Princess Bubbles Creates

 Playing with Kaleidoscope Kreator never gets old.  I created this pretty snowflake with that program and a photo of one of my bead journal projects.   “Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand-and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late.” ―  Marie Beynon Lyons Ray I am linking to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/

 I added some blue glitter to the sky.  Love it!  The sparkle makes me happy.  This is truly a mixed media piece.  I used rovings as the base and a silk paper method to put it all together.  I added yarns and dried flower pieces in that process.  I still want to add some hand stitching to this.   I am linking to https://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com/ https://www.quiltfabrication.com/

 I did manage to get a bit of stitching done on this piece this week.  Banksy is a pretty active puppy and needs a fair amount of attention so stitching time is a bit rare.  I like how this piece is coming along but I am wondering about the big blue flowers beads at the bottom.   I may remove them as I am not really sure they work.  I probably will add more stitching and beading before making up my mind though. Christmas is in the air.  We went to a tree farm yesterday and cut down a small tree.  At least for us, it is smaller than what we usually get.  It makes sense this year with a new puppy in the house.  I love a live tree and the pretty scent that fills our home.  The extended family gathered for this little event since it was outside.  I am imagining that is the only time we will see everyone this year. I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

 It feels good to be stitching a beaded mandala again.  It feels like forever stitch I worked on one but that's not true.  I have used rather large beads on this small mandala.  I am not sure that was the wisest choice.  At this point, they seem a bit too big.  I am wondering how I will make it work. I will ponder the possibilities. I am linking to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/

 I have never thought of myself as a painter but I do use paint regularly.  Mostly for mandalas or in my art journal.  I guess I use to paint a fair amount in my stitching as well.  Anyways, I am not afraid to splatter some paint around and rather enjoy it.  Yesterday I painted the window of a local ice cream shop.  The photo isn't the best.  It is kind of hard to make out Frosty's black hat.  It was fun to do even though it is hard to get an even coat of paint on glass. 

 I started this piece in an online workshop a number of years.  Ugh or should I say ugly.  No workshop is ever a waste as I always learn something.  I rarely produce a worthwhile piece in a workshop though. I was going through my stash of unfinished things and came across it.  I wondered if I could do anything with it.  I certainly couldn't make it worse!  I decided to add paint and glitter.  I like it so much better now.   I will continue adding to it.  Possibly some more hand stitching.  I doubt it will ever be something I will want to hang on my wall but it isn't very large so I could cut it down and make it into a journal cover.  Or I could turn it into a page for my large fabric journal.  We will see.   I am linking to https://www.quiltfabrication.com/ https://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com/

 The San Fransisco School of Needlework and Design has its Choices Challenge gallery set up.  Check out the lovely work.   Choices Challenge   I was delighted to see my piece featured in their newsletter that I received yesterday.  It is always a thrill when someone likes my work well enough to feature it!  Especially since I struggled with this piece and never got it to look exactly the way I wanted it to look.  That doesn't make it a bad piece though, right!