Who knew that the classic spiral tie dye was so diverse!
Who knew that the placement of the dye on the spiral created all of the awesome spiral effects that you see on tie dyed shirts!
AND even if you do all the dying the same way, how each spiral can vary!
This shirt was done with a three color stripe on one side and a solid color on the other side, and see the differences of this shirts!
This one is done, with one color on one side, and one color on the other. Very dramatic and bold look!
I have done a tutorial on two different dye placements on a spiraled shirt here on my YouTube channel . Tie Dye Tutorial .
I have more tutorials coming!
Thanks for stopping by! Have a blessed day, and always create!
All of my jewelry creations are based on the metaphysical properties of the stones or the colors that are incorporated. Jewelry should be a window to our soul, a protector of our emotions and a companion to our spirit. All of my other creations come directly from my heart in hopes they touch yours as well. Celebrate yourself with healing jewelry, and other gift ideas made with love!
Hey Raleigh!!!! Here is your chance to see my tie dyed scarves up close and personal!!! I will be at Lasting Impressions in Fuquay, 11/24-26/17!!
Lasting Impressions is a locally run artist fair and show for the holidays. You can find fine arts and crafts ranging from oil and watercolor paintings, pottery, wreaths, jewelry, fused, stained and dichroic glass, Holiday ornaments, baked goods, candy, scarves, doll clothes and more.
Open the weekend following Thanksgiving 2017: Friday, November 24, 9am-6pm Saturday, November 25, 9am-6pm Sunday, November 26, 12pm-4pm
All of my jewelry creations are based on the metaphysical properties of the stones or the colors that are incorporated. Jewelry should be a window to our soul, a protector of our emotions and a companion to our spirit. All of my other creations come directly from my heart in hopes they touch yours as well. Celebrate yourself with healing jewelry, and other gift ideas made with love!
I can't get enough of tie dying! I have to dye everything. Doesn't matter what I look at, fabric wise - I wonder what it would look like if it was crinkled up or rubber banded and loaded with color.
I recently went to visit my brother in Oklahoma City. What a blast! He is an artist, WONDERFUL artist, and shows his work at The Purple Loft Gallery.
Last year, I went out to The Paseo Art District and did a show of my jewelry, this year, I took tie dyed scarves.
I made scarves from cotton flannel, and cotton muslin for a lighter weight scarf. They were a hit!
I love each design, and the way that I do it, I don't duplicate the design, staying true to my one of a kind philosophy.
I will be selling my scarves locally at The Green Monkey in downtown Raleigh, at Raleigh Brewing on 12/9/17, at Lasting Impressions Art Show in Fuquay-Varina over Thanksgiving, and will be at New E nuff in Bethany OK!! I am so excited at the doors this tie dye adventure has opened!
We all need more color!
All of my jewelry creations are based on the metaphysical properties of the stones or the colors that are incorporated. Jewelry should be a window to our soul, a protector of our emotions and a companion to our spirit. All of my other creations come directly from my heart in hopes they touch yours as well. Celebrate yourself with healing jewelry, and other gift ideas made with love!
I have been staying on track with my motivation, organization and expanding my jewelry line to sell in more local stores. Everything is running right on track!!
The organization has been a bit of challenge, not gonna lie, and here I am going to bear it all! It takes guts to show the bad with the good, and I am showing it to you. I work better in a jumbled chaos - it sparks my creativity and the ideas flow. What this chaos doesn't do, is allow the creativity to happen in a timely manner. This meaning, to be cost effective when pricing my jewelry, time goes into that formula. When I spend 20 minutes looking for my hole punchers, so I can package an order, that is 20 minutes lost in profit!!! When this revelation hit me, the organization began with a fury. As I rolled up my shirt sleeves and dug in, I realized I have been wasting a lot of time.
Here you can see, holy cow!!! that is the only way to say it :) I dragged everything to the middle of the room, swept the floor, and started putting everything back. This process let me go through things, find things I haven't seen in years, and evaluate what I really need, and what is just hoarding. The purging is happening!! I still have a ways to go, and it feels good!!
