Better Late Than Ever (June Photos)

Kathy helps Bunnie display a beautiful fabric she bought.

The Phoebes gathered together for the June meeting and there was a good turnout and a lot of show and tell items. The photos were taken and all was well until it was time to post the June blog. I soon realized that my computer had died from old age and the blog post was impossible. It was a while before I could purchase a new one, get my son to install it, and learn how to use it. Then I noticed that some of the photos were lost.

I will do my best to post these June photos and hope you will let me know of any corrections or additions. There are not any July photos, but I hope you will bring the items you brought in July, and I will add them to the August post. If all goes well, we should be back on track soon!

Calendar

 The next Phoebe meeting will be on August 8th at Marcella's. The drop-in social and lunch will be from 11:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. Please bring your own lunch or maybe something to share. It will be a playday!

Show and Tell

Caroline created this fabric flat doll that was a former challenge. 

Jennifer also made one with a black and white fabric.

Bunnie purchased the beautiful red fabric and plans to needle felt colorful designs. 

We were happy to see Sally back again, along with her lovely painted cards. 

 Geri created these, I think.

 And decorated these boxes. 

Anne made this cute flat paper doll for the challenge.

Geri saw a booklet that inspired her to attach hankies to cards.

Debbie, Marcella's niece's friend, displayed one of her 3D cards.

Bunnie formed these clay beads and then made this lovely necklace.

 Daisy brought us enrichment kits to make a multi-purpose felt mouse. Great for pins and needles. 

We had not seen Barbara for a while as she traveled around the world. She attended a Terri Brush retreat in Puglia, Italy. These are some of the beautiful items she made while there. Barbara also spent some time in Australia. teaching her own class.

 

What Shall We Do Next?

The May Phoebe meeting was different than usual. We did not have a hands-on enrichment session, but members spent a lot of time coming up with ideas for one in the future.

Bonnie handed out a pattern for a hanging paper doll to make for the June challenge, and the challenge is to alter it. In the past few meetings we have been making dolls using playing cards, creating items that that reflect light or are shiny, making a flying carpet, and at this meeting were challenged to make "A Treasure from Trash." 

Calendar

 The June 13th Phoebe meeting will be at Marcella's. 

The drop-in social and lunch will be from 11:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M.  Please bring your own lunch or maybe something to share.

Show and Tell

Phoebes did bring many completed items from recent challenges and enrichments to the meeting, so there are a lot of show and tell items this month. 

Anne brought a shelf filled with her wonderful ceramic heads,

and displayed this cute ceramic doll. 

Bonnie suggested we make these items that she created using her embossing machine on decorated paper to make folders, quilted paper tags, and embellishments,

and also collages of paper, knitted or crocheted yarn, rubber stamps, and other items, as shown on these four pictures.

Another Bonnie happy surprise was this large sized painted card!

Yes, more playing card dolls were completed!

  as was Caroline's flat mermaid doll.

Ellaine loves making and decorating books, (like many other Phoebes). 

 

We can never get enough of Geri's beautiful greeting cards.

Once again, thank you, Geri!

And we always love to see Sally's creative paintings.

Sue is a master of creating photos and graphics using Adobe software. Here are several photos of her accordion book that illustrates her work, 

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This is a photo of her seashell collection she made for a previous challenge.  

Suzanne R responded to the reflection challenge and displayed the framed glass photo of her and her parents. It brings back happy memories.

This is an item Shawn discovered in one of her searches for interesting items.  While this already looks like a treasure, I am sure she will think of a way to make something even more fantastic for the "From Trash to Treasure" challenge. 

Here is a sample of making art using a shoe box,

or using what looks like a textured background with an added shoe graphic.

I am sure everyone will come up with a special way to take items from around the house to make something even more amazing and treasured.

Can you turn a playing card into a doll?

The April enrichment was led by Elaine. Her family loves to play card games and there are many cards around her house. She brought a bunch for us to cut out doll shapes and decorative shapes to embellish them. The Phoebes used their manual dexterity and time to start cutting and assembling. We are looking forward to the May meeting and the completed dolls. The photos of Elaine's samples are shown in the Enrichment section of this blog.

Calendar

The May 9th Phoebe meeting will be at Marcella's. 

The drop-in social and lunch will be from 11:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M.  Please bring your own lunch or maybe something to share.

Elaine handed out to those in attendance some information for the May "Reflection Challenge," some shiny mirrored bits and pieces, and definitions and examples. Enrichment will be led by Sally and Betts. 

Enrichment

Elaine tutored us and showed us how to create the card dolls and showed us examples of the ones she has made.

Show and Tell

Barbara was recently in Australia, where she met up with her long-time friend, Gloria, and taught a class to make sweet dresses like this one. It was fun for all!

Bonnie displayed the book covers she made and embellished with multicolored circles and other shapes.

Sally shared the many folded books she made and filled with her drawings and paintings of people, faces, and birds.

 

Bunnie displayed her Flying Carpet challenge--a beach painting with waves, palm trees, and a starfish. 

Daisy completed the Flying Carpet challenge by adding a little doll necklace, bird earrings, and a crown.
Elaine discovered a way to pass the time during the Covid pandemic. She worked 14 days to create this booklet, with text and illustrations.

Rosie used one of her colorful fabrics to sew these beautiful tote bags for two young girls who were visiting her next-door neighbors.

Shawn has been very busy organizing her arts and crafts room with the help of her dear friend. She is filling this accordion booklet with samples of her colorful papers. 

And she is contemplating what she should make with this beautiful, pleated fabric.

Jennifer recently made many of these little decorated favor cups for her church. She made them from paper cups and then added butterfly decorations. A LOT OF WORK! But certainly appreciated!

Geri shared with us the Lisa Lichtenfels reprinted book she recently purchased. Though it is sad Lisa has passed away, the Phoebes will never forget when she flew to the Bay Area to teach her doll-making class. Her cloth figures were world famous and purchased by wealthy well-known people. She was the most artistic and talented cloth figure artist ever, and we will never forget her!