MARDI GRAS MADNESS
Mouse Expo 2006
By Pam Parsons
Contests Entries and Winners - Part 3
Mouse Art Contest
#
1
2
Name
Janean
Marinko
Priscilla Wood
Title
Statue in the Park
3
Susie Paige
Hope Lights the
Way
The Reader
4
Garri Pardo
Stitch in Time
5
Mona Walter
The Fine Art of
Catching a Rat
6
Sonja Blakely
Just Cheesey
7
Carol Koplan
Mouse & Friends
8
Lucia Massoni
Love’s Me
9
Ginger Mix
Mice Incognito
Description
A Cross Stitch of Statue in the Park with the
Mardi Gras Mouse Logo on the base of statue.
A Cross Stitch of Hope Lights the Way
A color sketch of a mouse sitting on a stack of
books, and reading a book.
I’m not sure how this “picture” was done. It was
the Stitch in Time piece “burned” onto a mirror (it
wasn’t a picture glued on a mirror - it looked like
an old fashioned tin-type picture). Unfortunately I
couldn’t get a good picture because of the
lighting and the mirrored background.
Binder documenting WFF ebay fraud case.
Background - Stewart Richardson (nicknamed
“StewRat”) owned a store in Michigan - “Retired
Figurine Exchange, Inc.”. Also sold on ebay for
many years with positive feedback. He posted a
large number of old WFF in 2001 from an
“estate”. At the end of the sale he had collected
around $300,000 from buyers. Took this money,
cleaned out his (and wife’s) bank account, and
walked away from his wife and business.
Collectors who were defrauded filed cases with
ebay and the Michigan police. A warrant was
issued for his arrest, the FBI was involved, and
just last year he was arrested in California.
Card with Mouse on Front and piece of cheese
hanging in front of mouse. When you moved the
piece of cheese - stamped on mouse’s tummy
was “Everything is just cheesey”.
Mouse in yard of house with tree in yard. Mouse
is holding a Mouse Head shaped balloon, there is
a little mouse on the ground with paw prints, a
cat, flowers and a sun. All hand drawn/painted in
bright colors and portions of it were raised for 3-D
effect.
A drawing of WFF Love’s Me - surrounded by
flowers.
A drawing with random shapes in bright purple,
greens, yellows, reds, and blues and hidden in
the shapes are several mice.
Win.
#1
#3
#2
10
Becky Fong
Mouse Head
11
Paola Belli
Zelda Go Round
12
Gayle Hayashi
Mickey & Minnie in
New Orleans
Janean Marinko - 1st Place
This was a mouse head made out of rolled twill
paper (paper that is rolled up in tight circles and
then released slightly to form a loose coil several coils places together to form mouse
head).
This was a framed picture of seven Zelda’s laying
down flat, in a circle, with a jewel in center and I
think there was a jewel between each Zelda.
Card with Mickey Mouse leaning against French
street lamp, wearing crown and Minnie with
feathers on her head and holding mask. Ribbon
around edge of card with flower beads on top of
ribbon.
Carol Koplan - 2nd Place
Priscilla Wood - 3rd Place
Priscilla Wood 3rd Place, Carol Koplan 2nd Place, Janean Marinko 1st Place
A few others:
Mouse Craft Contest (Number 1 not used)
#
2
Name
Becky Fong
Title
Expo Logo
3
Paola Belli
Celebration Box
4
Carol Koplan
Painted Gourd
5
6
Tim Thompson
Ginger
Daugherty
Expo Logo
PJ’s Tote
7
Sonja Blakely
8
Sherry
Arrington
Mousey Love
Mug
Best in Show
Ceramic Bowl
9
Jim Pokorn
WFF Coffee Cup
10
Carman
Needham
Cross Stitch
Necklace
Carol Koplan - 1st Place
Description
Tissue paper in purple, gold, yellow, and white
crushed up in tight tiny balls and formed into
Mardi Gras Mouse Expo logo.
Gold box with hinged lid. Decoupaged on top
was wedding mice, with Be Mine and I’m Yours
on each side, Jingle/Tingle Bells in row across
top, and daisies lining edge. Sides of box had
various valentine WFF. When you opened box
there was a round mirror on top with various
WFF decoupaged around mirror. Bottom of box
had the Scamper WFF piece.
