It's a Marshmallow World...

...that has hardened and been converted to gears! Okay, not quite, but here is a piece I call Snowpunk, meshing gears, snowflakes, kumihimo, and this really great bead mix I found at Artful Bead in Carrollton.


No snow yet here in North Texas, and seeing Ontario and Kansas City on the news, I'm surprisingly OK with that. Besides, I grew up in the high desert of the Denver metro area, and March was our big snow month. One year, Mom wished for a white Christmas. It's known as The Blizzard of '84 to the natives. Worst part - a household shortage of toilet paper! 


Here's a closeup of the gears - I like them a lot and owe Christi Friesen (Hi from the other Christy!) for showing me the coolness available in headpins and stuff you can stack on little bitty gears!

Welcome!

Well, this is my first blog. I'll try to let you know what inspires my pieces, maybe give some sneak peeks at new items, and generally keep you up to date on the land of Shouting Stones (as opposed to the "real world" where I'm forced to spend part of my time)

Right now, I have about a week until my final show of the season- Liberty Elementary's Holiday Bazzar on Dec. 1. I've got candle rings to finish, ornaments for my personalizing expert (and sister) to have to work on, and my latest creations- snowglobes! I'm focusing pretty heavy on polymer clay right now, but I'll be doing some beaded jewelry as well.