Day at the Zoo and Staycation Fabric Postcard

I love the Memphis Zoo. It is located in beautiful Overton Park on 70 acres.  I went on  free admission day and have fond memories of the school field trips, walking through the open gates , the fear of getting lost and mimicking the sound of the animals as a teenager.  My random visit to the Zoo set me on a path to create a fabric postcard for the staycation postcard challenge over here see photo below.

This year the Zoo  received a major award for International Conservation by the (AZA)American  Zoo Association.




And is Memphis highest attended attraction.



I'm happily drifting here in cat country.   

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Beautiful flowers and plants can be seen all over.





























   
At one time the Zoo was known as the hippo breeding capital of the world.




Interesting elephant fact. They live in a complex social herd dominated by a matriarch, usually a female for 50 or more years.





Can you find the bald eagle?



   
This Giraffe was grazing on the grass.




Peeking through the screen is a "Mona" monkey which sounds like a girls name doesn’t it?  She is overacting by making strange sounds in front of the visitors.




White Pelican birds basking in the sun.




Lots of beautiful art work on display by city school kids.




I don’t know how you can buy the sky?  But this is a profound
and beautiful environmental statement.

 

Back home my visit to the Zoo guided this staycation fabric postcard. I used fabric from stash, fibers and embellishments to create this card. Inspiration can come from  anywhere and in unexpected places.    



Peace, love, and art,
Angela

Fairy Book Photos

Here you will find  photos of  my Fairy Book from the fairy book
swap . Karla over at  http://www.karlascottage.com     
did a wonderful job of putting over 100 swappers pages
together. 

These pages are a magical journey filled with adventure.


A Princess becomes a Frog.
  
The ultimate test, am I a true princess?
The wicked witch.

Weaving straw into gold.
Do wings really travel?


F is for fairy.
Just a little fairy dust.


Rescued by a magical bird.
Under a magical spell.


Flayse keeps magic in the world.
A romantic espisode from Shakespeare’s “Tempest”.

Traveling across a magical landscape.
Lost in the woods.

Am I a true princess.
Happily everafter.

Singing everybody knows how u got 4 feet and 12 toes.
A romantic garden


The end


Fairy tales are where stories come alive.  They make children use their imagination and  adults  rethink what it means to be human. I hope you have enjoyed these marvelous  pages from my fairy book. And thanks to all the swappers for such beautiful and creative art.

Peace, love, and art,
Angela

Fairy Book

 I told you about the Fairy Book Swap I joined. Well I didn't think I would ever finish 8 fairy pages front and back by Sept 1, 2012.  When I got going things went quick. They are done and flying over to Karla at   www.karlascottage.typepad.com

Here is a peek at the pages I made. In return Karla the hostess will swap out all the pages and send each swapper a completed and bound fairy book.

 

 

All pages are different. The thing I like best about the swap is I explored some techniques I had never tried before.

 

Peace, love and art,

Angela