eclectic Paperie Challenge Time

Good Morning Folks

Welcome to another one of eclectic Paperie's awesome challenges.

This week Toni has asked us to use spoons.  How fun!!!

I wanted to really push myself to do something really outside the box.

Here is my take on the challenge...

I made this dress form and the jewelry piece hanging around the form.

Let's start with the spoon and how I made the pendant.

I started with an antique spoon...I left the tarnished patina.

I bent the stem to form a slot for the pendant to hang.

I used some of my metal embellishments to transform the spoon into a pendant.

I used a round frame, added a picture of my great-grandmother and covered it with Glossy accents.  I also used the glossy accents to adhere the metal pieces together.  At the top of the spoon I added a Tim corner piece and a metal flower with a pearl.

Now onto the dressform to hang it....

It started with a candle stick from Michaels.

And a dress form pattern I sewed together using denim.  I will post the youtube video at the end of this post on how to sew this baby together.

Here is the pattern...

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Now how I finished the dress form...

I painted the candle stick with Viva Decor 3D stamp Paint Rose...what a nice shine!!  And added trim to the bottom of the dress form.  You can not see it that well but I used gel medium and old book paper to cover the candle stick before painting it with the rose paint.

I glued the dress form to the candle stick, added trim to the neck, and a piece of lace I had hand beaded a few years back.  A tim Holtz knob finished the top off.

I was time to work on the wings...the bottom wings are from a Tim die and the top wings I drew myself..all cut out of chip board.

The bigger wings were painted with more Viva Decor Rose Paint and embossed with Blackberry Ferro using a TCW stencil...cool stuff!!!

The other wings were colored with Dylusion Sprays : Bubblegum Pink and Crushed Grape and stickled for bling :-)

You can see how I layered them up before gluing them onto the dress form.

Here are the wings glued on.

I added some flowers and a chain to the pendant.

I gave this to my daughter (she has a purple and gray bedroom).  I wanted her to have a picture of her Great-Great-Grandmother!!

Thanks for staying with me through this long post...be sure to check out the eP blog for a chance to enter your own creation...you could win a Prize!!

Who does not like prizes!  

I am sure the other talented Design Team ladies have wonderful creativity to share with you as well so hop on over to eP !!!

Here is the video on how to sew the dressform

 

Comments

[Antonia ( toni)]

Wow! Fantastic project from start to finish so much beautiful work. I love the way you have made the spoon into a pendant, your great grandma 's picture and the embellishments work so well with the spoon brilliant , definitely an heirloom piece x

[Bonnie Irvine]

Holy cow, Donna-Marie. This is amazing! Every detail is fabulous. I love the altered spoon all by itself but when you add it to that incredible dress form, it's unbelievable. You have used embellies and mediums in such creative and unexpected ways. I adore the trims on the dressform and the combination of denim and lace. The spoon is phenomenal. I never would have thought of doing that in a million years. Kudos!

[Micki]

Wowsers, this is awesome. The spoon necklace is a beautiful (how did you bend the spoon?) and together with the dress form it is outta this world gorgeous. Step outside your box you did in a fabulous way. Totally love it.

[Kim Schofield]

WooHoo, baby, this is awesome! I can't believe you made that dress form...so cool! And the spoon is an amazing accent! Love it!

[pat bishop/scrappinvt]

Amazing!!!

[Annette Green]

That spoon is simply amazing. Love how you filled the frame with Glossy Accents for a sealer. Such a beautiful project!

[Teresa Jaye]

WOW! Amazing project. The spoon is just gorgeous and displaying it on the dress form is so cool. All of the detail and love you've put in to this is just beautiful, I'm sure your daughter loves having it.

[Tracy]

Oh my giddy aunt that is STUNNING...gorrrgeous project and the spoon...swooooon!!
Hugs
Tracy
xoxox

[Colleen]

Donna Marie,
AMAZING! Your talent makes me envious what an amazing project.

[Chris / CS Designs]

Donna Marie, This is simply fantastic. I have a bunch of silverware that I purchased at a 2nd hand store just for altering and loved seeing your project. Such a fabulous piece and I'm going to check out the video for your dress form.
:) Chris / CS Designs