Unique, Original Designed Gifts at big savings at DZFANTASY on Etsy!

Fiber sculpted fairy on silk, hand painted morning glory leaf!
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DZFANTASY

I am now running several great COUPON CODES in my DZFANTASY shop on Etsy....now through December 31, 2014.  If you are looking for truly unique, one-of-a-kind gifts for that special person be sure to click on the link below.

DZFANTASY

You will find delightful, original designed fantasy sculpted figures and fiber fantasy jewelry.

Use the following codes upon checkout to receive:

 20FIGURES to receive 20% off any fiber fantasy figure/s

OR

10JEWELRY to receive 10% off any fiber jewelry or Swarvoski crystal earrings

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me...Donna at dzfairies@msn.com

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE "MERMAID NAME"....WHO WILL BE THE WINNER??

It is now time to find out what "mermaid name" will be voted the most popular from the entries below. It is now up to you, the readers, to vote for your favorite name for the above mermaid. At the end of the "poll", the mermaid name entry with the most votes, will be the WINNER of this beautiful fiber sculpted mermaid.

At the end of the DZFANTASY "Name the Mermaid" giveaway on June 27 - 12:00 Midnight, there were 63 entries. The entries that were randomly selected are now listed below, and will be also posted in a "poll" in the upper right column of this blog, so be sure to go and vote for your favorite name.

ENTRIES:

GINABEE - Entry dated 6/25/09 - Mermaid name: SABRINA

MELANIE - Entry dated 6/26/09 - Mermaid name: MAURA

I'M JULIA - Entry dated 5/27/09 - Mermaid name:

"MER DU CHAUX" - French for "sea of lime"

DEEDLES - Entry dated 5/28/09 - Mermaid name: SWEET PEA

ENNADOLF - Entry dated 5/27/09 - Mermaid name: PERIDOT

THANKS to all of those who entered my "NAME THE MERMAID" giveaway! There were a lot of great names in the entries, and it was fun to read them all.

GOOD LUCK TO THE ABOVE ENTRIES!

Sweet, Enchanting Mermaid....my latest addition!

Meet my newest little mermaid. She is only 6.5" tall, but is filled with a lot of magic and sparkle! Since I sold my last two little mermaids this size, I've been busy creating several more, so more will be arriving in the next week or two.


Also, from what my current "poll" is saying....it looks like my next DZFANTASY giveaway will be a tiny mermaid! There is still time to vote for what you'd like to see as my next "giveaway" creation. The poll is in the top, upper right column, so be sure to leave your vote. This helps me decide what people's favorite choice would be.


If you'd like to learn more about the little green mermaid above, just click on either of her photos.

MYSTICAL, MAGICAL MERMAID!

My newest mermaid creation!

It must be the cold, long winter we are having in Wisconsin that has me thinking .....I wouldn't mind being a mermaid, living in a warm tropical sea!! Well, since that isn't possible, I've been making more mermaids lately, and this is my latest one!

I've just listed her out in my DZFANTASY shop on Etsy, and I am still running a 10% - 15% off sale through January 31, 2009, so you might want to visit her out there. CLICK on any of her photos to learn more about her.

Below are a few more photos of her.

She has real sea shells and Swarovski crystal accents in her hair, necklace, belly button, waist accent and on her fins.

She was a bit modest, so she is wearing flowers for her top, accented in the center with Swarovski crystals.

MEET MY NEWEST MERMAID!

This little mermaid is my newest creation, and I just finished her today! I was so delighted with her, that I thought she deserved to have her photo out here.

She was just 6.5" tall before sculpting her into her current, permanent sitting position. These tiny little mermaids are very hard to work with, and to get them to sit, through the use of wire armatures in her tail and arms, takes a bit of doing! Sitting, she measures just about 4.5" tall from her "seat" to the top of her fluffy hairdo. Her fins span approximately 5" wide.

I used a shimmery dark teal fabric for her tail. When using a silky textured fabric such as this, it is necessary to use iron on interfacing on both sides of the fabric, to give it more strength. Her upper body and face are 100% silk tussah fabric. Tussah silk comes from wild moths whose's main diet is oak leaves. It is the amount of tannin in the leaves that determines the silk's natural color. Tussah silk can vary from a light beige (this is what I have used for this mermaid) to a darker tan color. Tussah silk is getting very hard to find, and keeps going up in price. The lowest price I've found so far is $15.00 per yard, and it can go as high as $40.00 per yard depending on the supplier. Her face, of course, has been individually hand-drawn, needle-sculpted, and hand-painted. I use a Micron .005 pen for the features, and acrylic paints for the eyes and lips. Her little face is approximately .75" long, and .50" wide. I can't get much smaller than that and get a good face.

Her wild hairdo was designed from a unique textured Italian yarn with wisps and poofs in it, accented with a metallic thread running through this yarn. I added another yarn call AURA, which makes her sparkle even more.

Her accents are all hand-sewn onto her, using a 4# test, clear fishing line. She has a Swarovski crystal belly button, necklace and her waist is also decorated with Swarovski crystals, and a real sea shell.

She is sculpted so that she can sit all by herself.

If you'd like to see more photos and learn more about her, click on the link below:

MERMAID

Mermaid on Real Sugar Starfish

Tiny Fiber Sculpted MERMAID on SUGAR STARFISH!

Lately, the mermaids have been calling to me!!! Here is my latest mermaid creation...! She is permanently attached to a real sugar starfish, and is offering her gifts from the sea! Designing and creating a tiny sitting mermaid like this takes many more hours than my tiny wall style mermaids.

Through the use of inner wire armatures, I finally manged to get her in just the right pose, so that she could be permanently cemented to the starfish. Since there wasn't any way to "clamp" her to the starfish, while the cement dryed...I had to sit and hold her to the starfish for about 25 minutes! I really must try and find a better of doing that!

She is full of fun and has a colorful, glistening Italian yarn hairdo, which I accented with a crown designed of Swarovski crystals and reall sea shells. She also has a waist accent of Swarovski crystals, and real sea shells, as well as a crystal necklace, belly button, and crystals in the upper portion of her tail. She is holding an offering of sea shells, glass fish bead, and Swarovski crystals.

If you'd like to learn more about her, be sure to visit her in my DZFANTASY Etsy shop by clicking on her link below.

MERMAID