Happy Sunday!
I am getting ready for a
home show this week
so I am surrounded with goodies.
I love these vintage colored peonies!
Their yummy colors and shapes.
Not a real macro but I like them anyway.
What have you got planned?
I'm putting together my displays
and tagging my goodies.
Happy Sunday!
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Joining in with Elysian Studio Art and One Kiss Creations for the 7000 Bracelets for Hope Blog Hop today to give back a small amount of love to those who care for a child with a rare disease.
We were to share a bracelet made of denim blue someone could wear everyday to be reminded they are not alone. We will be sending all of these bracelets out to families struggling with a rare disease.
Of course I had to include a flower
enameled and blue
it was the perfect fit.
There is a tiny citrine bud
and Vintaj leaf accompaning it.
For my denim blue I added some
Impression Jasper.
I was originally going to use more blue
in the sari silk but wanted something more
cheerful so I changed it to yellow.
Yellow roses symbolize friendship
and I thought it was appropriate to let
the receiver know they were in someones thoughts
even though far away.
Many Thanks to Erin and Christine
for all their hard work behind the scenes
setting up this hop.
Here are all the participants!
Elysian Studios and One Kiss Creations
I was happy to jump in and obtain a card from
for her Valentine challenge.
She embossed an array of designs and lets us choose
which one we wanted to work with.
I love the jewelry challenges but sometimes
it's fun to switch it up a bit.
I made a heart shaped cut and
backed the textured page with solid pink.
I then layered it with a lovely Martha Stewart
sticker. I also added a sticker to my envelope.
Easy peasy.
You can check out all twenty cards on
*HAPPY VALENTINES DAY*
Patty
What could it be?
Miss Tessa's most favorite bed!
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if you'd like to join in
or check out more macro fun!
Love's Letter Lost
When someone contacts you and tells you they made something that reminded them of you and would you like to make something out of it - and that person is the most lovely Molly Alexander - you get pretty excited!
Well the colors are certainly me!
When I saw the insert was vintage style postage I thought of a love letter that perhaps had not made it all the way to it's destination. Maybe it had fallen out of an anxious pocket or landed in some grass or flowers. I embellished Molly's focal with a brass flower and bird.
I also wanted to carry the flower theme up into the necklace and grabbed a cherry quartz rose and some amazonite.
The silk was on my table and matched perfectly.
What a treat!!
You can find Molly and her goodies on her blog
On Etsy
or on
Happy Wednesday! Patty
Oh and Tessa says "Hi!" too!
I haven't done a *Bead Table Wednesday*
in quite awhile and just got a
bunch of yummy goodness in the mail.
Goodies from Captured Moments ,
Yolandas Clay, Earthenwood Studio and more.
So all was well until I began my
usual floor photography session.
Well ...until I encountered this.
In case you can't tell that would be
steamy hot puppy breath
with tongue.
I have to reconfigure
a place to take photos I think.
So I sat to do a few custom orders
and encountered this.
She is fascinated with the Pandora
music on my Nook!
Obviously she enjoys beading
and wants to be in the thick of it.
...or maybe she just wants to take a walk lol.
Who's in your creative space today?
Happy Wednesday!
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We've been a bit preoccupied!
You may or may not know that we
had a Boston Terrier for 15 years.
He passed away 3 years ago
and really there has been a void
in the house since.
Well until last Sunday
when I spied this sweet girl on a rescue site!
She is a 7-8 month old
Boston Terrier/ French Bull Dog mix.
That face had me at a glance and
I showed her to my husband
who immediately said to put in an application!
We when through a few phone calls and a home visit
and thanks to MANY volunteers who give of their
own time to transport these dogs
She arrived on Saturday and made herself right at home!
OMG!!! She sits up and falls asleep
watching TV!!! lol
She has fit right in and I get to dress her in PINK!!!
( Wait until you see her TUTU!!!)
She has the loveliest personality
and hasn't been more then
3 feet away from me all weekend.
Guess where she is right now???
Snuggled up right behind me in her "bassinet".
If you are looking for a new four legged friend
please check out a rescue!
I went through
and found them through
We feel so lucky to be able to
offer this little one a home -
and she seems very grateful to be here!
Have a Fantastic Monday!!!
Woof! Patty
P.S. I forgot to add her name! It's Tessa!
Let's see.....well my addiction
to wire wrapping continues.
The fact that I love making earrings doesn't help.
I rolled a bunch of these out last night
watching some TV with the hubster.
I like the ruffled ones!
They look like flowers.
I have to find the perfect accents for them.
I've been adding to my bead and pendant stash
but still have quite a lot on my "someday" list....
A bird AND a bead - it doesn't
get more perfect then that for me ...or this!
A few of these...
Pretty much anything from this shop.
...and a few of these would hurt!
So there you have what is tickling my fancy
....my bead addiction.
What's on your mind this week?
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Happy Tuesday!!! Patty
So it's January and it's cold.....
and I'm stuck in the house staring and contemplating
rejuvenating my craft room and displays.
Actually I am always thinking about display.
....or maybe it's better to just come out and say I am obsessed!
I war about it in my brain.
I sell many things in person I haven't gotten around to put on line yet - these are very popular!
I am pretty happy with their display!
I sell jewelry out of my home one in awhile
and have run into a few
issues that bother me.
Firstly I HATE clutter -
although I love my inspiration boards
they are cluttery and I don't necessarily find them all that
attractive to anyone but me.
So here's my new earring displays
which can also be put back to back.
Where's the bulletin boards?
Muwahahahahaha
Don't tell!
Looks a lot better then all that
stuff hanging over everything.
I can easily pull the curtain back
just for me.
My next goal is to quiet the visual noise over here.
Love my books but this looks like a mess!
I have a table cloth I'm going to sew to fit
the bookshelves for a nice tailored look.
This way I have people concentrating on my jewelry
and not Stringing Magazine!
I need a new banner too.
I'm thinking some linen would be more in line
with my current look or
maybe just different paper.
I dug up a few things from the attic
I would like to redo.
Of course I still have a pile of jewelry to make!
Eeeeek! It's already Wednesday!!!
I picked up some fun labels and
$1.50 frames from Micheals -
I think these will be great for display.
So what are you redoing the January???
XOXO, Patty
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