my house...my kitchen window sill where I can see everything dozens of times a day. double click to biggy and maybe you will find something of yours!

ALTERED DOMINO...

My first attempt at altering a domino...love how it turned out...stamped in purple StazOn and foiled in rainbow...edged with micro beads to match the colors...it flew away to Lesley who loves dragonflies...

GRANDMOTHERS ATTIC BIG MATCHBOX SWAP

This is the pin on the top of the matchbox I made for my partner Wendy at Bliss Angels in this fun swap...it is real old and I love the patina.

I stamped the inside of the drawer with vintage images...

all the vintage treasures I included that I found in my grandmothers attic...

MONTHLY MATCHBOX SWAP JULY/AUGUST

August had the theme of books...this is my matchbox I made for my partner Karen.

I love stamping on printed out images on photo paper. I used a crackle stamp with opalite inks. The bee is a stamped hot glue blob and the book spine metal piece is from a necklace...

I created a tiny book for the drawer with the pretty bird paper wrappers that surrounded yummy chocolates from England.

This is my matchbox I made for my partner Lesley in July...the theme is her favorite things...butterflies

I made a diorama with a real butterfly I rescued from the front of the grill of a semi truck...now forever beautiful in the little drawer.

ARTFULL BAG CHALLENGE...AUGUST/SEPTEMBER

not to early for a little spooky magic in a bag...she is a queen at heart even in all her dry bones!

Last months artful bag swap with Frosted Petunia Anna. Her sweet bag held the tiny ATC treasure...it has the perfect autumn colors I love!

Anna's beautiful bag fairy ATC...I just adore it but could not resist glittering up her sweet wings and hat.

Frosted Petunia Anna hosts this wonderful creative challenge each month...this months theme is paper..."Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones" is the funny bag I created after a pattern of one that she sent me in our last swap where we were to make a bag ATC to swap.

ONE SPOOKY NIGHT...

ONE SPOOKY NIGHT... by augustavindelicorum on Polyvore.com

ARTFUL ATC BAG SWAP WITH FROSTED PETUNIA ANNA

This delightful little bag came from my talented partner Anna...tucked inside was the sweetest ATC with a bag fairy! Oh you should have heard me squeal with delight!!! Thank you Anna for such a wonderful swap...

This is my ATC bag that I made for my partner Anna. She hosts a wonderful ARTFULL BAG creativity each month in different techniques. This is my first time playing along but not my last!!! My little bag is made of vintage fabric and origami folded interior compartments (which I could not resist rubber stamping) to hold tiny treasures like a tea bag, a wee bird book and a cameo. I hope Anna will like the frosted touches to the petunia blossom...I enjoy making art with loving hands and sending it out into the world!

SUMMER OF COLORS...TUTTIE...FROOTIE

TUTTIE...FROOTIE by Augusta Vindelicorum on Polyvore.com

It has been a wild colorful summer thanks to creative dear Kristin who had the vision to reach across the universe and encourage us to gather up some of our best creations to share in celebration of COLOR! I have met so many wonderful artists and thank Kristin for this amazing summer journey!!!
Kristin asked us to create a final colorful cover image for our weeks of art we have created. Tootie Frootie is my cover and all of the weeks of digital art can be seen here in my Flicker Folder. Thank you for your visits, PLEASE watch the short video below and keep creating...it keeps you happy!!