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 
YAY! Another non fabric #scrapper 🙂 Don’t know how I missed you in last month’ round of posts, but I’m following you now.
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Thank you Dawn! 🙂
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Frozen Charlotte is a perfect name – maybe she is from Antarctica and likes being cold?
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Thank you…. but I think that she had more than enough time feeling chilled out, and would appreciate some springtime warmth LOL
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Charlotte doesn’t seem any the worse for her time under the ice, she has a warm glow to her.
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LOL… I unconsciously painted her slightly blue around the edges! Poor Charlotte… she had her own personal winter 🙂
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She’s an Arctic mermaid, in the colours of the Aurora 🙂
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I wonder if that would make her a Selkie?
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I don’t think so…. weren’t they Scottish seal-maidens?
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Beautiful carving. Maybe Charlotte is an Artic mermaid? 🙂
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Thank you 🙂 I think that if she is an Artci mermaid, then she’s maybe a Selkie…. 🙂
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Maybe… I’ve heard of selfies.
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Now that is amazing. I do not have this skill or talent, and so I think you are awesome!
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Thank you so much, Susan- what a kind thing to say! 🙂
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Ooooo I have never seen this technique before! You have some charming creations! Love this!
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Thank you so much 🙂
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Thanks for sharing photos of your process. Very interesting. Perhaps Frozen Charlotte will get her own little quilt to keep her warm?
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Those mermaids are so cute!
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Thank you! 🙂
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Lovely to see Bedelia and Charlotte becoming fully acquainted after Charlotte’s rather frosty beginnings.
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These are all adorable.
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Poor Charlotte had to chill out for rather a long time before finally being re-united with her sister! 🙂
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