tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70653226946359127602024-03-13T00:15:38.978-04:00M Ann MMixed Media Art including Hot Air Balloons, Jack-in-the-boxes and more!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger204125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065322694635912760.post-52013133016546816052017-03-30T20:36:00.000-04:002017-03-30T20:36:21.151-04:00Last Blog Post - Rose Surprise BallI close my blog with one of my latest creations - a Rose Surprise Ball - inspired by the film Beauty and the Beast. The rose has 6 special prizes inside wrapped within layers of colorful crepe paper. <br />
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Thanks to all my blogger followers. If you'd like to keep up with what's new at M Ann M Creations and Watermelon Party, you can always find me on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mannmcreations/">Instagram</a> for weekly updates.<br />
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The HHC is the only market where I sell my art every year. So if you'd like to see my work in person, now is your chance. I will be vending on Saturday and Sunday only. Stop by and say hi!<br />
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The idea for my newest surprise ball came to me after reading a very interesting article about eagles (in particular, how it flies). My mind tends to wander when I read - imagining the scenery, the appearance, sounds and smells in the story and of its characters. </div>
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And then my mind makes a total u-turn and I start thinking of semi-related things. Like how in the heck did they install that <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/watch-live-nest-cam-captures-birth-baby-bald-eagle-article-1.2570327">Eagle Cam in DC</a> without the eagles knowing!? I wonder how much that massive nest weighs!? How big is eagle poop? And then finally, I wonder if I could make a bird's nest surprise ball?....<br />
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So with that, new to the Watermelon Party shop, here is a <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/475465155/birds-nest-surprise-ball-bird-watching?ref=shop_home_active_1">Bird's Nest Surprise Ball</a>.<br />
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Tucked into it's crepe paper foundation are real twigs, moss and other natural findings. The bird and its eggs are made of plastic with paper and real feathers.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica light", helvetica, "droid sans", arial, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3px;">A JET plane in flight creates rapidly spiraling swirls of air at the tips of its wings. These vortices cause drag, increasing fuel consumption. They also buffet planes that may be following closely.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica light", helvetica, "droid sans", arial, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica light", helvetica, "droid sans", arial, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3px;">Thus, flights departing from the same runway must be sufficiently spaced to allow time for the vortices to dissipate.</span><br />
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Airplane engineers have discovered a way to reduce these problems. Their solution? Winglets, inspired by the upturned wing-tip feathers of soaring birds, such as buzzards, eagles, and storks.</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Consider: </span>During flight, the feathers on the wing tips of those large birds bend upward until they are almost vertical. This configuration balances maximum lift with minimum wing length. It also improves performance. Engineers have designed airplane wings with a similar shape. Using innovative wind-tunnel testing, they found that if the modified wings were precisely curved at the tip and properly aligned with the airflow, they improved aircraft performance<wbr style="display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; width: 0px;"></wbr>—nowadays by up to 10 percent or more. The reason? Winglets minimize drag by reducing the size of the vortices. Moreover, winglets also create a form of thrust that “counteracts some of the normal drag of the airplane,” says the <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Encyclopedia of Flight.</em></div>
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Winglets thus enable airplanes to fly farther, carry a greater load, have shorter wings<wbr style="display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; width: 0px;"></wbr>—which also facilitates parking—<wbr style="display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; width: 0px;"></wbr>and save fuel. In 2010, for example, airlines “saved 2 billion gallons [7,600 million L] of jet fuel worldwide” and contributed to large reductions in aircraft emissions, says a NASA news release.</div>
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Welcome! to the 9th Annual Bloggers Tea Party hosted by <a href="http://afancifultwist.typepad.com/a_fanciful_twist/2016/07/mad-tea-party-2016-.html" target="_blank">A Fanciful Twist</a>. </div>
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When I made the decision to move my workspace from the basement to the playroom I must admit, I was a bit overwhelmed. How was I going to fit everything in a space that measures only about 5 x 7 and was mostly windows and a door?! With a lot of purging and focus on only the bare necessities, I made it work. I left completed projects and packing supplies downstairs and brought up only the things that I would use on a regular basis.<br />
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Most of my own artwork is stored away which allows me to display collections from other favorite artists. Including some art done by my children.</div>
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Live plants (albeit small) help balance the space. Pruning the leaves and rearranging the small scenes is relaxing and it's a nice break for when I'm having a creative block. </div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">I surround myself with inspiring and pretty things. A few of my favorite dolls are from <a href="http://dubuhdudesigns.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Du Buh Du Designs</a>, <a href="http://www.deerfieldfarmhouse.com/page04.html" target="_blank">Deerfield Farm</a>, <a href="http://thecartbeforethehorse.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cart Before the Horse</a> and <a href="http://lescarnetsdemissclara.blogspot.fr/" target="_blank">Miss Clara</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">An antique plaster and wood theater is a recent purchase along with the glass glitter letters A-R-T from </span><a href="http://www.wendyaddisonstudio.com/home.html" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Wendy Addison</a><span style="text-align: center;">. Every now and then my husband annoyingly switches the letters around to see how long it will take me to notice that I have a RAT or TAR hanging in my room.</span></div>
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One of my favorite art quotes is surrounded by some findings from <a href="http://www.shopparcel.com/main.html" target="_blank">Parcel</a>, the best store to find unique and nostalgic items.</div>
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I came home with a huge paper flower, a giraffe calendar, two pink vintage paper flowers, a chirping bird pencil sharpener, a paper and leather match-holder boot, a handmade paper folder and a little felt hat.<br />
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If you can't make it to the store visit the website for more photos and a list of workshops!<br />
