Everything is coming up Roses

Thank you Romantic Home Magazine for including my 

yellow roses in your yearly Rose Issue.

It is such a thrill and honor!

It is a little article showing how this piece is created.

This sweet pink vase was created with the demo.

linking with mod mix monday, met monday

Garden inspiration

I love spring !

New growth, new beginnings...

lovely surprises to find popping their heads up in the garden!

I am in awe of natures beauty,

and enjoy capturing it with my art.

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Celebrating Spring

with a May Day Basket...

{ or ceramic wall vase }

created with cotton lace and clay.

and filled with special garden treats to surprise my neighbor.

Happy May Day!

Decoupage Seashell Frame

I was happily surprised when my neighbor Stephanie invited me 

over to her home for an informal craft party this afternoon.

I wasn't sure what to expect, 

she takes X-rays all day long and I had no idea she was into art.

She mentioned she had picked up some acrylic paints and 

wooden frames at Michael's on sale.

So I went back to my studio and collected some of my favorite

 decorative napkins to share with the other women who were 

coming together for some creative fun.

The pretty napkins were a big hit!

It made the play date so much less intimidating to the new artists.

Decoupage was a word they had not heard before.

I shared how to pull the napkins apart and carefully rip around the 

images they wanted to use on their frames and layout the designs.

Some stamped letters and painted the background with paints, 

others left the natural frame and did a color wash on top the images.

Then I showed them how to decoupage the images in place with 

good old fashioned white glue watered down and using a paint 

brush starting in the center and working our way out to release any

 air bubbles.

They were thrilled with the results. 

 I am sorry I hadn't brought my camera to catch photos of all the creativity and fun.

I have only my example to share with you today.

Seashore inspired mosaic creation

I began creating various sizes of ceramic tiles 

to use in an old wooden tray that I painted white.

I wanted to incorporate turquoise with the existing green 

color of my cottages shutters,

as I intend to use it on the patio with new ceramic dishes

that I am designing in varying shades of Tiffany blue hues.





I added in some glass tile samples leftover from a sample card,

 some flat marbles and even a few stray pearls, just because.

I used liquid nail to glue the pieces in place and white grout 

to fill in all the spaces.

There are some days when it all comes together 

and causes your heart to sing!

Spring greetings...

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                             Happy Easter !                      

                     from my garden to yours      

                                                     

Vintage Doilies

This idea has been spinning in my imagination for some time now.

 I knew exactly which table cloth I wanted to experiment with.

It's a small square table topper in a cream color fabric 

that I created to lay over a lush green velvet covered round table.

I pulled out a stash of vintage doilies 

and began laying them out along the edge.

You can hand stitch them in place once you have positioned them.

I'm not done yet, I need to keep adding to it.
I need to find some square and oval shapes too.

I just wanted to get the post up and share the fun.

This is a super easy DIY project 

and a great way to enjoy your favorite vintage doilies.

Here is a little tip, if you don't have enough to go all the way around,

 you can cut them in half and sew the raw edges carefully into the hem.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy Hearts to All

Happy Hearts to All!...

Creating heart Valentines with cookie cutters and clay!

Happy Valentine's Day!

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What feeds your heart and soul?

This is the perfect time of year
to pull out your favorite pens
and the journal that is so beautiful
that you felt your thoughts were not worthy of its lovely pages
and you become the author of your new future.

This is where you create a visual reminder to focus on what it is that feeds your soul and causes your heart to sing.
Its pages will inspire you and bring your attention to the priorities that bring you the most joy, instead of getting caught up in the day to day commitments that tend to keep you from spending time on your soul's deepest desires.
This is about your dreams, your goals and everything that brings beauty and joy, creativity and positive life affirming energy into your life.
I'm really writing this for myself, but I hope this post encourages others to do the same.

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Seashore Winter Wonderland

I finally have a day off!

I sleep in, and later while savoring my favorite breakfast, dark chocolate, I take time to listen to the ideas that have been percolating in my imagination for some time now.

I choose to ignore the stacks of paperwork and invoicing that is overtaking the breakfast room table and take myself off to my studio to gather all the bits and pieces that are calling my attention to be part of the seashore themed holiday table decoration.

The little tree below was found @ TJ Maxx $3.50

and perfect to begin with.

Then miscellaneous silver toned foliage is gathered

and fun finds from a local shop in town.

The sea fan and shells are sprayed with silver metallic paint

and lovely glass treasures collected in Venice, Italy are pulled to include

with more seashells

and a some of my own ceramic creations

and a few more bits and bobs that may want to be included

are all gathered and artfully piled on a simple white dish 

and the picture that has been in my imagination

slowly comes to fruition before my eyes,

and then is captured under a glass cloche.

I LoVe when that happens!

The photo above is of the back side.

And a couple close ups for your viewing pleasure.

Happy Thanksgiving dear friends,

I am grateful to share the fun and creativity!

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Happy Halloween

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From rags to roses

I love experimenting, repurposing and sharing the creative fun with the blog world! 

And seeing all the new viewers visiting from across the world,

brings a smile to my heart, hello Russia !

 ...curious about the technique I use to create these sweet little

 embellishments on my ceramic vase designs.

You may view the process by clicking here.

I am using soft cotton fabric, 

mostly old T-shirts, that I dip in liquid clay and artfully twist 

and attach to the form that is also still wet clay,

before putting in for firing.

It is a very messy process 

but so much fun, and well worth the effort!

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