Needle Felting a pet for an American Girl Doll

A Basset Hound for Kit

Meet "Molly" my newest  needle felted creation.  She turned out really cute and my grand daughter, Aria, is pretty happy with her and so am I.

Why Molly was created::

Before Christmas The American Girl company opened up an American Girl pop-up store in downtown Portland, Oregon and my daughter-in-law, granddaughter and I went together on the new MAX line to check it out and do some shopping.  Aria had saved her own money and had a shopping list of accessories for her doll Kit that she was hoping to be able to buy at the store.

If you are not familiar with American Girl Dolls.....let me tell you...they have quite the following and have been around long enough to have generations of enthusiasts.  Older, special edition dolls are highly collectable.

 The dolls are very well made and have the most amazing accessories to go with them.  You can have a doll that looks like you, hair color, eye color, glasses, dental head gear, or even a wheelchair.  Every year there is a special edition collectable doll and there are also "Forever" dolls that represent different girls from American history and ethnicity and come with their own book that tells their story.   All the dolls are very expensive and the cost of all the wonderful little things that go with them adds up FAST!!!! The quality, however, is very high and the attention to all the little details is amazing.

The American Girl pop-store was at Pioneer Square in downtown Portland and the MAX dropped us off right in front of the store.  The store was filled with little girls clutching their dolls with their moms and grandmothers so we fit right in.

Aria has four American Girl Dolls.  One of which she purchased with her own money....Kit.  Kit is a "Forever" doll who is a girl reporter from the 1930's era.  Aria was wanting to buy Kit's camera and  typewriter sets and she did ...with her own money.  Her mom and I proceeded to pick out things for Kit too (and things for Aria's other dolls as well).  Aria made quite a haul that day and was so excited to get back to the house and play with everything.

Back to needle felting::

The doll Kit has a pet Basset Hound and there was one in the store.  It was a basic, simple little stuffed animal that cost quite a bit for what it was.  I said "Grandma can make you a better one".
So,  I have finally done it and made good my promise.

Here's Aria with Kit and Molly.....and a big smile.   Molly turned out really well but needed accessories of her own, so I made a dog bed, with a pillow and Aria put a "M" on it,  I made a bone (every dog should have one) and Aria made a ball so Molly would have a toy too.

Molly the Basset Hound with bed, bone and ball.

Here's that beautiful smile again.  I think she is really happy with how everything worked out.  We chose the purple/ off-red color combination because Aria was not sure if the dog should be male of female.  She settled on the name Molly....so  IT"S A GIRL"

Molly has sewn in glass eyes, short wrinkled legs and very big feet.  I made a wire armature first and felted the figure in all white around the armature in order to give the figure stability and keep the proportions right.  There is pink on the inside of the ears and two shades of brown with black roving that overlays the white body to create the markings.

Because the figure was felted over a wire armature it is slightly posable....especially the tail.  The whole project took about 5 hours.

Here's a picture of Kit in her bed with her look-alike mini doll (yes, even the dolls have dolls!) and her faithful Basset Hound, Molly in her very own bed with bone
and ball.   So Cute!

Happiness is ...spending time together & creating together....most of all....making memories together

Hope Life is being sweet to you and may all your creations bring smiles as great as this one.

Love to all,
Margaret

Art at Grandma & Grandpa's house

My husband and I are both artists and we are so blessed and sooooo very lucky to be at a place in our lives where it all has come together.  We are, as we call it,  "semi-retired", which means we are still working but not at full-time mainstream jobs.  We have a studio attached to our house that is full of light and all the supplies we might need at our fingertips.  It is our creative sanctuary, a place where we can, and do, create messes and it doesn't matter, we just let the creative juices flow....we can just shut the door and go back to it the next morning....We Love It!!

 Our primary blessing is time....time to do what we want, that allows us to explore our own creativity also be able to spend time with our grandchildren helping them to explore their creativity when they come to visit.  At our house we can -do fiber arts-create sacred objects (Goddess Eggs)- color pencil-airbrush-fused glass- painted fused glass -oil paint-pastels- jewelry making/beading-woodworking.....a wonderland of art.

