Rolling Roadster

January was a big month in our house.  Mariah turned 16 and got her license.

Her first job was to drive us straight to the poor house to pay for her insurance -- LOL. Of course, we thought this milestone merited a commemorative ornament and Mariah asked for a shiny red car.  I went with a vintage DeAngelis pattern and chose the Rolling Roadster.  I thought it had fun things to customize and ways to add dimension.  In addition to wanting it "shiny," Mariah also asked for clear plastic over the headlight . . . like the kind I used on the snorkeling ornaments.  You'd have to know this girl; leave it to her to request something specific like that.  I used some of my silver metallic fabric to give the car big, blingy rims.  I think it turned out great and Mariah loves it!

Tin Lizzy

I knew from the first time I saw Clif's photo of this pattern that I wanted to make it.  Since my oldest nephew is turning 16 in June and getting his license this summer, it seemed like perfect timing!  I loved Clif's color choices on this, so I totally ripped him off!  (Sincerest form of flattery, remember?)

These are not the greatest pictures.  I had a hard time finding a background that worked with this ornament.  Just imagine that it looks more fabulous in person, because it does!  The blue, burgundy, and gold felts I used had a heathery look to them.  I thought there were some fun opportunities to play with dimension on this one.  The bumper and gold radiator are separate pieces that are stuffed and glued on.  The little license plate has Alex's initials and the year.  It's two layers of felt stitched together and glued on.

This is a rare pattern that has some details on the back.  The oval cutout is the rear window.  When you see the flat drawing, it looks like this goes on the front.  I actually saw this ornament somewhere online and the person HAD stitched this piece on the front.  Oops!  I stuffed my tire and glued it on.  (The hubcap isn't really off-center like it appears.  It's just the angle of the picture.)  I added the same bumper from the front.  I toyed with leaving off his name and the year since that info is really on the license plate, but since I've stitched his name and the year on all his other ornaments, my OCD nature wouldn't allow me to omit it!

This is a really cute one and great for a new driver . . . . or any guy!

New Ornament Friends

I am so very excited that not one, but FOUR, Carolyn DeAngelis fans have found this blog and contacted me in the past month!  I wonder what the explanation for THAT happy coincidence is???  Whatever the reason, I'm so excited that our little community has expanded . . . okay, TRIPLED!

Kathy, a new friend who is, ironically, located not all that far from me has some CDA ornaments that her aunt made for her family when she was young.  She would like to start making them herself, so she did a little searching and found the blog.  She was gracious enough to share photos of her aunt's ornaments and I thank her for allowing me to share them here so we can all enjoy them!

Al Pine

Angelica

Carol Singer

Anyone know the name of this one?  I don't have him in my pattern collection!

Claude

Elf Himself the XII

Gogassett

Hop A Bit

Karl Singer

Lollipop Linda

Mom Hopper

Octavius

Sandy

Smart Cookie

Snow Bird

Snug Bug

Sunbonnet Sally

Tootsie

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