make, create, produce ... a sneak peek into my private studio

here's a sneak-peek into my private world, soon to be public world ...  i took the last few days off from the shop {i apologize for those who have stopped by the shop to find it closed, but i had to do it!}   to make, create and produce as much art as i possibly could to get a jump start at christmas ...   dang, christmas seems to come earlier and earlier every year ... pretty soon it may start on ground hog's day!  what happened to christmas starting after thanksgiving?  

{this is a fan i got at an estate sale and thought i could use the packaging for something creative ... funny how our lauguage has changed over the years  and there's new meaning to words, how does that happen? ...  makes me think of  ralph and how much i miss him, his laugher & his sick sense of humor }

love this photo from anthro's last winter catalog ...  have it hung by a clothes pin in my studio

{this is a new line of   "tree jewelry" i'm creating ...    using my parents old encyclopedia covers, found objects, vintage jewelry parts, etc...  use them as christmas tree ornaments and/or dangle them from twigs, hang on the wall  or what-ever else your heart's desire}

{creating some fun ornaments from children's blocks delivered to me at grow from lisa blatnick}