January Pinterest Challenge!!!

Check out our Pinterest Challenge boards!!!  Check it out for some inspiration or to see what the challenge is!!!  The challenge starts this SATURDAY!!!!  See you soon!!!

Let's get our creative on!!!!

http://www.pinterest.com/alteredwing/january-pinterest-challenge/

Create with Wild Abandon,

Kimger

The winners!!!

We Won!! - The Christmas tree Raffle at the Mosaic Marketplace. We were informed of our win by Ginger Mallard of Altered Wing Studios!
We took our Granddaughter, Paige Abbott to what was promoted as a: “Dickens’ themed Holiday artisan market featuring handmade, re-purposed, and vintage wares.” It was staged at Big League Dreams Redding, in the indoor pavilion. The many vendors set up their spaces with much decoration and attention to detail. Each Vendor was part of a beautiful Victorian Marketplace. They were raffling off a 7' pre-lit tree, completely decorated with 150 meticulously made, handmade ornaments; each totally unique and individualized to those who crafted it. Terry and I have not had our own tree for the last 10 years and Terry longingly looked at this ‘Masterpiece’ and bought 3 raffle tickets! Paige commented at the time: “Granny; your house is not big enough!”
The Tree touches our ceiling with more lights than we can count! We are Still in Awe of each ornament we unpack! This Christmas will be; very, very special and we thank each and every one who personally made ornaments! The Love put into each Ornament speaks Volumes of many Good Folks’ CHRISTmas Spirit and our family will feel it for years to come! Especially;This year, in that it is our 40 year wedding Anniversary on Christmas Eve.

Congrats Abbots!!! Thank you ALL for coming out and making this event amazing!!! We had a great time and hope you did too!!                Much Love! Ginger

Fa la la la la…..

….we're all ready and decorated for the holiday season!!! Christmas is stocked and ready for you to shop!!! :)

See you soon!!!

Don't forget Mosaic Marketplace is December 6th!!! 

Create with wild abandon,

Kimger

A Christmas Show is coming…...

…..we are busy preparing for Mosaic Marketplace on Dec 6th 9am-3pm admission is only $5.00!!!  Come to this wonderful show….pencil it on your calendars!! It'll be here before you know it!!! :)

A Shopping Wonderland

Come wander the quaint shops of our Dickens' storybook town. Enjoy live entertainment, sip a glass of wine and savor a bite to eat as you shop for your perfect holiday gifts. Our Victorian marketplace will be filled with an exclusive selection of vintage, handmade, repurposed, and antique wares that you will love.

 www.mosaicmarketplace.net for more details/info.

ALL vendors will be selling handmade items themed all things Christmas!!! Some really wonderful things happening for this event!!! Here's some sneak peeks of the goodness that is going into this event…..don't miss it!!!!!

Also….
come by Altered Wing and check out the beautiful tree (shown below) that is being raffled off at Mosaic Marketplace!! It is a 7 foot cashmere pine tree and we decorated it with approximately 150 handmade ornaments, burlap ribbon and a handmade crown topper. The value is approximately $800. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here. Tickets are 3 for $5 or 8 for $10. 

it's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas…..only 6 more Sunday's until the week of Christmas!!!

Create with wild Abandon,

Kimger

Never Enough Lace

I can simply never have enough lace.  I love it all. I love the textures and designs.  The patterns are endless.  My very favorite is tatted lace.  It is amazing to me how it is so intricate  and patiently made. It's elegant and feminine and I have to have it when I find it at a yard sale.

I enjoy the tablecloths, too.  Complete with food stains...I manipulate them into clothing for a new lease on life. The memories behind the laces and ribbons that we harvest are vast and I often wonder who made them, who gave them and who received them.  Was it wedding gift?  Did a little girl wrap herself up in the white lace tablecloth and dream of the day she would be a bride? Did someones great grandmothers knarled, old hands spends months crocheting this beautiful piece I have laid out on my cutting table? And the gloves...oh, the gloves. What elegant woman wore these leather gloves with pearls hand sewn up the side? Whose tears were dried with the little white hankie that I just sewed into the hem of a garment?

I love it. I love it all.  Each piece I begin to create takes on a life all of its own.  I may think I am leading the creating...I have a idea in my head but then a piece of tatted lace falls to the side in a crooked little way as if to say, "I belong here..." and so I go with it.  I keep layering, lace, buttons, hankies and gloves until I finally SEE it. I stand back and behold the lovely thing that I created. I know it's going to be worn by another elegant lady who appreciates the things from the past and will feel beautiful  while wearing it.

I can never have enough lace, buttons, gloves and hankies.  They are my muse.

Create with Wild Abandon,

Ginger