OPA best in Show 1992

Ellen Fager

Clay is the most wonderful material:  it waits for you; it is humble and expendable; there is no end to the things you can do with it, up to that point where it quietly, steadfastly, asserts its limitations; it accepts the mark of your hand, and in that mark you see yourself and the path you have travelled
Ellen Fager

I could not think of a better way to express how I also feel about clay..thanks Ellen

wire wraps and casual style tutorials

http://www.fusionbeads.com/beadingfaq/techniques.php?bfid=222  ring
http://www.fusionbeads.com/beadingfaq/techniques.php?bfid=206  beads

http://www.fusionbeads.com/beadingfaq/techniques.php?bfid=204 macrame bracelet
http://www.fusionbeads.com/beadingfaq/techniques.php?bfid=57 stringing beaded bracelet

Multi Strand Tutorials

From Fusion Beads
http://www.fusionbeads.com/beadingfaq/techniques.php?bfid=26

Tutorial on Picasa Collage Banner

Saw this link on Lori's FB post. I've seen some wonderful collage photos in the Blogs and would love to try this.
Please check out this tutorial over on Clover Lane Blog


http://www.memoriesoncloverlane.com/2009/08/tutorial-on-how-to-make-blog-banner.html

Quick Gifts Idea

 Discovered this polymer clay tutorial over at Heathers blog..great idea and could be expanded to other things
http://humblebeads.blogspot.com/2010/12/last-minute-gift-project-wordy-bobby.html

Artist Helping Artists

Several artists in the blog community have decided to band together to help a fellow artist in need. Each one is conducting a silent auction to help raise funds during this time of hardship. All money raised will go directly to the artist in need. Since I'll be without Internet connections during much of this auction, Andrew Thorton has kindly offered to host my Silent Auction donation.

Please click on this link below to be taken to Andrew's Blog to bid on this rattle and also to see both his beautiful donation and Maria Richmond's lovely necklace.

http://andrew-thornton.blogspot.com/2011/12/artists-helping-artists-silent-auctions.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FcePb+%28Andrew+Thornton%29

My Photography Skills are Nil

I don't have any Photo game..none, zip, nada..
But there may be hope, Cerebral Dilettante's shared her secrets on photography ..so I'm sharing those secrets with all the other photographically challenged folks who are in the same sinking photo boat.
http://cerebraldilettante.blogspot.com/2009/09/my-photography-secrets.html