Fifth Child Studio

East Meets West

I've really enjoyed participating in the jewelry round robin. Judi requested smaller size charms with a vintage look. I already knew that she enjoys Asian themed artwork and embellishments. I had an antique Tulsa bus token in my stash that I thought would work perfectly for her necklace. The challenge for me was to keep it small and simple!

I also enjoy Asian themes and have accumulated a collection of ephemera and embellishments. I found a charm that I wanted to use as my base. I attached a jump ring after I drilled a center hole in the charm. The photo below shows Judi's necklace without the charms added as she will do this herself.

Everyone before me made a tag explaining their artwork so I decided I would do the same and named my piece "East Meets West".

Chinese Wisdom

This was made just for Kimberly. Using Chinese fortunes are fun in artwork. I usually have them in my ATC's, however, this particular fortune told me it wanted to be in a collage piece for Kimberly. The second thing I searched for in my image stash from magazines was the right woman displaying the attitude I wanted for my fortune.

The support used is a canvas mat board with collaged scrap papers. I applied molding paste using a stencil for texture and sanded the paste lightly after it was dried. I then made a wash using Golden's translucent ochre paint to blend the papers for one cohesive color. White paint was added on top using my finger and then I applied the image. (I mounted the image onto black cardstock and trimmed making an outline of the image. I like doing this when the background is not smooth. It keeps your image crisp.)

Kimberly loves her collage gift......Message received!

Bon Appetite!

Our host and hostess for our Paris trip arranged for a French chef to come to our apartment and prepare a meal for our group. It was such a delightful experience. I could not believe the beautiful and tasty cuisine that was produced in such a very tiny kitchen!

This was only the beginning of a whole lot of delicious!

I never saw cheese cut in such a way that it looked like a pasta noodle!

The chef was busy preparing our meal as our group chatted away in the living room and shared our journals.

We had several courses to our meal and the presentation was artful...... and oh my....so very delicious!

Such a tiny space to produce such big results!

The kitchen was equipped with just about everything except potholders. He had to use kitchen towels instead and that proved to be a challenge.

The cheese plate is served after the main course. He explained the two different cheese plates and the wines that compliment them. Then he served us individually with our requests.

Then came dessert....oh my!

Thank you Catherine and Dale for your farewell gift of dinner! Bon Appetite!

Shopping anyone?

Oh, do please come in.... and we did....Kimberly purchased a painting....

enjoying the artists.....

so many artists....

watch your purchase....say "no" to street vendors....

recommended by Chris....a fav spot for her....

Fun shop for sure......

We're having a great time....

lovely shop...

so much to see

very cool....

Catherine in heaven....

Teresa having fun....

so many choices...

some I would wear...maybe

trims and ribbons....

love this place

let's enter.....

one of many many shops...

another great place....

Ah....Lana found a vintage skirt...show & tell!

Out on the town!

Our morning began at the d'Orsay and then off to visited the Eiffel Tower, including a trip to the top. We were exhausted with all the fun..... and hungry! Our first stop was at another Italian restaurant but they enjoyed ignoring us even though we gave them their French greeting. After much waiting, we left and found this cafe open after a short walk. Yeah for us!

We were so very lucky to have found this little gem in the neighborhood!

Our waiter was an absolute delight. The food was so very delicious, the prices reasonable, and ....... we had wonderful attentive service delivered by a French man who spoke perfect English.

And to top it all off.....d e s s e r t !!!

Marie's Piece of Heaven

The chateau of Petit Trianon was Marie's favorite place and it's no surprise..... I would want to live here too! The photos don't even come close to the beauty of the acres and structures. I also had an opportunity to see the theatre, however, the signage requested no photos and I complied. It was truly amazing as well. The other part of this particular adventure that was a wonderful treat was Kimberly and I had Catherine and Doug for the entire afternoon!