12/08/2014

12/03/2013

Here is the newest basket.  I love this piece of Oak, so full of golden tones.

Wiggles likes it too!

Hated this...

So I broke out the sandpaper once again.

Looking at my own pencil drawing...

Which was drawn from a tutorial using this photo...

And. Then I used charcoal on a piece of juniper board and got this.

 Not sure if I like it at all on the board, critiques welcome girls and boys, contact me and let me know what you think.

I might just have to stick to flowers on the wood. Can I just tell you the drawing on wood is all whole different skill set that drawing on paper is.

8/29/2014

How about a little Florida gator's team spirit!!!

A tiny basket with the matching key Fob.  And the key fob would be brilliant for hanging necklaces on or for that matter any other kind of jewelry!

Or a tiny little matching basket.

Red and purple

July 18, 2014

I don't usually go for such bold color combinations. Any Red Hat ladies out there anywhere…

Purple and red with a beautiful oak center. 

A little bit of drawing also I've been doing some ballpoint pen practice. Here's a few shots of what I've been up to.

Ink is very hard girls and boys. I wish I had better pen / ink colors, these are little too bright for my liking, it looks cartoony.

Clearly I need more practice. Might switch back over to charcoal and pencil for a little bit, keep watching.

July 11, 2014

I have completed basket number two for this week. I like it.

And then I started another one.  This  one is tiny but I want to get it completed before I go to the market tomorrow.  

I went for neutral tones this week because everything I had on my table had bright colored threads.

Then I can start on another large one that I will only work on while I'm at the market.

I was thinking of the Summer heat...

05/20/14

That is headed our way.  This is what happened.  Red and yellow for the Sun.

Tiny little red beads to catch the light.

With a Live Oak center.

And then I skipped right back into the Earth tones.

Oak center.  Glowing beads and brown tones galore!!!

I guess I am enamored with the diamond stitch!

WOW!

04/08/14

I have been very busy girls and boys, as well as fighting my usual yearly pollen/sinus/drippy sickness.  

Very sorry to have been away so long.

But I did gather some grass...

Can you see the purple tones?

I have also made a bunch of new baskets.

Learned the diamond stitch.

A lil purple of couse.

Then I had an idea brewing for quite a while to use Pine cone petals as some sort of decorations.  I had a neighbor help me figure out hot to get the petals off, then I washed them.

Then i trimmed a couple...

Then dried and oiled one...Beautiful!

I am thinking of using these as yokes around/behind a bead/stone.  Still brewing.

Then another basket.

Then another one started with the diamond stitch!

Love this piece of Oak.

Now I am wondering about how to use this piece.

Hmmmm...now back to my needle and thread.