busy hands

on etsy

The latest stuff in the making...

not fired yet... and I'm about to add up to the collection...

It's cold here... Winter's at the door... so better keep warm and busy inside...
Hope you are all keeping warm (or cool if you live down under) and creative! :)

new batch

Just got them back today... still have to add the final touch ...

Below is the raku bowl I bought last week. The artist name is Dominique Matagne and she owns the studio where I fire my pieces.

The photo doesn't show the true beauty of its colors... crappy november light...

chanson du jour...

thank you...

Happy Thanksgiving to you! .... hold on a second... you're not American and not what I'd call a religious person... what are you thinking???? True ... and false... I may be or may not be .. who cares... I think Thanksgiving is a great holiday, a great opportunity to say thank you to those you love...

Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?

Richard Bach

This has been a roller coaster of a year for me... but life taught me a wonderful lesson of friendship. I am blessed with wonderful friends...

I don't think miles can separate you from friends... I just have to close my eyes and there I am in Arkansas, sipping a glass of wine with Bobbi or making stuff out of polymer clay with Jay... just by closing my eyes and there I am in Tennesssee, sipping another glass of wine with Sherry and Eric or creating stuff with Sherry, or helping them cutting wood... eyes shut again and there I am in Chicago with Lindsay and Emily ( and yes ... wine is still involved... but so is art !). And if I don't want to close my eyes... I just have too look at my necklaces ... yes necklaceS... because there are three of them...it's like gremelins... And on those necklaces you find more friends : Lucinda, Dorcas, Suzanne,Gwen, Laurence, Lucie, Mireille, Gayle ( another friendship "gift" life had in store for me this year), Alek ( remember that tiny stone with a bird on one side -makes me think of Maiastra), Steph ....

And there are more friends... Leyla, Neri, Keith, Luc, Sharon and more, many more...

So THANK YOU all from the bottom of my heart... THANK YOU for being in my life

merci Docteur, aussi... :)

alek

I don't usually buy jewelry... I usually buy supplies to make jewelry...but when I saw these earrings... I could not resist ... And their name "Tous les matins du monde" is the name of one of my favorite movies... And their designer is an artist I admire...
Not only these earrings are awesome but the packaging... look at it...

Aren't they gorgeous?

Please, check Alek's shop... you won't be disappointed...

bUsY bAt

It's been quiet over here... but I was busy.. these are some of the stuff that have been fired last week... got them back yesterday... gave them several washes of ceramic paints... some are already spoken for.. I still have at least twice as much to work on...looks like I'm going to be busy again...

Oh the place where I fire my pieces had open studio yesterday, I bought the most amazing raku bowl... will show it next time...

Hope you're all had a creative weekend... Guess that my friends over the pond are getting ready for Thanksgiving... :)

vLaD tHe BaT from the Far West

Thank You, Gayle! :)

in the making...

This is the reason why I'm making room in my drawers...

speaking of that...I listed a few more items on etsy

Making room

I am sorting my clay collection. These beads and pendant were made a few years ago... Yesterday I decided to make some more but after making a lot more (it's kind of addictive), I realized that once the new ones are fired, I will have no room for them... So today, I packed a few "old" ones, took their pictures and listed them on etsy... I will list some more soon... might even list some polymer clay things too... we'll see...

A BIG THANK YOU for the visits and comments on the previous post and a BIG THANK YOU to Steph from Rodrigvitz Style for Dia de Bloglandia!

Dia de los Muertos matchbox