Entries

We were delighted with the entries for our Secret Lives of Pets (or Other Animals) Challenge. And, we'd love to award everyone first prize, but, alas, that would not be too fair, now would it? So, drum roll, please.... Here are the winners:

First Prize: Bethany Royston: Après Mardi Gras Crow - $30 Gift Certificate
Second Prize: Sherry Scott: In my Dreams I am my Real Self - $20 Gift Certificate
Third Prize: Miff Trevor: Magnolia (Super Model) - $10 Gift Certificate

Cate Amador: Black Cat Fantasy

Here is my first entry. It's actually a work in progress and may become a necklace if I can fire out how, or may end up being a shrine in a shrine. Either way, I thought it could stand on it's own as well. This is meant to be the fantasy of a black cat in a shelter.

SilverCrow Products: Nichos

Third Prize

Miff Trevor: Magnolia (Super-Model)

Magnolia is my entry for your Secret Life of Animals competition. I made her to model my jewelry but after a few failed attempts at making her head in proportion to her 'décolletage' I realised I could make her to take after my SilverCrow crow finger puppet (one of my favourite SilverCrow purchases!). So here is my Magnolia model with her little big sister!

When she's not modeling for Miff's Strange Bird - Made By Miff jewelry, Magnolia likes to store all my SilverCrow jewelry purchases!

SilverCrow Products: Fly Lightly Little Necklace, Silver Bird Necklace, Moonlit Tree Necklace (sold out), Crow Finger Puppet

First Prize

Bethany Royston: Après Mardi Gras Corneille

This crow has seen better days, partied a little too hard at Mardi Gras, lol. He is made of papier mâché, his base is balloons & wire hangers then of course tons of newspaper. The SC products used were the tattoo, faux cigarette, natural beetle wings (for the talons), his eyeballs were made of mushroom buttons the sprinkled w/ glitter. Non-SC products were feathers & Mardi Gras beads.

SilverCrow Products: tattoos, faux cigarettes, beetle wings, mushrooms.

Cate Amador: Black Cat Advertising Campaign: Think Black

Second entry "Think Black". More black cat fantasies, this time advertising to change their image, sort of "Mad Cats". Sorry for the picture quality; gave up on my husband getting a better picture in time. SilverCrow products include: head shrine, mica, word beads, and vintage flower Dresdens. I don't have a picture of the back, but I have used a black cat Dresden there. Annie- I'll get better pictures for your use later but I didn't want to be too late.

SilverCrow Products: Teensy Head Shrine Kit, Mica, Poetry Word Beads (sold out), vintage flower scraps (from our Scraps Bag Grab Bag).

Second Prize

Sherry Scott: In My Dreams I am My Real Self

For Secret Life of Animals - papercutting with pink plastic stacking flowers from your shop. "In My Dreams I Am My Real Self".

SilverCrow Products: Plastic Flower Grabbag

Anne Squire: Twitter

We have 50+year-old redwoods (sequoia) around our quarter-acre section. I've taken some of their cones and painted them with Resene metallic blue paint (test pots are fab idea!). The tag background was an exploration into shaving cream colouring (such fun). So what do the birds really get up to while we are at work? They have their own bird-table where they tweet, twitter and facebook whilst eating our chocolate stash, and peck the seeds out of the pinecones. They've also demolished part of a dead fairy by the looks of it. They must be girlie birds with their pink utee stomachs and rhinestone crop. Their wee charms came from Articus (I bent the loops back and put into the utee before it hardened), but you provided the chocolate charms to feed them on their way out to NZ, along with the ziggyzaggy paper (redwood "pine needles"?), and the dead fairy wing. The whole thing hangs like a bird feeder. The glitzy "Imagine" behind them also came from you - half-hidden because this IS supposed to be their secret life.

SilverCrow Products: Imagine (Bonus), Teensy Bird Shrine Kits, Wing from our Dead Fairy Kit, Half-Eaten Chocolate Bar Charm, Zig Zag Paper (Packaging Material)

Theresa Smythe: Sailor Duck

The secret life of a duck!--sailing away on the high seas--with space for provisions inside his belly. A candy container made from egg shaped paper mâché ball. Stands about 7 inches tall.

SilverCrow Products: Papier Mâché Egg Ball

Theresa Smythe: Purple Bunny Rabbit

The secret life of a purple bunny rabbit! - posing as the Easter bunny and filled with jelly beans inside and out! Made from paper mâché ball, stands 8.5 inches tall.

SilverCrow Products: Papier Mâché Ball

Theresa Smythe: Bunny Rabbit

The secret life of a bunny rabbit! --eating carrots made from pipe cleaners (they do have some vintage looking ones at SC) and storing sweets in his belly. Made from paper mâché ball; stand 8.5 inches tall.

SilverCrow Products: Papier Mâché Ball, Chenille Carrot (sorry, sold out!)