tropical punch

 

i love getting mail

especially  when its from my friend carmi

another fun challenge

tropical punch from dazzle-it

see all the wonderful creations on the blog hop here

 

starting top left alma stoller

cindy godrick
me

tammy powley

laura weed

tenia nelson

suze weinberg

lisa kettell

wendy price 

 

the collection includes a luscious assortment of Lucite flowers and chain,

round and tear drop beads, three dimensional flowers, filigree components,

 sliders, a unique metal flower maker, retro flower components and polyester pipe

 

using some dazzle-it gold aluminum wire

i created this fun necklace above

and i love the retro color palette below

 

 

encaustic

last month, my drive to the cottage was so inspiring

the sky was blue with big fluffy clouds, the fields, brilliant shades of green

and once i saw the bay i was so relaxed

the water always sooths my soul

 

love, love , love shibori

this time last year , my friend carmi introduced me to soutache

little did she know that she was opening pandora's box

I quickly became addicted

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well, here we go again

recently carmi gave me three rolls of shibori ribbon

i've seen it in some jewelry on pinterest and really liked the look

(i never got around to finding it)

 

 once i gathered all the elements i thought would look nice together

i pondered, hesitating really, scissors in hand but not making the cut!

its so expensive, questions running through my head

and finally after weeks of contemplating i did it

using a medium shaped felt  heart i just starting sewing

adding bead , rhinestones , pearls and some trim

 

once i finished i thought it would make a nice necklace

 

encaustic painting and finding my muse

recently i spent a week at my friends cottage north of owen sound

it was a wonderful week

the weather was a bit distracting

i spent saturday morning going to yard sales

sunday to the flea market and inglis falls

and Tuesday at the keady market

and i still managed to get 9 paintings done

above are the first 2, at first i struggled to find my muse

but eventually she showed up and i created these 2 painting