Getting lost in polymer clay swirls...

on eBay and etsy

New techniques

Liquid polymer clay transfer, fused fabrics, mica.... I wanted to try these techniques for a long time. Now that I did - I will use them often. Such interesting, new textures... so many possibilities... I keep touching the "dress" and I can't believe that it has at least 3 or4 layers of sheer fabric, lace, tissue (including a part of a shirt my mom gave me...shhhh she'll never know). FUN!!! on eBay

I can breathe again... Our baby girl started middle school today. If you want to read about "mommy blues" click here to jump to Misty's post. I can't express it as well as she does. Her girl started first grade so there is a big age difference. But mommy emotions are the same... While I wanted to hug my daughter and keep her with me forever - she was excited and bright eyed and eager to spread her wings and jump into the "big school". Look at the photos... on the first one she was posing, but the second one... her eyes say it all. She had enough with me, my camera, advices... and I think that she was a bit worried that I will take photos and behave silly around her old/new friends. I didn't. I calmly wished her a great day and went to the gym... but it was not enough. My anxiety gave me a reason to indulge in more chocolate today than I should eat in a month... not a good thing. Hana came home happy, chatty and serious at the same time. "This is the best first day of school EVER!". I couldn't ask for more.

New ACEO series - Quote birds. First one is on eBay now.

Live within the moment

What a lovely day! The weather is perfect - sunny but with a hint of autumn chill in the air. My d.h. and I went book hunting and got these peppers! Let me explain - there is a lovely farmers' market in front of our closest Barns&Noble bookstore. It stretches along Water Street - from the pier at Webster Street to the entrance to Jack London Square at Broadway. And today it was calling my name... so we left with bags of produce (and a bag with books).
Here is a quick recipe for peppers. Grill the peppers (turning all sides) and enjoy the wonderful smell (I used to hate when my mother prepared this because I thought that my hair will smell like the grill... a big no-no when you are 16). Put them in a plastic or paper bag to steam a while. After that it is easy to peel off the skin. Dressing is easy - little salt, black pepper, apple cider vinegar, olive oil, parsley and garlic. Drizzle it over the peppers and enjoy.
The eggplant became Baba Ghanoush. My kids don't like eggplant, but much to my surprise - they loved it today! There were two more salads and grilled wild salmon.... perfect.

After food art - here is some other kind of art - listed on eBay this afternoon.

Back on eBay!!!

Mounds of paper, fiber, paint, glitter, stamps... EVERYWHERE and I feel so HAPPY! I listened to your advice and started playing with my supplies and it felt so great! My fingers didn't forget how to work with Photoshop/Dreamweaver/Firefox so I was able to put two little cards on auction.

I have to share the last feedback I received for something I created:

"I NEARLY FAINTED WHEN I SAW THE HANDMADE BEAUTY OF THIS CREATION! JUST STUNNING!"

I nearly fainted when I read it!!! How nice! And that was my first time customer... I don't think my new cards are worth fainting for, but I do like how they turned out, so let me present them:

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Worried

Worried. That's how I feel today. Not because of big, important things like the world situation. There is not much I can do about that. I am worried about my own little virtual world. I stopped listing on eBay a month ago and now I am scared to start again. Did everybody forget me? Will they find me? Will I be able to produce art to have listings on all the time? Will my listings be interesting? What is it that I want to do?
So many questions... I have many ideas floating around my head but for some reason find it easier to torture myself with questions than to work on them...

Illustration Friday - Match

For some reason I don't take Illo Friday as seriously as I used to do. I keep thinking of completely silly things... Maybe that's good. It's fun and relaxing and the only crazy part is that I decide to share it with the world...
I had no idea what to do with the theme "Match" this week so it became a family thing. My daughter didn't have a problem at all. In a matter of minutes she created an illustration that you can see if you click HERE.
My husband didn't even lift his head from the computer - he just "illustrated" it in two seconds. Then he said that if I add the word 'perfect' in front of 'match' I could draw the two of us... I thought it was sweet so that's what I did. How realistic, isn't it?