Thanksgiving

Well we're having a wonderful weekend for Thanksgiving and much to be thankful for. We had 2 great meals with family and some beautiful sunny weather. What more could we ask for. The morning air is becoming more crisp so it's time to get out there and in joy all the sunshine that we can.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Daisy

Well I know this isn't a fall picture. But I finally downloaded my picture from my camera from the last 2 months and installed Photoshop Elements to my computer and this is the picture that resulted from playing with it again. I have a lot to learn but cropping and making close up is well within my range. And a little tweaking with the sphere button is kind of fun and funky.

I think a fall car trip to take some colourful pictures is in order. The sun is peaking through the clouds this morning. Have a great day and don't forget to stop and check out the beautiful fall colours.

Next Workshops

Well fall is definitely in the air and all those wonderful fall workshops have started. I did 2 workshops this past weekend and had a great time with some wonderful students. It's very inspiring to see what creations other people come up with. I try to have open ended workshops where people learn the technique but can incorporate there own ideas style to it. All the students I had this last weekend were very creative and made some wonderful jewelry.

Here are a few upcoming workshops. The calendar is going to be on October 23rd at Painted Pony, and the Piano hinge book will be on 0ct. 25th at St. Elmo's Fire.

No Photo's?

Well I haven't been posting because of computer problems. I guess we all have to go through them at one time or another. I've gotten a new computer so a little more patience is needed to get everything back to what I'm use to. I don't have any of my photo's back on my computer yet and haven't even downloaded my camera software so photo's have to wait a little while longer.

I have been working on some interesting things though. Check out my Metal Book Workshop at Painted Pony. It's a 5"X8" journal with the covers both made of embossed metal. And the inside pages are coloured with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. I've already got ideas to make another one for a Christmas present. It's hard to make just one of something when there's so many colour choices...

Well I'll try to get the computer up to date in the next couple of days to get some pictures to post. What is a blog without pictures!!!?

Almonte Fibrefest

It's that time of year again. The Almonte Fibrefest is this weekend. I'll be there selling jewelry for the weekend. If you haven't been before, it's a great show with lots to see. The show hours are Saturday from 10am to 5 pm and Sunday 10am to 4 pm. I'll be in the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum but there will be more vendors in the North lamark Agricultural Hall also. Hope to see you there.

New Workshops

Well I've been very busy working on some projects for workshops this fall. The problem being I have so many ideas in my head and they all think they should be worked on first. So it's been a little crazy...at least in my head anyway. But I have managed to quiet the projects in my head enough to get a few things ready. Here's a sneak peek at one of the necklaces we'll do at a workshop at The Painted Pony. The date has yet to be set but I'll let you know when the new schedule is up for the fall.

Watch parts

Here's a necklace that I was inspired to make after taking the wired dragonfly workshop last month. It's made with watch parts that are all wired in place. I've tried to make both the front and the back interesting because necklaces always flip over while wearing them anyway, also it's like have 2 necklaces in one.