Last month, I posted about Bedelia Mermaid, whom I carved from a very hard old piece of wood that was upcycled from a very old and fallen apart bed. LINK
Her sister, poor thing, languished in the freezer for several weeks, because I needed to force some moisture into the rock hard wood.
Bedelia thought that I was being rather harsh with her poor sister!
I named her ‘Frozen Charlotte’, which is actually a kind of doll that doesn’t have moveable arms and legs, but in this case, it was because she spent so much time in sub-zero temperatures.
Freezing the moistened wood made a world of difference!
When I tried carving Charlotte’s arm, I was delighted- carving the wood was now possible without my knife going instantly dull.
So, I moved on to carving the rest of her:
Bedelia kept her sister company:
And, when Charlotte was finally done, they sat and enjoyed finally being together after poor Charlotte’s dreadful time in the freezer.
Bedelia told Charlotte about some more sweet mermaids that have joined the flutter of memaids in the studio and wanted to introduce her to them.
Charlotte is rather shy, perhaps because of the time in the freezer – it takes her time to warm up to new people.
Baby Bunnymaid held Charlotte’s hand, and they all sang a small song and decided that they were happy to be in such fine company.
Unfortunately, Charlotte is still feeling very cold, so I think that I will have to do something about that!
SCRAP HAPPY- Once a month, a group of bloggers who are into upcycling all post on the 15th of the month, sharing what they have created with upcycled bits of this and that in the past month. Charlotte’s introduction is my contribution to Scrap Happy for this month.
Here are the other Scrap Happy bloggers- I always love seeing what they have been up to!
Kate , Gun, Eva, Sue, Lynn, Lynda,
Birthe, Turid, Susan, Cathy, Tracy, Jill,
Claire, Jan, Moira, Sandra, Chris, Alys,
Kerry, Claire, Jean, Jon, Hayley, Dawn,
Gwen, Bekki, Sue L, Sunny, Kjerstin,
Vera, Nanette, Ann, Nancy, Dawn 2, Noreen,
Bear, Carol, Preeti and Edith
Tottie Talks Crafts Blog 