This past week we have had the joy of a visit by our grand daughter, Ahshayla, who is 10 years old, and, of course, she wanted to do art.  She definitely had an agenda....create an egg for her daddy and learn how to draw faces.  I took up the "create an egg" assignment and Papa Raffy was assigned the "draw a face" lesson.

To make an egg with a child is an interesting process.  First step is to choose an appropriate egg.  I generally like the to use a goose egg.  It's a nice big size that is easy for a small hand to hold.  The eggs at the top of this picture are goose eggs.  Look how small they look next to the ostrich and emu eggs underneath them!!  The really big eggs like ostrich and emu, take way to many stones an are really to big for children to handle easily.

Next, we pick out the stones and rhinestones that we will be using.  This is pretty difficult and takes some time because kids want to use a little bit (or a lot) of everything.  Also, since we try and coordinate the gems with the color of the egg....editing is required.

Here is Ahshayla painting her egg.  She decided on a metallic blue egg with silver accents.  She chose Peacock Rock, blue chaton rhinestones and AB flatback Swarovski rhinestones for a super sparkly hit.

She did a very nice job painting the egg.  The hardest part of the painting process is waiting for the paint to dry between coats and making sure it is dry enough before going to the next step.

 While waiting for the paint to dry Ahshayla would head straight to Papa Raffy (aka grandpa) to make sure he was going to be available for an art lesson on drawing faces as soon as the egg was complete.  I think she was making sure he would be ready and not get into another project and perhaps put her off.....HA!  like that would happen!


  She did prayers that went inside and she chose a white glittery little flying dove to go into the center of the egg to represent Peace and Love.  At long last her gift for her daddy was complete.  She was very happy with how it turned out.  I think she did a great job.

Finished egg...Blue goose egg set with peacock rock and rhinestones

Now it was grandpa's turn to continue with the creativity and his "draw faces" lesson.  I got out all the paper needed and my big set of color pencils.  They set up for the lesson on the kitchen table because although we have a large studio...it is currently filled with glass for a big church widow painting job that Raphael is working on.

Raph is a very good teacher.  He is patient and very clear with his directions.  It helps that all our grandchildren are very good listeners too.  (they are perfect you know).  Anyway, he carefully explained how to figure out where eyes go, how far apart they should be, where the nose begins and ends, how big ears really are and where they should be placed, how far up on the forehead eyebrows are and where shadows show up on the planes of a face.  Ahshayla took it all in and, hopefully, will remember it, but if not, there will be more art lessons in the future.

The head you see in the background is me working on my own little drawing.

My daughter, Ahshayla's mother, decided we needed a snack

and made popcorn which was greatly appreciated.  She makes the best popcorn EVER.  We loved it until the black paper came out and greasy fingers became a problem.

following grandpa's directions

As you can see, she is doing pretty well.  It is so much fun to watch as things start to come together for them.  Like most children, she didn't really think she could draw anything as good as grandpa's, but the reality is....he is in his 70's and has been an artist his whole life...practice-practice-practice- he did not have a parent or grandparent to help when he was as young like her.  He did go to an Art High School in New York City where he grew up.  That's something most of us do not have an opportunity to do.   He is a professional artist that has made his living with his art all his life.  Extraordinary!

None of our grandchildren may grow up to be professional artists, but they can have the amazing experience and freedom to learn about art and explore their creativity with different mediums in our  house/studio with us there to provide the materials and the guidance.  What a gift for us to be able to spend that kind of time with them,  That's the biggest blessing of all.

Grandpa's drawing

Ahshayla's drawing

 Ahshayla's drawing is real, fresh and exciting.  She followed his directions and, I think, learned a great deal.  For certain, we all had a great time together.

art lesson with Papa Raffy (aka grandpa)





FUN FUN FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Love to all

GODDESS Needle Felting Tutorial

Bevy of needle felted Goddesses

I love needle felting Goddesses.  These lovely ladies are soft, sweet, feel nice in your hand and hold  blessing and prayers intended to facilitate connection to your highest expression of self.  Inside each Goddess there is a pinch of lavender for sweetness,  rose petals for beauty, a piece of snake skin for transformation and a tobacco prayer.

"Grandmother, nurture me.  Grandfather, empower me.  May I be held in the embrace of All That Is, protected and supported, living a life of joy, health, prosperity, piece and love."

