"Curiouser and curiouser"

Here it is. The finished version of the pocket watch. Thanks for all of you who told me what you preferred for the watch fob. The bottle won hands down!

Oh my Ears and Whiskers....

...I'm Late!

Once again I've been lost in Wonderland. Everything in the project except for the White Rabbit on a penny farthing bicycle was found in my studio. I have a lot of stuff... A LOT.

  I also need to give a nod and a Thank You to Inka at Altered Artifacts for her digital images. Some are free on her blog and others I purchased from her Etsy shop.




I am not sure what I want to title this piece. I am open to suggestions.



So what have you been creating? And where do you find your inspiration and materials?


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here's the deal...help me decide

I need finish this piece called "Curiouser and curiouser" James made me a wooden pin and I have a brass ring that I will be attaching to the back of the piece so it will look like a pocket watch. My plan is to then attach a chain to the ring that will hang on the wall draped beside the watch. My big question is what to use for the fob?

I have three different ideas floating around inside my head.

1. A small glass bottle with a blue ribbon tied around it's neck and a tag that says "Drink Me"
2. A vintage tea cup and saucer
3. A playing card minion.

Please leave a comment and let me know which one YOU think it should be.

I just can't decide!

Curiouser and curiouser!

I have been busy on eBay recently. I haven't been able to get to some of my favorite junky haunts so eBay has to be my stand in. I won a bid for a lot of clock faces. They arrived Monday and they were delightful. No idea what I want to do with them but that has never been an issue before. One of the pieces is 16" across with a pearl finished clock face and marked "Made in West Germany". The cool thing about this clock face is that it had a hinged frame attached to it with the bubble glass still in place. This got me to thinking......

a couple of months ago I purchased some collage sheets from my favorite Etsy seller Altered Artifacts  an Alice in Wonderland Articulated Paper Puppet Theatre. Three sheets of wonderful full color images from the John Tenniel illustrations.

I added some other embellishments that I had in the studio. A miniature glass bottle with a cork, a gold key, an interesting watch face that I liberated a while ago from an ugly watchband, and some paper flowers.

I am almost finished with the piece. I am working on making a stem  for the top with a ring and a chain so it will hang on the wall and look like an over sized pocket watch of "Wonderland"  I am kicking around ideas for a watch fob to hang from the chain. Tea pot? Key? Top Hat? If any of you have an idea leave a comment. I am open to suggestions!

Close up of "Curiouser and curiouser!"