Wire and Dichro Bling

I cooked up a piece of dichroic glass using a little iridescent piece of glass to back it. I then wired it up using the netting technique I learnt from Eni Oken.

I did a bit of embroidery of Sarah's jeans. You should check out Sarah's Manga (mango-hahaha)  Art- it's fantastic!!!!

Full Dark, No Stars

Full Dark, No Stars, a book of short stories by Stephen King is due to be released on November 9th!! I hope it's available in Australia soon after.

Back from Darwin!!

We have just arrived back from a relaxing few days in Darwin! Had a bit of retail therapy and so much fast food. Time for a detox I think.
Thanks so much to all the lovely people who commented on the Practical Magic blog party. I am coming to visit all of you very, very soon.

Congratulations to the HOT PIES!!!!!!!

Here are a couple of photos from the drive.

The Long, Beautiful Road...

Magical Sunrise

Vic River

 

Midnight Margaritas

My Blood, Your Blood, Our Blood Pendant

Midnight Margarita Journal

The journal is filled with the lyrics from the soundtrack of the movie.

I popped some symbols from the movie on the front cover such as the little angel wings worn by the girls; the letter written by Sally to Gillian; a red rose from the trellis; Jimmy Angelov's ring and a jar filled with something beautiful from Sally's shop.

A quote from the book that is partly used in the movie.

A detailed look at the broom. Blogger wouldn't put my pic the right way, no matter how many times I loaded it!!!

A close up of the binding-diamond X of course-my favourite!!!!

Lyrics from the soundtrack of the movie.

 I really love the movie Practical Magic and I've always had a soft spot for it. 

I also love the book which is so very different to the movie.

I guess the movie has more international appeal with the addition of roses rather than lilacs and a very cool Transylvanian, Jimmy Angelov...

It doesn't matter what people tell you. It doesn't matter what they might say. Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction."
— Alice Hoffman (Practical Magic)

Stephen is KING!!!

I love the writing of Stephen King. Here is an interview he did regarding his appearance on Sons of Anarchy.

Stephen King Interview

I don't know what happened to my other blog posts???

Thanks so much to all the lovely people who left comments.

Journal

 

I finally finished my journal!!

I bound it using the diamond X binding.

(and I even did my homework)

Thanks everyone for being so supportive of Sarah with the Live Below the Line Project. She did really well, although for me watching her go without was really hard. I felt really guilty eating normally while she lived on bread, jam and apples for the week. It was all worth it, though and she exceeded her target. Good on your Sarah!!!

Live Below The Line and WIP

Live Below the Line is part of the Oaktree Foundation. It is all about creating an awareness about living below the poverty line. Each participant lives on $2 a day- approx $1.25 in American dollars for about 5 days. The participants choose to fundraise for a specific cause and my daughter, Sarah, has chosen to raise money to provide training for a teacher in Cambodia for a year. Her target is $200.00. If you're interested in learning more about this cause or you would like to support Sarah in her effort, the link is below. Thanks for reading this.

Live Below the Line 2010

Sarah's Blog

Work in Progress
I made a diamond X bound journal today for a writing unit I'm completing. I now should really go and do my homework...thanks for stopping by!!!

Gothic Arch -Hats

 

This Gothic Arch was really hard to get together and it may yet change. It has been sitting on my desk for about a week! It has a cuttle bug background and a domino embellishment with a little arch border. This stamp is a bit weird as one of the people looks like my grandmother who passed away when I was three. I have had this stamp for a really long time and never really used it as it isn't the sort of stamp I would normally buy. When I saw the image, I knew I had to get it. I though it be one of those things where after a while, you think-what what I thinking? This looks nothing like..whoever..But every time I look at it, the feeling gets stronger. Weird!!

I had a wonderful time at the Kimberley Writers Festival  today and yesterday. I was able to participate in a workshop by Marlish Glorie and I was able to attend lectures by Susan Moylan Coombes, Kia Dowell and Hetty Velrolme. Andy Wright was fantastic, too, as he is a professional storyteller. Michael Salmon gave a great lecture about capturing the audience's attention. Although it was a very full weekend with a wonderful family concert last night with Wyndham group, Northern Hum, Peter Brandy and Neil Murray, I feel inspired to continue to write. I truly feel so lucky to live where I do.

Gothic Arch Challenge-Hands

This is the 4th Gothic Arch Challenge by Inkurable Stampers.The background of this arch is created with the Cuttlebug paisley embossing folder, but I bought the hand stamp ages ago and can't remember who it is by.


NOTE: The stamp is by Sunday International- thanks babs55!!!! The link is here Sunday International.

Gothic Arch Challenge- Crown

This is the 3rd Gothic Arch completed for the Inkurable Stampers Challenge. I used a stamp by Zettiology, but unfortunately, I can't remember who the arch stamp is by (Ibought it a while back...). I used the Morrocan punch to create the border.