Hand painted gourd with mice in a garden, trees,
flowers, butterflies, and a sun at the top.
Mardi Gras Mouse Expo logo inside small frame.
A completely hand-made large canvas tote bag
with purple handles, edges, and bottom. Pockets
on each side. Three front pockets - two with
machine embroidered mice heads and center
pocket with initials P.J. with two tiny mice. Back
pocket had shopping mouse. (The best part
about this bag was that Ginger made it for me! Thank you Ginger!).
A black coffee mug with purple mice on it and
cup filled with Mardi Gras colored ribbon.
Hand-painted ceramic bowl with lid. Bowl and lid
edged in yellow. Top of lid had Best in Show in a
pink dress with a blue caterpillar. Surrounding
her were blue and pink flowers with green leaves.
Plastic Coffee Mug with various WFF inside wall
of mug (this is a mug that comes apart and you
can put any type of picture inside).
Tiny square “pillow” cross-stitched with a mouse
in blue dress and pink teapot with words “WFF
Tea”. Edged in light blue cord with blue tassel.
Tied to gold Mardi Gras Beads.
Sherry Arrington - 2nd Place
Paola Belli - 3rd Place
Win.
#3
#1
#2
Paola Belli 3rd Place, Sherry Arrington 2nd Place - not pictured, Carol Koplan 1st Place
Other Pictures:
Sculpt a Mouse Contest
#
1
Name
Paola Belli
Title
Swamp Things
Parade
2
3
4
Lori Davis
Tim Thompson
Becky Fong
Mouse King
Expo Logo
Kangaroo Mouse
5
Knittin’ Pretty
6
Jennifer
Karabetsos
Garri Pardo
7
Sonja Blakely
3 Masked Mice
8
9
Sunday Driver
Bowling Mouse
10
11
Scott Johnson
Marcella
Johnson
Brian Johnson
Andrea Ragan
12
Barbara Chow
13
Cheri Mah
Mousey and
Friend
Follow the Leader
and Riding the
Waves
Mouse Moore
Jambalaya Tractor
Dreaming of
Shoes
Description
Mouse holding an American Flag riding an
alligator. To side was a frog and snake and on
other side a tiny mouse on a turtle.
Flat mouse head wearing crown.
Mardi Gras Mouse Expo Logo sculpted in clay.
Some humor here. A large mouse that Becky
must have thought looked more like a Kangaroo
than a mouse!
Sculpture of the WFF Knittin’ Pretty piece.
Mountain with mouse heads (like Mount
Rushmore) - hand painted in browns.
Three flat mice (like cut out cookies) wearing
Mardi Gras masks and sprinkled with glitter,
confetti stars, and sequins.
Mouse driving car.
Mouse bowling - complete with long alley, pins,
and bowling ball.
Mouse driving tractor - replica of Field Mouse.
Mouse in bed, covered with bed spread. Bed on
dotted and fringed rug. Surrounding bed are
many shoe boxes and some shoes.
Mouse and a friend - the friend is either a mole
or a penguin?
Two sculptures. First was a mouse pond with a
little mouse followed by some ducks going
towards the pond. The second was a mouse on
surf board inside the curl of a wave.
Win.
#2
#1
14
15
Lani Mah
John Vasquez
Mama Mouse
Sunday Drivers
16
Norm Hayashi
Necklace Mouse
Andrea Ragan - 1st Place
Large lady mouse in long dress.
Several different mice on this sculpture. Brick
street with Pumpkinmobile followed by Sunday
Drivers. To side was a mouse lying in a wading
pool and on ground a pail, shovel, and ball. On
other side were two girl mice with a cupboard.
Mouse Head with small balls of clay making a
necklace.
