Calypso Rose

I've had stored in my cupboard for some time packets of coloured clay and leather strapping. I bought a lot of it at Christmas time and then again when Spotlight gave me some vouchers to spend in store, so not having any particular project in mind I bought a collection of colours that appealed to me.
I obviously like the tangerine colours and the hot brights of summer, watermelon , tangerine and hot pinks - just delicious!

The same necklace taken without flash with flash and then on a different background - anyway you look at it they are really fresh!

And some cooler colours but still a lovely pop of colour

 The roses took a while to form and needed securing to ensure you could see the rose when hanging on the necklace.  Each necklace has an opening clasp but it fits easily over my big head and sits on my scoop neck t shirt neckline

 I'll pop the ones that are complete up for sale in the shop. Did you notice that I opened. I have to work on a few things to iron out teething problems and get a little organized but I should start to fill it up in the coming weeks with a variety of items and not all jewellery- some printed items and sewn goodies too! I'll even try a couple of t shirts but sourcing the t shirt itself is a little difficult so there may only be a few.!

More Pages

 Once I get into the swing of something I can become a little consumed by it. Alternatively I can just as quickly be persuaded to pursue other directions at the drop of a hat. So as the gods would have it I still playing with colour and decorating pages of my scrap book. I must admit I do enjoy the play with colour and continued to utilize photos that I have taken to cut and paste on pages

This first page utilizes a painting that I made for above my bed, seen  here in  Roses For My Bed

Jordana had given me some vouchers for mothers day and they were stashed in my photo album, so I have decide to immortalize them ( I still have plenty that I can cash in for  a free massage or breakfast )

The dragon fly and poppies is photo of a lino print that I have done some time ago It was nice just adding a splash of yellow. Yellow is such a vibrant and uplifting colour, always invokes a feeling of summer and warmth.

In the back of my scrap book I have been writing down naturally occurring items that can be used for dyeing and at some stage I started rhyming word and was scribing Figs Fennel and Fetta - hence the page.  I have used for dyeing Fig leaves and  Fennel, but am pretty certain that nothing would come from fetta (other than a desirable plate of food) This is another of my lino prints, I think that I will try printing this in repeat.

The blazing Sun is  photo of an abstract that I love. I no longer know who the artist is and only wish that the work was mine

And this is a birthday card my son was designing last night for one of his mates. I'm so pleased that my grown children are still  creative (18) and obviously they have a sense of humour

Roses for my bed

Some time ago I started a painting for my bed head. I completed one panel and started the second but ran out of green oil paint and never got any further with it. Well today I bought the paint and endeavoured to complete the panel so that it can eventually dry and I can hang them up in my room. I'm desperate for a bit of colour but think they might be a little too big. I'll have to wait to see if I can hang them when dry.
I took a series of pictures when I was painting the first rose panel ( I have no idea why because I wasn't doing this blog then.)

Now I can watch paint dry..