Beads

Saturday Market will be starting up here in Eugene next month so I have been beading a bit to fill up my inventory that got depleted during Holiday Market.

 I love this little mini heart because of the retro colors.

And this one for all the Irish at Heart.

 

This one is my take on Winter.

 

I love this old circus print that I made into a glass cab.

 

And, Of course I'm making more Sugar Skulls.

 

I've been beading the antique shell cameos with antique Italian seed beads.

 

I have been making a few of the larger, framed pieces.

Beading is my bread and butter so I can help supplement my income and buy more beads and art supplies. But I do love working with paper and wood and what-have-you. I'm looking forward to going to the Art and Soul Retreat in Portland this October to take a few classes and network with other artists. Maybe you'd like to come too.

 

 

 

 

Shrines

After Holiday Market, I took a short break from beading and made some shrines.

These are the little $1 wooden birdhouses that you can get at Michaels or JoAnn's for painting.

I used my Dremel to cut open the front and sanded it a bit to look a little more rustic. Then painted or varathaned it and added bits and bobs to complete it.

I get the cool little skulls from a local lady who makes them out of clay. At first glance they look like pebbles.

This little sea shrine is one of my favorites.
Now I am done with shrines for a bit and I am working on the kid's altered books. I started them a few years ago and when I had cancer, I was thinking, "wouldn't it be awful if I died before I finished their books". So now I am working full steam ahead on Chase's book. More on that later.