MyMothersPearls

I accomplished one of my personal goals this summer – and submitted not one but two (!!!) projects to Somerset Magazines for consideration to be published.  Who knows if anything will come of it – the point is that I finally got up the courage to try.  Here’s a tiny peak at what I submitted.
Both [...]

I have just finished working on the final sets of pages for my friends in the Young Victoria Altered Book Project, and wanted to share them with you.
For Pamela…..

For Rita….

And finally, for Robin…

I have learned so much participating in this project, not only about the young Queen Victoria, but about myself as an artist.  Each [...]

Three of my greatest loves are history, vintage textiles/fashions, and England.  Combine those together and I’m one happy gal.  I admit that I am spending quite a bit of time smiling these days, as I begin to work on the Young Victoria Collaborative Book Project with several friends from Silver Bella.  The project [...]

While the snowflakes piled up outside, I have been cozy in my studio working on a few Christmas gifties for some dear friends at work.
These little tags with bleached and glittered bottle brush trees will go to the gals on my teaching team.  The “Happy Christmas” card was painted for me several years ago by [...]

One of the most lovely things about blogging is making connections with like minded souls who “get” you.  Thanks to an amazing bella, my daughter is able to experience some of the wonder and fun that such connections can bring.  She  participated in this swap (her first!) sponsored by Sheila.
It provided the opportunity for daughters [...]

During my last enameling lesson, I had expressed an interest in creating some charms to give as gifts at my upcoming Silver Bella adventure.  So, for lesson 3 of enameling  my very patient hubby surprised me with a selection of  copper charm shapes (round, oval, teardrop) to use.  I used a translucent enamel on the [...]

Here’s a peek at something else I have been working on.  My hubby is teaching me how to enamel.  So far I have had 2 “lessons” and am starting to get the hang of the process, which, by the way, involves a very HOT kiln!!  The biggest challenge so far is making a crown stencil [...]

And now for something completely different!  Yesterday we headed down to my mom’s house in Virginia to play with her bees!  O.K., we didn’t  really “play” with the critters, however we did get to participate in the yearly honey extraction from the several hives on their property.  She and my step-dad handled the actual bee [...]