I Hate Daylight Savings Time

I hate daylight savings time. I hate losing an hour of my day. I hate thinking I'm going to bed at one, but really it's 2. I hate getting up at 9 but it's really 10. I hate not having enough hours in the day to do everything that I want to do and now I have one less hour.

Some of My Favorite Etsy Fiber Arts

I've been enjoying searching through etsy and finding my favorites. Here are a few items in the fiber art category. The first one, New Beginnings, is done by a friend of mine here in Santa Cruz and has just listed her 1st item on etsy. It's not the 1st item she's ever made... she is quite prolific and actually a potter. Go to her shop and find out more about her journey from clay to fiber. I'm hoping we'll see some of her pots on her site too!

New Beginnings - Sacred Shawltar by Meg Brown at www.megbrown23.etsy.com

I love the color and the loose weave of this bag. And the photo makes me feel like I'm on vacation!  

Small Fabric Bag by www.shoplana.etsy.com

And well this little lamb is just too cute to pass up!     www.yaheesplace.etsy.com

www.beautifulplace.etsy.com I grew up in Ohio, and this picture reminds me of the cold winters there, but the beautiful colors in the felted birds nest make the stark winter come to life.

I'll Never Be Bored Again

I think that one of the things I love most about metalsmithing and enameling are the limitless amounts of things that you can experiment with. Things never get dull or boring. The hardest part is luring myself into my studio area. I can think of a hundred things that I should do first... clean the kitchen (or actually any room in my house for that matter!), pay some bills, have something to eat, read the mail... Part of it is the fear of having to think or create something and what will it be? However, once in there if I can just get started on one thing, any one thing, it will lead me to another and another and another. It's like being a mad scientist and I can't stop. And then it's 2:00 in the morning and my eyes are burning. It's very satisfying!

White Snake Skin Earrings. They are copper circles with white enamel stenciled on. 

I like to think that they are good to wear on a rainy day. 

These are a new pair of earrings that I have finished and taken pictures of and put on my computer and listed on etsy and put on this blog............ Actually, I had finished them a couple of weeks ago. It seems like the only thing I have been doing in the last 2 weeks is be on this computer! I think that we have become one, my computer and me!
I hope to work on some new stuff tomorrow...something without a keyboard!

It can only get better

I'd like to start making my own etsy treasury- type of blog where I can create themes from what I like on etsy. It may have to start out a little rough until I get the hang of this, but I think that it might be fun.
I guess my first theme will have to be folded metal. One of my favorites. It always amazes me how you can take a hard cold seemingly unbendable piece of metal and act like it's paper. Pretty much anything you can do with paper, you can actually do with metal. The look works especially well with copper. It already has a warm earthy color, the bending and folding only makes it look more organic. As you will see in the following pieces:

Silver and Brass Rose Ring 

by MetalRiot
www.metalriot.etsy.com


F-Series Copper Ram's Horn Earrings
by AgJewelryDesign
www.agjewelrydesign.etsy.com


Folded Enamel Brooch
by Ggallery
www.ggallery.etsy.com



fold formed copper disc necklace
by nemesisjewelry
www.nemesisjewelry.etsy.com

Well, my first treasury will have to only have 4 pieces in it because it is 2:30am and I'm a little tired!!