I recently saw some jewelry made out of bottle caps. Since I had some bottle caps I had saved, I decided to make a pendant: I pounded one bottle cap flat and drilled holes. The other, I took pliers and smashed inward. Then I rummaged through my vintage stash, and found a perfect old pearl […]
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The weather has gone into Inland Empire summer mode – this is the time of year when I dream of my beach cottage getaway. I would leave in May and not come back until September, possibly October. Despite the heat, my garden is doing great. My melon patch has turned into a rogue squash patch. […]
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After meeting DH for coffee today, I decided to check in at our local bead shop downtown. I’m usually not a big fan of cloisonne beads, but these were the exception: They are lightweight, and the colors are beautiful. I added smoky topaz faceted rounds as dangles – a perfect Bird A Week peacock earrings!
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This weeks lab assignment was to draw a flag. I chose to digitally create a collage of flags: The flags featured all have special meaning to me. Old Glory: Our country, sweet land of liberty… Rising Sun: Country of my birth Croatian Flag: Country of DH’s birth Lone Star State Flag : Birth State of my boys […]
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Here are the two final art journal challenges from Catscrap. The theme was “Schemes” (or, plans): Like that old Nike commercial “Just Do It!” And, really what’s important:
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Catscrap journal challenges for weeks 5 and 6 were “Goals”. And here are my two journaling layouts on “Goals”: I am constantly second guessing myself when it comes to parenting. You would think by now, I would practice what I preach, but parenting is an ever evolving challenge… And, as Oprah says:
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For this week’s challenge, the Diva assigned us to create an initial string by using a string with a weight on it, and draping it over our tile. I chose a silver pendant and chain that my mother-in-law had given me. I draped it over the tile, traced it, and created my tangle: For some […]
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Catscrap journal challenges for weeks 3 and 4 were “Dreams”. And here are my two journaling layouts on “Dreams”: Do you ever dream that you can fly? It’s my favorite kind of dream 🙂
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Catscrap hosted an eight week art journaling challenge that I participated in. The theme of the challenge was Hopes, Dreams, Goals, & Schemes (Plans). The first two weeks were “Hope”. And here are my two journaling layouts on “Hope”: I am really liking the concept of digital arts and journaling.
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This bird a week challenge is really turning out to be a challenge of endurance! We are halfway through the year, and I am determined to make it to the finish :-). This week, I pulled out a drawing book of animals that I have by Ed Emberly. Mr. Emberly draws the most whimsical little […]
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It’s been a while since I made anything with silver clay. So, here are some earrings. I used a mold I made from vintage glass buttons, pressed the clay, fired, polished, and combined it with bali sterling beads and champagne freshwater pearl drops: And here is a pendant I made. It is decorated with a […]
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