Paola Belli - 2nd Place
John Vasquez 3rd Place, Paola Belli 2nd Place, Andrea Ragan 1st Place
Some others:
#3
John Vasquez - 3rd Place
Mouse Mask Contest
#
1
Name
Susie Paige
Title
Mouse Mask
Beach
2
Jennifer
Karabetsos
Mardi Bear Mask
3
Garri Pardo
Mouse Mask
4
Strolling Mask
5
Celeste
Parsons
Priscilla Wood
6
Gayle Hayashi
Blue Feather
Mask
7
Paola Belli
Mouse Mask
8
Lori Davis
Sequins
9
Ginger Mix
Liberty’s Disguise
10
Carol Koplan
Flower Maiden
11
Tim Thompson
Best in Show
12
Norm Hayashi
Mask Stand on
Head with Mouse
Ears
13
Becky Fong
Green Mask on
Brown Mouse
Peacock Feathers
Description
Gray mouse wearing a purple beach mask with
sand castle, palm trees, beach umbrella, pail and
shovel, sunglasses, shells and fish on it.
Dangling from bottom edge of mask were beach
type charms - umbrella, flip-flops, and sun.
Fairy Tale Mardi Gras Nightie Bear and glitter
yellow Zelda both wearing masks with feathered
fringe around edges.
Yellow feathered mask with gray mouse ears and
nose.
Mouse head with black hat from the Fall
Halloween Strolling piece with cat mask.
Green and purple-feathered mask edged with
peacock feathers. Plastic mouse nose. Wearing
sunglasses in shape of mouse head (Mickey
Mouse head shape) with diamonds jewels
around ears.
Grey stuffed mouse wearing red cape. Blue and
black feathered mask with blue sequins over
eyes and around bottom edge of mask.
Grey mouse face mask wearing light purple
crown with blue and purple jewels. Pink butterfly
on one ear.
Gold sequined mask with green sequins to form
stars around each eye - with purple sequin
edging. Ears are green sequin background with
yellow sequin star burst in center of each ear,
edged with purple sequins. On a stick wrapped
in purple ribbon with gold.
Miss Liberty’s face on paper with stick handle.
Ears have harlequin diamond pattern,
gold/purple/green stripe down front of face, and
purple “boa” feather mask.
Ceramic mouse in yellow dress and holding
basket of flowers. Oversized pink mask with
blue, purple, and green flowers edged in glitter.
Picture of Best in Show with purple mask with
“crown” shape above each eye. Gold and green
glitter on mask.
White “comedy” mask with red lips and pink
tongue, black eyes, and brown mouse ears. Top
of mask feather crown, and a silver and white
glitter design edged in green and purple fuzzy
pipe cleaners. Eyes edged in gold metallic pipe
cleaners which extend out to go around green
glitter diamond at each edge. At each side are
curly-q’s of green, purple, and yellow pipe
cleaners. Jewels in shape of mouse face and
ears on mask.
Brown paper mouse head with light purple crown
and green mask.
Win.
#2
#3
14
Claudia Coffey
Mousequerade
15
Rosemarie
Howard
Mousie Goes
Wild
16
Kim Sobieck
Big Purple
Feather in Center
Mask
17
Sonja Blakely
18
Mark Blakely
19
Michele
Goldstone
Grey Mouse
Mask
White Mouse
Mask
Nightie Bear
Mask
Claudia Coffey - 1st Place
Handmade gray mouse wearing pink coat with
green buttons and Mardi Gras beads around
neck. Holding “Pins” sign in one hand and a
purple glitter mask (edged in gold) on a stick in
other hand. Mouse is standing on a green pin
cushion with harlequin diamond design in pink
and rose around middle. A jeweled pin was in
cushion. Around cushion were curled ribbons, a
fan, and an invitation to the masked ball. All
hand made. All enclosed in glass dome.
Purple foam mask with clear, green, and blue
beads around edge with feathers to one side with
beads in center. Brown mouse ears. Mask on a
gold ribbon wrapped stick.
Silver mask with green ribbon in diagonal lines
down mask, and purple pom poms all over mask.
Brown mouse ears. Large purple feather coming
from center back of mask.
Grey mouse with purple/ gold mask with jewels
and feathers. Mardi Gras beads at neck.
White stuffed mouse wearing purple and gold
mask and Mardi Gras beads.
Light blue Nightie Bear wearing a blue and gold
glitter mask with confetti stars on each edge.
Jennifer Karabetsos - 2nd Place
Priscilla Wood - 3rd Place
Priscilla Wood 3rd Place, Jennifer Karabetsos 2nd Place, Nancy Vanderah holding crown for Claudia Coffey 1st Place
Other Masks:
#1