A Sparkle Fairy Named Mavis

I disappear from my blog for a while – so what do I do while I’m gone? Well, I make stuff! Or I finish stuff. Like the fairy in a jar that was started long ago…

 

Her name is Mavis and she’s a Sparkle Fairy – the type of fairy that puts the twinkle in glitter, the flash in rhinestones and the glimmer in sunlight on water.  She moved in to the jar right away, no doubt because of all that glitter, and waited patiently for me to finish the lid. She didn’t stamp her wee foot, not even once, but she did mention the other fairies were beginning to talk. So I finished the lid, the center is paper – to keep the room dust out, the fairy dust in – and doesn’t stop the comings and goings of a fairy. The ring has glitter ribbon and vintage rhinestone trim, a ribbon rose and velvet leaves adorn the top.

 

She keeps me company in the studio…

 

 

Some other studio happenings…

This necklace and the amethyst necklace above were published in Somerset's magazine “Jewelry Affaire”

 

Thrill! Thrill! Thrill! Beautiful photos and a lovely article!

And off I go to make more stuff!

One World One Heart…

 

It’s time for the One World One Heart 2011 event!

This is a really, really big international blog event and it will be the last year. It’s hosted by A Whimsical Bohemian and  I had a wonderful time at the past event and will be ready to go this year. Each participant offers a giveaway and last year mine went to a blogger from the Netherlands. Click on the link above or the sidebar button to find out more!

 

Brownie and I say Happy New Year!

 

 

Woof, woof!

Happy Holidays!

 

Here’s some Christmas cheer from my house to you…

Enjoy the tree…

 

Have a seat at the table…

 

With a vintage plastic crèche…

 

A napkin holder dressed for the season…

 

And goodie bags to hand out…

 

Blessings of the season!

Starfish and Buttonhole Stitches

Crafting My Best Life, continued…

One of the projects was a starfish of felt with arms to hold messages of love from those we hold dear – I had forgotten how cheerful red felt is! Specially with yellow buttonhole stitch. Now I want to make an ocean full of cheerful starfish!

 

Tags to remind me of goals, a book for journaling

 

But the main goal: mission statements. Business on the right, personal on the left. This is a box lid, for the class we decorated a shoe sized box to hold the projects. I didn’t have a shoe box handy so I used the box from a Diwali Barbie who now dances in my studio (and looks exactly like Aishwarya Rai).

 

Keep howling!

Painted Rocks

The next “Crafting My Best Life” project was to find out what we value, distill those values into single words and put those words on painted rocks. Painting rocks is fun!

Finding the values meant answering questions like : when have you felt needed by others…, if I could muster up the courage I would …, when were you inspired…, and then condense the answers into a single word. Rocks were used because values are solid, what a great way to express that! I put the value of creativity on the big rock, because that’s so important to me now. Compassion is on the smallest rock so I can put it in my pocket and take it with me always.  Hozho is a Navajo word that’s translated as “beauty” but it’s like the beauty of being in balance with the universe. Sangha means community, it’s a value learned from Buddhism. The muslin bag came with the class kit – to hold our rocks, on it I wrote I will remember.

Next: Starfish

Raised By Wolves

I’ve been taking an online class: “Crafting My Best Life”, created and taught by Jenny Doh, the former editor of Somerset Studios wonderful publications. What an experience! The class is from CRESCENDOh Creative Lab where there are more great learning adventures!

First we had to find out “who am I”

We responded to a set of questions and created a self portrait using the answers.This is my self portrait, the central figure is from a painting done by my mother. Where are you from? San Diego and Palm Springs. What were you good at when you were 10 or 11? I loved science and bird-watching – so I used a microscope and a yellow bird. Who were your heroes? Henry David Thoreau and Keith Richards. Who raised you? My first response was “wolves”, well, I like that! So it’s official, I was raised by wolves and you can see one in the lower left corner!

Next: painted rocks!

Think Pink!

There’s still a bit of time to enter! 

A lovely giveaway at Lilly's Lace, a new blog. 

She made the beautiful belt buckle above and has posts of vintage wedding photos with her humorous stories – very entertaining! Stop by and enjoy!