Its time for another ♥ I Heart Macro Sunday! ♥
I made a simple bouquet of Shasta daisies and astilbes for our dining room table. They looked so lovely that I had to go fetch my camera.
And here is what the whole bouquet looked like. I snapped the picture just as the sun was streaming through an opening in the woods behind our house.
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This post will be a little of this and that. I’ve had a lot going on in my life and haven’t posted here in a while. I’m giving myself a kick in the fanny to keep moving forward.
If you follow me on Facebook, you already know that I adore using the copper and brass clay components that Kristi Bowman sells in her Etsy store, Dream Some. I made 3 pairs of earrings with her copper clay charms for the Muffin Tin Challenge.
I’m excited to share that I was the featured artist on Kristi’s blog this week. I hope you’ll go give her some blog love; maybe even leave a comment. Definitely click on the links to her ArtFire or Etsy shops.
Autumn Girl is my newest pair of earrings, utilizing Kristi’s components. The copper leaves are just so cool and they pair perfectly with the brown jasper and the diagonally strung, molted green glass cubes. These earrings could be worn all the time, in many settings: work, weekend, dinner out etc.
Autumn Girl Earrings
Heather Powers is having a huge giveaway on her Humble Beads Blog. Hop on over and check it out–just don’t win, ‘cuz I’m going to! Just kidding. You can enter multiple ways, so check it out.
If you are not familiar with Heather’s awesome polymer clay beads and pendants, you should visit her wonderful Etsy shop. My Tiger Lily bracelet features one of her focal beads.
Tiger Lily Bracelet
I will be showing my jewelry at the 18th annual Fusion Art Gala, at the Dumas Bay Center in Federal Way, WA on August 3rd, from 3:00-9:00 p.m. If you are in the area, I’d be delighted to have to stop by and say “Hi!”. This event is a fundraiser for a local organization working to provide housing for homeless women and their families. This art event is their major fundraiser for the year. From their website:
The 2011 Event — Fantasia— features an Asian theme sure to enchant.
Come join us Wednesday, August 3, for a spectacular evening of Asian inspired entertainment and food, exciting silent and live auction items, and fabulous creations from many well-known Northwest artists.
Its time for another ♥ I Heart Macro Sunday! ♥
I spotted this “kelp bouquet” on the beach, a few weeks ago. The four different colors of kelp, all in one group, delighted me.
Kelp on the beach at the Dungeness Spit
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Lori of Studio Waterstone hosts a weekly blog hop of close-up photos.
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Its time for another ♥ I Heart Macro Sunday! ♥
This week I’ve captured a couple of our garden residents.
If you look closely, you’ll find a bee in the flowers above and a little white spider in the picture below.
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Lori of Studio Waterstone hosts a weekly blog hop of close-up photos.
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Its time for another ♥ I Heart Macro Sunday! ♥
Clematis
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Lori of Studio Waterstone hosts a weekly blog hop of close-up photos.
Visit Lori to get links to more great macro shots.
Its time for another ♥ I Heart Macro Sunday! ♥
My computer has a serious virus and it’s in the shop. They were unable to remedy the issues, so they have to back everything up, wipe the disc and then reinstall all the programs. So not happy about this!
I had a couple of weeks worth of macro shots on my computer, but they are not available to me now. I’m currently using my husband’s computer. I do have a number of macro shots from early spring that I had saved to his computer and that’s what I’m sharing today. This orchid macro was taken in the Botanical Building in San Diego’s Balboa Park.
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Lori of Studio Waterstone hosts a weekly blog hop of close-up photos.
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Its time for another ♥ I Heart Macro Sunday! ♥
My husband and I visited the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge this week. My Monday Meanderings post will be about our trip. But for today, I wanted to share a close up photo I took of a log on the beach there. It was covered with bright yellow lichen and had a great crusty texture that was fun to photograph, (the texture is even more visible if you click on the picture to enlarge it).
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Lori of Studio Waterstone hosts a weekly blog hop of close-up photos.
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Its time for another ♥ I Heart Macro Sunday! ♥
There is a lot of beauty and wonder right in your own kitchen. I grabbed a red pepper out of the fridge for today’s macro shots.
This comical, long green stem looks like a periscope and the end reminds me of an eye. It makes me chuckle.
While I was trying to position the pepper, it flipped on its side and I liked that angle, too.
The undulating curves at the base of the stem fascinated me, so I played around in Photoshop with it, emphasizing the curves and making it more abstract.
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Lori of Studio Waterstone hosts a weekly blog hop of close-up photos.
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I’m kind of on an earring kick lately. It is largely motivated by all the cool copper clay components I have been getting from Dream Some. They are kind of addictive, like chips or popcorn! Here’s what’s on my bead table today.
The earrings on the left are made with wire wrapped jasper, brass chain and “pretzel” beads from Unicorn Beads. In the middle are copper flower components, from Dream Some, that I plan to combine with the Brazilian amazonite rondelles. And on the right is a pair of earrings that I am working on now; made with malachite and copper leaves, from Dream Some.
Speaking of Dream Some: I recently sold this pair of earrings, with Dream Some components.
And these earrings were added to my shop recently. The have paisley textured flower charms from Dream Some, paired with lampwork glass beads.
I encourage you to visit the BTW Flickr group and see what is happening on other bead tables.
Its time for another ♥ i heart macro ♥ !
Our house is surrounded by woods on 3 sides, which means an abundance of ferns. I love their curled tips in the spring.
Lori of Studio Waterstone hosts a weekly blog hop of close-up photos.
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