A day for remembrance and quiet!!

It's hard to believe that 13 years have passed since time seemed to have stood still for so many. Disbelief that something of that magnitude could happen, so many innocent lives lost and for what? Today marks the day that we all stop and take time to remember all those that were lost, those that walked into danger to try and save their fellow man. To those that lost loved ones, neighbors, coworkers and are still mourning...I keep you in my heart, thoughts and prayers.......every single day!!

Since it is a quiet day today to reflect I'm going to sculpt. I know that I have said countless times before that I consider it "My therapy" and it truly is. It gives me time to just let my mind go....to lose all track of time and just let my inner peace come out. Of course, with my very vivid and over active imagination (my muse whispering in my ear) that peace doesn't last for long.

Yesterday I finished the armatures...all wrapped up like mummies they are. WAIT....I thought I was doing witchies. Oh yes, yes I am...whew...thought my muse had changed ideas on me. HAHA!! How do you make your armatures? I like to do a strong wire shape and then wrap it in floral tape and put a little umph here and there (that's boobies and tushies peoples) and then coat it in white glue and let dry.

While I was waiting on these two lovelies to dry,  I raided my fabric stash to pick out materials for their costumes. This witch is going to be quite fashionable....I mean....she is a candy witch which means she is a good witch....hopefully.....the muse is still whispering "I'll get you my pretty bahahaha".  For the little trick or treater I'm thinking of doing one of my ooaks from a time back. Do you remember Lil Miss LuLu? No...well click HERE and refresh those memories please. Now do you remember? Still need some refreshing...go HERE then. Isn't it fun traveling back in time? If only we could do it for real but that's another story or stories...hehe  Anyways, she first came about from my love of Ralphie and his Christmas present from the Movie A Christmas story. No no, not the "You'll put your eye out" BB gun but his bunny costume. LOVED it!! She came to mind this time though in thinking about my boys and past Halloween times. I always loved to make their costumes when they were little and normally tried to make them where they could wear them as pj's afterwards. NOOOO, I never made mine wear a bunny costume although any of them would have been adorable in it. Just sayin!!! This time though she won't be dragging her bunny around but a nice big old candy container......trying to decide between a vintage pumpkin look or a vintage cat. That's still being tossed around. What do you suggest?

Now, let me end this post so that I can start to sculpt. Come back tomorrow for some more WIP images and if you have any questions about how I do things....just ask....I love to share!!

Until next time........Hugs,
Regi

Happy Happy...ummm..what day is it?

Ohhhh....I'm just kidding. I know what day it is cause I marked off my calendar this morning. (scratching head hoping I haven't missed marking one off cause then I REALLY don't have a clue what day it is..hehe)
Happy Happy Wednesday peoples!!

I have been working on a few things at once to get them finished so that I can devote all my time on my newest witchie sculpt....Glenda. (plus my muse is buzzing around and about to get swatted with the fly swatter if I don't) Don't ya just hate when yours does that? OK OK humor me and say "Of course it does Regi". Thank you.

One of the things I can check off my finished project list are some macrame ooak tree medallions. I had fun making them and will probably put them in my Etsy shop here in the next few days. Perfect jewelry piece for fall, yes?

 This is one has a hemp rope necklace that measures 24 inches. The medallion itself measures 5 inches, that's from top of medallion down to roots hanging down. Wooden beads along with bone beads are on the hemp rope with tiny bronze beads and caps (to look like acorns) are on the medallion.The next image is just so you can see the tree a bit better.

This one is on a hemp rope that measures 24 inches as well with the medallion being 5 inches from top to roots. The hemp rope has wooden beads and two large Tibetan beads. The medallion has wooden beads.

 This one has a hemp rope that measures at 18 1/2 inches with the medallion being 4 inches from top to roots. The hemp rope on this one has bone beads, wooden beads and Tibetan spacer beads. On the medallion there are bone beads and wooden beads.

This one has hemp rope measuring at 24 inches and the medallion is 4 inches from top to roots. The hemp rope has bone beads, wooden beads along with Tibetan spacers. On the roots are two bone beads and a tree of life charm. 

Now my second project that I can mark off my list is my ooaks "Godfrey the cat guardian". I think he and his little charges turned out just purrrrfect. Don't you? ^_^   I will do a separate post about him in a few days that will tell his story. I love writing my little ooaks stories. 

Now, I can get started on the newest witchie and make this muse shhhhhhush for awhile...hehe or should that be Bahahaha? I hope that you will come back to visit and follow along with this one as I'm working on it. Ya know I luv when ya visit!!!

Until next time..........Hugs,

Regi

Time to get back to work :)

Welcome to the old Southern ooaks tree peoples. I have MISSED ya'll so so much. Did you think perhaps my mermaid soul took over this summer and decided to swim out in the ocean and not come back? Well, she tried but thank goodness my Boho, gypsy, hippie souls were able to snatch her back. Sometimes it pays to be a little bit on the weird side...hehe

Please forgive me not being under the old tree to greet you this summer when you stopped in for a visit. I do hope you did find some time to wander around and see some of my past post though. I was absent due to helping out some friends with a shop they opened in Gulf Shores....Beach Reflections LLC. I have had a blast in helping out....letting my designer come out in rearranging the store and meeting so many amazing folks. I have even learned through several of our locals of places I had no clue were even here. (Thank you Tammy for telling me about Mobile Street) The shop is combining with another well known local shop keeper, Beverly from the Blue Mermaid. It's going to be a great union if I must say so myself. Good luck ladies!!

Now that I won't be needed as much at the shop I can get back to my own designing and sculpting...WOOHOO!!! (I'm still available if ya'll need me though Diane and Fonda...always) My muse has been whispering up a storm and if I don't stop, listen and start to work on some of her ideas.....well...I'm afraid of what might just happen...hehe. A trip to Hobby Lobby yesterday has me ready to start....are you ready to follow along? I sure hope so....I love when you visit and comment. :)

A strange assortment of goodies, yes? I was very happy happy happy that most everything was 40% off. LOVE sales...oh yes I do. I restocked on clay and some wooden bases for my ooaks, some glitter for mermaid tails, some tiny potion bottles, a flower (yes, just one..my muse told me to buy just one) some wire for armatures, some cool Halloweenie ribbon and some cute lollipop ornaments. If the gals at Hobby Lobby had any clue that I was in the Christmas aisle looking at ornaments for a Halloween sculpt they probably would have walked WAYYYY around me. Bahahahaha (witchy cackle) Now that I said that YOU are probably sitting there and wondering just why I was doing that too,  ri iight?? Well.....my muse is thinking of two witches at the same time. Glenda, the good witch from the Wizard of Oz and that mean old witch from Hanzel & Gretel. This is going to be one VERY interesting sculpt....very interesting indeed. Yes, yes...I will be doing WIP pics along the way so make sure you drop in and often.

Now (rubbing hands together) let me get started. Until next time.............

Hugs,
Regi