Nesting Instinct

I had the opportunity to travel to Michigan on May 18th to take a polymer clay beadmaking class with Heather Powers of Humblebeads. Her beads show up prominently in my work, and I came to find that I have almost every single Humblebeads in the collection! I really need to start using them more. (But wait! I just saw that there is a Humblebeads Destash going on and I spied a bead that is not in my collection! I will be shopping soon!)

Heather taught us all her secrets (shhhhh!) for making spectacular canes for polymer clay. And here I thought that magical elves made these tiny patterns and scenes on her beads! I can already see the possibilities opening before me and have bought my first pasta machine and bricks of colored clay. I am sure that before too long I will be making beads of my own, but that won't stop me from buying more Humblebeads! One is never enough!

While I was there, I suggested that having a signature cane would be a great idea. Funny that Heather had never thought of that before! Not only did she whip up a signature cane for me to use (the tiniest key you have ever seen in clay!), but she developed one of her own: a birds' nest with three little blue eggs. Quickly she was applying them to all different bead shapes, including the workhorse of the Humblebeads studio: the disk bead. 

She gifted me with a few of the very first she made, and I thought that it would be special to make them into some sweet earrings.

I love nests and eggs. And eggs need a bird. And nests need a branch. Don't you agree?

I would wear these sweet little danglers with a tunic top from Sundance that is the color of a brilliant spring sky dotted with clouds on a light breeze blowing by.

Erin Prais-Hintz invites you to go on a journey of inspiration at her blog Treasures Found :: Inspiration is Everywhere. You can view a gallery of her work at http://www.tesoritrovati.com/ or purchase her popular line of 'Simple Truths' in her Etsy shop.

Birdwings

Your grief for what you've lost lifts a mirror
up to where you are bravely working.

Expecting the worst, you look, and instead,
here's the joyful face you've been wanting to see.

Your hand opens and closes and opens and closes.
If it were always a fist or always stretched open,
you would be paralysed.

Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding,
the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated
as birdwings.

~Rumi 

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09.11.01

Always remember.

Never forget.

Life goes on. 

High Flyin' with Zooey

I love Zooey Deschanel.

She is quirky and cute. She has a vintage style with an edge. She is beautiful and smart, sassy and funny. She is a breath of fresh air.

I love her show "New Girl." In it she is described as "simply adorkable." She truly is, but it is the perfect vehicle for her true personality to shine.

  

Zooey Deschanel, InStyle magazine, August 2009

Zooey loves dresses, especially ones with a sweet vintage flair, and she is always seen in the cutest shoes. Don't you think she could rock her style in this vintage dress with these High Flyin' earrings?



High Flyin' available in my Etsy shop



The lacy brass edge of the 'simple truths' style bird charm complements her vintage vibe, and the color would make her brilliant blue eyes sparkle.

I think that they are fun and flirty, just like Zooey.

Zooey Deschanel is definitely my IT girl.

If anyone knows her and wants to send her my way, I would be much obliged. ;-)

Erin Prais-Hintz invites you to go on a journey of inspiration at her blog Treasures Found :: Inspiration is Everywhere. You can view a gallery of her work at http://www.tesoritrovati.com/ or purchase her new line of 'Simple Truths' in her Etsy shop.

Meadowlark Earrings

A sweet meadowlark watches faithfully over her nest. A mother's love and hope for her children know no bounds.

These super light weight earrings showcase two tiny handcrafted bird charms with steel wire nests.


The meadowlark design was inspired by this haunting song from Fleet Foxes.
  


Heather Powers blogs at www.humblebeads.blogspot.com and you can see more designs in her Etsy shop.