To start with, everything is smudged (passed through smoke from burning sage) to purify and clear. It also helps me to focus and move into the state of consciousness needed to create a sacred object.  The goddesses are created as sacred objects that are intended to be placed on a personal altar or perhaps used instead of a "talking stick" at a women's circle.  

Things to go into the Goddess and the White Sage smudge

The next step is to take a little bit of wool, smudge it, and place a pinch of lavender, rose petals, a little piece of snake skin (optional) or whatever you might like to put in your Goddess onto the wool and finally, the tobacco holding your prayer or intention.  The wool is then folded around the items and needled into a roundish packet.  This little packet of energy will be put inside the Goddess.  I try and get it around where her tummy will be if possible.

 Now we start forming the body shape of the Goddess. which is basically somewhat off a cone shape.  I wind the roving around itself creating the cone shape....until it is about 4-5 inches in length and 2-3 inches in circumference at the top and going to a fat point at the opposite end.  Needle the wool a little bit so it will hold it's shape and won't come apart.  Once you have your basic shape, push the packet with the prayer down into the center of the cone, pull the wool over the top and needle felt the wool on the top until it is no longer open.

This is the basic rough cone shape....don't worry... it will get better...we're just getting started!

Here's the packet going into the cone.  Push is way in...much farther than I am showing here.

Next up...adding a head.  Roll a small amount of wool into a ball and then wrap another piece of wool around it and hold it tight at the base of the ball.  Needle at the base to hold it together and a little bit across the entire circle too.

Now you should have a ball with a fluffy bottom.  It's that fluffy bottom bit that will be the wool that

attaches the head to the body.  

Spread the wool and center the head onto your body shape and needle it in.  Be sure and run the needle through the top of the head into the body and angle the needle all around the base of the head to make sure the head is attached securely .  You can start shaping the shoulders and creating a neck crease at this point.  I keep turning the wool around needling as I go to keep things symmetrical.

Now you need to decide which side is the front and which side is the back.  I usually use the fuller side, if there is one,  for the front.  Once you have decided which is the front, place your needle in the center of the chest and start creating the bust line.

This is a gentle dragging motion as you needle and it creates a line.  Don't put to much pressure on the needle as it can break very easily.

Turn your Goddess over and start flattening the back from the neck down to where her bottom will be.  She is starting to look like a human woman's form now.  YAY!

Now for the arms.  At this point you can choose what position you would like your Goddess's arms to be in.  The Goddess I am making here has her arms over the top of her pregnant tummy but you can have her arms straight down at her sides or under her tummy if you like.  If you have enough wool on the sides of your body shape you can needle the arms in the same way as the breasts were created.  If not,  create the arms by adding wool and needling it into the shape you want.

At this point I usually add some extra wool for her pregnant tummy.    

You can make her tummy as big and round as you want.  It will flatten a bit when we add the spiral

Keep turning her around and needling the wool in fro all angles.  Work on the back to flatten and around her sides to define her waist and hips.  I tend to make my Goddesses very full figured but you can make yours slimmer.  Goddesses come in all shapes, sizes and colors!

Turn her over and using the needle dragging technique, create her bottom cheeks and the line between her legs.  You might need to add wool for the cheeks

You will need a long thin piece of roving to create the spiral on her tummy.  I like to use something that goes from light to dark.  Starting at the center of her tummy anchor the spiral piece and start needling it around in a circle to create the spiral.  Make the spiral big enough to cover her most of her tummy. 

I added some green around the spiral to give it more definition and to plump her tummy up and make it more round.  The end of the spiral goes down between the legs and ends at her feet.

SHE'S ALLMOST DONE!

At this point you could stop if you liked.  The Goddess figure looks very much like an ancient Venus and is quite pleasing.  I, however,  like to give my Goddesses hair.   I use many different colors of curly wool but am most fond of the natural colors.  Some of the Goddesses seem to like color, so you will see red or even green hair on some of them.

I try and place interesting curls and color around the face for interest.  Be sure and needle the wool all over the head to make sure that it is going to be secure.  Once the front is the way you want it, turn her over and do the back as well.  You can add curls anywhere you like and can have her hair as long or as short as you like.  I tend to like my Goddesses with really long hair.  Sometimes I put flowers, beads or headbands on them.  This Goddess is going to get a headband braid.

