Getting ready for our fall 2011 collection....

just wanted to pop in quickly.  i have got lots to say and most of it will have to wait until we get out fall collection of scarves and other lovlies completed and added to the etsy shop.

i, for one, can not wait for fall.   i am not a hot weather girl and never have been.  with that said, i am not looking forward to winter.  not a cold weather girl either, but after the motor for the  fan on our air conditioning pooped out on us yesterday in the early afternoon, on a record breaking hot day i would so love to make a snow angel or two buck necked!

 at least there is lots of copper wiring in the deceased fan motor to salvage for my schtuff. 

so thankful the hubs was able to make the repairs, saving us a bundle.  the air has been back on again for about 2 hours and the temperature is finally down from 97 to 95 degrees. 

steph has been busy working as an after school teacher/care provider at the local elementary school so i am flying solo with the etsy shop for a bit while she adjusts to a new life schedule and the demands of her new job.  i am so proud of her!  we fully expected her to come home after the first week threatening to have her tubes tied!   i am hoping though we can get bunches done this weekend. 

my finger is getting back to normal after my weeding/gardening incident.  it is amazing just how icky and painful a splinter rammed half way down your nail bed can be.   it is also amazing just how much you use the ring finger on your non-dominate hand.  note to self:  buy gardening gloves that fit before pulling weeds again.  i will also spare you all of any photo-show-n-tell of that....ewwwie. 

i worked on part of our etsy photo collage to introduce our fall collection today....

thankfully i had plenty of fall photos to choose from in last years albums.


the rest of these photos were taken quickly with my camera on my phone quickly between loads in the wash just to show some of the colors......

i can not wait to show off the oh-so-beautiful designs created by using the new shibori methods.   they are time consuming, but the end results are worth every bit of time and effort. 


these photos are not the best...once we have had a chance to do some proper photographing i will let you all sneak a peek before we list to etsy!  shhhh!

 this photo is just a peek at some of the effect from 2 of the shibori methods......i loves it, alot.

one of the many colors my hands have been during this process.  i have been coordinating my outfits with the days hand color.  since this arty girl does not get out of the house often, when i do, i love to play dress-up and be pretty! 

the only time i get strange looks is when i have worked with so many colors that my hands and nails just look filthy dirty.....most people seem to understand i have undertaken some form of arty endeavor, and have even asked me what i have been doing,  but for those very few that like to give the oh-so-obvious disgusted stare....that's when you smell your hands and say out loud....thank goodness the smell is almost gone..... hehe....

i am off to go try to do something arty now that the house is starting to cool down.  there is nothing like having a hot flash and being in a hot hot hot house!  speaking of hot flashes....maybe i need to go find something sweet and something salty to offer to the pms monster that seems to be firing off this latest round of hot flashes! 

be back soon....smooches to ya. 

couldn't leave that other blog post out there all by itself....

i know i have mentioned this once already, but, .i shut down my old blog since i had run out of photo storage space. 

i had the option to pay for more....but i blog, not only because i love it,  but because it is freeeeeeeeee.

again...i kind of took it as a hint from the Big Guy upstairs that maybe i needed to put the past there and keep it there and start over a bit. 

i have been doing alot of thinking along those lines.  what do i carry over, what do i not.

i have decided i will continue to mention, talk about, and babble a bit about life with Meneire's disease.  after having a few people tell me i have inspired them, insert humble blush here, i figured that is one good reason to continue to jabber on.

 another good reason is to raise awareness of just what having vertigo is like.  it is not just being in a spinny world.  if affects my swallowing, i am always dropping things, some days concentration is nearly impossible, i am hearing impaired, and may eventually lose my hearing altogether someday, and so many other things.

i have read blogs by artists who have whined about there illnesses, their kids and hubbies and how awful everything else all of the time...it seems there are quite a few medically challenged artists out there.  i don't wish to be a whiner, HOWEVER...there are days where my good cheer, optimistic attitude and last nerve are about all used up and i may choose to whine on a rare occasion because being spinny just plain sucks some days.

i have read blogs by artists who paint a picture of nothing but happiness and sunshine, their kids are perfect, their hubby is a saint and they are healthy and all is rainbows, sunshine and unicorns...then you see on facebook they are getting divorced, their kids are in prison  and they are about to drop dead of some dreaded disease and you kinda feel relieved that there is someone out there not actually living a totally perfect storybook happy crappy life but at the same time you feel let down and  lied to...well i do at least. 

so, i will keep on telling it like it is, but trying to keep it happy mostly, because happy is just more funner.

i love to let my pictures do the talking mostly, but it is hard to find pictures for all i have talked about up till now.

i am a dork, a goof-ball, working on growing a thicker skin ex-oversensative girl, a science geek, an artist, mom,of 3 and wife,of 1, keeper of the dust bunnies...although i have been known to neglect the poor boogers to make art or hang with the family,  a survivor of many things...some i have shared, some only a very select few know of, and a couple not even my hubby knows about, a reincarnated hippie, flower child, gypsy who just might be called eccentric as she gets older and i don't care what anyone thinks, eccentric is just a negative way of looking at being unique. 

i have always believed in God, but until the last few years thought he was a real jerk that was only interested in punishing.   some things in life make you realize just how wonderful having God in your corner is, and just how many miracles are out there if you only take the time to see them.  i am not religious though by any means.  i will not shove my thoughts or beliefs in your face, but i will share the miracles with you.  we all have our own path we must make to reach that place where God, or whatever you choose to call it, is.


wow, i just might have my 'about me' for this new blog.  i don't have a clue where this all came from.

this evening i added 6 new pieces.  they are simple, causal pieces.  but i love tribal inspired pieces.  layers and layers.  bright colors.   little beads.

on my old blog i had mentioned since the semi-precious stuff does not seem to be selling right now, and therefore i have lost most of my desire to create them as a result, i am going to go back to what i really love....found object jewelry.

i wanted to be an archaeologist, anthropologist, astrologist and the kid in me still does.   i love old stuff. 

while dyeing scarves i have been snapping up bits of fabric to dye as well for future found object jewelry pieces.

a bit of show-n-tell for you.  what i added to the etsy shop. 

these items are in our A2F, accessory2fashion, shop.  i am hoping once we get all 50-70 scarves added to this shop i can start adding items to the nest feathers and twine shop, which is for home-y stuff. 

you can see bits and pieces of a few of the scarves in these photos. 

thank you for stopping by.

nighty-night.  mwah.

a new start....

i tried to make some changes on a blog i have had for 5....6 years.

 when adding a new  banner photo in place of the old up popped a message saying i had exceeded my limit of photos and now needed to pay for additional storage space for photos. 

this arty girl decided maybe it was one of those 'closing door' opportunities and so i grabbed it. 

time to leave the old me and the past behind and wipe the slate clean so to speak and start over, anew, a rebirth. 

in celebration of finding and discovering the me that i was born to be....a new blog.

there is lots of schtuff to move and add and do and i will be elbow deep this weekend in finishing up the tie dyeing process of about 60 - 70 scarves waiting to be added to the etsy shop.

let the challenge begin to see just how much a girl can get done on her new blog in an evening....da da da da da daaaaaaaaa......charge!