Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts

Saturday, March 14, 2015

mjd - 2015 - offering bowl on necklace 

thawing is happening here,

revealing 
tender things.

trusting green shoots
and 
hopeful hearts

that will soon belie
their fragile appearance
with a blossoming

worthy only
of the strong. 

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one of the things i love most about living in a place with four true seasons is how subconsciously and deeply i am affected by the outside world. each season is welcomed joyfully with its promise of what makes it wonderful and unique. but even my love of tranquility and snow began to give way at the sight of small shoots and woodland creatures seeing if it was time to emerge

9 march - resident chipmunk scouting above ground

if you like to use fibers in your work, be sure they are strong and up to the challenge of where you put them. cotton is not always your best bet.
reinforce your knots - you don't want all that work falling apart!
and if you are interested in stringing gemstones with fine holes, look into a pearl stringing thread like griffin that has a built in needle and comes in many thicknesses. 




Saturday, February 22, 2014

spring beckons

mary jane dodd



mjd - 2014

spring beckons.
beneath the snow
tendrils of green
seek the warmth
of the sun
and the nourishment
of the earth.

mjd - 2014

like us, 
requiring the balance
of that which enlightens
and that which grounds.


revitalized by the stillness
and peace of winter,
we are reawakened
and ready to stretch.



are you sensing changes in your work
and in your life?





Thursday, March 21, 2013

Oh Spring Where Art Thou

by Staci L. Smith

Well, it's the second day of spring, and it snowed again.  I want to start seeing some green when I look outside.  So, I made a treasury instead, enjoy!



Oh Spring Where Art Thou

Saturday, February 19, 2011

designer of the week -

mary jane dodd


lisa godfrey of lisalu jewels


lisa submitted this wonderful piece to our flickr group -  



and even showed how she brought the colors together! this is a great photo, lisa - i am so glad you shared it... and the people whose work you used to make it your own -

Heart Pendant: Cindy Gimbrone
Enamel Bead: SueBeads
Lampwork rondelles: JSavinaBeads
Ceramic Beads: Golem Studios
Hand Dyed Silk: Flame Kissed Art Glass

i love how balanced this necklace is - the colors, the design... 

thank you, lisa for the fabulous entry! to see more of her work, visit her website here ... 

there is still time to enter for your chance to win some gorgeous giveaways - and just to play in some color (something we all seem to be yearning for right now)... see our current call here-
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