Finished Bits - Necklaces

I finally had some time to put some of the bits together 

into some necklaces. 

I made some longer necklaces with lots of 

dangling bits

Dangles were added behind this resin on recycled metal piece 
I made some time ago.

Hammered and coiled metal pieces make up this shorter necklace.

And hammered and twisted pieces made up this one.

I enjoyed playing with bits and pieces
to create all of these pieces.

And in the end decided to keep
this simple piece for myself. 

If any of these appeal to you, 
I would love to know which one.
 

A One Day Adventure

 

Fall was in full splendor the first week of September

so my daughter and I headed out

for a 1 day adventure.

Our first stop was only a few miles from our Yukon home.  

There are only a few roads out of the town we live in

but this one that leads up and over a mountain pass

crosses the Canadian border into the United States,

and then travels down to the Alaskan coast

is my favourite.

There is beautiful scenery every way you look,

but I had to be satisfied with taking pictures out the car windows

or we wouldn't have made it. 

We did stop at the pass

after climbing up above tree line.

And then began to wind our way down

towards the coastal forest

and the ocean.

Where the trees are larger,

grow higher up the mountainsides

and are not yet in full fall colours.

 

We spent some time exploring by the ocean

and walking some coastal forest trails

Until our day had passed,

and it was time to  

drive the road home again.

Back up over the mountain pass

 viewing the mountains from a different perspective.

The evening light gave us quite a show on the way home.

And I couldn't stop taking pictures

out of the car window.

Until the light disappeared into the night sky

as we were making the final turns

back home. 

Jewelry Bits & Bobs

 

Creative time has been very limited lately,

but I have been creating some bits

 that will be used to make jewelry.  

I have been busy twisting, joining, shaping and hammering metal

to make these bits. 

I've also made some pieces of stamped and painted papers 

covered with resin and mounted on metal

which are now ready to be used in the jewelry making. 

Now I just need to find some time to put the bits and bobs together. 

Back to Books

 

One of the things I did this summer

was teach a course on how to make a pocket book.

And I finally finished putting together

 the sample I was making in class.  

The front is decorated with layers of ink, paint, stamps 

and bits of copies of my drawings. 

The inside pockets are made from small envelopes

and decorated in the same way. 

Each envelope makes a pocket

ready to store some sort of treasure...

a love letter.....

a quote......

a poem......

a drawing.....

And the back cover is finished off in the same style.

I also recently finished making a journal.

It's soft cover, 

is made with layers of fabric and paper 

and finished with a layer of wax.

I decorated the cover with paint and ink

 and then sewed leaves on it.

And inside I decorated the stitched leave patterns.

The pages are made of sketch paper 

and perfect for writing or sketching. 

 

The back cover is also decorated with sewn leaves.

And the whole book is kept nice and tidy 

with an elastic cord.