Dion Dior & More...: "21 Secrets" Workshop Giveaway

Dion Dior & More...: "21 Secrets" Workshop Giveaway: It's no secret that I love shimmer, glitter, sparkle and shine.  My husband thinks I'm like a bee, but my daughter prefers to...

It's the Little Things in Life

I love the little free spirit in my 29 month old granddaughter, Norah. She was at the pumpkin patch where she picked not a smooth, orange pumpkin, but spotted the ones with little warty bumps on them and still partly green and chose one of those, a less than perfect, but a more interesting pumpkin. What really steals my heart (as tho she hasn't already) is that she takes a moment from visiting all the little animals at the petting zoo, all the pumpkins and other festivities there, and lays down in the sand to leave her mark by making a sand angel. The look on her face is pure enjoyment! She is in a magical moment!

Copper Cuff

This is a copper cuff bracelet I made this week at a class I took at Water Street Studios with Lisa Dienst-Thomas. I hammered, stamped and sanded and I'm very please with how it turned out!

Wood Disk Doodle Bracelet

I saw a ceramic disk bracelet in a book that I liked and got an idea to make this bracelet. It's made from wood disks that you get at a craft store that I painted and used permanent magic maker pen...just for something fun!

I first painted all the wooden disks white and then drilled holes inthe center of each one. With a black magic marker I doodled some designs on them. You could paint the disks different colors or use colored designs on the front...skys the limit! Using a bead headpin I placed a black bead on the front and made a loop on the underside.

You can use any pre-made bracelet or even sew it on to a fabric bracelet or string it on to a ribbon, but I made one using two pieces of chain and joining them together with links and attaching the disks to the links with another smaller link.

Charm Exchange/Bracelet

Has it really been this long since I posted? I've been busy, but I'm going to try to post more regularly. So as busy as I've felt I couldn't pass up this charm exchange with an online group I belong to. We had to make charms using blue, white, or crystal beads or findings. There we 36 in our group, sounds like alot of charms to make but once you get going it goes pretty fast. I got my package of all the charms Monday and immediately made a charm bracelet. Lots of rattling charms! Love it! Can't wait for the next exchange!

Baby Norah

I joined a colored pencil drawing class last year. I had seen this teacher at art shows and saw that she offered classes, but her work was so wonderful and I can't draw too well, so I thought it was something I wouldn't be able to do. My friend signed up for a class and was enjoying it so I thought I'd give it a try. I decided to draw my granddaughter, Norah, from a picture I had taken that summer at the beach. It took awhile to finish it, and ALOT of help from the teacher, but I finally finished it and love it!

Hearts Nature Made

I have a strawberry plant that produces only a few straw-berries. If the squirrels don't get them first I've tasted them and they are very tender and sweet. I collect things in heart shape made by nature like last month I collected rocks along Lake Michigan shore in the shape of hearts. Much to my surprise this little stawberr bush grew a little heart shaped strawberry! Cute!