Here's a little peek at my newly designed jewelry/business cards that I'm sending out to be printed this week.
Last week a crazy little cockatiel flew (more like clumsily stumbled into a tree) into our neighbors yard. It seemed a bit defenseless because it's wings had been clipped. They didn't exactly know what to do with him. That's when our phone rang, and I took in another homeless bird. The current bird count here is 6. Please refrain from calling me the "crazy bird lady", it's not like I have 6 cats. Now that's a situation that requires immediate institutionalizing. I'm really just a girl who's in dire need of a garden aviary, because our little bungalow is now beginning to sound something like the Amazon.
My new little birdy is a happy little chap, who squeals everytime I enter the room. He's got the coolest feather pompadour, which tends to make me think of Elvis but I'm still having trouble coming up with a name for him. If you can think of something clever for him....Please suggest something, so I can quit calling him "Bubba". I'll make sure to send out some Liquid Sky goodies to the best reply.
I'm back into the swing of making cigar box purses again, my interest was sparked again this weekend by some beautiful handmade papers I found at (my new local art Mecca) "Sterling Art". I'm still heavily on the "print gocco" binge too. I have a growing collection of stacks made up of all of the different screened papers I've been making. I'm planning on sorting them into mixed paper packs to sell sometime soon. They're great for wrapping small things like handmade soap, jewelry boxes, or using for whatever great ideas you conjure up.
It's what I like to refer to as "Africa Hot" today here in Southern California, so I'm spending the day indoors playing with my gocco silkscreens. I've been on a bit of a gocco binge lately, screening decorative papers for wrapping and stationary. It's terribly addictive.
One of the little events in my neighborhood that I look forward to every year is the annual garden tour. Last year we became so smitten with this conservatory built with recycled windows, that we started our own stash of found discarded windows and French doors to build one in the future.
This garden inspired me to use mirrors outside, recycled materials, and planting ground covers in decorative urns.
We had all of this pent up excitement from the year before, and weren't really ready for the let down we encountered this year. It was disapointing. Most of the houses were front yards only, and you couldn't even enter the gate. The blinds were drawn closed, the doors were shut, with no one there to greet us. In a way it felt like an intrusion on someone's property. I was really irked. I could see people's front yards from outside the gate on any given day. The magic of the tour is getting to see the things you normally wouldn't and yesterday none of the houses really inspired us.
There were a few gems though. White doves in an ornamental cage cooing in the shade under antique roses & bougainvillea, 8 ft tall hollyhocks, and this designer table that we found at our last stop "The garden gallery" ( a new shop in our neighborhood).
The table was all set up with colored glass goblets, and china...With a tiny stream flowing down the center of the table flowing into an oversized glazed pot below.
