Sculpting 'Miss Fitt' China Plates In Hurricane Lanterns

Brigham Young said "use it up, wear it out, make due or do without". For me it was easy to embrace the first two parts...but the 'do without' part...well I confess deep down inside I am thinking really..., is that necessary? Let me find a way. So, maybe finding a way is a form of using it up, making do. By that I'm not really having to due without. It has been said that 'necessity is the mother of invention'. Therefore, maybe while in the act of 'using it up and wearing it out' we are actually in the act of inventing or creating something?

So here is my latest 'use it up, wear it out' creative invention.

Yup,that's right, stacked, cast off, miss matched china plates and undesirable cast off glass pieces, in a super sized @ikeahurricanelantern. (Did I ever mention to you that my maiden name is 'Miss Fitt'?) So... maybe it's that I really have a soft spot for things that don't fit in. (And did I ever mention to you that I have really BIG curly red hair?) I think my hair was bigger than my body growing up...yeah...insight to my inner psychic...

 

 Here's more, stacking plates in an artistic fashion is not for the unenthusiastic artist, designer, merchandiser, or attemptee. One must approach this with sculpting in mind, which could take hours. Oh... I've lost you now...Seriously, I think this project took me four hours or more to get the edges 'right' which is a relative term. And further examines my inner psychic.

 

 

The time was split for me between mocking it up outside the lantern then placing them inside...and occasionally pausing for a snicky snack and to cool the jets!

 

 

Key to my vision of this leaning tower of porcelain was interesting scallops and edges along with creating or fashioning recesses that graded in and out with smooth and fluid transitions from plate to plate.

 

 

My daughter featured 'A Little Homevestures Christmas Inspiration' on @justdawnelle.blogspot.com there you can view more photos of my home this year.

 

 

We entertained for a group of friends and added a short hurricane lantern to this scape and incorporated candlelight on the stacked towers of plates. It was stunning! 

 

Merry Christmas!

I look forward to sharing more of my ideas and inspiration this coming year!!!!

See you soon!

 

Vicki

 

 

 

 

Passion Ignites!

How does one know when passion becomes the driving force in our lives and specifically when and what ignites it...?  I was having another throw back while looking at my more than amazing and talented architectural design sister Sherry E's blog post on wall stickers. Go see she will tutor you on all the do's and don't! Here are just a few of the images that she posted!  I KNOW!


http://www.fermlivingshop.us/


red paint spiral wall mural by www.eazywallz.com


http://www.eazywallz.com/products/Dandelion-blowing-seeds-in-the-wind.html

So back to the original question...what ignites passion? For my sister and I and now my daughter Dawnelle and Sherry's daughter Kirstin we all have this passion for DESIGN!!! Gosh I loved seeing Kirstin's face the first time she came to my house...she was just a little girl...you could see her taking it all in through her eyes...what a happy memory for me.  I remember being EXTREMELY conscious of my surroundings because it was very different than what Kirstin grew up with 'clean lines' and on the cutting edge of the design world as she unconsciously became immersed in this fascinating industry at her mothers side. I knew this little one had a keen eye even at a young age.  But she just seemed to enjoy everything around her.

So about these wall stickers...my sister and I came up with our own version of this... ohhh...when we were 7 or 8. I'll never forget it... we got these new bed spreads that had a bright American blue background with various sized hearts patterned all over it.  We decided to replicate the motif in these spreads out of red construction paper and proceeded to tape red hearts all over the walls in our room.  We were so proud of ourselves and it must have been there in that small room with a mother that said 'oh what the heck' that passion had ignited...at least for me!

So today I'm smiling, and thinking as I look at my 7 and 9 year old and even my 15 year old what will ignite their passions and be their driving force all their lives. And hopefully I won't get in the way but say as my mom said 'oh what the heck'!

Sherry was a great inspiration to Dawnelle...it was when we went to Sherry's graduation that Dawnelle decided she was going into design. So this is dedicated to Sherry my beloved sister.

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Nailing the Boho Style...

   
Bohemian-a person, as an artist or writer, who lives and acts free of regard for conventional rules and practices.   ;-)


synonyms-Bohemian , avant-garde, boss*, contemporary,cool, cool*, deep, deep*, excellent, fabulous,fantastic, groovy, groovy*, hip*, hippie, mod,modern, modernistic, neat, nifty, offbeat, out inleft field, out of this world, rad, rad, radical,sensational, strange, super, swell, trendy,ultamodern, unconventional, unorthodox, veryunconventional, way-out, weird, wild, wonderful


 
 Where did the bohemian style start?  ;-) ;-)

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You can see Bohemia there right near Germany.  That's where my husbands people come from. No wonder it's creeped into our style...Could it have all started right near our beloved ancestors?

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Here's this amazing city of 'Bohemia' near Prague. After looking closely "I'VE GOT TO GO!" Everything from antiques to style and design, architecture, history...ahhhh...really, I do want this to be my next trip!
  
Bohemia Mansion and Slovakia Bohemia Castle...come on let's go pack our bags NOW! ;-) ;-)


The Art Nouveau era seemed to validate this ever evolving 'Bohemain' aka 'Boho' style.

So... for me it's kind of like a spice...Cayenne Pepper... some like it in small doses... and others can't get enough. Therefore, I warn you in large doses it can be VERY HOT! I'm probably in the mild-medium range.  With that said...does it mean I understand it? ;-)

Let me start with the 'Boho' girl...
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Her style is a little messy but gorgeous. The kind like 'I just rolled out of bed...AND...I'm still beautiful...!' ;-) ;-)


The Boho girl has a clear confidence.
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These beautiful dresses were shown at the D&G spring RTW 2012 gypsy fashion show in New York.



Her handbag is very important. It has to be handmade. And...it has to be able to tell it's OWN story.  It says... 'This is the bag that I got somewhere on the globe and has been with me in all my travels'. ;-)  Every part and piece of her has a story...hence, she is always fascinating us.


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She loves wearing multiple rings, bracelets and anklets...again handmade out of string, leather, beads, metals...  
                                                             Here are some creations my daughter Dawnelle and I made...they fall right into the 'Boho' lane. We call them Tressy Wrap Bracelets and Tressy Bracelets.

                 
Feathers are a BIG part of this distinct look...  ;-) ;-) ;-)


                                               
and so are scarves all year round for both men and women... ;-) ;-) 



'Boho' can make anything beautiful...;-)

Colors, patterns, textures all excite the Bohemian.
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Pillows are a staple in Bohemian decor...notice the sofa above... the pillows are arranged as if she just got up...in fact the couch is still warm from her being there.





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Anthropologie always resonates 'Boho'. Now we know why we are so drawn in...

I like boho today... it's better, fresher.
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We are the music makers,
   And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
   And sitting by desolate streams; 
World-losers and world-forsakers,
   On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
   Of the world for ever, it seems.;-)

Dedicated to my beloved 'boho' daughter Dawnelle.

Check out Vicki Stecher on pinterest to see all my 'mild- med' bohemian images.

For the "HOT" and I mean "HOT" check out freshgypsy, thatbohemiangirl.tumblr

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