Christmas Jewels

Barely enough room for my coffee mug...Finished 30 pair's of earrings. Each one carded with inked edges and embossed with fancy stamp on the bottom.  Each pair has the little rubber stoppers on the back. My name and date...whew....what a project.  I also made six necklaces.  They are going into the Flower and Tea Shop.  It is really amazing how many beads I have and still buy more..Every time I think I will use up the one's that I have, I find the need to buy just a little something to enhance my project..You know how it is?!

The price on these is $15.00.  I have some that are as low as 6.00.  Keep in mind that the Tea Shop gets 20%.  How does that sound? Think I will sell them? Think that is a good price?  Please let me know what you think.   Any and all suggestions appreciated.    HUGS...................DIANE

Bragg'n For A Friend...Wahhooo

My humble friend Marsha was published in Nov. Dec. issue of

 Somerset Studio.  I was in Barns and Noble with my dear Husband getting all my favorite Magazines.  I picked up the new SOMERSET STUDIO and thumbed through it like I always do and lo and behold I see full pages of some of my favorite art.  Not one, not two but count them four full pages....yeaaaaaa. Huge full color lovely Queens with Wings, in her one of a kind art with a Holiday Message.  I am so delighted for Marsha.  She works so hard to give up new art to use in our own creations.  She is one of my favorite people here in my little corner of the world. A most modest and generous Artist. CONGRATULATIONS MARSHA AT TUMBLEFISH STUDIO.  http://tumblefishstudio.blogspot.com/  Stop by and see her new header. It is dreamy. Well I am off to work after a 4 day holiday ugg.      Oh...some day I hope to see Diane Glass in Somerset Studio or one of their other wonder publications...Art Hugs.....................DIANE

LOVELY LITTLE BAUBLES

Lovely Little Baubles. Fun to make and hopeful to sell. Once you get all your supplies out you just have to keep on that roll.  I was getting tired of making these (sitting too long hurts my back), but I just couldn't stop.  This time of year is very busy for all of us and I have several projects that I am working on.  Each project is a re-boot for my studio.  Sometimes its paper and glue and other times it is beads and more beads. 

BETTER LATE THEN NEVER

On my way out the door I snapped my lone Halloween Decoration.....It really is all about the candy isn't it?  Then I went out the door and saw this web on our Lilac bush, so I ran back in the house and grabbed my Nikon to take a picture of it.  I got two shots before a little breeze came up and moved my shot.

Have a creative and soul full week..........DIANE

High Ho High Ho....

Its off to work I go.....Got the bug that has been going around..had to spend my day off glued to my recliner. Didn't move from there all day. Ugg. Now back to work, feeling better but not great. About the most I could  muster yesterday was to look at my latest edition of Cloth Paper Scissors.  I did want to update my blog since I found the other collage that was lost somewhere in the many files that I have. This is on 9 x 12 canvas. I have started another larger one using my family baby's that I love. I will show her later but I have a long way to go before she is finished and I might have to do some jewelry in between which means re-booting my art room again...Have a Joy Full weekend............DIANE

The Beauty of Fall

Well my tree is getting prettier every fall. I wanted the red maple back here and for the first 5 or 6 years I thought they did me wrong..the colors just weren't that pretty.  Finally it is getting striking...guess it is the beauty of getting mature...tee hee.

I actually had a design when my husband planted these trees.  Since dark colors reseed I wanted the fruitless plum in the furthest part of the yard.  I am very pleased now that they are bigger. When we got this house there was nothing in the back yard but star thistle.. I guess most of the trees are about 14 years old now.
Have a beauty full weekend................... DIANE

LOST IN MY IMAGINATION

LOST IN MY IMAGINATION.....LOST ON MY COMPUTER.  Lost time spent looking for files....H E L P !!  I knew I had to get something on my blog this morning and wanted to put the collage I finished that was done at the same time as my last posted collage...but I couldn't find it. But I did find pictures of the Homecoming Parade that I took last week.  I thought I filed them in my Facebook file..but lo and  behold there they were under BLOG..Too much, too many.  I bought an external storage for all my pictures in case my PC ever decides to dump all my files. I have that all screwed up too.  Loose files, duplicate files.  I really need to take a class on how to save your files with some sort of something that makes sense......My camera downloads to a KODAK program.  Every download is filed by date unless I add a name which I never do..My PC has files under my pictures according to the group that I want to share with. FLICKR, ETSY, BLOG, FACEBOOK etc. Then I have files for every member of my family to save pictures of their kids and grandkids. I have to change the size of most pictures I upload but I have to be careful not to change anything I might want to print so in most cases I have two sizes.....S I G H..........I wish I could just start over..but be careful what you wish for or you could loose it all...eeekkk.

The external hard drive that I bought a couple of years ago is called THE BOOK it cost less than two hundred dollars and I am sure is way less today. I sleep better at night knowing I have a back-up system but not everything gets put on there.  Time....Here is a little hint for you...for Twenty-five dollars a year..FLICKR will save your pictures for you.  My brother pays Fifty-dollars a year for an on line service to save his stuff. Lets face it, all of it takes ..................................................T I M E...........gotta go...........hugs, Diane

DARE TO BREAK NEW GROUND

Have you been wanting to try something NEW?  A technique that has caught your eye, colors that you would never put together? Well, now is the time. Here is the challenge.....If you have never worked on a size larger then your comfort zone, JUST DO IT. If there is a medium that you have been wanting to try....JUST DO IT.  This is done on a stretched canvas that is 8 x 10.  It is a great size to start your larger vision. This is a Collage and acrylic paint combo...It was fun.  Have an artful Week....................DIANE