Happy Weekend!

I recently started working with copper wire and I love it. It is so versatile! And I don't have to tumble it like I do steel wire. I can make the earrings, oxidize them and photograph them all at once.

With steel wire I tumble it for hours and hours to shine the wire. So I'll make the jewelry and I won't be able to photograph, edit and list on Etsy until the next day.

I really like the way copper looks when it's hammered, oxidized and sanded. So cool!

Here are a couple of new designs.

Hand Bound Canvas Covered Journal

I have a lot of heavy sailing canvas in my studio that is just perfect for the covers of my journals.

It's stiff enough so that I don't have to gesso the canvas before I begin to paint on it. Anything goes and I get the creative fix I need.

New Work!

What I'm Doing!

I've been a very busy beaver this month -- drawing, painting, making jewelry and journals. I never seem to settle on any one thing; I really do want to do it all!

I'm delighted with the warmer weather and the sunshine. I can see the ground through the snow now and that excites me. I can't wait to wake up to the sounds of birds through the open bedroom window. I want to take my camera and go to the beach and take a million photos of the ocean, the endless sky and the beach rocks. I want to walk the length of the beach with my head down looking for treasures that I will take home to my studio and place in a basket for later inspiration.

Cool!

Jane Adey, the host of CBC Late Night, wore my jewelry -- pendant and earrings -- on the news last night! Yippee!

SALE!

I'm having a sale on all my bracelets in my Etsy shop until Sunday! Come on over and have a peek!

Another piece of work with an image of a tree transferred over the layers.

Hello!

Three Trees

The piece above was created using acrylic paint, ink, image transfers, text, old newspaper and several texturing techniques on gessoed masonite board. The board suits my needs perfectly because I tend to scratch into the surface and use a rough sandpaper on it. The trees were transferred from an image of a photo I took at Bowring Park.

I used brass wire to wrap these beautiful stones. I antiqued the wire to age it and add depth. I really love the look of this wire and I'll definitely continue working with it.

Photos!

Bowring Park -- we walk here frequently with Gennie.

Gennie looking cute beside John.

John and I with Gennie in front of the tree on Christmas Eve. We take one of these every year. We're pretty tired at this point.

Me and my sisters on Christmas Eve.

A cool tree in Bowring Park

A corner of my studio. This is where I do most of my work.

The living room with the white artificial tree in the corner before the real tree went up.

Happy New Year!

Wishing everyone the most wonderful New Year ever! May all your dreams come true!

Merry Christmas!

This is a landscape that I did for the Misty Mawn workshop. I love the simplicity of this scene.

Backgrounds!

Background with image transfer

Background with image transfer

Here are some of the backgrounds I've been creating in the online workshop with Misty Mawn. I'm having so much fun in the class. Now it's off to teach my own workshop. Enjoy your Saturday!

More Red!

I just can't seem to get enough of red these days! It has to be because Christmas is on its way and I love Christmas!

I'm so looking forward to this weekend! I'm starting an online workshop with the very lovely and talented Misty Mawn. Her work is so gorgeous and I have admired her for years but could never take a workshop with her because of distance. It's called Painting Layers and it's a mixed media art workshop. So Excited!

Next week I'll be teaching my own workshop on how I create my journal covers and folding and sewing the signatures onto the cover once it is done. It should be a lot of fun!

I Love Red!

Some photos that we took on our hike along the coast in Tors Cove.

Chunky Jade Bracelet

Chunky Jade Earrings

I had a great weekend! John and I went to see the movie Paranormal Activity on Friday night and it was so scary. I jumped in fright a few times. Saturday was spent cleaning the yard in preparation for winter. We also carved our pumpkins and waited for trick or treaters -- we got three. We ate all the goodies ourselves which happens every year. It could be because we have a long driveway and the kids do not want to walk up it. We took a drive downtown around 11:00pm to see all the partyers and their cool costumes. Then we took a stroll through the graveyard around midnight. It was the best night for Halloween.

New Bracelets!