A Race to make Leaf Lady Beads & Faces!

I've been busy making leaf ladies! Fall is here and it's a race for little leaves to make faces with before winter comes and claims them until next year!

I love adorning my little faces with impressions of tiny Mulberry, Sumac, and Cherry leaves. I hunt the yard and neighborhood for tiny sprout leaves, roll them into the clay to get impressions of all the intricate little veins and textures nature has created. Once they are rolled into the clay, I trim around the leaf with a needle, creating a tiny clay leaf! Lots of work, but so beautiful when they are antiqued or accented with metallic powders. A stamp or mold could never produce such intricate detail.

My neighbors probably think I'm nuts! I wander around with a pair of scissors and trim the weeds, so new buds will grow more pretty leaves. Most people pull their weeds--I trim them like little bonsai's! The mulberry sprouts are compliments of the birds...where there is a birds nest there's bound to be mulberry sprouts below :) I'm sure it's the same with the sumac and cherries too. Gives new meaning to "one man's trash is another man's treasure!" LOL

Our Wire Wrapped Spider Pendants are back!

Our wire wrapped spider pendants are back!! These are a Sculpted Windows Jewelry exclusive design and they are one of my favorites to wear and make! They are definite conversation pieces. Whether you love spiders or not (most of us don't) these little spiders are pretty and perfect for Halloween, Fall, and to hang on the Christmas Tree.

Why hang a Spider on the Christmas Tree.... if you've never heard the legend, read below!

On Christmas eve, a long time ago, a gentle mother was busily cleaning the house for the most wonderful day of the year... Christmas Day, the day the little Christ child would come to bless the house. Not a speck of dust was left. Even the spiders had been banished from their cozy corner on the ceiling. They had fled to the farthest corner of the attic.

The Christmas tree was beautifully decorated. The spiders were frantic, they could not see the tree, or be present for the little Christ child's visit. Then the oldest and wisest spider suggested they wait until everyone went to bed and then get a closer look.

When the house was dark and silent, the spiders crept out of their hiding place. When they neared the Christmas tree, they were delighted with its beauty. The spiders crept all over the tree, up and down, over the branches and twigs and saw every one of the pretty decorations.

The spiders loved the Christmas tree. All night long they danced in the branches, leaving them covered with spider webs. In the morning, when the little Christ child came to bless the house, he was dismayed! He loved the little spiders, they were God's creatures, but he knew the mother, who had worked so hard to make everything perfect, would not be pleased when she saw what the spiders had done.

With love in his heart, the little Christ child reached out and gently touched the spider webs. The spider webs started to sparkle and shine! They had all turned into sparkling, shimmering silver and gold.

According to legend, ever since this day, people have hung tinsel on their Christmas trees. It has also become a tradition to include a spider among the decorations, to remember all of God's creatures during the Holiday Season.

Earrings, Earrings Everywhere!!

This has been a week of earrings, lots of colorful and swirling earrings! I've listed most of them on ebay. I've also been working on new collars and neck wires---those will be a few days. I'm taking a little time to try new designs. I carry all of these crazy ideas in my head and if I don't make a few of them happen, my head might explode!