The "babes" were here.....

And they sure know how to play!  Peg made up a ton more of her fabulous clay.  Here's what Chari made:

domino tiles work great!

That darn Susan "stole" one of my 7 gypsies tabs and look what she did!

Now remember, irl, these are just about 1" square....so she's working with some pretty small charms:

and then I had to do some more the the layered patera blanks.....I just love them!

Peg taught us her tricks and we all expanded on them.  I think I have 4 dozen pendants made now....all to give away!  Just have to let the envirotex set up and turn them all into necklaces.  3 whole days left - plenty of time!

I just love it when the Basement Babes come to play - so much fun!!!

more poly play

So, this is a dual blank - a stamped blank on top of a patera.  Sort of liked how it turned out.  I can dangle from either end.

More steampunk with a little bling:

 Here's a dual layer that I went ahead and finished.  Yes, I might get them all done sometime in the next week!

 For this one, I painted the silver background with pinata inks, then covered with envirotex and laid the sandal charm in it.

 The star will dangle on top of this one

 and the hamsa will dangle on this one

 the background possibilities are just endless

 combine that with all the different shapes - so much fun!

The "babes" are coming to play on Thursday and it looks like we're going to be making more of these!  Should be a fun day!!!

The real meaning of life.

I always thank mom on my birthday for giving me life. What an amazing mom, role model, friend, and confidant she has been through the years. And so much fun to be around. But this year, since I'm doing Jewish genealogy for the Cotopaxi Colony, I wanted to learn a little more about my birthday.

I was born at 5:30 pm on September 29, 1951, at Riverview Hospital in Noblesville, Indiana.  Before Daylight Savings Time.  And why do I care about any of that?

At 5:30 pm in Indiana, it was the 29th of Elul, 5711 in Jerusalem, 11:30 pm.  That is Erev Rosh Hashana - New Year's Eve in other words in Israel.

In the states, it was still Parashas Nitzavim.  The scripture was Deuteronomy 29:9 - 30:20  The day that God established His covenant with Israel.

WOW!  I could not have a more wonderful birthday date.

The words Parashat Nitzavim means "you are standing".

Now, I know that because of the Hebrew calendar, 9/29 does not always fall on this occassion.  As with this year, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are over and Today is the 21st of Tishrei, 5771 which is Sukkos VII, Hoshana Raba.  the day of the final sealing of judgment.  A guten kvitel - a wish that the verdict is positive.

Funny how 9/29/1951 never had much meaning to me - other than I was a year older and there were presents, a cake, and family around.  But to know now that I was born on the eve of the Jewish New Year, the day God established his covenant with Israel - makes this a huge day that I will rejoice in every year, no matter what day it falls on in the Hebrew calendar.

Deut 30:

¹⁹ I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day: I have put before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life — if you and your offspring would live —²⁰ by loving the Lord your God, heeding His commands, and holding fast to Him. For thereby you shall have life and shall long endure upon the soil that the Lord swore to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give to them.

I have had 59 amazing years of life.  I'm expecting this one to be even better!

Art notes:  The top 2 pendants have inserts made with metal clay.  All use Nunn Designs Patera blanks.  All use Peg Harper's conditioned Kato Clay and swarovsky crystals from Creative-Crystal.

Friendly Plastic for every occassion

I thought it might be fun to make 3 necklaces - one for every occassion, so here goes. This first one is for everyday wear. I think I could have fun with it!

Just inked up a pice of white Friendly plastic, cut a circle, popped into an old K&Company finding, dropped a bling into it and covered it with Glossy Accents....then strung it with just a few simple beads:

This next one is business casual. I dismantled 2 pair of earrings and turned them into a necklace....
and a scrap of Fracture n Fusion cut and popped into another K&Company finding. Maybe an hour tops?

But just too cute for the office or just for fun!

And here's one for formal nights. Used Linda's latest technique - Glisten and Glimmer in a Nunn Design finding.....
and strung it with lots of crystals and bling.

All 3 necklaces made in a single afternoon using bits and pieces of old jewelry and scraps of Friendly Plastic. Can it get any more fun than this?

Pinata fun with Friendly Plastic

Even more fun! This is a combination of Jana's spash technique, Liz's straw, but with Pinata inks, and 70% rubbing alcohol.



And this is with a paintbrush:



But what I like is finding my "favorite spot" on each piece, cutting it out and melting it into a Patera finding:





Or into and old K&Company finding:



Endless possibilities and no matter how hard you try - I really don't think you can duplicate your piece!

Friendly Plastic Teasers

Sometimes a photo is worth a thousand words. But tonight, since I've just returned from a "girl's night out" and overdosed on chocolate.......perhaps photos are better than words! LOL!!!

Left over scraps - not too bad, huh?

Image transfer - yep - to Friendly Plastic!  Oh! Wow!!!

It's going to be a bracelet...so check back in a few days!
Layered Friendly Plastic...this one is going to be for mom:

My version of "spash"

My "altered" spash.....so simple, but I truly love this. I think it looks like watercolor:

Is this gorgeous?  My sister, Colleen, designed these molds for Krafty Lady and you can buy them from After Midnight Stamps.

Friendly Plastic on a wood bangle which you can pick up at After Midnight Stamps as well:

A couple of inlaid pieces....but I decided to keep the one on the left not so inlaid.  The blue and white petals are a blended technique.

And a whole lot more that I haven't finished, haven't started, need to work on....there just aren't enough hours in the day to play!!!

Well.....after all, we took a few hours out today to have chocolate!  Oh!  What fun!  I think I'm ready to play until midnight once again!!!