First, here is a sneek peek at my calender challenge that Kate at the Kathryn Wheel is hosting. Midway through the month and I'm still hanging in there! PHEW...it's more work than you think. Kate mentioned a while back about having time to take 5 minutes a day to do this....yah, if your normal I guess. It tends to take me a bit longer! But I am having fun with it!
My good friend Liz, is having a giveaway! A great pair of earrings that she designed! I have mentioned that Liz is the terrific lady who taught me how to make jewelry a few years ago. She is a great designer, and teacher, and a terrific person. You won't want to miss this, so go on over and check out her blog! Click on the earrings to visit her!
REMEMBER, Saturday January 16th, is the last day to enter the WISH BRACELET GIVEAWAY!! It's open till midnight, and I'll announce the winner on Monday. You now have one last WISH!
I am still loving old pictures, soft worn fibers, vintage buttons, old metal, things that feel good in my fingers, the smooth, the FAMILIAR.
Something new here. I am taking an online course with Miss Suzi Blu...called Goddess and Poet. Although I was formally schooled in art and drawing, I was never comfortanle drawing faces, at least the way I had envisioned them to be. I want them to have soul, and I think I may be getting close. For me, it is not about realism, or perfection, it is about the capturing the essence, the mood, creating an atmosphere. I have a loooong way to go here, this is just the very beginning.
If you read my post a few days ago, you know I was not very fond of my grandfather. There are a few memories though that are so fresh in my mind from my childhood, and I translated one of those into a necklace. When I was a kid, I really disliked my "pops" as we called him. If he said anything to me it was usually to tease me, and my response was always a big fat "SO"! And his response was always, " Sew buttons on your old man's shirt!" As a kid, that really confused the heck out of me. ha. I would always tell my mom I didn't know what that meant, and she was never successful at explaining it either! That experession still stays with me, and I say it to my small nieces and nephews once in a while, and they look at me with that same perplexed face. Times have changed, and this saying is antiquainted, but it is another warm memory of days gone by, and an easier way to look at part of the past.
A little ATC created for a swap, and the theme is Marie with wings. A short and sweet fun little project! Happy Friday, happy weekend, and lets all use our wings this weekend!
