Whimsy Wednesday! Flying High!

Hello Hello! 

Welcome to Whimsy Wednesday! 

I hope your week has been full of wonder so far! 

I've a new creation to show you! 

Title: Flying High 

Ingredients: hand-painted plastic button (painted with hand-coloured non-toxic resin), suede leather, Czech glass, antiqued copper (USA), fiber, Fraycheck. 

I painted gold-flecked non-toxic resin on this whimsical and beautiful pegasus button. I wanted to both add some dimension to the button with additional sparkle and soften the somewhat harsh look of the plastic with the organic characteristics of the resin (pooling in the recesses of the chest and etc.). 

The design needed to be simple, as any Pegasus clearly needs to be the center of attention (!) yet every Sprite Creation needs details and a spot of whimsy. 

These came through the braiding, if you will, of the metal and bubble-coloured glass beads as well as the fine pewter feather pendant, wrapped with matching fiber...in a downy, feather-like texture! The fact that the fiber matched the hue of the suede so well meant that the different textures and the pendant would stand out, whilst not detracting from the lovely Pegasus! 

The words on the back of the pendant "To Thine Own Self Be True" are a perfect addition to this creation! And... the Pegasus button is the clasp! YAY! 

One final note... the wire is copper, which means that with careful adjustment, the metal can help the bracelet fit the contour of the adoptee's wrist! WOOHOOO!!!

My next event a BlogTalk Radio Interview! 

Hosted by Cheryl Patton of 1Woman's Wisdom, this interview will reveal the Faeries Messages specific to June!

Saturday, June 18th at 12Noon (CST,USA). 

I hope you can join us! 

Ciao!

Magical Monday! Bubbles, a Building and a Home!

Hello Everyone!!
Welcome back to another Magical Monday! My weekend was full of fun, laughter, good friends and good food! That is my favorite kind of time well-spent and I hope it was the same for you!

I have a bunch of nifty things to show you today, so let's get started!
With BUBBLES!!!

It is a moral imperative to have a beautiful photograph of bubbles on a Magical Monday series of posts! I regret that I could not find the artist for this amazing photograph, so I can not give credit where it is due. Alas!

This next photograph is of a Cathedral composed of LED lights built for Belgium's 2012 Light Festival and is by Stijin Coppens.

Absolutely brilliant (HA!!!) In all seriousness, this is a breathtaking creation!

So there we have the bubbles and the building...where is the home?
It is just below!

Isn't that fascinating? It took me a bit to figure out quite how everything is turned to accommodate all the functions shown in the photos! I think this is ingenious and I'd love to hear how comfortable and liveable it is!
So here we are.. at the end of another Magical Monday!
I'll look for you on Whimsy Wednesday!
Ciao!

Fini Friday!! A little early!

Hello Everyone!
Fini Friday is a little early this week as I'll be away from the Internets for most of tomorrow and this weekend! So!
I've some bubbly, light and faerie-like creations to show you today!
I started these earrings last week but ran out of time and so i picked them up and completed them today!
This is a bit of an unusual style for me and I really enjoyed the organic nature of the wire-wrapping the effervescent bead around the aluminum link.
Title: Bubbling Up
Ingredients: repurposed painted acrylic beads, aluminum, copper wire (permanently coated, USA), glass, silver-plated surgical steel earwires.


The second creation is centered around the ceramic butterfly wing from Earthenwood Studio. This was a remainder left over from one of Melanie's bulk orders of doll parts.. I believe. I was enchanted by the wing and determined to use it in a new and different way! I was delighted to match it with a length of Faerie Ribbon and accentend with a Heart of Gold (Venetian glass) and Sterling Silver.
Title: Faerie Flight
Ingredients: Hand-crafted ceramic wing from Earthenwood Studios, Faerie Ribbon (hand-dyed silk ribbon), venetian glass, sterling silver.


This necklace, to me, is almost a recipe for how to fly as Faeries do... First, you must have wings, then a heart of gold, and finally be willing to follow and trust your intuition (silver is thought to help with tap into one's deep inner knowing and to assist with intuitive decisions).

And with that, I hope your weekend is full of that which helps your heart soar!