The Take Joy Society gathered at Cindy's house yesterday to see the pictures from her trip to Italy in September. . . .
....traveled through bucolic landscapes. . . .
The books could be strung onto a cord to be worn as a necklace, or put in a dollhouse along with the pie. Our finished crafts. . . .
Their party of four visited the ancient ruins. . . .
....traveled through bucolic landscapes. . . .
....ate delicious, beautifully presented food. . . .
....saw charming scenes such as these. . . .
....visited Murano where the famous glass is made. . . .
One of the items she brought back from Murano was this miniature vase for her dollhouse room. . . .
This room is rather amazing because she made just about everything in the room, including painting the miniature paintings. . . .
Our craft was to make a miniature pie and a miniature book. We started with the pie. Cindy gave us bottle caps to use as pie tins and modeling clay to make the crust and fruit. . . .
While our strawberry, lemon meringue, and blueberry pies baked we sat down to this beautiful Italian-themed tablescape to have pizza--shrimp/artichoke, cherry tomato/basil, sausage/green pepper, mushroom/black olive. This was served with lemon water and lemon hot toddies. . . .
Our second craft was to make miniature books. Cindy made the inside book lining using shaving cream and two colors of paint to give it a marbled effect. After gluing that to the cardboard cover, some of us glued leather to the outside while one used the marbled paper as her cover. . . .
Thank you, Cindy, for a wonderful Italian Adventure!
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Take Joy!
It was a very enjoyable afternoon. Thank you, Cindy, for all your work in putting this together and sharing your photos of Italy!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely day , Tasha would have loved to be part of it in person.I am sure she was there in Spirit....I love the showing of the pictures..I would love to visit there some day. Also loved the crafts of small pies and books. how adorable they turned out. Then the Meal wow ....enchanting , to use one of Tasha's favorite words....totally enchanting. I hope the main office at Tasha Tudors posts these on their new website. I am going to suggest that for all the societies they have. that they can have a link to the goings on at each one. People would love to see this one especially!!!!Thank you, Cathy for this beautiful , and lovely post. I feel included in your society!!! Blessings, Merri
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you enjoyed the post, Merri!
DeleteThank you Cindy for sharing your trip with us. I loved your miniatures!
ReplyDeleteThe photos of Italy are so lovely. Seeing the photos remind me of the vibes I felt walking into the Colosseum in Rome. The miniatures are so charming and so believable. Your friend's dollhouse must be wonderful. Your Take Joy meetings are always informative. ♥
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