Beaded Beauty! (to me anyway)

I set up at a bead show this past weekend. I made 52 Day of the Dead skull beads, and only 3 sold! Hello people! These are all the rage now and so I decided to take out my beads and make a couple of necklaces with them. I then proceeded to list them in auctions on ebay to see if the rest of the world is up on this trend! I hope they are or I will have to wallpaper a room with the leftover skulls! Anyway, I like them and think they are cuties! Hope you do too!

New creations in the studio!

click photo for larger image

It has been a while since I posted, but it is almost here....Halloween! I have been feverishly trying to make up a skull design for some beads. Then I thought to myself, I said "Self, why not try and make some of you favorites!!! Day of the Dead skulls". So, after repeated tries at different ways to create them in Polymer clay, these little guys are what I came up with. Another addition is more of the Kool Katz, these are the Trick-or-Treaters! They are all part of the Kool Kritterz line that I developed. I have also added some Kool Kidz to go gather up some spookie goodies! Enjoy them!

My Favorite Time....

My favorite time of the year is getting closer and I have been focusing on all kinds of creations to make! I love the color pallette of this time of year and can sit and stare aimlessly at the changing leaves, all the while memorizing colors I want to blend with my clay! Here is a "little devil" to start the mischief of the halloween season. I call him Diablo!

A Pair of Puppies!!

I had a custom order for these 2 cuties. It is to be an anniversary gift for her husband. I wanted to keep them they were so cute when I finnished! She ended up liking them so much that she ordered another set for his office! now that panic is setting in to be able to make them look as close to each other as I can! Wish me luck.

'Till the cow comes home....

Oh well. I finally did it! After months of lurking on the Wee Highland Cow site, and seeing one in person (or is it cowson??) at the clay retreat I just attended, I just had to "adopt" one of these adorable little cows. Her name is Caitir and she arrived Monday by Royal Mail from Scotland! I am planning on giving her a Blog of her very own, so keep checking. I need to think of a creative title for it! My friend Sue also followed suit and adopted one for herself. We had a clay day the other afternoon, and the two gals played on the computer a bit, check it out....

Snail (in the) Mail.....

I decided to host a snail swap after a discussion on one of the yahoo groups I belong to got onto the topic of the little pesky garden critters, and whether or not they have eyes, and if so, where are they! I googled the subject and the info I found stated that they do indeed have eyes and that they are placed atop the little antennea like things on their heads. So the call for snail swappers went out, and slowly but surely, they started to make their way into my mailbox, (the one at the end of my driveway!) I am posting the photo of my little escargoians after they came out of the oven. I need to decide which I am swapping though. As you can see by the photo, i decided to give mine eyeballs IN their heads as opposed to on their antennae! I think they are cuter that way. The largest one is approx. 2" tall, and as usuall, i have to challenge myself to see how small I can go. i could have gone smaller, but did not have any teeny shells, so I quit while I was a head. Hope you like 'em!

Clay Weekend in Connecticut!

I just got back from an exciting claying weekend in CT at the Clay connection retreat! I met up with lots of friends there and we had a blast. Several of us entered our creations in the Bottles of Hope challenge sponsored by the guild.

(visit http://www.bottlesofhope.org/ for more info on this)

I am happy to say that my bottle won a blue ribbon for the Best Sculpture category. There were so many great designs, and I think all came away winners as the descisions were very difficult for the judges! All entries will be donated to an individual being treated for cancer and each bottle is majically filled with well wishes and hope for it's recipient.