Backyard Oasis*

It's A Process*

... and the prize is in the process.

Organized = Productive = Present*

Today was a great day. I took the opportunity of a free afternoon to make some jewelry I had been wanting to make for a long time. Sometimes I really need to step away from being on the computer and weekend commitments. And, it's new moon in Virgo. Time to bring order out of chaos. And new moon is a time for creating. AND ... Virgo energy is organizing energy.

So here's what I did this afternoon.

Contrary to my Gemini nature, I set up my work area really well. Everything I needed to either side of me, tools all right there. And what do you know, that organization manifested into some kick ass productivity. I had a bunch of pendants that I had never found a good thing for them to hang on. So I made strands to hang pendants from. And they are just awesome.




2 Oms, a Ganesha, a moonstone (not pictured here) and another pendant (not pictured here) that says Follow Your Heart on one side and on the other Live Life Love Life, so yes I can flip it around! Some of them have gemstones, some of them just glass beads.

In spending 4 hours or so working on these, I was present the whole time. It was very meditative, a quiet mind, just putting one bead on a string at a time.

Contrast*

Essence*

This is a clay piece I did when I was in school. I was taking Clay Scultpure Studio which was an advanced class where you determined what you were going to do. I decided to do a series of pieces based on Georgia O'Keefe paintings. This is one of those. In fact, it was the first one, which inspired a completely different body of work. I should try to find the original painting I based it on and compare them side by side. In over 10 years I have never done that.

I also entered this piece into a Flower and Art Show. Art and floral displays together. This piece won Best of Show. I'll never forget ... I was at Myrtle Beach Bike Week with my friend Maria. I checked my messages and the dude in charge of the show had left me a message. I called him back and he told me the news. When I got off the phone I jumped up and down all over the room totally excited. Maria didn't even know what had happened.

I titled this piece Essence as I felt it really did capture the essence of that painting. It sits on a cool little built in shelf at the bottom of our stairs where judging from this pic, it's on gallery like display (except for the dust. Note to self ... need to dust). I was just testing my flash, got this and decided to share.

Peeks Around 19*

Peeks Around 19 is my jewelry box. I've never found a jewelry box that really works. None of my necklaces fit on the necklace thing, so I hang them on the little door. Earrings are in a drawer and I couldn't even tell you without looking what's in the other 3 drawers. Clearly stuff I don't wear, probably because I don't know it's there. I'm the kind of person that needs to see things in front of me to keep them in the forefront of my mind. So much for the jewelry box.

Jam Face*

Jam Face. It looks like it's painful.