Using the same wool separate it into three strands, anchor them together at the top on your felting block and make a small braid.  Place it on her head and needle to attach.  Simple and sweet!

Look her all over, check for any places that might need a little more work.

TA DA!!!! Your Goddess is finished and beautiful.

Hope you enjoyed this process.    To see more of my work please check out my website: wwwmargaretjoyceart.com

Best Cookies Ever!!!! My Gift to You

The Holidays are upon us and it is the season to share one's talents with friends and loved ones.  Special treats are a tradition this time of year and many people are busy making caramel corn, candy and cookies.

 I am especially busy during the Holiday Season as I do cooking demonstrations for DACOR (Distinctive Appliance Corporation) and am called on to do desserts quite often.  Cookies are almost always on the menu and as I am frequently being asked for the recipes , I thought I would share them and maybe they will become your favorites too.

CRANBERRY WALNUT

This Holiday Cookie is a fun, moist and slightly sweet cookie.  It tends to be very cake-like....

3 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter 

1 cup granulated sugar

1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar

1 egg

1/4 cup milk

2 tablespoons lemon juice

3 cups fresh or frozen cranberries, stemmed and chopped

1 cup walnuts

Cranberry Walnut

Preheat oven to 375 degrees, measure flour, baking powder, soda and salt into a bowl; stir with a fork to mix.  Cream butter and sugars in a large bowl until fluffy;beat in egg, milk, and lemon juice.  Stir in flour mixture, a little at a time.  Until well blended; stir in cranberries and walnuts.  Drop dough by teaspoonfuls, about 1 inch apart, onto greased cookie sheets. ( I use Silpats or parchment paper on trays)  ...Bake 15 minutes or until firm and golden.  Remove from cookie sheets and cool.  Yield: 8 doz.

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Ginger Pepper Cookies

This is an amazing  old fashioned cookie and is the most requested recipe  of all the cookies I make. I highly recommend this one....it is a very strong flavor but even kids see to like it.    TRY IT!!!!

GINGER PEPPER COOKIES

Sift together:

4 cups of flour

4 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon black pepper

2 teaspoons cloves

2 teaspoons ginger

2 teaspoons cinnamon

Mix together until creamy:

2 cups sugar

1 1/2 cups shortening (Crisco)

Add:

2 eggs

1/2 cup molasses (regular)

Directions:  

Preheat oven to 350 degrees - Add flour mixture into wet ingredients and mix well.  Roll dough into quarter size balls and roll in sugar.  (I roll in organic sugar for more sparkle).  Bake on a greased cookie sheet (do not press down) for 10-12 minutes in a conventional oven....8 minutes in a convection oven...DO NOT OVER COOK .

The cookies will rise and when they begin to crack on top they are ready to come out.  they will flatten out as they cool.  The result is a chewy ginger/molasses cookie with a slight kick at the end.   I know black pepper is a strange ingredient to put in a cookie, but wow!  It really works in this one.

To keep cookies moist and chewy, keep in a sealed container.  Yield: 72 cookies

I really cannot overstate how good these cookies are.  The recipe was gifted to me by a woman who rescues heritage recipes.  According to her, this cookie recipe dates back to the Civil War.  

ENJOY!!!!!!!

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Next up:  LEMON CRINKLES

My husband's new favorite.  I would describe this cookie as a almost a short bread with lemon flavor.  YUMMY!

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

10 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened

1 cup + 2 tablespoons sugar

1 tablespoon lemon zest (from about 2 lemons)

1 large egg

1 large egg yolk

1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (use the 2 lemons you tested)

3/4 teaspoon lemon extract

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup powdered sugar (for rolling dough in)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  In a mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.

In the bowl of an electric stand mixer with paddle attachment, whip together butter, sugar an lemon zest until pale and fluffy.  (occasionally scrape down bowl though out entire mixing process if not using an attachment that constantly scrapes bowl)  Mix in egg then blend in egg yolk.  Add lemon juice, lemon extract, vanilla extract.  Mix until combined.  With mixer on low speed, slowly add in dry ingredients.

