Time has flown the coop!

 Wow, I can't believe it's been over a month since my last post... time does fly, that's the truth!  I just looked back at my last posts, and see that I can update you on at least 2 WIP's I mentioned earlier:

Here is "Bright Maiden", finished and hung at Sedona Artists' Market:

I added a tulle overdress, beads and yarn streamers plus a Hamsa charm, and called her done.

Another WIP shown in that same post was a piece of bark I had cleaned and sealed, then I mounted a polymer clay face on it.  Then it languished, waiting for me to decide what more to do, until yesterday.  I pulled out a bag of feathers, auditioned some and glued a few down... that took care of that!

On the non-creative front, my hubby Bruce had to have emergency hernia surgery after Thanksgiving, and once he got through that, there were still follow-up doctor visits from his mini-strokes to keep us busy.  They discovered he has afib, so changed his blood thinners to handle that.  But all the doctor visits, etc., took us away from our regular visits to the gym to exercise.  After 2 months of inactivity, I started getting on the treadmill at home to try and get back into a routine.  Last week, I was working to increase my speed, and also wanted to give my arms a workout so I was pumping on the "walking stick" feature... that night, I laid on the floor to watch TV and got a super strong, sharp pain in my right shoulder!  I should mention that my right shoulder has given me problems in the  past, but it had been feeling just fine for quite awhile, so I must have forgotten to be careful.  At any rate, I got xrays done Tuesday, and I start physical therapy today to see what can be done to get me back to "normal"!  Guess I'm not as young as I used to be, lol!

But I'm not letting it slow me down too much - I recently finished making another crochet rope bowl:

I used several yarns, including some interesting yarn I picked up at a thrift store, then added a piece of bark that I glued feathers to, along with a small copper colored bead.  Yep, bark and feathers - my new obsession!

And I'm busy dyeing some cotton jersey shells to bring to Sedona Artist Market next month:

I'm sure I've forgotten to mention other things I've been doing this past month, but I guess this will have to do for now.   I'm looking forward to our next trip to Sedona, and sometime in the future, my friend Joyce and I will be taking a day trip to the valley to enjoy the warmer temps, shop and browse - an annual trip we make when it starts to warm up down there!

Hope you are all having a good January - stay warm!

Time flies!

Good grief, it's been over a month since my last post!  Time does indeed fly, and I've been keeping busy getting ready to put some of my work in Sedona Artist Market Gallery, preparing to roll off as co-manager at Arts Connection, doing my income taxes (for the first time in over 30 years!), working up some crochet rope bowls and more.

Here is my booth at Sedona Artist Market Gallery:

And my friend Cinde's display - we actually now have 4 of the Arts Connection artists there!

Cinde does extraordinary beadwork, and my faves are the "Tree Spirits".  Each one has a name, and they combine dead wood with her lovely beading and molded faces she has made which give them wonderful personalities.  I left this photo in the original size to show off the details of her work... it still doesn't do them justice, but at least you can get an idea of what she does.

The crocheted rope bowls are at Arts connection going through the jurying process to see if they are accepted to come in to the gallery.  I've completed 4 so far, and love how they are coming out, but decided to see what the jury committee think before I go any further.  Here's the latest:

Oh, and one more very important thing I have to report since my last post: my husband and I

have received both of our Covid-19 vaccines!  The second one laid me flat for part of Friday, but I

expected it, so was prepared to just rest, nap and act like a sloth... today, I feel great!  And now that we are close to 95% immunity, I'm looking forward to being able to do some things I haven't done for close to a year, woo-hoo!

In closing, I am going to share a meme I saw online that I think is very inspirational:

Let's all embrace the sentiment!  See you next time...