how I spend Thanksgiving Part 1

well, I am going to visit some friends today and I hate to show up empty handed...and I hate to support retail ANYTHING this time of year... so I decided to make a gaggle of turkandles. I saw this idea on highlowaha ( a GREAT blog, if you've never been) and decided it had merit...altho, like usual, I had to do it MY way.. so no tissue paper tail feathers, and I liked the look of gold acrylic paint over the tissue paper. See what you can do with a paid day off and no feast to prepare?

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Claudia @ Highlowaha said…
Chaotic! Your turkey look GREAT!!!!!!! I love the faces. Thanks for sharing and what a nice thing to bring to a Thanksgiving dinner. That will be the hostess gift of the season!

Happy Turkey Day!
November 27, 2008
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