Soul Humming

You Are Loved

 

larger copper heart earrings

I worked for days on the patina of these earrings. I added layer upon layer of different effects with varied and sundry methods to get just the look for which I was searching. They were hammered and beaten, filed and sanded before being hung from these sterling earwires I made just for them.

Now they are hanging in my Etsy store. Go and buy them, will you? ;0)

Heart-shaped leaf

And now I've just returned from a walk with my oldest son. He broke his finger on Friday and is feeling a bit punky. His finger hurts and he's a little down. So I convinced him to walk with me and the pups. Almost as soon as we left the house I found this bright, striped, dark spotted, heart-shaped leaf, which reminded me so much of the earrings I worked on so long. Even though I know it is just a leaf that I found on the sidewalk, I believe in synchronicity. I believe in the power of love, magic, and the oneness of us all. Yes, I'm wild like that. Finding the leaf made me feel seen and loved. I picked it up and put it onto my son's chest and made it thump, thump, thump, which made him laugh out loud. Which made me smile. Which was all good in the most simple of ways.

Wherever you may find yourself this day, I hope you will embrace the small miracles, the simple joys, and the magic that is your own life. Remember that you are seen and recognized by all that is good and glorious. You are Loved.

 

The Journey

Here's what I'm working on today.

 

Green Creature Necklace

 

Lovely Creature
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

 
There she stands, this lovely creature
There she stands, there she stands
With her hair full of ribbons
And green gloves on her hands
So I asked this lovely creature
Yes, I asked. Yes I asked
Would she walk with me a while
Through this night so fast
She took my hand, this lovely creature
"Yes", she said, "Yes", she said
"Yes, I'll walk with you a while"
It was a joyful man she led
Over hills, this lovely creature
Over mountains, over ranges
By great pyramids and sphinxs
We met drifters and strangers
Oh the sands, my lovely creature
And the mad, moaning winds
At night the deserts writhed
With diabolical things
Through the night, through the night
The wind lashed and it whipped me
When I got home, my lovely creature
She was no longer with me
Somewhere she lies, this lovely creature
Beneath the slow drifting sands
With her hair full of ribbons
And green gloves on her hands

Finding inspiration...

 

with my sleepy friends.

 

 

 

The Build Zone

 

My very talented friend, Deryn Mentock, has an awesome online jewelry class coming up this month titled, The Build Zone. To quote Deryn, "If you make jewelry, or want to make jewelry, the best way to reach the level of perfection and professionalism you desire is to build a good, solid foundation of basic skills.  In this class, I'm excited to offer just that...and more." She makes beautiful pieces and is ready to share her wealth of knowledge and creativity in this great class which you can take in the comfort of your own home.

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Registration is now open so be sure to run over and check it out.

Door Prize

 

 

Fairy Rings

I made these wool wrapped steel hoops to give away as a door prize at the Journal Jam tomorrow. They are wrapped in sterling silver, faceted iolite, amethyst, and moonstone.

They're swingy and funky yet dainty and feminine, too. I hope they'll make the winner a happy girl. Clap, clap, clap! I'm so excited to spend the day at the beach painting with friends! It's been especially hot here the last few days so it just ramps up the anticipation all the more to be heading to Malibu. Yay! I hope that your Sunday is scrumptious!

Inspire Joy

 

 

This talisman is a gift for my oldest son's teacher. When someone is special in the lives of my children, as she is, I like to make them a present at Christmas.

 

It has a heavy twisted chain, turquoise, shell, sari ribbon, brass, and a hammered sterling silver clasp.

Under the words, Inspire Joy, lies a little booklet created from pages of his homework in her class with small caran d'ache drawings I made.

I hope she likes it.

On my desk now...

Swimming

 

the rain has come for the last two days. and so i have unearthed hammers and flame to turn a beach treasure into a simple pendant with silver and pearls.

the shell has some lovely mother-of pearl inside but i'm afraid it is camera shy.

it would appear that i still like rather large necklaces. 'working on a few other things as well. slowly, slowly so terribly slow to come around again.

 

 

Soon...

 

Yesterday I got on bloglines with the plan to read some blogs. I hadn't visited the first blog that I chose to look at in a while. Actually, I haven't visited many blogs, including my own, in a long time. When the blog opened the post was titled Happy New Year! I was more than 200 posts behind!

I am living a different sort of unblog-cluttered life these days. For the last year I've been waiting to have the desire to paint again. But I don't really have it. I know that the easiest way to get it is to put my butt in the chair and paint. Instead, I am distracted with these two dorks...

They have no manners whatsoever. One leaps up and eats food right off the table and the other is a secret agent sent from Dog Headquarters on a mission to exterminate or at least terrify every cat she can find.

And as there are two perfectly lovely cats living here, she must work diligently night and day and day and night barking and leaping and throwing herself into such a frenzy that her teeth chatter and shebarks so loud I think the roof will blow off the house. All this keeps a girl busy and out of her studio.

when i have time, i make simple pieces like these horn earrings

and these that have beautiful crucifix medals with sari ribbon

and these which are really colorful from where i sit.

but soon, soon, back to a schedule of painting and a store filled with jewelry and wooden fabulous creatures. soon!