creativity at work

have you ever bought something just because you really liked it? no clue about what you would do with it once you got home, but it was just something that appealed to you? well i did that with this old wooden umbrella skeleton. it was $5 at the flea market and i just liked it. i figured for $5, what the heck. it sat around for a few weeks and then one day when i was organizing things i picked it up and started walking around my room with it. then for some reason i thought, well, i'll hang it upside and then put stuff on it. At first i added my hats to it, but they didn't stay up there very well. then i tried my headbands. again, not the right thing. and then all of a sudden, i knew - i'd hang my necklaces from it and it was perfect!
i wish the pictures were better - but it was kind of hard to really capture what the umbrella looks like (it's just a thin metal wire umbrella) - but anyway, you get the idea. i love the gypsy look of it and am going to tie one of my old chiffon scarves up a little higher on the wooden handle.
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if you missed yesterday's post, I posted a new class for my first guest artist, Pamela Huntington. you can read about it here. 4 seats have already been sold!

self portrait wed (SP wed) & new listings to website

"self portrait wednesdays": take a pic of yourself every wed and post to blog. check out the comments for this post (by katie kendrick) to see how "SP wed" got started. I keep meaning to do it , but always forget! so in case you want to join in, all you do is take some sort of self portrait every wed and then post it to your blog. some participants are Judy Wise (gotta get a class in with her) and katie kendrick (gotta get a class in with her too!) is playing as well. katie's SP's are cool. so here is my first SP. not super great or anything creative, as i am tired and just remembered it was wed! it shows me sitting at the computer working on my website. it's showing me in the moment, working hard. i figured that was appropriate for today! (note glass of wine by my side.)

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here are some things i added into the website this evening. wow, sitting at the computer loading in all the stats, descriptions, pictures, etc. has made me exhausted! but my goal is to do a little bit every day until all my jewelry has been listed. then i give myself permission to start making new things! i will take a break in the morning and enjoy the nice weather by going to one of our favorite flea markets, "Columbus"

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this is a picture of my little section in a store that is carrying my stuff (well, it's really a co-op). the owner and a few artists have come together to run this little shoppe in downtown Pt. Pleasant, NJ. the store is called "Sea and Green" and it's based on recycling and handmade. The owner, Rebecca, had seen me at an art festival (i refused to call them "craft shows") and ask me if i was interested.