Poor powdered sugar into a small bowl.  Scoop dough out about 1 1/2 teaspoon at a time an shape into a ball, drop into powdered sugar and roll to evenly coat.  Transfer to a parchment paper or split lined baking sheet,  space cookies 2 inches apart on baking sheet.  Bake 10-13 minutes or until the cookies begin to crack.   Cool.  Store in an airtight container.  Yield:  3 dozen  (not nearly enough for us so I make double batches)

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This last recipe is a sure fire hit with people who love the combination of chocolate and peanut butter.  This a Peanut Butter Cup Cookie and it is super fun to watch people bite into it through the chocolate and into the peanut butter.  SURPRISE!

BUCKEYE PEANUT BUTTER CUP COOKIES

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 cup peanut butter

1 egg

1 tablespoon milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

for filling;

3/4 cup powdered sugar

1/2 cup peanut butter

organic sugar to roll cookies

Directions:

In a medium bowl, stir together flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda; set aside

In a large bowl, combine butter, 1/2 granulated sugar, brown sugar, and 1/4 cup of peanut butter.  Beat with an electric mixer o medium seed until combined.  Add egg, milk, and vanilla, beat well.  Slowly stir in flour using a spoon.  Form chocolate dough into about 28 balls.  the balls will be about 1 1/4 inches.

In a medium bowl, combine powdered sugar and 1/2 cup of peanut butter.  Knead if necessary.  If the dough is not forming, add more peanut butter.  Shape into 28 balls that are smaller than the chocolate ones.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  On a work surface or in the palm of your hand, flatten chocolate dough, top with a peanut butter ball.  Shape the chocolate dough around the peanut butter filling.  Roll the dough into a ball.  Repeat with the remaining dough.

Roll the dough balls in the 1/2 cup of granulated (organic is better) sugar.  Place balls 2 inches apart on an engrossed cookie sheet.  Lightly flatten the balls.

Bake for about 8 minutes or just until the surfaces are lightly cracked.  Cool & ENJOY!!

Yield:  3 dozen  (Once again, not nearly enough...so double batch it is!)

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I hope you and your love ones enjoy these as much as we do.

May you be blessed this Holiday Season with much love, joy and peace. 

 May life be forever sweet to you.

Margaret 

The Art of Color Pencils

Green Tara
Framed original available for sale
margaretjoyceart.com

Working with color pencils has been a passion for me
for many years.  I started sometime in the '80's with taking a community education evening class at the local Jr. High.  My first piece was quite small, about 4"x4", and was executed on very poor quality paper.  It was a still-life of a bunch of radishes and although it was not great,  it did inspire me and set me on my way.

In the beginning, I experimented with many different brands of color pencils and different types of paper as well.  A good quality acid free paper  is essential to the successful outcome of a piece.  Also, learning about the colorfastness of certain colors was very important too.  You don't want to spend hours on a piece and then watch it fade away before your eyes in a couple of years!  Eventually I settled into using Prismacolor pencils almost exclusively.  As they are really a colored wax set in a wooden barrel, they are easy to use and have a smoothness that I like.  They blend well.

It is possible to get an amazing variety of effects with colored pencils.  The finished pieces are no longer drawings at all but "paintings" covering the whole surface from corner to corner.

American Paint Turtle
in private collection

One of my "discoveries" was that I loved to work on a surface that was already colored.  The Green Tara pictured above is actually done on a piece of jet black museum board.  The black that you see (her hair) is actually the paper.  The black underneath creates a depth of color and tones down the brilliance of some of the colors.  The piece is actually a mix-medium as I also used a metallic gold watercolor on her aura and some of the details on her attire.  The tips of the  flower buds are touched with a bit of white acrylic because I couldn't get the pure white with colored pencil over black paper.  However, her shirt is all white pencil that was heavily burnished.

The American Paint Turtle piece was done on a piece of green acid free matt board. He is one of three pieces that were a commission.  Each one was done on a colored paper.  The Frog was done on black.

