Introducing Thing and Thang. Twins that recently joined our cult of mixed media play. I was going to tie down their hair, but decided that their adopted parent should decide, but I had lots of fun playing beauty parlor with them (much more engaging than playing beauty parlor with Joey, my cat).
Sometimes we need to depend on a visual to make us smile and remember the silly side of life. Sock creatures do this for me. This is my latest and we’ve taken to calling her chocitome. She is not allowed to have arms as it would lead to chocolate overdose. It takes longer to unwrap the chocolates by mouth only. So sad, but she’s happy, and so am I.
Admit it, we all feel better when we are dressed in our finest. Now that it is spring, treat yourself to a new hairdo, and a prettily colored outfit. It was a difficult winter, so celebrate spring, and let all who look upon your glory bask in your glow.
Who wants the current economic stick? Let’s all dream of a great big carrot instead. I mean, if you’re going to dream, dream big, right? I’m seeing a trend with myself lately, so much dreaming, I better get to work on getting ready for the Chicago International Quilt festival instead.
Dreams are like children, they need to be released to be able to mature. But how do we dream? We dream asleep of course, and when bored with mundane tasks, but also with intent when we dare to create. In fact I believe we could substitute “dream” with “what if…”. What if I used green thread instead of beige? What if I used lemon-aid instead of water in that recipe? What if we released our dreams and they swam away into a life of their own? How cool would that be?
New neighbors have moved into the neighborhood. Gardeners, dreamers, astronomers, and newly weds. Click on the this photo to take you into the updated album. and thank you for visiting.
Here are a small sampling of finished collage cards of the glazed buttons seen in the kiln opening post of March 17. I finally ventured into black glaze and love the shiny little nuggets of handmade goodness. I also forced myself to do a bunch of neutrals and loved the fat happy elephant in this series. Click on the above image to see him in the full album.
We’ve had much fun with the goddesses, that I’ve added to the album and will continue to do so throughout the year, so check back if you too love the muse, alter egos, pagans, and stream of conscious embodiments. I’m not the only nutball that dreams of sleep am I? - myc
*Click on photo to see goddess album with new photos
It is never too early for the best holiday of the year. When I saw how cute and frightening our scaredy cats, skulls, and Jack-O-Lantern embellishments were, I decided we’ve got to make lots more. So this is just a beginning, if you like them, return to see more added to this album, as they are finished. Some are handpainted in acrylics, and some are underglazed, glazed, then kiln fired a second time, and some are specialty glazed. Click on the image to enter the album.
Always excited waiting for the kiln to cool enough for opening when we have finished a big batch of the prettys. So this is the preview of the buttons before they are selected for the mixed media cards. Return in a couple of days to see how these ceramic embellishments get singled out, or paired up for the completed collages.
Do you look out into the night sky and imagine possibilities? Drench your skin in luscious moon beams? Dream impossible dreams about star crossed love? Or know it is simply time to get to bed. Well you should. Sleep tight or stay up a little later and pick your favorite night theme here. Click on the album image to see the full album.
Our homes are our studio space, a restful place, a refuge. The temple to our love of fabric, paper, paint, pen and paper, food and drink, children, cats and dogs. Click on image to see the beginnings of the artist’s neighborhood.
Believing that there is a bright future for us all, or at least a stubborn beast of burden out there to decorate our quilting, collage, assemblage, and fiber art projects. Click on image to view the album of my favorite donkey button cards for a hopeful nation - myc
Red wine, white wine, champagne, and margaritas with salt rims just in time to celebrate summer days outdoors, and summer nights taking in the view. Share with me a love for liquid pleasures with our handmade embellishment button cards. Heaven. Add to your mixed media art, art quilts, give as gift cards, invitations, or hang up as your own mini shrine.
Shoe crazy? Shoe love? click on image to see album with our latest ceramic shoe buttons on our latest shoe love themed cards.