As we all know, February brings Valentintes Day, a day set aside to show love to those special someones in your life. A fun way to show someone your appreciation and love, is to enroll them in the Earring club! Choose, 1, 3 or 12 month membership, and let the fun begin!
Friday is going to be an awesome night, with the Snow Moon (full moon), lunar eclipse AND a comet!! Grab your binoculars and see natures splendor! Talk to you soon!!!
Right before Christmas, my daughter informed me she had broken her carnelian bracelet. She is always wearing a single strand, simple, small carnelian bracelet. Carnelian and bloodstone are her favorite. I didn't have any carnelian, so I went to my trusted Firemountain Gems and started poking around. They had a great sale of a 'grab bag' bead mix of agate/carnelian strands. So I bit!
How was I going to make a bracelet for Leigh for Christmas, if I didn't know what I was getting. Not knowing was part of the fun, and added a challenge to the creative process. While this is not the actual bracelet I made for her, I had to make another one similar for my shop :)
When the order arrived, I was so thrilled to see these huge 10mm beads. It didn't take any time for the design to come together.
The design grew into an awesome boho/hippie style, which fit her perfectly.
I love a multi strand anything really. It has more flow, some bulk to get it noticed, so it can become a statement piece. Tip of the day: Putting a seed bead between the beads gives the design flexibility. If the 10mm beads were butted up against each other, the design would be too stiff.
And then there is the carnelian. A beautiful agate full of courage and creativity. Deep color is warm and comfortable.
Do you like a creative challenge? I would love to hear about some of yours!
And as always, Be peaceful, Be kind.
Remember to explore, create, dream, imagine and discover!
All of my jewelry creations are based on the metaphysical properties of the stones or the colors that are incorporated. Jewelry should be a window to our soul, a protector of our emotions and a companion to our spirit. All of my other creations come directly from my heart in hopes they touch yours as well. Celebrate yourself with healing jewelry, and other gift ideas made with love!
When I started to experiment with painting, my brother, Jerry Piper, an awesome artist (jpiperart) filled my head with so much information due to his great excitement in me pursuing this medium. We would talk for hours, we would facetime and paint, skype and paint, he sent me videos, pictures and magazines. He started me off right out of the gate with textures, and it kinda ruined me :)
Painting with acrylic is hard to achieve texture without adding something to your canvas. Not like oil, where you can build and build with the layers of paint. That being said, you can goop and goop acrylic paint onto a canvas to build up texture, it takes about a week to dry and it is lovely, but - you have used a lot of paint, and that can be expensive!
"Finger Painting Underwater" Tish McDermott 2014
Here are some ideas to experiment with, to add textures and visuals to your paintings.
Joint compound. Use this in a thinish layer. As you knife it on, it will roll, and create ridges. Now go crazy! Get a fork, or a chop stick, or stencils, your fingers, anything with a pattern, and roll it around or mash it into the wet joint compound. Play with it!
You have to take extra care with joint compound. It has to dry completely, about 24 hours, then you have to gesso over it, let it dry completely, then varnish it (clear coat) let it dry completely. So there is some prep time to your canvas. But it is so worth it!
Spackling. I will do a post on spackling soon to show you it as well. There is some FUN things you can do with it!!!
Here I have already prepped my board, with joint compound, made swirls, and applied gesso and varnished it. Added a bit of sheet music with mod podge.
Tissue paper!! I crumble it up, and place it on the board in a wad. It will loosed up and flatten out as you mod podge it on. If you are going to use tissue paper, in this thickness you have to add extra drying time before painting.
It is hard to see, but there is the tissue paper over the joint compound.
I wanted these paintings to look, old, aged with patina, like a treasure map, so I added this bit of magazine with a turquoise necklace.
Oh and where else to find treasure, but Santa Fe!
As you paint, choose your colors to accent the peaks and valleys of your designs. It makes a world of difference. You go into the painting with all the depth!
"Treasure Hunt" Tish McDermott 2016 - 14x18 mixed media $126
"Hidden Treasure" Tish McDermott 2016 - 11x14 mixed media $77
"Frustrations" Tish McDermott 2016 - 14 x 18 mixed media $126
What will you use to texture your next creation?
And as always, Be peaceful, Be kind.
