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Etsy Top 100 Sellers - Handmade

Etsy Top 100 Sellers - Handmade.

Etsy Top 100 Sellers - Handmade

Getting back on track?

OK, I'm really going to try this again...just be patient with me as I try to get things rolling.  And I'm going to be changing "the look" as I go along here...adjusting the format, trying to get a look I am happy with.  Let's just stop there for right now. 

Kathy

More on Rosie.....

Please keep Rosey in your thoughts and prayers.  She goes into the hospital tomorrow for six days of chemo and treatments.  I love her with all my being.  I know in my heart of hearts that she is going to be ok.  I just hate it that she has to go through this to get there.  Love to all my friends, Kathy

"Thrift Store" Treasures and Ideas.....

I find myself drawn to the local thrift store on a weekly basis, checking out the jewelry they have.  Most weeks, it's junk jewelry and nothing I find interesting.  Some days I find the treasures of someone's long lost jewelry, and ideas come from them.   This is an "earring".  OK...I like 'large' but this is "LARGE".  I look at it and see the possibilities of a pendant in this shape and texture.  I can see making a mold out of this piece.  Maybe doing something kind of funky with it.  Using black clay, and dropping some alcohol inks on it (kind of letting them blend together) and letting them dry then putting a couple of coats of Kato Liquid on it.  What do you think? 

I love this next piece, and can actually see myself incorporating it into a one of a kind piece, using waxed linen and doing all kinds of dangles from the holes in bottom.

It has a vintage look to it, and I see lots of possibilities here.

I am not sure of my game plan with these pieces yet.  They are definitely vintage and beautiful even if they are missing a rhinestone.  I picked these up for $ .79.  They are lovely.  Maybe some one out there has an idea on these? 

These hearts have 'mold material' written all over them.  Once again, I'm not sure on the use yet, but they were a treasure definitely worth picking up.  Am I the only 'thrift store' browser? 

ROSEMARIE

Please keep Rosey in your prayers.  We just found out that she is going to need more aggressive treatment.  Obviously, that is going to be harder on everyone.  Especially her.  Keep our Angel in your prayers.

Kathy

"May You Be Blessed Into Usefulness."

"May you be blessed into usefulness."  Dalai Lama

I am heading out tonight to my last show of the 2007 year.   This has been a year of self-healing.  A year of broken spirits because I knew I was loosing one of the people closest to my heart.  A year of learning compassion and love.  I try to be kinder and more patient to people who had previously irritated me.  It has been a year that my creativeness has slipped into a darker corner.  I have not let myself play, laugh or enjoy myself for so long.  I want out of this place.

I proclaim 2008 to be: 

• A year of mental and physical healing for myself and my family.  Especially for Rosey.
• A  year of healing and help for my son Eric.  And a GOOD JOB.
• A year where my creativeness is maxed!!
• A year where my creative visualization will finally come through.
• A year where my friends and I will embark on some creative paths together.
• A year where I can, and will, make a difference for other people by using my creativity.
• A year where I intend to live fully.
• A year where money is not a trauma to anyone in my family.
• A year of new attitudes and leaps of faith.
• A  year of sharing my life with my friends as much as I can, to help heal myself, and hopefully help them, too.
• A year to be grateful for each minute.  And letting go of the guilt of still being here, while my brother is not.  And at the same time, keeping his memory alive as much as I can.
• A year of love, faith, and hope.

BURRRRRR IT'S COLD OUT!!

POLYMER CLAY SNOWMEN!!!!

I have always loved Polymer Clay Snowmen.  I feel that the "master" of Polymer Clay Ornaments is Sharon Sahl of SOS Designs.  Sharon is formerly of Columbus, Ohio, so I am proud to consider her a friend and am fortunate enough to own several of her pieces.  Sharon's work is collected by folks throughout the country, who are now limited to shopping her web page at SOS Designs.  Be sure to take the time to check out the "About the Figures" link.  Sharon canes every wonderful clothing pattern, and this link will show her painstaking and time consuming process.  Are they worth it?  You bet cha!

This next cute guy is from "JOSHUA'S CLAY CREATIONS", and you can even find a tutorial on this guy at Joshua's Projects.  Lots of fun things on that page~

 

These adorable cuties (snowman and angel) are projects by Linda Peterson.  Instructions are available at the AMACO site at Snowman - Angel Project.  I think this snowguy is the cutest.  Love his cheerful expression and the wonderful colors. 

Lastly, these wonderful snow pendants by Heather Powers at Humble Beads.  Check Out all of Heather's Work at Humble Beads.

Too cold to go out and play?  Take some time to play inside!  Grab out that block of 'white' for the snowmen, and go to it!!  I hope these ideas will give you some inspiration....there's a lot more out there!  You'd be surprised what will come up when you goggle "Polymer Clay Snowman". 

barrettes for dogs??????

OK....short but sweet post today.  I know I've  been slacking, but wanted to post something!  I found this video on  youtube of barrettes made for Yorkies out of Polymer Clay!  Can anyone top that today?  Check it out at Nanjo Dogz - Barrettes for Small Dogs.  Cute idea!  I promise longer and more posts.  Need that new computer....

kind of busy for a few days......

Sorry, all.  May be short a post for a few days.  We've been busy trying to get some final things done before Thanksgiving so that Roseann, Ryan, Katee and Rosey will be set up in their new house.  I'll be sure to post on the KLEW class, and more as soon as possible.  Keep watching. 

I was excited to learn from Sue Kelsey that Clay Carnival is "sold out" with a HUGE waiting line for this year!!!  WOW!!! Those Kato girls got it going on. 

Lynda gave me some fun toys for the kids.....and they slept at the house last night, and hadn't gotten their toys there yet!  I went out to the car and grabbed a couple for the kids, and they had a riot with them.   Wooden toys.  (And who isn't afraid of the made in China stuff now?).  And the kids loved them.  Rosey is a hoot.   And Katee is just Katee.  Gotta love those girls. 

IMAGINE A WOMAN

Is anyone out there familiar with an creative self-help writer called SARK?  I am really taken with these playful, uplifting books.  I am now reading parts of  "TRANSFORMATION SOUP", and am sharing a page from this book.

• IMAGINE a woman who believes it is right and good she is a woman.  A woman who honors her experience and tells her stories.  Who refuses to carry the sins of others within her body and life.
• IMAGINE a woman who trusts and respects herself.  A woman who listens to her needs and desires.  Who meets them with tenderness and grace.
• IMAGINE a woman who has acknowledged the past's influence on the present.  A woman who has walked through her past.  Who has healed into the present.
• IMAGINE a woman who authors her own life.  A woman who exerts, initiates and moves on her own behalf.  Who refuses to surrender except to her truest self and wisest voice.
• IMAGINE a woman who names her own Gods.  A woman who believes her body is enough, just as it is.  Who celebrates her body's rhythms and cycles as an exquisite resource.
• IMAGINE a woman who honors the body of the goddess in her changing body.  A woman who celebrates the accumulation of her years and her wisdom.  Who refuses to use her precious life energy disguising the changes in her body and life.
• IMAGINE a woman who values the women in her life.  A woman who sits in circles of women.  Who is reminded of the truth about herself when she forgets.
• IMAGINE YOURSELF AS THIS WOMAN.

This poem is written by Patricia Lynn Reilly, from "Imagine a Woman in Love With Herself".

Something to think about.