Last week I got to go to “Into the Fire” – which is a decorate your own pottery place in Arvada, CO. VERY fun! I found it really “zen” to paint again – haven’t done it in years. If you live in Denver, you might want to check it out
In the last post, I commented I was ripping things out – mainly all the flowers I had previously done on my fairy – now that I have more ideas (and more books!) on how to do Silk Ribbon Embroidery, I HATED my old stitching. So, why put up with
Stitch night was tonight and oh how I love it! It focuses my work and gives me time to sit and chat and just think about stitching! (oh, and we eat at Panera, which I love). How bad can it be! I’m working tonight on my fairy – and by
Yep, that’s what I said, CLEANING! Isn’t that crazy? Let me back up. When the kids were little I wanted to get them involved in making their beds, doing chores and basic stuff around the house. What I quickly realized is it takes the patience of Job (biblical character) to
Here’s what I ended up doing with my Spirit Dolls. I found this “hat” at the thrift store and thought it would work great to hang the dolls from it in a circular pattern. The cool thing is you can now see the bottom and both sides of all the
It’s a snowy day here in Denver – the decorations that never had snow on them during the actual holidays now look very picturesque! So, what am I to do on a day like today? Get ready for my next big project, that’s what! These are my bins of ribbons
Well I’m still wrapping up. I wanted to do a wrap up on the Bead Journal project I did in 2010, plus all of my finished projects before I put my “list” on the sidebar into cold storage and officially move onto 2011. Here are links to every one of
Woo hoo! Project completed! I have finally finished the last two year Bead Journal Project spirit dolls! First, is my November one – Missy C picked out the fabric and it was SLIPPERY! The rest of the items sort of symbolize her and her likes! This is December’s! I just
Well, it’s almost over. 2010 – has been crazy, full of change, but I do feel pretty good about my 2010 word of the year, “Focus”. Ironically, instead of JUST my fiber art and business it also became about Focusing on our family (don’t get that mixed up with the
So, after careful thought, my word of the year (see Christine Kane’s fabulous post) is: Bloom: Definition: flower; flourish Synonyms: be in flower, bear fruit, blossom, blow, bud, burgeon, burst, develop, effloresce, fare well, fructify, germinate, grow, open, prosper, sprout, succeed, tassel out, thrive, wax blossom, blossoming, bud, efflorescence, floret,