My how time fly's when you are having fun ! My desk is fairly clean right now, but I must show you what I have been working on. These flask/belt buckles are so much fun to decorate. Can't wait to wear mine.
I had to experiment a bit to see what worked best in decorating them. Some embellishments are on the flask itself, and some are on the buckle/holder. Be sure to go over to Julia's blog and see what others are doing.
Wow! It is Wednesday afternoon and I'm just getting around to posting my desk.
As usual I have several things going on at once.
I start on one creation, and it makes me think of another, so I try to do them all
at once.
I am decorating some belt buckle flasks; looking for items to put on them made me think of a neat jewelry creation, so...here it is...
Be sure to check here and see what is being created on Julie's blog and around the world.
The flasks are here and there. I lay them in a little flat dish of rice to dry, so they will lay flat. The pendants near the back are ready to go to a co-op in town.
I finally bought some "Glove in a Bottle"; haven;t tried it yet. There are some completed earrings on the little tree near the back on the right. Chaos breeds creativity at my house.
This year all the garden centers were featuring "gazing balls" for the garden.
I decided it would be more fun to make one, than to buy one.
I used a globe from a ceiling light; sprayed it with acrylic inside, and then put glitter in it.
A clay pot treated the with the same glitter served as a support, to lift it off the ground.
This has held up all summer. Of course these could be made in any size; I used what I had.
Time on my hands to enjoy the beauty of the great Pacific Northwest!
So many beautiful flowers to paint! It might be hard to do them justice;
I'm sure I will have to try though. A wonderful adventure with family.
I read yesterday on one of my favorite blogs, about "creative meditation".
This is time away from blog land to think, experiment, and marinate.
As Sue says, "It is better than a therapist".
With that in mind, I will be doing a little marinating.
I will be back renewed, and refreshed, so don't go away for good, I won't!
We have had some wonderful rains here in Central Texas this summer so the flowers are blooming.
There are some pretty colors here in the front. Notice the small gazing ball; I will tell you how I made it in a later post.I don't feel like I have a very "green thumb", because I would rather be painting, or making jewelry, rather than digging in the dirt. Our neighborhood cat is ailing and has to stay inside, so I get to feed the birds again. We love to watch them mill around the feeder. Well, we no longer had a feeder, so the
creativity came bubbling up once again. I turned the squirrel guard upside down, drilled 4 holes around the edges and put those Mardi Gras beads to work holding it. So far, so good; the birds love it, and it is easy to fill..
Another great music performance. Tonight is was the Georgetown Fire Department Pipes and Drums.
They were very entertaining. They also brought the fire truck that had gone to New York on 9-11, to help out. There was a big crowd enjoying the evening on the square.
