Tree Trimmer

This sweet thing is pausing to catch his breath on a long trip searching for tree trimmings. He managed to score a bit of tinsel this time around. He has just the spot in mind where he plans to put it on the tree by his home. This atc was made for my swap partner for the Christmas atc swap hosted by http://babycakescornbreadkidsswapatccards.blogspot.com/

Goodies for my swap partner

Well I made an a.t.c. and a paper doll although there really isn't any paper anywhere on her!
Party Girl, the skeleton dressed up for a party, has real lichen on her hair (ahem, she has no hair) decoration.

Sweetie (aka sweet tooth) loves Halloween. He plans his trick or treat route months ahead of time and makes a map to follow. The more candy the better he thinks.

Halloween Swap Fun

I'm just dreaming up what I am going to make to send to my swap partner. Thanks Sandra for hosting this fun swap! Hugs, Norma

Madam

Madam pauses for a moment to reflect upon what she will be writing in her journal. What she doesn't write is as important as what she does. Sometimes it is important to figure out what not to say; as important in fact, as figuring out what to say. Oh it's all a puzzle isn't it?

The 'Bones' clan

Mrs. Bones and her neice have been invited to a big shindig. It's a family reunion celebrating an anniversary of some sort from what I can gather. Mrs. Bones and me stumbled upon each other at the second hand store (one of my favorite haunts). It was dark in there...and musty...and I was about to give up my search for the perfect skirt when around the corner comes Mrs. Bones wearing the most interesting hat. Well we struck up a conversation and apparently she was on her way to a party. She was just looking for something to perk up her dress.
What happened was, she had lost her invite to the party and couldn't remember the address so had been going around to all of the houses in the neighborhood where she thinks she remembers the party being 100 years ago, and nobody would help her. Luckily she came across the party when she heard her neice's voice laughing. But when she knocked on the door she realized that in her travels she'd mussed up her dress. So she came to the second hand store.
She told me a story about Bones' cousin who had the most beautiful wings that she'd ever seen. Apparently there is a wing rental place that give free flying lessons and instructions for special manoeuvering. Well I hope they have a nice party.

Tea with Marie

Fayette, true to her name (little fairy) is spirited this day. You see, later in the afternoon she's been invited to tea with Marie and she's had the dresser design a special tea pot skirt for her. This was a month ago and Fayette has just put it on. She's also decided to wear her sailing ship wig for the occasion.
Oh won't Marie be surprised!

Sepia rosepetals and Black lace

I don't recall exactly what she said her name was...she told me...something beginning with an F. Maybe Flora. As I sit sipping tea on the patio, she came to mind because a waft of Jasmine from the vine next door drifted past on its' way to Cambridge Street. Flora lived on Cambridge Street. She used to sit out on the porch clutching her Bible and letting herself drift...like the scent of Jasmine drifts. She didn't seem to mind if people noticed her drifting. The kind of not minding that comes with the grace of old age. I never asked what her daydreams contained but would offer her freshly made tea and bouquets of Jasmine.
The atc paper doll is my visual of what I remember. It's traded at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fantasticflat_paperdolls/
The card depicts a woman in the winter of her life holding a bible containing sepia colored rosepetals; her skirts contain technicolor memories of black lace from the springtime in her life.