Studio Time: Morning Dew

I was playing with Adobe Ideas on my iPad. Here is a sweet, light, spring collection called Morning Dew based on those sketches. I've uploaded the patterns to my Spoonflower shop. Need to order swatches to confirm colors and repeats are correct.

If you like this design, here is a free, downloadable card. You can print on your color printer. I recommend using heavy card stock. The card is 10.5" wide by 5.25" high.

Artfully Meandering: Bedding Collection

I have a niece who loves pink... so I designed a bedding collection for her. My other niece's favorite colors change, so I have to work on her collection a little later.

I've uploaded the designs to my Spoonflower shop. Now I need to order some swatches to check the color and design worked out correctly. This was fun!

Artfully Meandering: A Kansas Prairie Sunset

A prairie sunset. You really can't capture the beauty in photographs. Such a small sliver of the real beauty that is constantly changing in front of your eyes. The sun left it's final golden breath on the glowing harvest fields before collapsing into a transparent tangerine ball then dipping into inky darkness.

Studio Time: Polymer Play

I love custom mixing colors per Maggie Maggio's color smashing guidance. Turquoise is one of my all time favorite colors. I started mixing the turquoise from light to dark. The final results is this Color-ometry Necklace in polymer clay and brass.

The pendant is one of the fun things for me to form. I like just using various geometric pieces like squares, triangles, and circles to make a unique pendant. 

Explorer Earrings

These little earrings are such fun! They have a bohemian flair coral colors mixed with turquoise and greens. They make me feel like an explorer, a wanderer, a traveler... Hand-mixed polymer clay finished off with brass...

Studio News: Clay Giveaway

I've starting playing with clay again. I just started working with ceramic clay after learning from Elizabeth Gonzalez' wonderful e-class on ceramic clay. This is a wonderful way to get started from the comfort of your home. Work in ceramic and polymer can blend some basic techniques, but the feel is much different. I really like the forgiveness and ease of working with ceramic. Here are some of the initial shaping experiments I have done. Now I have to get the nerve to fire the ceramics. I look forward to that! I can't wait to add color!

Polymer Experiments 

I haven't done a giveaway in ages! Well, I haven't been blogging much this year or last year and I'm trying to get my rhythm going again. It's been a bit hit-and-miss because of the migraines this year. Ah, well! I did some brooches a few years ago in polymer clay. I received some nice compliments on these funky brooches. So, I'm trying them out again. I love the geometric designs and the wild color combinations, so I'm calling this collection "Color-ometry." I still have some work on the details to improve, but I'm really happy with the initial results.

Color-ometry Pendant

This baby isn't ready for "the big time" yet (or to be given away). I need to figure out how to get the "pebble cascade" more stable. While the teeny pebbles popped off, the bigger ones have been staying put. I'm going to experiment with resin. I know I only need glue, but I think encasing the cascade in resin might add an interesting dimension.

Here is the Give-Away: The Color-ometry Brooch 

Interested in the above funky brooch? It is approximately 2" tall by 1.5" wide. I did a "test wearing" of it the other day to make sure it wasn't top-heavy and set right. It wore well! Please comment below to let me know if you're interested in the giveaway. Make sure I can contact you in some way!

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