Who's that knockin at my door??

RUSS IS KNOCKIN!!!


I was so excited when I got home from work last nite to have a surprise from Rings & Things on the kitchen counter.

What can it be!?!!

Russ Troll!

So cute and so detailed. I was amazed. The pictures on the site do not do them justice.

When I left this morning, he was standing next to my faerie house waiting for my muse to come out. He was muttering something about pizza.......




Off to put more products up on my site. Happy Friday!!!!

looking for inspiration

It has been a long week and i am rolling into a busy weekend. I am grasping at the last few moments of my work day to cram in a blog post because I will be w/o internet until Monday.

I have a show next Sunday - weather permitting - and I have this weekend and next week to prepare. Going to make some new pieces and work on a booth banner.

There has been so much going on, burning the candle at both ends so to speak, I am finding it hard to concentrate on one thing, let alone pull some inspiration up to work on some new pieces.

So I did some google image crawling with the words "bright inspiration' , I think these will do me for a couple of days -

This came from a myspace page - i can't give credit to the original artist, sorry.



From AspenCountry



From Tastefully Entertaining




From StephNet.org



From Temasek Design School




Have a great weekend kids! If you are in need of inspiration, maybe these will help you too.

Mix and match fun

I used my gift cert from Bead Trends at Firemountain Gems last week. I am all about the random packages now.

Bulk buys - sellers choice. It is so much fun, and it pushes me outside of my comfort zone to create from these.

While going thru the bulk section I found these -




random bag of filigree and findings - I CAN'T WAIT TO PLAY!

It's like bubble gum

I am thrilled - THRILLED at the product I just received. I am not a fan of shopping on line for supplies. Let's face it, you can't hand pick all the time. There are very few places I trust to give me the quality I demand. Bottom line, my reputation is on the line as an artist, and I have to have the product that reflects that.

One of the places I do trust is Sedona Stones, where these beads came from.

I am making a piece to be donated to a no kill shelter auction in April. In my mind I am thinking bold, colorful, Tabby :) I did some poking around as I normally do, look for something unique and special.

I found these:

Autumn Medley Multi Color Magnesite Nugget Chips, approx 10-20mm 15-16 inch #R643

The picture does not do them justice. I put the nickle in there to give a size representation. They are so vivid and BIG and shiney and random in size! I can't wait to work with them.

I want to eat them - They remind me of bubble gum.