Remember to explore, create, dream, imagine and discover!
Music is definitely an inspiration motivator for me.
I am a romantic at heart, and music when I hear it, makes me think of a scene in a movie, or a chapter from a book, and I think about the girl, and wonder what jewelry would she wear for that scene/chapter. Funny right? But that is how my mind works.
This song inspires me, and as of late has become my favorite. When I hear the lyrics, I think of sitting in a coffee shop and over hearing people talk, catching random snippets of all of the conversations. I love these conversations because it feels like it is a room of positivity, and they are all dreaming, or changing the world.
Plus it doesn't hurt that I am a Dave head :)
Have a listen if you will, and maybe it will inspire you too!
If I could fly at the speed of light
I could get to Canis Major in 5,000 years
Butterflies and black and blue birds, I'll never be the same since I met you
Pennies thrown into a fountain
Make a wish, blow out the candles, take a breath
Not as troubling when you consider believers that would welcome the end of the world
Got a job and it pays me
I want love more than I deserve
I read the paper, makes me crazy
There's gotta be a way to make it work
Ashes, Stardust
Look at us, crawling out the mud
Let's go, around the block
We'll make the most before the jig is up
Dreamers, the big top
We'll never know, I guess never stop
Ashes, stardust
Look at us, crawling out the mud
I know that dying is scary to us
But everybody do it, 1-2-3
On the sidewalk, the dandelion is reaching from a crack up to the sun
Words can be a wicked tool
For twisting truth
I wanna be true to you
Blood and bones, black holes and stones
All those things paved the way for you and me
Got a job and it pays me
I want love more than I deserve
I read the paper makes me crazy
There's gotta be a way to make it work
Ashes, stardust
Look at us crawling out the mud
Let's go around the block
We'll make the most before the jig is up
Campfires and high rises
You never know quite when to stop
Ashes, stardust
Look at me crawling out the mud
If I could fly at the speed of light
I could get to Betelgeuse in about 600 years
Butterflies and black and bluebirds
I'll never be the same since I met you
Maybe dying is scary too us, but everybody do it A-B-C
Not as troubling when I consider
Believers that would welcome the end of the world.
Got a job 'cause it pays me
I want love more than I deserve
I read the paper, makes me crazy
There's gotta be a way to make it work
Ashes, stardust
Look at us crawling out the mud
Let's go around the block
We'll make the most before the jig is up
Ashes, stardust
Look at us crawling out the mud
Ashes, stardust
Look at me crawling out the mud
Butterflies and black and blue birds
I'll never be the same since I met you
If I could fly at the speed of light
I'd get the Betelgeuse in about 600 years
Butterflies and black and blue birdscould fly at the speed of light
I could get to Canis Major in 5,000 years
Butterflies and black and blue birds, I'll never be the same since I met you
Pennies thrown into a fountain
Make a wish, blow out the candles, take a breath
Not as troubling when you consider believers that would welcome the end of the world
And as always, Be peaceful, Be kind.
All of my jewelry creations are based on the metaphysical properties of the stones or the colors that are incorporated. Jewelry should be a window to our soul, a protector of our emotions and a companion to our spirit. All of my other creations come directly from my heart in hopes they touch yours as well. Celebrate yourself with healing jewelry, and other gift ideas made with love!
Standing in line, listening to people, thinking of all the facebook posts, the tv ads, the family arguments around the dinner table, the division of friends - I re worded conversations I was hearing in my head, but with a different perspective, a positive one.
Words are really that powerful, love is really that great.
For example - "How long are we going to stand in this line?" - I said "What a beautiful morning this is!"
" If I would have known there were going to be this many people here, I would have come earlier" - I said "What a great turn out! So many people are voting!"
At this point I zoned out the conversations, and began to think about this subject, the power of words, the power of love, here is a break down:
People can be so passionate about things, they become consumed by them. This is not a bad thing. We should have passions that we will stand up for. We should be able to stand up for what we believe in peacefully, not be so caught up in it, that we feel we have to defeat a person who thinks differently.
Name calling, belittling, violence doesn't get your point across, it most times creates even a bigger wedge between people.
