12/4/09

A Tale of Marty and the Cloche Party!!!!




I one of the lucky one's who has met our gracious hostess!   Now for those of you who don't know, Marty who is also the hostess with the mostest, hosted a blogger get together while I was visiting my Son and DIL in Arizona.  It was so much fun and another thing you might not know, Marty has the coolest Texas accent!  Oh, I just love her pretty accent!



My homemade Cloche!  Thanks to the tutorial from Gloria @ Happy to Be~  For Christmas I added snowmen salt and pepper shakers and candy cane ribbon and  decor!


 My only real live cloche!  I have decided wire is harder to photograph than glass, but I do love the look of wire!  This one has a spot on my Fireplace mantle. I filled it with a vintage looking santa and ornament.




Framed and up close and you still can't see his face!   Maybe Marty can offer cloche photography classes, I know I would sign up!


This may be one of my strangest concoctions!  My daughter was a competitive figure skater and one of the few things I collect are figure skating ornaments!  I took my cheese dome , I mean cloche and placed a figure skating ornament and few of her medals around it. 


This needs some major tweeking, but yesterday was a long work day and I was just too pooped!  Now go visit Marty for some outstanding cloches and the millions of other participants!!!  Cindy

29 comments:

  1. Cindy, I just love your bespoke cloche and your cheese dome cloche is just beautiful!

    I contemplated using the ideas you gave me a while ago about making a cloche but I am just not handy and knew I would smash it! I had so much fun with my jars and glass dome though, and I can't wait until the next party!

    Hope you have a great weekend, Natasha.

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  2. Good job ! I love all your cloches....you are so lucky to have met Marty...I didn't know whe
    had an accent , how fun !
    Kammy

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  3. Oh, how cute, Cindy! I love those darling little snowmen. They look so happy! And the cute wire cloche looks happy with its contents. Then look at the skating cloche! I love the fact that you used the skates and the medals. That is my favorite spectator sport. I will sit for hours and watch ice dancing and figure skating. How wonderful that your daughter did it competitively! Such a beautiful, beautiful sport!

    Happy Friday, my friend...

    XO,

    Sheila (who has been computerless all night; my network AGAIN!)

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  4. Your cloches are so cute. Love your snowman and candied cloche and your daughter's medal display. I should steal that for my daughter's gymnastics medals. I like the wire one too, uhm, I guess I like them all.....Christine

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  5. Cindy I love the wire cloche. What a clever idea! The snowman cloche is too cute!!You know how I love snowmen. I think the skating tree and cloche are so charming and what a sweet way to honor your daughter. I love it all! Hugs, Loretta

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  6. What fun to have met Marty. Cindy, love your cloche and all their beautiful decor. I love the plaid plate...too cute.. and those darling skates stole my heart, what a beautiful way to honor your daughter. hugs ~lynne~

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  7. Cindy your cloches are just beautiful! I really like the wired one. How gorgeous!

    That is so wonderful you have met dear Marty! She is so sweet. I know you all had a great time.

    Many Blessings, ~Melissa :)

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  8. Oh, I cracked up. The Badger State games. Haven't heard that in a while. I love the wire cloche. I want one SOOOOO bad. Beautiful!

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  9. HI there!
    Cheese dome huh? You crack me up.
    Love the salt and pepper one! the ribbon is too cute! As for the photography . . . I am hoping to take a photography class come January. Don't know if I can get in or not, our schools here in CA are overflowing! If I do, I'll share some secrets with you!
    Still waiting for the snow report . . .
    :) Hugs! Karen

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  10. My early morning, not enough coffee brain thought you had a live as in LIVE cloche. Took me a full 10 seconds to get a grip in my brain. Excuse me while I go downstairs and fill my cup to boost my brain activity :)

    Love the figure skating, very unique and sweet. My niece is a skater and when I visited Michigan, I froze to death enjoying her performance. Ice skating moms are tough!

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  11. Hi Cindy! Oh, I know it must have been wonderful to have our dear Marty! Her genuine sweetness comes through her posts!
    Now look at your cloches! Everything is just so lovely! You're good!
    Be a sweetie,
    Shelia ;)

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  12. You are so creative, Cindy! Love that wire cloche...so unique.

    Have a wonderful day!

    Mary

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  13. I love both of your cloches but the wire one is really cool!! I would never imagine it to be harder to photograph than glass.!! Your snowman is adorable!!

