WINNER OF BLOG GIVEAWAY

Hi All :)

Happy Saturday :)

I just wanted to say a BIG "THANK YOU" to all the lovelies who took time to browse thru my Etsy Shop and enter my Blog Giveaway :)

The winner is; Meeling from The Hairy Peach Blog

Congrats to you Meeling (I will be in touch soon :)

I truly appreciate everyone who entered and the lovely things you say about my work, it truly makes a Girl Very Happy and that makes it so awesome to be back blogging :)

I just wanted to share the photograph I have been working on this week :)

Will be in my Etsy Shop soon :)

Thanks again :)

Happy Weekend :)

Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.

Blogiversary Number 5 YAY!!!!! :)

Hi All :)

I hope your week is off to a great start :)

Well, I have been so busy that this one nearly got away from me this year - how is that even possible?!?! LOL!!!! :)

A couple of days ago my little blog turned 5 :)

Oh it is all grown up and almost ready to go off to school, lol :)

Not much has changed on my blog over that time and I keep thinking I may give it a little makeover but, well, I just like it the way it is right now so why mess with it? :)

 I wanted to say a BIG "THANK YOU" to Everyone who has been so generous with their support, caring advice, friendship and all the wonderful comments that have kept us connected over the years, I truly appreciate you all :)

So, on this special occasion I wanted to hold a Giveaway to show just how much I appreciate the LOVE :)

You know I do not like to give away just one item, so here goes :)

First, I will be giving away this lovely iphone 4/4s case with one of my Ocean Waves images on it :)

Value $42.00 :)


Then, I just starting selling these lovely greeting cards in my Etsy shop and thought a set of these would make a great Gift :)

A set of 5 cards (one of each) 

Value $16.25 :)

You can see these (description) in my Etsy Shop HERE :)

I'm sure you are dying to know how you can win one of these lovely Gifts right?!?!?!

It is simple :)

Just leave me a comment and tell me what you like about my little Blog :)

It is that easy, I'm not going to have you go off and "Fav" things in my Etsy shop, go to my facebook page or share this anywhere, unless you want to that is, lol :)

There will be just one entry for each person :)
(Must be a follower of this blog to qualify for entry in the Giveaway :)

This Giveaway will run until Midnight (PST) Saturday 31st May 2014 :)

Can't wait to read your comments :)

Thanks again for 5 wonderful years of Blogging :)

Happy Monday to you all :)

Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.

Quilt Block Tutorial

Hi All :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR :)

Well, do you remember back in December last year, (lol, sounds like such a long time ago now!!! :)

I WON this amazing book "The Quilt Block Book" by Nancy Wick. 

I had great fun browsing thru it over the holidays and finally came up with a Quilt Block that I thought would be a challenge (for me) and fun to create :) 

(If you didn't see my "I WON" blog post you can check it out HERE :)

So, here is the square quilt block I chose to make and the final result, plus the tutorial on how I did it :)

The Marbles - Quilt Block Tutorial

So, I have to tell you that I am really not good at following written directions and so I really need great visuals to get me motivated and to help me know what the end result will be. When following a skirt pattern, for instance, I can usually make the skirt from the pictures alone, I rarely read the instructions. So, I was really excited that this  Quilt Block book had wonderful visuals and concise, clear instructions, (cuz I did have to read these, lol :)

Here is the pattern I chose and the fabric I felt might work :)

You can see from the design below that you can use lots of contrasting fabrics on fabrics to create multiple Block Squares to create an eclectic quilt.

My mind was going crazy with color combos but I had to stay focused on making the first one :)

First, I cut out a 6.5ins square of my red with tiny white hearts fabric, (I just had to remember to line up the little white hearts in a straight line for the first cut ) easy enough (this is classed as an easy pattern but wait..... :)

Next I used my "Wunder-Under" to trace the "Marble" applique pattern from the book :)

I then, with out thinking, pinned the pattern to the right side of the fabric, oops!!!

It seemed like the obvious thing to do, I cut it out and realised that the pattern would be all wrong because when I tried to fuse the web to the reverse side of the fabric it would be off, so then I had to read the instructions, pin the fusible side to the side you want it to be fused too, sounds obvious but I wasn't thinking (possibly too much celebrating over the Holidays, I guess, lol :) 

So, then I pinned the traced pattern and fusible web to the reverse side of the fabric, all was well :)

I ironed the fusible web (on a low-med heat - no steam) to the reverse side of the fabric and gently peeled off the paper backing on the fusible web.

The next step was to position the "Marble" applique on to my Square, I measured to make sure it was centered and then I pinned the applique to my red fabric and fused it to the fabric using an iron (again, low - med heat, no steam)

I really like how the patterns and colours worked together. :)

I think I will try the Blue fabric as the background square the next time and either use the Pink dot again for the "Marble" applique or maybe the Red with White Hearts, what do you think? :)

There is one last step I wasn't able to complete because my sewing machine is being very temperamental (she's old, but don't tell her I said that, lol :)

Anyway, as you can see from the image below, in the demo photo in the Book they have added a decorative shell stitch to the inner and outer circle, which serves 2 purposes - it pretties up the applique and makes it looks complete and you could use either a neutral colour thread or a contrasting thread and the other thing is it will stop the fabric from fraying. :)

Well, I hope you enjoyed my Tutorial and please let me know what you think :)

Have a lovely Weekend :)

Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.