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M Ann M Creations and Watermelon Party can now be found at <a href="http://www.hollysheartbyhand.com/" target="_blank">Holly's Heart By Hand</a> in Brooklyn, NY! If you are in the Greenpoint area of Brooklyn, please stop by this lovely shop to see my creations in person. Also available in this collaborative is art and handmade items from other Etsy NY Team members. <br />
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As I was packing up my things to bring to the store, my daughter said she wants to sell art too. We chose this beautiful original she made when she was 5 years old. Made using oil pastel crayons and colored pencil, mounted on signed bright purple paper, entitled "Delilah's Flower".Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065322694635912760.post-71897791459547418072015-07-11T23:54:00.002-04:002015-07-30T16:34:59.310-04:00Mad Tea Party 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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To celebrate this year's <a href="http://afancifultwist.typepad.com/a_fanciful_twist/2015/07/mad-tea-party-2015.html" target="_blank">Mad Tea Party hosted by A Fanciful Twist,</a> I have made two special surprise balls. <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065322694635912760.post-87214274394829530982015-07-01T13:44:00.001-04:002015-07-01T13:44:15.224-04:00Surprise Ball Special PrizesCustomers interested in buying Surprise Balls often ask me what is inside of them, so to better assist you all I created an FAQ page on my website including pictures of prize examples. <a href="http://watermelonpartyshop.wix.com/mannmcreations#!watermelonpartyfaqs/c16tp" target="_blank">Click here to read the FAQ's.</a><div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065322694635912760.post-2194437211653007122015-06-28T11:11:00.000-04:002015-06-28T11:11:04.119-04:00In the studio: Ballerina art dollIn the studio: commissioned art doll.<div>
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I met nice people and had great sales at the Etsy HQ Craft Party in DUMBO this past Saturday. The Etsy headquarters staff made the vendors and the local community feel welcome and they encouraged creativity under the beautiful Manhattan Bridge Archway on what turned out to be a pretty sunny day. <br />
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M Ann M Creations will be one of 16 Etsy NY Team members invited to vend for this special event. Stop by and say hi to receive a free gift! <br />
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Fete Paradiso is the world’s first traveling festival of vintage carnival rides and carousels. The rare, museum-quality collection, which includes a diverse array of attractions from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, such as carousels, flying swings and a pipe organ are made available for the public to ride and enjoy every weekend in the summer. <br />
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They will most likely be returning to Governors Island but check their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FeteParadiso" target="_blank">facebook page</a> for exact dates and location. <br />
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A bicycle carousel from the late 19th century – one of only two in the world that were created in Paris to encourage the use of what was then the new mode of transportation – the bicycle. This ride was tiring as it is solely powered by it's riders. But once we all got into rhythm it went faster than any merry go round I've ever been on. <br />
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An early 20th century Music-Hall Ball Guzzler, a carnival game that features life-size caricatures of Josephine Baker, Charlie Chaplin and other celebrities of the time.<br />
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All of Fête Paradiso’s historic amusements will be painstakingly constructed by a French family of artisans who specialize in repairing and constructing museum-quality carousels. The group will be flown to New York to build the attraction, which will be enjoyed by visitors of all ages.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065322694635912760.post-73245769723194062772015-03-27T16:54:00.001-04:002015-03-27T16:54:34.403-04:00What better classic toy is there than a good ol' paper airplane? Any one can make it and I'm sure everyone has.<br />
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The origin of folded paper gliders is generally considered to be of Ancient China, although there is equal evidence that the refinement and development of folded gliders took place in equal measure in Japan. Certainly, manufacture of paper on a widespread scale took place in China 500 BCE, and origami and paper folding became popular within a century of this period, approximately 460-390 BCE. It is impossible to ascertain where and in what form the first paper aircraft were constructed, or even the first paper plane's form. <br />
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In recent times, paper model aircraft have gained great sophistication, and very high flight performance far removed from their origami origins, yet even origami aircraft have gained many new and exciting designs over the years, and gained much in terms of flight performance. There have been many design improvements, including velocity, lift, propulsion, style and fashion, over subsequent years.<br />
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Go ahead, give yourself a break and act like a kid a again and <a href="https://screen.yahoo.com/paper-planes-233443651.html" target="_blank">Click Here</a> to watch a great video to be reminded how to make an awesome flying paper airplane.<br />
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In honor of this being my last Nostalgic Toys post for the ETSY NY Team Blog, I created a new surprise ball in the shape of an airplane. It can be purchased from my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/227639916/plane-surprise-ball-6-prizes-inside?ref=shop_home_active_1" target="_blank">Watermelon Party shop</a>.<br />
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Weaving loom toys date from an era when children often amused themselves by making things and doing crafts. Children felt proud when they created beautiful potholders, scarfs,and other practical items that they could use at home or give as gifts. </div>
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Weaving loom toys gave hours of constructive amusement and fun to girls and boys alike. The kits didn't take up a lot of space, they weren't messy and they were perfect for a long car ride or sick days spent in bed. A weaving loom was a toy that could foster personal expression and build self-esteem. Vintage inspired weaving looms are available for purchase online at Amazon.com and HobbyLobby.com.</div>
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If you'd like to see results of REAL weaving, Etsy NY Team member, Jean Poli of Fiber Dance Weaving Studio spends countless hours creating exquisite blankets and throws that are woven on a traditional hand loom using only the best natural fiber yarns.</div>
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A collection of miniature scenes of a sweet little girl or a sweet little boy in a setting based on an inspiring or memorable quote. </div>
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I just love making these cute little dioramas, most of which are inspired by my children. I have so many ideas for new scenes so more creations will be added soon! </div>
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