Vintage Fairy Tales

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“Stop your messing around

Better think of your future

Time to straighten right out

Creating problems in town

Rudi, a message to you

Rudi, a message to you” ( lyrics, The Specials )

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The Skating Monkey the Management of The Vintage Fairy Tales,

has a message to me,

Becky.

- Learn to breathe properly,

relax and lower your shoulders,

do not waste energy on those who do not appreciate you as much as I do,

and stay focused on the afternoon tea!

I think he may be right in everything he says.

Yes, sometimes I need guidance.

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Love/

Becky

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This photograph is from my exhibition at Mellby Klockargård, July, 2010.

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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

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“I can change the world
With my own two hands
Make it a better place
With my own two hands
Make it a kinder place
With my own two hands” (lyrics Ben Harper )

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I´m back from  France!

Jone, my friend from the workshop in Briançon,

is definitely making the world a brighter place.

She brings sunshine wherever she goes!

The beautiful brooch and the flowers are some of her stitching projects from the workshop.

The Skating Monkey wants to discuss art and craft with true professionals and he invites

all my friends from the workshop for afternoon tea,

in The Vintage Fairy Tales garden.

Well, anyone who wants to make the world a better place is WELCOME!

Be prepared for lots of laughs and artistic work.

The Skating Monkey is the world´s best host and ensures that the pastries will never end.

Stay tuned, I will be back with lots of nice photos from the workshop!

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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You got to love me

You got to kiss me

You got to squeeze me

You got to miss me

You got to hold, hold me in your arms

And that´s enough, well

Oh, that´s enough” ( Ray Charles )

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We are like soldiers of love in The Vintage Fairy Tales.

We fight for love and for afternoon tea.

When our beautiful and kindhearted Crown Princess chose a man of the people,

we supported her wholeheartedly.

From the beginning the lovers had to fight hard against evil forces,

before they could show their love in public.

Now, we are having Happy Days  with a royal wedding going on.

In the Vintage Fairy Tales we are all princes and princesses,

even if we don´t really believe in the monarchy.

We don´t need a king, we are very happy with our Management ,

The Skating Monkey!

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Mixed media characters made by me, inspired by my absolute favourite artist ,Julie Arkell.

Love from me to you/

Becky

“Come in she said,

I´ll give you shelter from the storm” ( Lyrics by Bob Dylan )

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Welcome to meet me and my friends in The Vintage Fairy Tales,

at Mellby Klockargård,Kivik the 20th of June!

We will give you a good time and Shelter From The Storm.

With Love/

Becky

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Stay tuned,

next week there might be a press release about a royal wedding.

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“Our house was our castle and our keep

Our house, in the middle of our street” (lyrics by Madness )

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The Vintage Fairy Tales,

always in the middle of the street, you can´t miss it!

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The beautiful house of pearls and buttons is made by the Swedish artist Dyveke Zadig ,

the papier maché character is made by me.

Happy weekend/

Becky

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The Skating Monkey proclaims that he´s extremely interested in the fashion industry.

In fact he´s a bit of a dandy himself,

always well dressed in a pink neck-tie.

With an abundance of beautiful girls running around in The Vintage Fairy Tales

he has now decided to run his own reality show,

The Vintage Fairy Tales Next Top Models.

The Skating Monkey serves as the head judge and the fashion photographer is me, Becky.

There are eight contestants,

lovely Nancy Ann story book girls, all of them.

Today they have been practicing “Smize”.

Smize is to smile with the eyes.

Krista

Teyona

Whitney

Nicole

Mckey

Jaslene

Saleisha

Caridee

the makeup artists

The Management

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Please be a part of the judging panel and help Mr Skating Monkey

to choose the next top model of The Vintage Fairy Tales!

Leave a comment and get the chance to win a print of Mr Monkey himself.

Feel free to spread the word, we are dealing with some heavy stuff here!

The competition ends the 30th of May.

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Love to all of you/

Becky the collector

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Attention!

We ( Becky ) have decided after special requests that it´s okay to vote for the make-up artists, if you think that nudity is high fashion!