COCOON

A new necklace, I know this will be one of my favorites of all time...it just feels right, and flowed right out of me. It reminded me of a cocoon....protection...warmth. These are the best times, when for no apparent reason, it just happens.

Thanks for looking friends.

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OPINIONS

Lately I have been dealing with a tiny internal fued . I love the fact that after many years of non art, I have found myself again, and can't even express to you how creating art in different mediums has changed my life. I enjoy exchanging with so many people, getting to meet people from all over the world,and bits of their life also, and to see that we are all so much alike. BUT, I do so many swaps that I have come to miss the creation just for me...just to play, just to let it happen. I made a few atc's the other night for a exchange. I realized how much I missed making these as I did in the beginning...just to make them. So this was one I made just to create, and as it turns out, it told quite a story .

Something to think about.

Thanks for visiting and I wish for everyone a beautiful week of creating!

DREAMER

Yes, I finally took the big plunge into resin, and I am enjoying it! The look on this girls face almost instantly transports me to another time. The image reminded me of when I was a little girl, and my mom would sing a lot when we were in the house, and she often sang the song Beautiful Dreamer. When I was 10 years old or so, my parents bought me a small inexpensive organ, and that song was in the songbook, although I don't remember who wrote it.
It will always be with me, and a memory of a simpler time, a wonderful time. Such small activities at the time mean the world to me now.....so I try to keep them alive. Do any of you carry a favorite song from your childhood? I'd love to hear about it! Thank you for visiting, you all mean the world to me.

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PAPER WHIMSY JOURNAL

I joined in a swap recently at Paper Whimsy which required making a small journal, 5"x7", and decorating the front with at least two images from Paper Whimsy, and one of their bits from their shop. Well, that was the easy part because every single thing they sell is beautiful. I had never put together any type of book at all, so it was a challenge, but a good one, and the guidelines referenced instructions in the most recent "Cloth, Paper, Scissors magazine.
Their binding technique was very simple and worked well, and I used gaffer tape on the seam from Paper Whimsy, which I can now say is a fantastic product!! The covers I cut from some beautiful files I had won on a giveaway a while ago. I added the P.W. girl, and created her skirt from an actual vintage dress I have had for years. Added some bling, fabric, and a nice little glass bobble of LOVE! Now I might have to make myself one!! Thank you for looking!

STILL FLYING

To fly as fast as thought, to anywhere that is, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived.

Richard Bach

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LUCKY PEARL

Some weekend fun to get me in the summer/beach/warm weather kind of mood! This is my take on the beach theme. A 4x6 postcard to be swapped out with another creative approach.
I had a good time creating this, thinking out of the box a bit, and letting my imagination roam!
Anything can exist in your mind, right?

Happy weekend!

RENEWAL

So, I have been working hard on jewelry, and in doing so am discovering that a subject that was once so uncomfortable for me to create around, is now becoming familiar and an outlet for transforming thoughts into something that actually feels good. And I can honestly say that I never dreamed that could have happened in a million years. This necklace is all about that renewed thinking , to try to get my inner spirit and my physical being to come together, to be comfortable. I always feel a need to translate the emotion and significance that something means to me into a wearable form. I feel that by doing this that a real part of me is in that piece of jewelry, I feel it will be carried by the person who buys it or wears it. I am certain. Call it what you want, religion, belief, faith. I believe it is making me free.

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