Think before you speak - an old adage, but a true one.
Choose your words wisely - again, we all know this
These truths have been around forever, but have been forgotten because we have become entitled.
Next time someone says something that makes you mad and you want to retaliate, stop - take a breath - think about your reply. Can you reply and keep it thoughtful, constructive, neutral to where you can have a conversation instead of a heated debate.
If you can't, do you really want to say those words? Will they be heard, or are you just feeding your own ego by hearing yourself say the words that will not be heard by anyone else?
I think these things, I rehash past conversations trying to learn from them, trying to make myself a more peaceful person from my past, so in my future I am more enlightened and peaceful.
I base my existence on whatever I put out, I will receive. I choose to send out love instead of hate.
What do you do to stay peaceful?
And as always, Be peaceful, Be kind.
All of my jewelry creations are based on the metaphysical properties of the stones or the colors that are incorporated. Jewelry should be a window to our soul, a protector of our emotions and a companion to our spirit. All of my other creations come directly from my heart in hopes they touch yours as well. Celebrate yourself with healing jewelry, and other gift ideas made with love!
I started making little hand painted cards as thank yous for my pet sitting clients. Just an added touch that separates me from others, and keeps me remembered.
From that grew other ideas. I made angel cards for my mom, a birthday card for my daughter and it just kept going.
I enjoy it so much, making these little hand painted works or art, that people can send, or can keep and frame as a fun little conversation piece.
I have now added them to my Etsy store so everyone can have some! More designs coming!
Here is what is at the store right now! Click on the picture to be taken right to the listing.
And as always, Be peaceful, Be kind.
All of my jewelry creations are based on the metaphysical properties of the stones or the colors that are incorporated. Jewelry should be a window to our soul, a protector of our emotions and a companion to our spirit. All of my other creations come directly from my heart in hopes they touch yours as well.
Celebrate yourself with healing jewelry, and other gift ideas made with love!
Inspiration is all around me, and it keeps a constant chatter in the creative recesses of my brain. Some things that inspire me or not jewelry related, therefore I explore many creative outlets. Painting has become an outlet of creativity for me. And I love it
August I went on vacation with my brother Toog (or Jerry Piper as the rest of the world knows him) to Santa Fe/Taos and I was blown away. We ran at break neck speeds all over the town going thru every gallery to take in as much 'culture' as we could. We took in so much, I think, no, I know, I blacked out a couple of times. So much stimuli, I was in art overload, and I loved it.
My painting style has been forever changed. From exploratory to experimental, and I really think I have found my niche.
I can't wait to see where this journey takes me.
And as always, Be peaceful, Be kind
All of my creations are based on the metaphysical properties of the stones or the colors that are incorporated. Jewelry should be a window to our soul, a protector of our emotions and a companion to our spirit.
Celebrate yourself with healing jewelry made with love!
I think peridot is such an underrated stone. Bound to August babies as their birthstone, mined all over the world, found in meteorites and part of the Olivine family, but because of it natural weathered state, rarely considered gem quality. All of this aside, peridot at its core holds great and gentle magic. Magic of dissipating negative patterns and old vibrations that play over and over, keeping one from realizing they are deserving of success.
I think of it as a guardian angel when worn, gently reminding me to move forward, and I am worth it.
And as always, Be peaceful, Be kind
All of my creations are based on the metaphysical properties of the stones or the colors that are incorporated. Jewelry should be a window to our soul, a protector of our emotions and a companion to our spirit.
Celebrate yourself with healing jewelry made with love!
Do you love jewelry, hand made purses, door decorations? Do you love it when it is free? I thought so :)
Live in the Raleigh, NC area? Host a jewelry party, and I will bring the store to you! Don't live here? Don't let that stop you, you can host a party online!!
Have the party in your home - No ordering! The product is right there, take it home with you the same night! It's called a floating party. Schedule your party to last a few hours, example 5PM - 7PM. Tell your friends to stop by. All the jewelry will be set up and ready for them to browse. No pressure, no schpeal, no marketing schemes! Use the time to shop, catch up with your friends, and have a good time!
