Vintage Fairy Tales

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In The Vintage Fairy Tale´s heaven,

we have daily naps, glossy magazines and no bad hair days.

If you want to play football in the rose garden,

you´ll have to go somewhere else though.

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Thank´s to my Dear Friend Jone Hallmark, who has made the beautiful mushroom,

and who even taught me how to do one myself.

What about the snail then?

Well, he is just another friend of mine.

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Love to all of you and thank´s for stopping by/

Becky

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Danielle Hanson, designer and illustrator,

is one of The Pantry Violets!

Pantry Violets are a group of women who met at a “Julie Arkell workshop”,

in the Dordogne in France.

Our friendship is very much alive and we continue to inspire each other!

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Danielle of Ragtales has opened up an Etsy shop,

go visit her!

Have a great week/

Becky

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“fall is here, hear the yell
back to school, ring the bell
brand new shoes, walking blues
climb the fence, book and pens
i can tell that we are gonna be friends

walk with me, suzy lee
through the park, by the tree
we will rest upon the ground
and look at all the bugs we’ve found
then safely walk to school
without a sound” (lyrics,The White Stripes )

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Jone Hallmark.

Tiny tiny art.

Huge talent and a heart of gold.

A dear classmate from the Julie Arkell Workshop, France 2009 and 2010.

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The Skating Monkey greets and thanks for all the lovely comments on the previous post.

He has now got a new nick name among his friends in The Vintage Fairy Tales,

DL junior.

Dalai Lama, el pequeño.

Love to all of you/

Becky

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“Love is all you need”  ( The Beatles )

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The Skating Monkey and my other friends in The Vintage Fairy Tales

make sure that my life is full of love.

I don´t know what the situation is for you ,

but at least I have a long list of other things that I also need.

Well well, I don´t want to bore  you with “my list” because today is a very special day

when we forget about all that stuff and concentrate on LOVE.

The Vintage Fairy Tales family proudly presents a new member, a little princess.

My dear friends Sam and Grant got a little daughter yesterday!

Congratulations!

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My very dear and talented classmate from the Julie Arkell workshop,

Jone Hallmark has made the beautiful felted hearts.

Love to all of you/

Becky

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In The Vintage Fairy Tales we love you like that.

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When Diane, a dear classmate from the Julie Arkell workshop,

showed up in those beautiful handmade jewelry,

it was like a bomb detonated.

A love bomb.

Do you remember?

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Hope you all are doing fine,

and thank´s for all your LOVELY comments/

Becky

Welcome,

it´s time for elegant afternoon tea party in The Vintage Fairy Tales!

“How do we get a hottie like this to a party like that?”

Well, Pablo must attend, it´s his eighteen birthday party!

He has promised to serve all you lovely ladies, the best tea in the finest china.

Dress code?

The Management, The Skating Monkey says:

- Less is more,

but if you feel like wearing some nice and hilarious jewelry,

you will get some extra scones with clotted cream and raspberry jam.

Vintage Fairy Tales brooch

“Suffolk puffs” bracelet

“Suffolk puffs” bracelet

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“Suffolk puffs” brooch featured by The Skating Monkey who always keeps clothes on,

sorry!

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Brooches and bracelets made by me at the Julie Arkell workshop, July, France, 2010.

The young and beautiful people,

are my children, Pablo and Alma!

Love to all of you/

Becky

Julie Arkell, France 2010

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“Some people say that rappers don’t have feelings
We have feelings
We have feelings
Some people say we’re not rappers
We’re rappers
That hurts our feelings
That hurts our feelings when you say we’re not rappers
Some people say that rappers are invincible
We’re vincible
What you are about to hear are true stories
Real experiences
Autobiographical raps
All true
Bring the rhymes” (lyrics by Flight of the Conchords)

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No hasty conclusions from this, we are not rappers,

We are teacher´s pets.

We have feelings and we love our teacher, Julie.

Thank´s for a great workshop!

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If you want to visit The Vintage Fairy Tales in New York,

you can see my photos  in two different places ;

FIKA,66 Pearl st, near Broad st.

and

​FIKA, 41w 58th st.

between 5th & 6th avenue

New York, NY 10019

Very Welcome!

Love/

Becky

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“I´m going up the country, babe don´t you wanna go

I´m going to some place where I never been before

I´m going,I´m going where the water tastes like wine

We can jump in the water stay drunk all the time” ( lyrics Alan Wilson, Canned heat)

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Oh please do not worry about me.

I´m going,I´m going to the promised land,

and I would be very surprised and even upset, if the water tasted anything but water.

The Skating Monkey is slightly worried though, about “the jump in the water thing”…

There is no ground for anxiety,

I will probably be stitching and knitting all night long.

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See you soon my friends,

I´m going to travel to France for attending a workshop with Julie Arkell.

Love/

Becky

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Some time ago I made a swap with the very talented Viv of Hensteethart.

Viv is one of my favorite artists and her textile art is unique!

She sent me a beautiful and whimsical necklace,

and in exchange I sent her a medal for valour and the love of my life,

The Skating Monkey!

He thinks that it´s okay that I share him with other lovely ladies…

He´s like a missionary preaching the message of love and the importance of afternoon tea.

The Skating Monkey didn´t want to travel alone so in his company was a flower,

made by me when I was attending a workshop with Julie Arkell, Briançon France, 2009.

With love /

Becky

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“Angel came down from heaven yesterday
She stayed with me just long enough to rescue me
And she told me a story yesterday,
About the sweet love between the moon and the deep blue sea” (Jimi Hendrix lyrics )

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For those of you who think that Christmas is a bit exaggerated and tiring,

just keep it inside the cabinet!

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The beautiful polka dotted angel was sent to me

from the very talented designer and illustrator Danielle.

We spent the most inspiring week in France together,

at the ” Julie Arkell workshop in Briançon”.

Thank you, Danielle, the angel watching over me!

Love/

Becky