the studio tour

So here's the metals table in my studio.  It's about 3 feet away from my beading table.  I love the set up - I can work with my torch & then move right over to the beading table.  And yes, it is unapologetically, messy.  Well, messy in an organized way, I suppose.  More studio tour in a few days.

Painting done a while ago, just needed to see some of my older work today to inspire me to get at it again!

weekend

We went to Dayton, OH to see a fly-in of World War I replica airplanes - yes, they were flying!  Yes, that's a BIG smile on hubbie's face!

I finished a necklace right before we left - posted it on Etsy today.  Yes, you can't see it, but there's a big smile on my face!

Weekends - Priceless!!

What's been on my jewelry table lately

I only get to work in little bits here and there once the school year starts.  I have to find things that I can do in those little snippets of time.  I don't ever think of it as "have to" but "get to."  Here's just a little peek at what I've been doing in those quiet, blissful moments!

A little sunshine from my sketchbook.   Just seemed like the sort of day to put a little sunshiny something on the blog.  Happy weekend, everyone. 

sparkles in your ear

Just some fun sparkles!

New earrings made

Sterling silver earwires, blue chalcedony stones, wrapped with black wire from the hardware store. 

trip to Door County, Wisconsin

The seniors of the Class of 2011 gifted me with a cruise on the ferry boat, the Badger - it goes from Ludington, Michigan to Manitowoc, Wisconsin.  It's a wonderful old railcar ferry boat that has been converted for passenger car (and truck, and semi-truck, etc) ferrying.  Hubbie & I went this past weekend & then stayed in Door County - a delightful part of the world.  We explored and dined.  What a fun little vacation!

Thank you SO much - Class of 2011!!

Doodles

I had the chance to take a class at Art Unraveled with the wonderful Alisa Burke a couple of years ago.  I was hooked.  I'm a regular on her blog now, and have taken a couple of her online classes.  She's classically, formally trained in art, and it's fun to hear her vast knowledge & then hear her suggest that we spend time doodling!  Well, I've doodled all my life. 

So, here's a combination - a pic of a couple of doodles of sorts (the leaves of the other day became rays of the sun), and how I turned them into something else.  I don't think this is done yet, either, as I think it needs some "more" in the sun itself, or maybe around the outside.  That's the good thing about my sketch book - when I'm ready, I'll just open to that page & add it!

here's more of my sketch book

This little guy isn't "finished" in my book - no stem painting, no background color, no color on the page outside the box - but, I thought I'd share with you.  This little flower was one I saw when we stopped for gas in Southern Michigan on the way south to Georgia a couple of weeks ago.  First attempt at drawing in the car, while Hubbie was driving.  Pretty much, it seemed to work!

More Drawing A Day

Hope none of you gentle readers are tired of my little drawings.  Here's another drawing a day - this was done in the car (Hubbie WAS driving......LOL!) while we were on I-75 coming north Through Tennessee.

drawings, drawings, drawings

I won't show them all to you!  LOL! But, here's another "Drawing a Day..."  This one based upon a painting by Stephanie Lee (that I won in the silent auction at Art Unraveled!)