Thursday, April 18, 2013

Necklaces!


a medley in grey: pewter, mother of pearl, pearls, zebra marble,  coral, quartz, some weird pyrite, river stone.

different light, way different colors...

yellow and bronzey, sweet little bee pendant, nice vintage crystal,
quartz pendant, queen(crown)bee, tea with honey.

hand made glass, bronze, bird's eggs in a nest,
tagua nut, glass pearls,locks and keys...

I'm calling this a 'dainty cluster'.

Love all the natural beads: water buffalo horn, agate, pearl, shell
myrrh, wood, mother of pearl, heat-treated coral, turquoise, bronze,
tagua nut, hand-pressed glass, blackstone, on Greek goat leather.
 Completely adjustable length.

Raku and Japanese ribbons.

Raku fired pendant on irridescent silk with little metal bits.

Sexy drops down the back of the neck helps
 you find the fabulous EASY magnetic clasp.

moon, made of cheese, with bronze, mother
of pearl with that big beautiful heat-treated
coral on a sweet little blue strand

sweet, dainty Raku pendant with pearls, tiny metal beads...

clunky raku pendant with silk cord connecting
stones, hematite, glass pearl, blackstone, water buffalo
 horn. very hard to see the freaky irridescent colors...

marble and crystal and coral and labradorite and carnelian..

a symphony in grey, grey-blue and tan.
cool biwa pearls, mother of pearl, marble, heat treated coral,
hematite, picture jasper, quartz

and detail...

soooo coool-these grey red and blue beads are ancient and
 sand cast in Africa. handmade terra cotta clay with horn, blackstone
on vegetarian leather

again-so odd for me to use actual representational parts!
tiger's eye, pearl, brass, mother of pearl, carnelian, guitar string.

and water buffalo horn. and vintage brass flower with
rhinestone...

the biggest GLITZIEST GOLDEN cluster I've ever done. brass, hand-
blown glass, carnelian, horn, Czech crystal, mother of pearl, pearl.

and lemon citron...

marble and glass and smoked quartz and glass and carnelian,

such cool stones! plus a few weird vintage bits, pressed glass...

oooh, fun glass! root beer light is irridescent
 coral and purple with yellow highlights

so many colors all at once! in a drop
lariat to 'tie'. root beery.

"spring" colors- lemon quartz and green pressed
 glass and tiny pinky flowers 

I LOVE BRONZE AND FREAKY GREEN!

this is the heat-treated coral.the long pearls above are
fabulous gold-peach. the round are a fat roundish gold

another "natural"-with everything from before...

fresh summery yellow-green-blue. that
blue bead is sand-cast African glass

more yellowy photo shows marble pendant, glass, carnelian...


glass and pearls in a dainty cluster...

brass pansy, glass on a tiny silk cord.

gorgeous agate!! and horn and glass and brass and marble and pearl and quartz and carnelian

coral silk cord with magnet clasp, and carnelian faceted beads with coral
 star of David plastic sequins

the coolest purple faceted bead ever. no idea what it is.

shiny seed beads vs matte irridescent seed beads

sweet pinky yellow and green

quartz, pressed glass, rose quartz, pearl,

raku bracelet with big Druzy quartz

diggin' on the blackened raw clay edges...

could not love druzy quartz any more. 

iridescent Czech crystal in red/gold with blue lowlights

actual shape. put hand thru, then pull ribbons tight

love love love

surface of the moon iridescent raku piece

blackened edge, Japanese ribbon

Monday, February 25, 2013

just some cool photos...

Just a few swamp photos. Love the colors, the depth, the reflection.

most taken at the 6 Mile Slough in Ft Myers, Florida.
very clean water. dig the colors in the shade...

The top looks like an impressionistic painting, then closer you see what makes up the colors.

Hmmm, just lovely green. Yum...




there's just a huge spectrum of life in the depths...


I be lichen this one. get it? ha ha aha...

ok, the rule is never put anything directly in the center, but really, did you notice the one tiny red leaf?

there you go, this is what people expect from vacation photos. I just really love the slough!

Monday, February 11, 2013

Scrappy Folk

Scrappy Folk are just what
they look like--
hand-crafted, well-loved,
not-too-perfect friend you
may have met in the village, 
or in your storybooks.
ok, bad photo, but it's really hard for Foxy to not look surprised.

we told Foxy to lean in, but he was shy...

Cabbage Rose, Sage Indigo & Foxy Gladwell hangin' out.


Leopold and Lowe are obviously brothers, but they are
not exactly the same. Lowe wears green to make his blue
eyes stand out, whereas Leopold thinks a blue vest looks
better on him.

New DEMON(S)TERS, in PAJAMAS!

demon(s)ters hiding behind the purple chair, with some help...

Morris the Swash loves to NOT walk.

One-eye Clyde, Flabby Jowett,
Sparkle Lametta &Aqua La Funt pose...

Flossy Rainbow likes the pink stroller.

May B. Lean thinks she doesn't need the straps!


Well, we all know there are no real 
monsters until you think them up,
 and One-eye Clyde was thought up by
a nice young friend of mine 
who draws very well.


Morris the Swash sits for the photo with Tooth E. D'Kay,
May B. Lean & Flossy Rainbow. Look at those smiles!


Sparkle Lametta worries about her teeth
 all the time. They are just too
 soft to eat things like apples.


Aqua LaFunt has such a big smile
 he/she can't stop smiling!


Flossy likes to play with her hair, but then her
momma has to take out the knots. If you
 adopt her, it'll be your job.
A few big demon(s)ters posing, notice ugly
 Periwinkle hiding behind the others.


May likes her blue and yellow jammies because
they match her skin spots. Her ears need to be
 folded back sometimes. She has a lot more hair
under her  hood, but she never takes them off.


Tooth loves his/her jammies because they are
fuzzy and match his/her hair. If you adopt Tooth
you can decide if Tooth is a girl or a boy.





Lobelia Velociraptor has his/her heart on a string,
all the better to play with. His/Her forked tongue will
speak "stories" if you want.


Periwinkle is the ugliest thing I have ever made.
There's just something wrong about this flesh color
and the claws and the eye lashes. But she/he doesn't
care what I think, only what her NEW friend thinks.

Angelina Squidalina chose her name from a certain
 movie star with big lips.  "All the better to kiss you,
my dear" is her favorite thing to say. She's a hoot.

Jou-Jou Frangipani is always happy, in spite of people
looking up her nose all the time.  She has sharp teeth but
she is a vegetarian, She loves when her friends play with
 her hair and put barrettes in it.

Theratrix Gladwell IS both theatrical and glad, almost all
the time. He/She (you decide) loves playing charades

 and and dancing and singing whenever happy.

Taz Aliciousness has three eyes, three horns,
two teeth,a goatee, a moustache and
three eyebrows. He used to
have three teeth, but accidents happen...