Buzzzz....

More beads from Lynda Moseley's tutorial.

 Purple, purple, do I love purple....yes!!

 The next pictures are my interpretation of a project from the book Polymer Clay Color Inspirations. 

When I was a teacher my classroom was The Beehive.  I had a shelf full of bees in various forms, mostly huggable. So now my studio is the beehive, notice no caps. My most creative time is between 4pm and 9 pm. It took me about five years and two counselors to understand that I'll never have my former energy and there is nothing I can do about it. Most days I have some level of pain, and in order to keep on going, my body uses my energy to cope with the pain. It's very frustrating, because my brain has so many ideas it wants to explore, but my body can't keep up. Lots of nights at about 9, I feel like I've just gotten started, but the old body has to roll into bed. Aaarrrgh!

New Work

A new necklace made with a stamp from Barbara McGuire. I painted it with a brown acrylic and then sanded it to reveal the lime green portion. It's very striking in person.

This necklace was inspired by the beautiful pale greenish blue stones. I've had them for a few years and I remember they were quite expensive, but I can't remember what they are called. The beads are mostly translucent clay with thin slices of several canes.

Faux amber in a stretchy little bracelet.

This is a little angel made before Christmas. I guess she hasn't earned her wings yet.

Another little angel. These stand about six or seven inches high. I think she looks like she has alot of authority in angel land.