Some Things......

Just sharing some things.

Something pretty.......a single huge hydrangea blossom at the farm.

Something yummy...... grilled peaches with vanilla ice cream. Did them on the grill tonight.

Something new........ I just made these 1 inch square glass tile pendants this week.
I call them "Little Bits"!

Something fresh....... corn salsa made from ingredients from my garden. Delish!

Something for charity......made this nest necklace for a breast cancer event.

Something orange......altered vintage domino pendants. You know I love the orange!

Something "hootie".....not a word but it is now! Owl pendant.

Something guilded...... my new jewelry display frame. I was so psyched when I got it for $6 at Hobby Lobby, it was 90% off!!! It went to the Time and Again Shop today full of new goodies.
Hope you all had a great Saturday and had interesting "some things" throughout your day!

It's all about the Crow's Nest....

Well, here is my completed project from the other day.....a nest necklace. To be exact, a crow's nest. You know how those crows are, they like to collect shiny things and put them in their nest. This nest has 3 little freshwater pearls for eggs, a rhinestone button, an antique brass button, white shell button and a tiny metal key and the back has been finished off with a hand stitched piece of felt. Hanging from the bottom of it is a little metal frame which says "bird". It measures about 19 inches long. The necklace has been created from aqua tiger eye glass beads, freshwater pearls, tiny wooden beads and white vintage shell buttons. It's available at:
Honey Girl Studio Jewelry.

Squash Blossom and Purple Inspiration

Something hit me this afternoon out of the blue.........yes, that's right an idea for a piece of jewelry! Where did it come from? Often I don't realize where the idea for a creation comes from until I'm well into the creation. This happened today so after I completed the pieces I went back and took the pictures of what inspired me.

This is the finished piece I've entitled: French Countryside

The French Countryside Earrings
A shape of the squash blossom inspired.....

The shape of the focal point of the necklace.

The oregano flower blossom was the inspiration for the purple accent beads in the necklace.
Here's where the French part comes in...... I made these charms from the ground up as they say. Shaped the wire then hammered it flat on a bench block, next cut out French book text and glued it onto the back of the wire shape. After it was dry then I sealed both the front and back with a thick sealer.

If you'd like to own this one of a kind necklace go to: Honey Girl Studio Jewelry

Creative Days......

I realize how lucky I am to have a career where I have the summers off....believe me I know. Every morning I wake up with the "hmmmm, what will I create today?" feeling in my heart and know that I'm very lucky to have the opportunity to do this. Well this morning started out with rain and a cup of coffee and the question, "what will I create today?". I'm not quite finished with it but I should get it completed today. Here are some 'teaser' shots......



My dream is to have a free standing studio one day where I can teach classes and have room to spread out all my "stuff". Will it come true? I don't know, but that's the beauty of dreams....they're free. What are you creating today?

Natures' Inspiration

As I've said many times, Nature inspires me in my creations. Here are a few examples the show what I mean.

I was looking through some photos I took in October and came across this one the other day..... which inspired me to make these pieces of jewelry.............



I took this photo yesterday at my moms. The day was warm and very windy. I remember thinking, the sky was so blue and the leaves so green whipping around which inspired me......

to make these earrings with the blue of the sky and the green of the leaves.

I also took this picture of a Gerber daisy. So vibrantly orange..........

which inspired me to use the same orange in this pendant.
All of these pieces are available at:

Honey Girl Studio Jewelry

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Bonjour!

Thinking of Paris lately. I took 3 years of French in high school and can basically say "hello", name a few animals and also say this in French, "the train for Paris will arrive at a quarter past noon"..... pretty useful eh?

My friend Tracey gave me some pages from a vintage book in French and I cut out words to use in these "tiny bubble" necklaces. They will be available at the Time and Again Store in Greenville, Pa, or you can email me and I can make one for you. I can even make custom ones with a name or word of your choice. They are $6 and that includes shipping.

This Eiffel Tower pendant was created on a wooden vintage domino. I'm keeping it for myself!

Another altered domino that I created for a Chinese auction at a local breast cancer charity event.

I hope all my friends in blogland had a fun Wednesday! Tomorrow is Thursday and that's my favorite day of the week!

Halloween Altered Art Book Tutorial

The Witch Sisters Altered Art Book tutorial. Thinking about Halloween and fall as the weather here has been fall-like for the past few days. Unseasonably cool. I made this altered book and thought I'd share the tutorial with my friends in blogland. If you'd like to own this book go here.

This is the finished book on the outside cover.

The inside of the book........

The first thing to do is to cut foamcore board and make a frame by building up the sides with 2 strips of foamcore.

This is what it looks like from the side......

Find an old hard covered book and tear out all of the pages......

With acrylic paint, paint the outside cover black.

Paint the foamcore tray that you glued together, black.

Cut a strip of decorative paper and glue to the spine of the book cover.....

Glue pieces of decorative papers onto the frame. Wrap around the edges with some of the pieces of paper.

Stamp on decorative paper and cut fit inside the foamcore frame.

Glue pieces of decorative paper inside the book cover and stamp.

Embellish the inside inside of the fram and glue it into the right side of the inside of the book.

Print out an antique photo, glue to chipboard cut out, add glittery hats.

Glue small pieces of foamcore to the back of the witches to make them stand out and then glue them inside the frame.

Ta-da! Done!

Can you imagine the story that could go with this book?