    Are you excited about next weekend??!! I am! I have been reading the catalog sent to me and there is SO much to do there. We could/should spend a week there!!lol! I will email you next week. Have a great weekend!! :-)

    xoxo
    Jane

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  14. Love your wire cloche. I've been on the lookout for one. May have to ask Santa to bring me one. Those cute s/p snowmen just made me smile, and I love the way you framed the picture. Your skating cloche is adorable. I think the medals look very festive, and I think they should be proudly displayed. Thank you for your kind notes about my f-i-l. It is wonderful to know that there are people out there who care. You are so sweet. laurie

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  15. This is so fun seeing what everyone is doing with their cloches. I love the one with the snowman S&P shakers. I love the ribbon & embellishments at the top. Thanks for sharing yours.

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  16. I love what you did with the top of your first one. I didn't even think about adding so much as a ribbon to mine. You did a wonderful job...I love the wire one.

    Sue

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  17. You did a great job - they are all so pretty.

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  18. These are all so cute, Cindy!!

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  19. My favorite is the wire cloche! And how creative of you to showcase your daughter's hobby. Great job!

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  20. Oh Cindy, I just cracked up at the photo lesson comment. I think I would be the first to sign up if someone wants to do it. Your snowmen are wonderful and your chickenwire cloche is one of my very favorite and I love your santa. What a wonderful display of your daughters medals and the figure skates. I think that is so special. Thanks so much for joining the party, this is just awesome. Hugs, Marty

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  21. I just found your blog the other day and spent a couple hours reading the entire thing!! I love your tablescapes and your home is just beautiful! Have a blessed day!
    ~Donna~ from One Simple Country Girl

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  22. LOL...I too suggested on Marty's blog in the comments section that someone give a tutorial on how to take photos of the glass cloches. I am awful at it. I think your daughter's awards under the cloche are a fabulous idea.

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  23. I enjoyed seeing your designs! I don't have a chicken wire cloche, I think I need one!!

    I used some of my Nativity collection under several cloches.

    Katherine

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  24. Everything looks so pretty. I love your stone fireplace, and the mantle looks wonderful. I love using vintage books in my decorating too. Also, what a wonderful idea for a cloche, a wire one! Thanks for sharing.
    Blessings,
    Marcia

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  25. Hello Dearheart...

    I am so sorry about being so late at getting by to see you, my friend! I'm still trying to get all my Christmas out...and I'm about as slow as molasses on a cold morning! Hehe! I still have a bit more to do...I'm not very good at multi-tasking...reading the blogs and decorating all at once! Hehe!

    Anyway...loved seeing all of your beautiful cloches! I just love the first cloche with the darling little snowmen with their red and white striped scarves! Love, love, LOVE the pretty peppermint candies and ribbon that you topped the cloche off with!!! That really is the most darling Christmas vignette...I really like the Christmas candy stuff...soooo cute!!! And...of course you know that I just fell in love with your wire cloche and how you decorated it for your Christmas mantel! The old vintage Santa and ornament is just perfect for that wire cloche...and I love the pretty red and white checked plate that you made to sit it on!!! Girl, I love the cloche/vignette that you made with your daughter's skating things! Has she seen it yet? I bet she really enjoyed seeing her mama use her things...sweet memories! Your little tree with all the skating things is darling too! Ohhh yes...and I love, love, LOVE that beautiful red and olive green table runner that you have on that table! That would be pretty in my dining room...don't you think? Hehe!

    Well Darlin'...I soooo enjoyed seeing your fabulous Christmas cloches...thank you so much for sharing them with us! What a sweet treat!!! I'm now heading down to your last post...sheeshh, I'm so sorry that I missed it!

    Have a wonderful weekend, my friend!
    Love ya,
    Chari

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  26. Ooops...just me again! I wanted to ask you how you did the pretty photo frames for your cloches...I just love them!!! You did a fabulous job with your photos, Cindy!!! Sooo pretty!!!

    Love ya,
    Chari

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  27. You did a great job as usual. Wire cloches are a challenge but worth it, right?

    Have a great weekend,
    Laura

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  28. Hello sweet friend...

    Hmmm...you'll never guess what I got in the mail yesterday??? Girl, you are the dearest and sweetest friend! Thank you so much for the lovely Christmas card and ohhhh...that pretty Victorian ornament! Cindy, I just adore it...the beautiful antique golds and coppers...the pretty gold braiding and all that gorgeous goldy bronze glitter!!! The olden Christmas snow picture is soooo beautiful!!! My friend, you do know me well and what I like! Hehe!!! You said that you thought of me when you seen it...well Darlin', I will always think of you and our sweet and cherished friendship when I see this beautiful ornament!!! I love you, dear friend and cherish you!!! Thank you soooo much for thinking of me!!!

    Love ya,
    Chari

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  29. Now you have me wishing for a wire cloche. So far I have never run into one and we don't have some the the interior and craft stores around here that I hear of when reading blogs. But..I my eye is open for one. Yours is so nice! Cute as heck!! :)
    Hugs,
    Mona

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I would love to hear from you. Come back and visit anytime. Warmest Wishes, Cindy