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I will be selling these at the Catskill Mountain Artisans Guild! Just as soon as I get a chance I will make more and list them on my Etsy site.

 

 

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Just some items I made. I'm having problems getting some of my pics to my blog, so this is sort of a test. I use the Blogsy program for iPad, which has been ok so far. However I am having issues getting pics to post. Let's see if this works!

 

 

 

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Songs From the Wood

Let me bring you songs from the wood:
To make you feel much better than you could know.
Dust you down from tip to toe.
Show you how the garden grows.

Hold you steady as you go.
Join the chorus if you can:
It'll make of you an honest man.
Let me bring you love from the field:

Poppies red and roses filled with summer rain.
To heal the wound and still the pain,
That threatens again and again,
As you drag down every lover's lane.

Life's long celebration's here.
I'll toast you all in penny cheer.
Let me bring you all things refined:
Galliards and lute songs served in chilling ale.

Greetings well met fellow, hail!
I am the wind to fill your sail.
I am the cross to take your nail:
A singer of these ageless times,

With kitchen prose and gutter rhymes.
Songs from the wood make you feel much better.

Written by Ian Anderson 
Jethro Tull. One of the greatest bands of all time. I've had this song in my head all day, now it's in your head. Who doesn't like a man in tights jumping around playing the flute? Ok, I know. Ian doesn't do that any more. I'm showing my age.;)

The Creative Process

I get inspired by looking at other people's work, I love to look at the design elements, and try to figure out how on earth they came up with a certain look. A lot of times I just can't figure it out....what is going on inside the mind of the artist...and a lot of times I just sit back and enjoy the feeling of amazement I get when looking at something truly one of a kind.

Tonight I made these

The piece on the left is kyanite. I bought a a handful when I was in South Dakota over the summer. I LOVE kyanite! It's one of my fav minerals, not just cause it's pretty, but because this:

The high vibration and rapid transfers of energy from Kyanite create pathways where none existed before. Like a universal bridge, it is an extraordinary crystal of connection, opening the mind centers, enhancing telepathic and psychic abilities, bridging gaps in all communication efforts, and providing a link for transmitting or receiving healing energy. It immediately aligns the chakras and subtle bodies, bringing tranquility and a calming effect to the whole being. It is an exceptional stone for transitioning into deep meditative states. [Simmons, 223][Ahsian, 224-225][Melody, 363-364] BOOM.

How awesome is that. I mean come on! The next one is a little something something I made using a technique I learned from Fancifuldevices. ( I adore her stuff). I call it the magical doorway. Is that tacky? Oh well. I love magical doors. " Speak friend and it will open" The item on the right is a little keyhole. Self explanatory. No idea where I picked that up.

But the whole reason for blathering on, is what to to with these three items, and how do I use all three in a necklace design? I have something, a little inkling about what I want to achieve.... But it has not crystallized into a solid idea yet. Any suggestions?

And now. Some Magical Doors.

 

 

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For those of you visiting the Catskill Mountains of New York, you will find some of my work here at the Guild and here

One of the steampunk inspired items I have there at the guild in Woodstock NY!

 

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Illuminated Manuscript

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Illuminated Manuscripts have always fascinated me. I can envision the Monks laboriously working, taking such care to get all the details just right with just the light from their candles to work by.

I recently finished a class on how to make a mixed media journal from Artful Gathering. http://atozinnia.org/ The class was taught by Luthien Thye, and it was called Beyond Time.

Of course it does not compare to the manuscripts of old, but I had such fun creating it!

 

 

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Wonderful

 

I discovered the amazing world of Essential oils! I am now an Independent Distributor for Young Living! My member #1720354.

 

 

 

The first time I met Stephanie Lee was when I bought her book Semiprecious Salvage. I was so inspired by her work that after my daughter moved out of the apartment off the garage, I had my hubby turn it into a workshop for me! He built me a great work bench to play with metals and jewelry.
By reading Stephanie's blog I was able to take another class from her called Handbook of Elements. It was a class on journal making. Very informative and so interesting! I learned so much!
Then I took another class on Metalsmithing from her as well, Stephanie is very generous with sharing her knowlege and quite gracious and accommodating.

I really enjoyed everything I learned from her, and look forward to more creative endeavors!

 

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