Sunday, February 20, 2011

ahhhh.....

today feels...sort of, perfect.  i feel (dare i say it) happy!  inspired.  kind of serene.  the weather has just been amazing this week.  and although during the week i sit in a cube inside a building with no windows for 9 hours a day, it's still been comforting to know the sun is shining and the weather is nice.  i woke up very late this Sunday morning to a sort of cloudy day, but it's still bright and warm.  the house is quiet, save for the whirring of ceiling fans and purring of kitties.  oh how i wish this was my every day life! 

my two fabulous artist buddies and i spent yesterday afternoon dyeing.  oh, dyeing fabric that is.  it was so great to finally get out all of my dyes and chemicals and silk that i haven't touched since Grad school.  Mom and i have talked about dyeing about one hundred times, but it just hasn't happened.  so finally the motivation struck, and the gals and i hung out in my back yard in crazy aprons/lab coats & rubber gloves, and made a mess, experimented with colors, and made some really beautiful fabric!  doesn't get better.

and now i sit and think...what am i going to do with the dyed fabric?  linings for bags?  not sure if china silk will hold up for long-term use.  but with the right amount and weight of interfacing it might be okay.  i'm also thinking of using the little "test" pieces for appliques on exteriors of bags.  or just making some fun mini-fiber art pieces.  doing some embroidery/applique/beading....
who knows.  i'll post pics when inspiration strikes!

Sunday, February 13, 2011

revamp....

new design for the blog!  needed a bit of renovation i think.....

time flies....

how does more than a month go by so quickly?  real life (and laziness) has certainly gotten in the way of my creative and blogging adventures.  but that's how it goes.  must press on and make more of an effort.  make any effort at all really! 

so i sit here on a sunny Sunday morning, sabotaging my diet by eating loads of Valentines chocolates and thinking of all the things i want to do.  (let me first clarify that i do not have a "valentine" for myself...my sweet sister-in-law and bro gave me yummy Ghiradelli chocolates.  mmm, caramel filled milk chocolate.  i'm sure i'll have a delightful  batch of chocolate-induced acne after this little slip...eh, it's worth it!)  it's an improvement that i'm thinking of  things i want to do, rather than need to do, i think.  so it's a new start.  once again.  we'll see how long the inspiration lasts!  maybe it's the sunshine?  after blizzards, below freezing temps, and lots of clouds the past 2 weeks, it's supposed to be sunny and in the 60's this week (yep, that's Oklahoma!).  so hopefully the jump into spring will provide some lasting motivation!

and now, i would like to confess...i have a sickness:  a desperate compulsion to purchase every book i think would be interesting to read.  i recently decided to move the 3-foot stack of books that are just waiting to be read, from towering next to my bed into my already stuffed bookshelves.  in hindsight, i  realize this might be a problem, because now i forget i have all these books to read, and continue to buy more.  damn you, amazon.com! (no no, i didn't mean it!  i love you amazon!)  so i made a list today:  29 novels, and 19 how-to/self-help/diet/religion/business/inspiration books on my to-read list.  daunting.  time to give the tv a break and get to reading!

and sewing.  my studio beckons.  my poor Bernina is literally collecting dust.  shameful!  so once again, it's re-activation time.  create, read, move...live. 

off to do one of those things!