OR
Have the party online (even if you live in the area, don't have to clean your house :) - orders are shipped the following day to the person who made the order. (*) The responsibility of delivery is off your shoulders! Seamless. It is super easy. Create an event on Facebook, and invite all of your friends. The event can last a maximum of 3 weeks. Post links from my Etsy store and some back to my Facebook page and let the shopping begin! I will issue you a special comment code for your friends to used when placing an order on Etsy. That way I know the sales came from your party.
You and your friends have ample time to shop, and chat about items, even message me or comment on my fan page about custom orders you would like to have. Remember, all items are one of a kind, I don't intentionally duplicate pieces, if there is a piece you are looking at, don't wait too long, when it is gone, it is gone. Orders ship to the buyer immediately, no need to wait til all orders are in! When the event is over, I will tally up all of the sales, and 10% of the sales, goes back to the hostess/host of the event in free jewelry or other hand made gifts!!!!!
Example - $1000 in sales, $100 worth of free hand made gift items!!!!
And it doesn't stop there!
If the event does $2000 or more in sales, the hostess/host of the event gets a LIFETIME 30% off coupon code to use in my shop anytime.
What is stopping you!!! Create your shopping event today and message me for your comment code!
Check out my prices on my Etsy Store and see how much that gets you!
Email me - tish at justatish.com!! Lets get this party started!!!!
So yeah, you heard me right! Happy shopping!!!!
*Due to the weight of some items, there is shipping costs that will have to be added to the online order. But as always, shipping on jewelry is free!
And as always, Be peaceful, Be kind
All of my creations are based on the metaphysical properties of the stones or the colors that are incorporated. Jewelry should be a window to our soul, a protector of our emotions and a companion to our spirit.
Celebrate yourself with healing jewelry made with love!
When I create my pieces, I do so with meaning. I want each piece to mean something, have beauty for the wearers wardrobe and also for their soul.
To do this, I always gravitate to the metaphysical meaning of a stone, and work up from there, as opposed to working in color palettes. Color palettes are scary and confusing, pairing love and communication is way more easy :)
I picked up a couple strands at local retail chain totally out of impulse, because they were pretty. When I got home, I studied the beads. I knew they were stone but what kind. I pulled out my trusty loop to look a bit closer, and even though I thought I may have seen some specs of hematite (which made me think it was dyed lapis) I still am not for sure, so I hesitate to 'label' the stones.
There is another side to this coin. Even though I do not know the stone, I do love the properties of the color blue. A beautiful deep blue, to help with communication and focus. Ever wonder why so many speakers wear navy blue suits? There is magic and yes, there is some psychology behind color. :)
I paired this blue mystery stone with labradorite for clarity - see how easy that is - communication, focus and clarity. Couldn't get more simple that that, oh and yes, it is pretty too :)
Strolling down memory lane thru the photo albums on my Facebook page, I found a bunch of old earring designs that were simple statements, and really nice. I had moved away from that style and many others in my quest for the perfect design, and find it funny that when I revisit them, I am amazed at what I had done in my infant stages of creativity and really wonder why I left it.
So I decided to use my own designs as inspiration and made a few new pairs.
These are just simple copper loops, hammered at the bottom of the loop to create stability and offer texture.
Then add one bead as an accent. Maybe add spacers or crystals to help it talk a bit louder.
Yes I said talk, that is what my jewelry does, it talks. It speaks to the soul thru the energies of the stones.
My jewelry speaks of love and hope, kindness and peace. All things that are needed in our day to day lives, but may get lost due to job or life stress. My jewelry is a little reminder that it is ok, there is hope, someone does love you and it is possible to find peace.
I am all about the dangle, the charm look. I keep going back to this type of design.
When I first started making jewelry it was just a natural progression to hand wrap beads and hang them on chain. Just the next step in learning jewelry design, so to speak.
I re visited that old design and have come up with these :)
I call these "Anything Goes"
This is a fun idea to use up the one offs that you have laying around from other designs. It makes a great collection of color, textures and sizes. Even as you re purpose your older jewelry, set a couple beads behind, and you can make a memory necklace for yourself!!!!!
Right now these are only available locally at The Green Monkey, but I promise you will be seeing them soon in my Etsy store!!!
