We're Back from our Travels...

We're back from our travels! I had fun while we were away but I'm ready to get creating again!! We packed as much as we could in those 6 days... A gem show in Syracuse, visited family in Utica, and went hiking on Ithaca. The picture above is from one of our hikes in Ithaca, I couldn't help but add a smiley face to gorge wall, it was such a neat formation. Second picture is of me, skipping pieces of slate across the water. Go figure our vacation would include rocks!

I'm looking forward to getting back in the groove. I will be finishing up my Renaissance crown project and then onto jewelry and clay. I fond many treasures during our travels, new stones and crystals, as well as new toys for my clay!! Can't wait to dig into them!!!! Have a great weekend and I will try to get some pictures of the crown posted this weekend.

New Clay Designs, inspired by the sea...

I have been busy... or perhaps obsessed would better describe it! I have been creating like crazy this past week and now I need to get listing! I have been working on jewelry, and clay, and the Queen's crown for the PA Renaissance Faire. Lots of different things!! I will be sure to share some of my progress over the next few days. I know it's been awhile, catching up is in order!! When I get on a creative binge there is no stopping me. For those of you waiting for a hello or reply, bear with me :).

Tonight, I wanted to share a few pieces that were and idea I have been carrying around in my head for weeks. I finally brought the vision to life and I'm in love!! Stumbling upon pieces of natural paua shell in my stash, and the daily news on the oil spill in the Gulf, inspired these. They are a combination of my clay and the pieces of natural shell I found.

With memories of snorkeling the reefs when I lived in Florida, I can say there is nothing like the beauty of the sea and all of her colorful creatures.

For these pieces, I envisioned Mother Nature watching over her ocean creatures... tiny sea turtles, shells, and starfishes... I see her looking up at them and hopefully guiding as many as she can to safety. The paua shell looks like the shimmering sea in the background and the scenery is all polymer clay, handcrafted by me :).