Crocheted necklace

I just love this beautiful necklace that my talented friend Brenda made for me. Check out more of her work at http://www.memoriesandtreasures.blogspot.com/

Altered cigar box

This altered cigar box holds the ABC 6th Anniversary book swap.

Paperweight

off-hand glass blowing from the Stephen Bishop hot shop class 2 1/2" x 2 1/8"

A bona fide ensemble

The Halloween bead for 2009 is a bone from Bronwen Heilman that I wear with one of her skulls from 2008.

Hot glass

I always enjoy watching a flameworker making an amazing glass piece. This is Bronwen Heilman encasing a painted image in a marble.

Glassblowing

Enjoyed watching

Stephen Bishop

give a glassblowing

demo at Coyote Glass

during the Salado

Founders Day celebration.

Container and book

An altered

container

to hold the

Under Lock & Key

4x4 fat book

(AAWA 2009).
It is a collaboration

of 38 paper artists.

Glass beads

for the crow people -

beads are about

3/4" x 1/2"

Glass buttons

The face of each button

is about 5/8" diameter.

Buttons

Glass buttons with shanks.

The face of each button is

about 5/8" diameter.

Dots and stripes

glass beads

Keeping cool

It's just way to hot and dry

these days. I'm happy under

the fan playing with paper

(and paper-

weights).

This weeks beads

Glass buttons & Birthdays

New glass buttons for Birthdays.

The first view shows the backs

of two new buttons.

The green & teal button - 1 3/8" dia.

Green & yellow button - 1 1/8" dia.

The red & white button - 3/4" dia.

New buttons

Buttons

measure

1/2" to 1" diameter

New hangie danglie

western style

sharp shooter

measures 4.25" x 9"

New buttons

I made a few more buttons and the turquoise and white one is the smoothest and closest to being round so far. Yippee!

Collage

measures 5" x 7"

Hangie danglie

This hangie danglie was made for "fish tales" online swap.

New embellishments

More glass buttons.

Each button measures

about 1" x 1/8".

Altered Rolodex Card

This card was made

for a swap and

measures

2.25" x 4".

Glass

handmade, flat,

glass bead

1-3/8" x 1/8"

Embellishments

handmade glass embellishments -

pink:

1" x 1/4"

black and white:

1" x 3/16"

green:

3/4" x 3/16"

Earth Day 2009

These are

4 x 4's

made today

for a swap

celebrating

Earth Day

Art quiltie

This swap was a real stretch for me.

I love fabric, buttons, charms and fibers

but don't sew.

Quiltie measures 6" x 6" roughly.

What's new

4 fun projects from a recent art playday at Jeri's studio

Altered rolo

Measures

3" x 5"

Bead storage/display

Here is a full bead container. Thanks to Peg for this photo of some of her beads.

New altered container

another altered cigar box to hold and display hand made glass beads

Retablo

My first retablo using a distressed paper triptych, collaged images and acrylic paint. Measures 14.25" x 8".

Altered container

altered cigar box for display of glass beads

measures 9.25" x 9.75" x 1.50"

New beads

glass beads from my latest studio time