Time for Jessie

This is a gift for my friend Jessie from the Art Venturers group. Jessie picked Time as her theme.

I've had these CD covers sitting around for a while. I painted, sanded and stamped a chipboard clock for the front, stamped some papers for the back. Inside is a mix of dye inks, acrylic paint, aluminum repair tape and some embellishments.

In the left-hand pocket is a CD with 12 songs about time. In the right, I added (not scanned here) a list of idioms and phrases related to time. My husband and I had fun riffing off the theme and kept coming up with more to add to the list.

Hope Jessie likes it! I had fun making this for her.

Valentine ATCs

Was inspired by a little love, and some paper scraps on m y work table. Made these for a local trade session.

Earrings

I've been inspired to sift through my beads lately. Made this pair, with antiqued brass findings and Swarovski crystals, for a dear friend's birthday.

That muse of mine may just be back in town...

It's been months. Long, dry months without creative pursuits, or time. My muse absconded with my sense of humor. Both were last seen partying down in sunny Baja, drinking tequila on the tailgate of a pickup, watching the sun set over the Pacific and littering the beach with stolen artistic impulses.

Not fair, my inner artist whines! They're having all the fun and I'm here at home, doing an endless round of caretaking and working.

Ah, but it's a funny thing about that muse. She always comes back, a little hung over from her hedonistic travels but full of interesting stories. She nestled back into my dreams and is sending postcards, just fragmentary snapshots right now, but full of interesting colors and textures. It's a good sign when this happens, because it means I'll be making art soon.

So early February, too warm here in California but I think it's causing the artistic sap to start rising. :) Stay tuned and wish me well for a breakthrough.