Sweet Suprise

Well I just got back from the farmer's market.  It was the last one I'll be working this season.  I hope to be a "Master Food Preserver" again next year, if all goes well.

So, I logged on to ArtFire, check my inbox and find this collection curated by Christinaitees:

Amazing Polymer!

   Curated By: Christinaitees

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Handmade Soap

This particular collect is all my work. Well, Im at a loss for words, other than Thank-you!!!

Happy Monday!!

I’m afraid I didn’t get much done last week – I had a nasty cold that slowed me down a bit.  But I’m working on  getting over it, so I hope to get more created, photographed and uploaded this week.  I did finish one  necklace, that I should get it in my ArtFire Studio today.

 

Check out the monthly give away at the “Shops With Less Than 10 Sales Blog”.  A pair of lovely earrings create by "Jewelry By Andrea". Just leave a comment on a blog to enter the contest.


Okay I need to go - my Muse is screaming at me!

Cosmic Cat

A giant cosmic kitty using planets as play toys! Can you imagine a whole galaxy of cosmic kitties? Batting planets around!

Cosmic Cat is a fun photo illustration by  Pacific Northwest artist,  Jeliza.
She has some wonderful photos and photo illustrations  in her ArtFire Studio. To see more head over to  Jeliza's ArtFire Studio!

Freeform Friday

Gads, it's been one of those kind of weeks.  Well, I've been plugging away at my knitting project for the KAL sponsored by Jane Thornley.  The ladies over in the forum at Ravelry have been producing some beautiful items.  Wish I could link to it, but the way Ravelry is set up, you have to join to see anything.  If at all interested, I would recommend joining - it's free!  A lot of knitting, crochet, spinning info and free patterns!

I took a progress photo of my project, and YUCK!  The green circle looks awful!  It actually doesn't look as bad as the photo makes it.  Guess I'm going to have to do some frogging. . .



On to polymer clay beady things.  Don't these beads remind you of the roar of the ocean, taste of salty air, cool ocean breezes on a hot summer day?

Bummer.  They were supposed to be evocative of cold crisp snowy mornings.  I guess I just don't do snow very well in general. . .








I've been playing with making patchwork leaf pendants. I'm thinking strung simply on leather cord.  But, there is always the chance I will change my mind.  I'm still pondering them. Not sure if they look leafy or just plain weird.

Well, right about now my brain is mush.  Probably something to do with the cold I have, blech. Mush, or not, I need to do some ArtFire things (or at least attempt to), so off I go.

Woo-Hoo! First Goal Met!

I hit my goal of getting 20 items uploaded to my ArtFire Studio!  So, now my next goal is to get it to 40!

I also want to announce "Free Shipping".  In celebration of my goal I'm offering free shipping anywhere in the United States via USPS.

I have another lovely collection to share.  This one was curated by JanetSaw  Check out her Studio - her items look good enough to eat! Check out her donut earrings!

Oh and I love purple. :)

Heavenly Purples and Violets

   Curated By: JanetSaw

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Handmade Gifts

The Wild Side

The big cats have always intrigued me - they are so beautiful!  As an adolescent I liked to copy (draw) pictures of them.  I always had to get the spots and stripes exact!

Nowadays, I am always a sucker for animal prints - especially leopard, jaguar, tiger and cheetah.  I have a couple of animal print coats, animal print skirts, and a bunch of animal print fabric.

Some of my fellow "Smooshers" have taken inspiration from the beautiful big cats and have created some wonderful beads and jewelry!

A pair of exotic leopard print earrings from 2 Good Claymates.I think these could be casual or dressy.  A girl can never have to many earrings!

Tiger stripe beads from Clay It Again.
Make your own! For starters,  I'm thinking the square beads would make cute earrings. . . Did I mention, you can never have too many earrings?

You can never have too many bracelets either!  Especially bangles. A bengal bangle bracelet (say that 10 time fast) from Gingerbells







A big and bold  leopard spot bead is the focal for this funky necklace from Into the Dawn

Back to Normal

I was able to get a few more things uploaded to my ArtFire Studio.  It seems our ISP has fixed their problems (for now).  I should get to my goal of 20 items uploaded by the end of the day!

Here is a Purple and Blue Pendant Necklace that I listed last night.  I love purple!

I lost count of how many items, I've made, lol.  Made and remade! My new goal is to get 100 items uploaded.  By the end of the month would be good.  So, that is 80 more to go!

That means I better get off the internet and get to work!