She is my entry for this months SEHA Challenge...
Spirits Of The Night / Ghosts
What do you think?
Hope everyone is having a super weekend!!
It is beautiuful here in New York so I'm going to go enjoy a bit of it before I start my ghost listing on Ebay, hopefully she will start tonight depending on how nice that weather is outside, lol. Now listed on Ebay.
Brenda
The Magical Holiday Artists had a Spring / Summer Theme Swap and I joined in for my very first time, quite nervous I was...
I love my new picture with the cutest bunny, sunflowers and bumble bees!! The Moonlight Market Postcard from Sarah's Everyday Witches Series (I so loved that series) and the most beautiful Macro Flower Picture, ha, if I could only take pictures that beautifully!! Thank you Sarah, happy dancing!!
This was my swap piece for Sarah.
Why Mr. Tinkles? Because sometimes it sprinkles
Lets dye some wool, yipppeeeee!!!
Here's some things you will need and / or are optional.
Now pour it gently over your wool, tap your wool down gently with the end of a wooden spoon (I apparently like to get messy as I just use my fingers) into your liquid. Now your off to do something else for about 10-15 minutes, longer is fine, I've gotten busy and didn't come back for a couple of hours, so no problem. Come back make sure it is totally wet, if you need to add a little water be sure to also add a bit more vinegar as that is what sets your dyes. You want it to just cover your wool, to much and it is going to splatter all over the inside of your microwave, yeah I did that too. Okay we are ready to microwave it.
Place it into the microwave and cook it for 5 minutes, check it, looks good, cook another 2 minutes, done. Okay, it is going to be super hot, so use those OVEN MITTS!! Set it out to cool, about 30 minutes to an hour. We're ready to rinse. Squeeze the excess liquid out, no ringing or twisting, fill your dish with cool water, place your wool back in to the dish, gently patting it. Repeat this oh about 3-4 times to you have clear water and your getting rid of the vinegar smell. Time to dry again.
For this look, the rainbow effect with bits of white showing. Place your wool into your pan as before. Yep water and vinegar but no color this time. Pour over your wool as before, let sit, check wetness and water level. Okay now your ready to dye. Place drops of food coloring on to your wool. About 5 drops across each row of the colors you've chosen leaving a bit of space between each row of color. Gently tap it down into your liquid with your wooden spoon, I recommend that you rinse your spoon when changing colors. Time to microwave. Repeat cooking, cooling and rinsing as before.
Okay now lets give the Easter Egg Dye a try. Grab that canning jar or your recycled glass jar. Fill it about half way or a little less, add a glub of vinegar, throw in your Easter Egg Dye Tablet, let it dissolve and stir. Now pull off a clump of your wool and push it into your jar. You may need to add a bit more water just to cover the top of your wool. It's ready to microwave. This time you will cook it only 2 minutes, remove from the microwave, don't forget those OVEN MITTS, this one is going to be even hotter than the last process. Let cool, this one takes much longer to cool. Once cool, you repeat cooking for 2 more minutes in the microwave and let it completely cool. Now your ready to rinse and dry as before. So there you have it. You just dyed your own wool, it was really easy, huh.
My very first swap!! MHA had a Spring / Summer Theme Swap and I joined in the fun!! Sarah of Cottage Garden Studios is my partner, whooo hoooo, I always adore her work!! I can't wait to show you what I created for Sarah (really hoping she likes it) and what Sarah created for me, pics soon!!!
See ewes tomorrow.....
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