Find peace. Peace of mind: quiet children, sleepy pets, making the mortgage payment, enjoying the spring blossoms and their incredible scents, lovely soft clean sheets, recognition for the extra effort you put into a project, the soft lullaby of a gentle rain, the smell of towels right from the dryer, the beckoning colors of a fabric stash . Please let me know where you find your little moments of peace. myc
When you eat summer pears, do you stand over the sink? That way, when the juice drips down your chin, you can contain the stickiness, and cleaning your face means reaching for the faucet.
When you peel a perfectly ripe orange in the winter, do you then place your fingertips in your nostrils and inhale that heavenly aroma? Then neglect washing your hands all day to repeat the inhale?
When you splurge (calories not $) on chocolate chocolate chip cake from the grocery bargain bin, do you drench the dry cake in rum? And then eat 1/3 of it in one sitting because nobody is watching? Tip: turn the cake upside down before applying the rum, it will be absorbed better that way. Not that I have any experience with this…
Already a month behind, trying to get ready for Long Beach IQF. So it’s time to make lots of new, shiny, pretties. We are fulfilling the requests to have many single buttons, and we will still have the finished “button-cards” available. Also, we are presenting a mixed mosaic class for the Make It University. If our proposal is accepted, 25 students will have a colorful art piece to take home, ready to hang up, or give as a gift. As the examples come together, we will be posting them here.
Apologies about the online shopping. Honest we are working on it and have given ourselves a deadline of May 23rd. Thank you for your patience. love (and colors)
Carl has reinvented himself from a snagged-up pashmina scarf. Mom and Bubba think he needs a mouth, but this way he can’t jabber, only flail his arms about for attention. I like it better that way.
Shhh, don’t tell Carl, but I created him. He came about a little oddly: I took a class from Carla Sonheim and she had us loosen up by forming wire into the shape of our pet. I smushed up the figure of Buddy my cat to get him back home and stashed him in my stash-room (everyone has one of those right?). Came across him recently but looked at him upside down, and laughed at the fabulous creature shape he took on, and voila. The moral of this story? Take classes out of your comfort zone - of course. love (and plushies)
Everyone needs love. Open your heart and home to a rescued pet. It will change your life, and you will live longer. Meet one woman changing the world, Bernie Berlin. love (and a strong vacuum)
Bits and pieces. It is that simple. Use your scraps! The boring beginnings (May5th and April 25th posts) have now been enhanced with scraps of sheers, shiny fabric, and machine embroidery. (I talk a good game, but truth is I didn’t do this step, mom did). Almost finished. In fact it looked finished until I saw the picture on screen, but needs a tiny bit more…
More creatures in the works, I hope to update them this weekend. love (and grilled cheese sandwiches on rainy days)
When I make affirmation pieces, I make them with myself in mind, though they are universal. Never give up is a phase I need reminding of often, and I need to remember that I do believe in myself. I just finished this piece last night. Curious about the process from beginning to end? Click on the above image for the mini album.
Second step in finishing a mini quilt with ceramic button card. Thought I forgot didn’t you? but not far along as you can tell. Next I will try more layers of “stuff” to jazz it up - not good at the next step, may enlist the parental unit for ideas… love (and honey bees)
The last apple blossom on the tree at the studio. We had thousands of tiny apples in 2007. For 2008, Bubba and I have a bet: he says we won’t get apples this year, but I believe we will. Lotto tickets hang on the outcome. We’ll take progression pictures during the summer. I hope I win cause the apples were super tasty!
This is my little buddy, Stuie. He accompanied me home after taking a workshop at Artfest, with Liz McGrath. He must have emerged from the beautiful woods with the local deer that share Port Townsend, WA with the mortals.
Stuie is a working nature talisman. Since sharing my home, he has brought me honey bees living in my walls, and recently, 3 baby birds nesting on the wreath hanging on my front door. I didn’t dare use my front door for the last month; I stood on the back of my couch to peak out the window twice a day, to watch their growth, all the while singing 3 little birds, the Bob Marley song. They flew off to their destiny yesterday, so I know every little thing is going to be alright. I am concerned with the honey bee hive growing in size, but with their little hard working souls in jeopardy, I can live with it (I hope). love and lilacs, myc
May 12th, 2008 Update: Stuie is not all precious and light. He has also led a baby rattlesnake and a handful of mice into the basement. Little devious green trickster!
