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Friday, February 10, 2012

inner child

"love shack"

"love shack" fabric collage detail

"love shack" people

it is no longer a fever, it is a delirium. i should know, i get these spurts of wanting to make things no matter the outcome. like an urge to spit it all out, almost like the fibres and the colors and the textures have been living inside me and they need to come out, become, BE. it is the voice of my inner child who finally finds the time between cleaning and washing and cooking and paying caesar that stops everything to PLAY.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

sweet nothings

"the heart of the ocean whispers in tender replies"
tag for tag tuesday challenge

when i go into creative mode, it's almost like a fever or a frenzy. i go into a trance, i think of nothing else and live tip toeing over fabrics and collage papers and photographs and words and findings until an idea hits me and i put it all together. it is a suddenness and fullness for days and then it wanes. it is here now in full swing and i relish it.

"rouge et blanc" mixed media fabric collage

i am linking to
http://tagtuesday.blogspot.com/
i highly encourage you to participate in this project since it is hosted by a very talented lady by the name of carolyn saxby from st. ives, cornwall, england.

Sunday, February 5, 2012

happy again

SUNDAYS'S here at what we call Hughes Hill are synonymous with waiting for Downton Abbey at 9 p.m. The whole day revolves around the expectation. My Ricardinho brings me coffee in the morning and we talk for at least an hour before easing into the day. We have made it our day to do whatever we want, usually meaning we each get to go into our own work spaces and make things.

which in my case might mean walking around in circles for half an hour or pacing the floor or literally pulling out my hair until the aha moment strikes. it always surprises me that my creative urges come all at once, like a surge, and i work day and night non-stop for days at a time. that's how it happened yesterday. i went into my studio, turned on the sewing machine and let it take me wherever it wanted to take me.

i had started a fabric collage with the mantra marcela had introduced me to a year ago and worked on that until it was finally completed. then i dug into my unfinished basket and found the collage of frida i so love and finished that too. it is now finally ready to hang on the wall until i decide it is ready to be sold.

but i couldnt end there. with valentines coming up, i always make a heart or two. richard hates hearts, but i explain it is one of the most perennial forms that has been re-created over and over again, literally. that's why i love hearts so much. i have made an infinite number of them, having given only a few away in swaps or sales, i like to keep them close at hand.

"tangled up in you" fabric and fibre heart

& then a little bit of journaling
scribbles, deep thoughts, light thoughts, silly thoughts

and as i post, only three more hours till downton! yeah!

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Homage to The Creator

Homage to The Creator, a photo by peregrine blue on Flickr.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

{dreaming of spring}

i've been short on words.

it's simply that i am not a winter person. at all. i seek color and a long day's journey into night. everywhere in my home, colors reign and lots of whimsey mixed in with traditional decor. i believe i suffer from seasonal disorder.

having postponed our trip to chile (days of nightmares prior to flying told me the time wasn't right) we are missing the latin summer in exchange for chilly sunny days in ventura. i cannot put my finger on the reasons that made me decide to remain close to home, maybe a feeling that it was too soon after the move to the new house or maybe the trauma of all the things that happened to me while i was there for almost a year. i am still trying to figure it out since i so love chile.

the trade off: cozy days of watching "downton abbey", lighting the fire and home cooking as well as a birthday daytrip into hollywood to see "wicked" at the pantages.
january is almost over and i added another ring around the tree, 56. alot to think about or not think about. instead, pampering, self pampering and more pampering. i chose the set of teacups pictured as one of my presents and put two more sets (on etsy ofcourse) on my wish list for valentines.

so i swiftly veer my attention from the morbid thoughts of ageing to the bulbs in the garden which are beginning to pop up and the four new roses that have gone in the ground. i discovered an amazing rose by the name of "julio iglesias" that i can't wait to see bloom against the greens in my garden. i had seen it in a garden in mexico when we rented our friend's condo, remember? and searched high and low until i found it.

i have also been sifting through my stacks of seeds, planning on how to lay out what i intend to be an english garden. i prefer messy gardens to manicured gardens and must have a few wild flowers sown in among the classics. like yarrow and cosmos and tiny violets along the borders. a few vegetables will go in the ground too, kale and snap peas and later on in the season a few beefsteak tomatoes climbing up bamboo teepees.

for inspiration, i make my semi-monthly run to barnes and noble to browse through all the decoration and craft magazines, picking up two:

there is a quietness about, i just haven't been in the mood for talking much, or even sharing the questions in my soul but life is stirring under the earth in my garden waiting to bloom at any moment. and being a spring and summer person, i will bloom with them.

i've managed to make some progress on this fabric collage i've had stacked away in my craft basket and have another embroidery in the works.

and splatter the house with color

i have found so many great ideas to make on several websites lately and must gather the momentum to begin which is always the hard thing for me.

in the coming days, i promise to post a medley of the projects that have impressed me the most, as i have regularly in the past.