simple layers...Green Tara gift card...mix it up!

Green Tara Cobweb mesh (Olive) CODERB6772Ol 

Green Tara 2 tone trim (15mm plum/olive) CODERB4249PLO

Green Tara 3 tone (10mm plum/olive/blackberry) CODERB4233PLO

Green Tara 6.5cm Aster Batik Vintage CODEFDS029BatV

flying to Melbourne

I am off to Melbourne next month to teach at A Scrappe Angels Heaven to teach "Owly" and "The Seahorse Project"...I'll be there July 30-31, call the store for full details and to book in

it isn't easy being green

green thumb?!...I was staining gauze for "The Seahorse Project"

lots of lovely green gauze

wearable art...flooded canvases around your neck

I have been working on mini wearable art pieces...

I love the texture of things and so the art had to have some of that

...and resin...

...and just a couple had to be very different...so they are...

...more resin...

maximum resin pour for little 5cm canvases

once these are set I'll be attaching some of my "mongrel beads" and chain...then I will put them on Etsy

Adorning Crown Swap

a crown with lots of personality

you know you love it!

It's like wearing a jumble sale on your head

I love how perfectly mismatched this is

I thought I would share my completed crown form the Adorning Crown Swap 

Owly...my newest product design

Petite ATC Owly

18cm Owly (this canvas is a class sample)

ATC, 18cm and 30cm Owlies

15cm Owly on a 12x12 inch canvas

Owly is one of my latest product designs, retailers can order through Words Or Whatever

Blog Pimp

so this post is all about promoting friends...those with neat, cool, interesting, fun...and sometimes silly ideas...no bad ideas, I love them all...and no I'm not getting paid in cash or product...I am promoting these small hand made companies and businesses because they are people trying to share what they love with you...and with me.
Everybody who knows me knows I am all about supporting the bricks and mortar stores...and I do...but these businesses aren't selling mass produced papers, etc...they are selling things that are complete...things that made them smile because they were proud of what they did.
So here I am pimping out small businesses...support them and you are supporting their crafts..

Monkey Mayhem (UK) 

Elocin Designs (Nicole Pomeroy)

Zombie Lou

Mary Vogel Lozinak

Fold Forming...AKA bashing the crap out of metal

my very first attempt at fold forming...this is brass, I have it sitting on the sheet it was cut from...neat eh?

"Let anger flow"

brass leaves, crystals and small brass disks sway lightly

22 gauge copper wire...balled and bent...so very delicate

balled and bent copper wire, 22 and 18 gauge

balled, bent, annealed, forged...pretty!

brass wire

copper and brass jump rings...hand made, annealed and raw

big hook!

I know I have been a bit quiet...and rightly so, I am doing my best to get myself back to where I was...sometimes it is easier than other times, but I will get there. I have not felt creative, and this does not serve me well as I sit around and do nothing if I am not busy, this is unhealthy and I know that. So a few days ago I felt agressive, and what's a girl to do when she feels like that? Get out the hammer! So I got out my 16 hammers...I kid you not! and I got out my sheet of brass, copper wires, crystal beads and butane torch...and I tried fold forming and I balled brass and copper wire, and I forged and folded and it felt so good to be creating again. I have this beautiful piece hanging in my studio window now and I look at it every day and it reminds me that it's ok to be angry about bad things but it's great to take it out on metal and create something good. Thank you to everybody for your wonderful support and concerns for me, it will always be greatly appreciated.

 

Words Or Whatever DT call

1. Do you love chipboard? 
2. Do you enjoy creating with the newest products?
3. Do you like to be a part of a team?

then this is for you! Click on the hyperlink below to get all the details

WORDS OR WHATEVER DESIGN TEAM CALL