Friday 30 September 2016

Beads Of Courage Art Charm Exchange and Charity Auction...


Welcome ti the 2016 Art Charm Exchange and Auction organised by the talented and indefatigable Jennifer Cameron in support of 'Beads of Courage' a charity providing innovative, arts-in-medicine supportive care programs for children coping with serious illness, their families and the health care providers who care for them.

'The Program is a resilience-based intervention designed to support and strengthen children and families coping with serious illness. Through the program children tell their story using colorful beads as meaningful symbols of courage that commemorate milestones they have achieved along their unique treatment path'.


The premise of the exchange is that each participant makes 11 charms based on a given theme and sends them to Jen, who then sends each of us a collection of 10 charms. The 11th charm goes up for auction for BOC (details of auction dates and times will be available later).

The theme this year is fairy tales and I decided to create some ginger bread houses form the story of Hansel and Gretel. These are made from terracotta clay decorated with underglaze - Ileft the charms unglazed to give the soft effect of icing.

"After days of wandering, they follow a beautiful white bird to a clearing in the woods, where they discover a large cottage built of gingerbread and cakes...'


And in return for my efforts I got a whole host of loveliness made from all sorts of material and inspired by many different fairy tales....











You can find out more about the inspiration behind these charms and the others in the auction by visiting the makers blogs below. All participants will have a charm up for auction so look out for updates on the date and time for the auction here and on my facebook page.


Thank you

Lesley

16 comments:

  1. Your gingerbread house is certainly yummy. I am so glad I was luck enough to get one of your charms. It is very special.

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  2. Yum! Gingerbread! I love your adorable charms. I love how you added details to the sides of the houses too. Thanks for participating again!

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  3. I love my gingerbread cottage. It looks like it should taste like a love heart. Thanks :)

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  4. Cute gingerbread - they look neat all together.

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  5. The gingerbread houses are adorable :-)

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  6. I received one of your charms and was tempted to take a bite out of it, it looks so delicious. I love the little stars on the side. I'm probably going to add it to the windchime with Brooke's because it just screams of birds singing to me. Keep spreading such joy!

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  7. I didn't get one but I can bid! Your work is always exceptional!

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  8. Oh very cute Lesley! Wish I'd got one in my pack, but then again, I can always bid on one!

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  9. I love the charm you made as well as the ones you got. Fab!

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  10. Those charms are so great! I will definitely be bidding so I have a little house of my own.

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  11. Heavens! Could terra cotta BE any more perfect? I love what you have done!

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  12. I got one of your charms, I love it! Thank you!

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  13. Adore the gingerbread houses!! How perfect they are!! I love making gingerbread houses with my kids!! Very special!!

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  14. Adore the gingerbread houses!! How perfect they are!! I love making gingerbread houses with my kids!! Very special!!

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  15. They're wonderful, they look just like gingerbread and cakes!

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  16. I can't wait for the auction! Thank you all for your generosity and support for this wonderful organization.

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