Some Little Gift Ideas :)

Hi All :)

I hope you are all well :)

 I can't believe we are well into November and gearing up for the Holidays :)

So, in that vain, I wanted to share with you a few gift ideas from my Society 6 Store :)

Some stocking stuffers perhaps; Mugs, Cards with envelopes, Smart phone covers or skins and cute totes bags :) And then there are; Art prints matted and framed, laptop, ipad and ipod covers and skins, pillow covers with or without inserts and even hoodies and T's  :) 

Check out my SOCIETY 6 STORE and see for yourself the great gifts at affordable prices :)

And right now there is FREE SHIPPING until midnight Nov. 17th for anyone using this LINK :)

TERESA CHIPPERFIELD STUDIOS

Hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday :)

Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.

Last Few Days of My Late Summer Flower Sale :)

Hi All :)

I Hope your week is off to a great start :)

I just wanted to let you all know that my

"LATE SUMMER FLOWER SALE"

finishes tomorrow evening

35% off PHOTOS IN THE FLOWER SECTION OF MY ETSY SHOP :)

So stop by HERE if you have a minute and see all the pretty flowers on Sale :)

LADY

FALL

SPRING BLOSSOMS

SUMMER VISTA

SUMMER WEDDING

Hope you Enjoyed this little sample of my

 flowers :)

To see more go HERE :)

Also,  here is the latest in the series "GOING THRU THE ALPHABET" a blog post I did on fPOE (Female Photographers of Etsy) blog - if you have a minute check it out, there are some amazing Ladies out there who are creating stunning Photography :)

And one more blog I think you may like to see; My amazing Daughter has a wonderfully informative and fun blog about wine and food pairings and all things wine, THE WINE KEY :)

This latest posting I thought was fun for all, whether you drink wine or not, how to throw an impromptu party on a budget and relax :)

Check it out HERE :) 

Have a wonderful Day, Everyone :)

Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.

DETROIT!!! ( Pt.1 :)

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Hi All :)

I hope you are all having a Wonderful Tuesday :)

WOW!!! What can I say about DETROIT! :)

It is a city with great heritage but it also symbolizes the demise of the American Dream - with manufacturing jobs moving rapidly to Asia, the City has lost a huge percentage of its population and with that comes the the decline of its neighborhoods :(

On a recent road trip I was able to get a really quick glimpse at some of the building that have fallen into disuse and take photos of the beauty that still remains in these neglected building :)

They all have a story, they all have a history, they all have a truth, they all had a life. 

There are many people who are working hard to recreate a strong Detroit :)
 But we need to know that this could happen in any American City where the local population depends on manufacturing jobs :)

So, with less than  an hour of daylight and not knowing the city at all; I, (well, my Hubby, actually, lol!!!) drove around very quickly before we lost light to take as many shots of the beautiful buildings that are in disrepair but also the ones that people are trying hard to "re - gentrify" too! :)

Of Course, I have so many I wanted to share that I will split them between 2 postings :)  

Here we go, I hope you enjoy these :)

I had to share this photo, as there is so much happening and also, it is the only photo I got of the GM building. (Tall cylindrical building with blue lights) I had lost light and energy by the time we got downtown. :(

These 3 shots of this church spire, just gave me hope and against the sunset looked so pretty :)

I have always been a fan of graffiti; I know it is controversial but from an Artists' perspective, it is freedom of expression  :)  

I wanted to share this photo as it represents so much of what I saw, houses burned, guttered or in piles on site, but then a flower is blooming in the garden or (as in this shot) someone has recently planted a blossom tree, there is real hope :)

The Setting Sun bouncing off this empty building covered in graffiti, to me I saw pure Art :) 

I apologise for the blurriness of the next few photos but like I said, we were rapidly running out of time and there were so many buildings I wanted to capture; all these were taken as we were driving by photographed thru the car windows. 

This building was reflecting the Sunset and I couldn't capture it to its full potential but I added it because it is an abandoned building, although it looks stunning but this space in the foreground is an abandoned lot where some people have dumped trash and others have planted a small veggie garden and I am not sure you will be able to see it but I think there are a group of small dark animals close to the tree bottom left of photo, when I zoomed in I saw little dog faces, it freaked me out a bit I must say.

Whizzing by

Some stand strong while surrounded everywhere with piles of rumble, if we didn't know better, in places it looks like a war torn City :(

This photo I called "Detroit Fading" 

This is the only photo, so far, that I have put in my photography shop on Etsy :)

to me it says everything about what I saw, beauty in the decay. 

I will share the other photos of Detroit another day :)

Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.