merry christmas

Merry Christmas

to all

and to all a good nite

last minute gifts

it has been a busy month

with life getting somewhat back to "normal"

I've also got the creative bug!!

(must be the full moon)

 I have a ton of jewelry supplies

and when I found a container filled with chandelier crystals

I got inspired

I think they work well with the pearls and metal

a few extra crochet projects

a change purse and zebra slippers for sadie

and just a couple samples of the over 20 encaustic painting i've  done

over the past few months

dazzel it tassels

now that I've been getting healthier and feeling more like my old self

it's great to be presented with a challenge

my friend carmi sent out this package with some wonderful

suede tassels and cord  from the new dazzle-it line

plus a few jewelry components (left)

and one of my projects (right)

a number of beads added to some chain with the tassel

as always one project leads to several more

above I found 5 different styles of chain

wove some suede lace through the larger chain

and added the tassels to the ends of another

above I decided to use a macramé square knot

adding silver beads in between

I have more to work on so I will keep you posted

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for more info on the dazzle-it line check out their blog or on facebook



encaustic

happy accidents!

some days I start out with a great idea

I can see it in my head, sometimes I dream about painting

then when it comes to getting it onto the canvas it can go wrong

for some reason I was having a hard time

I just wasn't "feeling it"

after several breaks and almost giving up

I decided to give it one more chance

after layering and scraping

ironing and adding more color

more scraping and ironing

I finally liked what I was seeing

so I added a photo transfer

and after six hours of pure frustration

a beautiful painting

lesson learned

never give up

but more importantly

patience!!!!

sari yarn

i'm always up for a challenge

so when I met my friend carmi for dinner

she was showing off her latest purchase from anthropologie

silk sari yarn

as soon as dinner was over we headed next door

to get some more and promised we would both make something

I decided to get out the crochet hook, beads, wire and chain

before long I had this necklace made

carmi made a wonderful braclet seen on her blog here