Words on the wind...

Sing the song of winter... 

Finding the path...

In the workshop...

I spent about two and half hours on a new necklace. Nini got me the book "Manipulating Fabric" as a present and I've had a bunch of fun experimenting with new textures.  I love the book and it seems like the most definitive resource out there on well... fabric manipulation.

This one is a combination of wood, leather, tee shirt, sweater, lace, embroidery floss, and threads.  I'm super excited to keep experimenting and carving the wood chunks has proven quite fun indeed.

Anyone have any good music recommendations out there?  I spent the whole time listening to some sweet Finnish folk music and would love to have some more stuff that makes it pretty easy to be whisked of into "the zone"!

♥ Marie

Inspirations from Mt. Jo

I love the rocks along this trail.  In the winter the ice freezes in an aqua-marine color that is sooooo nice.   This was my first time seeing the rocks in the late fall.   Little did I know that beneath that aqua marine ice there were lots of interesting colors and textures.

All ready for the fair in Burlington tomorrow!

Queen City Craft Bazaar

Union station

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Make your own business cards...

  I decided to hand carve my own stamp to print business cards one by one.    Here's a pictorial of what I did...

I used Speedy-Carve for the first time.  Usually I use Master Carve but I can't find anymore of that stuff anywhere.  I also ordered MOO Carve at the same time.  I like both speedy and moo, but speedy seems like it's great for doing tiny details.  Moo carves like butter.

It seems like this material would be great to mount on wood since the speedy carve isn't as thick as some other things I've used to carve.  This stamp is about 2.75" x 2.75" so it's kind of big to stamp without backing if you want an even print.  I put a small thick notebook over the stamp each time I tried to print with it for extra substance and that seemed to work better than just pressing it down with my fingers.

The craziest and sometimes funnest part of making stuff is what the workshop turns out looking like at the end.  I was in the deep creative zone working on this project for about 3 hours.  When I finally back down to reality, the space looked like this... yikes!  And yes...that is a tiny carrot on top of my pencil.

Update:  I was able to get a bunch of copies made of these and payed only 2 bucks!

Feeling inspired...

One of the greatest parts of living in the northern Adirondacks is there is so much beauty surrounding me ALL the time.  Here's some things I've found inspiring this week.

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Getting ready...

My first craft fair is coming up this weekend.  I'll be at SUNY Plattsburgh on both Saturday and Sunday for the fair in the gymnasium.  Come stop by and say hi if you're in the area.  I spent the day getting miniature books ready for the fair as well as creating a new banner with an amazing squirrel fabric that Crystal gave me.  Awesome!

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Day trip...

We took a day trip up to Flip's farm to check it out.  Even though the air was hanging thick and heavy and leaves were all down there were still some colors to see.

Between poking around and bombarding Flip with questions about what she's up to we squeaked in a bunch of fun.  Dogs playing basketball and a canoe trip.  I love the colors of the end of falls.  I southern New England I called it November colors but, up in here in the Northern Adirondacks it's much more mid to late Ocotober.  I love mini river homes!

So grateful for the rejuvenation that happens from a great day filled with friends, fun, and good conversation!

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The shop is full...

Newest creations in the shop:

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Inspiration...

I feel so greatful to be surrounded by this beauty during this chapter of my life...

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In the Workshop...

~ Sitting in a pile of yarn ~

~Painting feathery leaves one by one ~

~ Adapting to change ~

In a new workshop...  I'm excited because it's my biggest and most well set up workshop yet.  Plus I can kayak to the library to pick up books.  That is my dose of eye and brain candy.  Which I did and it was awesome!