Iguana
in private collection

Frog
In private collection

Travis with Grandpa Vic playing Uncle Wiggly
in private collection

My subject matter has always been all over the place.  Landscapes, portraits, animals, still-life, I pretty much created pieces based on whatever attracted my attention and inspired me.  This picture of my son, Travis playing Uncle Wiggly with his Grandpa is one of my all time favorites.  (Note the Darth Vader Tee) .  This piece is now owned by my son, I gave it to him on his 30th birthday.

Joining the Color Pencil Society of America, CPSA, allowed me to participate in some lovely art shows featuring color pencil work.  Twice I was juried into, and shown in, International Color Pencil shows, a landscape of Lake Powell, Utah in one, and a portrait of my Grandmother in the other.  My work has been featured in two "Best of Color Pencil" books, volumes #2 and #4.

It is interesting to look back at a body of work and see the shifts as the artist evolves, or to be able to see the life experiences that are reflected in the work.  For me, my spiritual life has become a major component to my pieces.  I truly believe that the state of consciousness and your intent will affect the final outcome of your art and that art will be "imbued" or carry that energy to whoever is in contact with it.  Think about the sand paintings of the Hopi or the huge mandalas created by Tibetan monks.  Both are created with intention and prayer having a great impact on the viewer.  For the last few years my goal has been to infuse that same type of intention and prayer into my work no matter what medium I am using, felting, eggs, pencil....sound.

Through the years my pieces have gotten larger and larger.  No more 4" x 4" little pieces anymore!  Oh No! I worked on big pieces that took months to complete.  The consequence  of holding that pencil for hours on end was, unfortunately, a repetitive stress injury to the joint at the base of my right hand thumb.  Because of this, I have not done a major color pencil piece for over 5 years.  

Lately, my hand has felt pretty normal and I am thinking that I will get back at it.  There will definitely have to be an adjustment though, like using a ergonomic pencil holder so that I am not holding the pencil so tightly.  Wish me luck!  

The majority of my work has sold (or been gifted) and gone off to private collections.  I do, however, have originals that are for sale and also prints and a line of cards created from my images. Available at  margaretjoyceart.com

Fellow artists...please be aware of the safety of your supplies and the toll of repetitive movements on your body

Blessings,

Margaret

 

My Big Show & upcoming events

Eggs on display

It was a big night for me.  Lots of work and planning, but I have to say..."I ROCKED IT"

Lots of gratitude to my sweetheart husband for all his help and support and, most especially,  for his ability to put up with my pre-show crankiness.  He is definitely a saint (but don't tell him I said so).

The eggs got lots of attention...and how could they not. ... Look how colorful and sparkly they are.  I sold several and I also got a commission for a custom egg as well.  So I am very happy about how the eggs looked and how they were received by the attendees at the show.  

I found the response of people to be interesting because this is the first time I have shown the eggs in a non-metaphysical venue.  Everyone seemed to be curious and very accepting of their Spiritual nature.  The collective consciousness is definitely shifting.

The booth at RAW Artists Show

There was a large selection of my felting there as well.  Several small pieces sold, one big Earth Dragon.   I got a commission for two dolls, Diego & Frida.  It will be a fun project and I am excited to get started on it.  Luckily, I don't have to have it done before Christmas.

Recently, the Water Dragon sold on my ETSY site so it looks like I am going to be felting some more Dragons in the near future.  It will be fun to see how they evolve and change.  Originally I planned on doing four, one for each element.  At this point only the Fire Dragon is left and I never did get an Air Dragon made to go with the original set so I have work cut out for me.

The Dragons will be posted as they get done....So watch for them.

Here are pics of the ones that sold.

Water Dragon

The RAW Artists Event was probably the biggest show I will participate in this season.

It was well attended, well advertised and I felt like it was very successful.  We shall see what happens now.....you never know what might manifest after a show like that.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

BILQUIST BAZAAR:
November 21st

Earth Dragon

Bilquist Elementary School
15708 S. E. Webster Road
Milwaukie, Oregon

Will have needle felting and felted hats



CELESTIAL AWAKENINGS
November 4th-11th-18th ( Friday Evenings)
6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

Celestial Awakenings
7831 S. E. Stark St. #100
Portland, Oregon 97215

Will have Goddess Eggs and felted Goddesses


 For all my creations Check out my web-site:  margaretjoyceart.com

Blessings to all,
Margaret