Inspire Create: Creative Exercise 23 - 4 Jul 2012

Inspire Create: Creative Exercise 23 - 4 Jul 2012

Firstly welcome to all our lovely newcomers, and a wishing everyone a very happy 4th July!

Todays inspiration is "fairy couture". A while ago I started saving used teabags and drying them out in the sunshine so that I could use them for different creative projects. One day, an idea was seeded, which was inspired by paper dolls and how we used to dress up paper dolls in dresses and handbags and shoes (which were also made of paper, the paper dolls came with their own unique wardrobe sets). I loved these as a girl and still am fascinated by them. A friend of mine (Christine Jones) also gave me a beautiful book full of fairy couture which was just the best eye candy ever. So it wasn't going to be long, before I wanted to try to create my own tiny garments. To show you what I did with my used teabags, I've attached my image below called "Teabag Couture" along with some other links to fabulous tiny handmade fairy attire.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Fairy-Atelier/164473346950204?ref=ts
http://www.etsy.com/listing/89576831/fairy-gown-for-alysiana-the-woodland
http://campcactus.blogspot.com.au/2009/09/new-fairy-couture.html

So, today's creative exercise is for us to create our own piece of fairy couture, using your imagination, found objects, bits and pieces from the garden, petals, twigs, fabrics, tulle...tiny jewellery findings, whatever you can gather to create something that you can photograph and post! It's meant to be fun, and hopefully you'll get lost in the creative process and simply enjoy. Sorry about this exercise not being so boy friendly, but the boys are welcome to participate, you might like to create a tiny superhero outfit, or some elf or gnome or goblin couture! It's meant to be fun, so don't get too caught up with it having to be perfect, the main thing is to get lost in the creativity activity for a while and emerge feeling good and fulfilled! Post images of your fairy couture on Facebook at Inspire Create with artist Karin Taylor.

NB: The creative exercises archived here are available for anyone who wants more inspiration and creative expression in their lives. There is no limit on how often you particpate, how many exercises you do, or what order you do them in. They are an extension of my book "Beyond the Stick Figure: hope and encouragement for anyone who has ever wanted to be creative"

NB: Please note that this blog is only being used as an archive/storage/resource facility for Inspire Create with artist Karin Taylor on Facebook. It exists to help people find all the creative exercises I have posted on Facebook more easily. To engage and interact, to join in the fun, please join us at Facebook @Inspire Create with artist Karin Taylor and please post your contributions, creations and artwork on Facebook rather than this blog. Thank you and aloha, Karin