Morning musings...

I am working on wild horses today. These harlequin color ones are a mare and foal set. The foal is meant to be used as a pin cushion . They also can be used for decoration. they are not meant as a childs toy however.. If you are interested in purchasing they can be found in my etsy store .

I couldnt sleep last night and i finally gave up about 4 am. I got up and fixed a cuppa chai and finished a library book . I am in for the weekend ..Tuesday I will go out job hunting again.. This week was the same "if we need someone we will call you" ..and used up 2 tanks of gas on top of it.. The sun is out bright and it is to be a beautiful weekend . Mother nature is inspiring me to work with vibrant colors today...hence the "wild horses" ...
I went thru and cleaned where i keep soap supplies..didnt have enough lye or coconut oil for a batch of soap but i did take the shea butter and whip it up and add a rasberry scent to . Now i have about 2 lbs of it whipped..i will add herbal oils to some as i need it for pain rub this winter . Arnica and st johns wort is great for a pain rub and then just the st johns wort by itself is a heal all for everything i have found. . I wont waste a drop of the whipped butter on the tools..will use it over the next few days on my skin..right off the tools :P

todays fun.....

I made a couple of new bracelets up before breakkfast this morning.. Now i am working on wild child pincushion dolls ..all in my etsy store..

More necklaces i have designed

New designs using jade

New designs for my collection .....

After last several days of job hunting ..i am unwinding and working on a couple of designs for my personal collection. I have some sweaters that will look good with these .. I have used jade in both these necklaces. Then one has moonstone stone chips and a piece of agate.....and the other opal stone chips. I LOVE the opals !!

I have used a purple jade teardrop stone here and the other has a large vintage crystal bead .Will look nice with jeans ..



The colors dont come thru in the pics of this piece like they should. . I have used crystal beads and moonstone . I love the energy in all the new designs i made ...

thoughts of holidays ....

I had a great jog this morning.,,the air was cool and the sun peeking over the horizon was beautiful. Now tis dark and gloomy out ..typical November day. I am SO proud of me . Yesterday i did my first floor pushups..I made it to 9. My reward was one hershey caramel kiss.... it was SO good. I had been doing wall pushups for last several weeks and was time to step it up a notch. I can't describe how good i feel physically and emoptionally since losing almost 60 pounds . My energy level is way high...my creativity is brimming over with new ideas for jewelry designs and other items . One of my new ideas is advent calenders that are meant for the horse owning gal. Perfect for the barn or home. I just started on this one ..not sure how it will turn out yet. The idea is to add peppermints to the little pockets i will be creating that will be numbered... Dec. 24 and 25 will be on the actual horses themselves and will feature a piece of horse themed jewelry tucked in the pockets. The base is heavy upholstery fabric and the horse will have either embroidered or beaded bridles ..havent decided which yet. I am SO having fun with it. I have to keep it to where it will cost 25 or so to buy though.....

The finished piece will look alot more festive than the work in progress :P I figure i will make this one for a horse and riider.....then maybe one for a dog or cat owner. I am using fabric up i already have ..trying not to invest alot of "new" cash into projects right now . Here is my first gilted frame ...NOT acceptable at all to me.. But as a first frame i can deal with it. The idea is to be NO lines or crinkles. I havent figured out yet how to get in the crevices of the frame correctly either. I have a LONG way to go learning this . I will figure it out though.. One day i will look back and laugh at how this frame turned out...

These are some jade necklaces I made for a dear friend of mine's daughter . I think his daughters will like them :P I really like the freshwater pearls along with the jade in the designs.

jogging...oh my!!!!

I have had a fun day creating jewelry and then actually jogging twice today...yes...dont faint. Last night i went and made it jogging a whole 13 minutes. I got up this morning determined to do alot better than that. I did a mile and half this morning and then again this evening. I had been walking several miles a day for last 2 months as it was. IF you have pain.....totally recommend making a saleve with arnica and st john wort oil. I keep this on hand all the time and works wonders.

Lampwork horse necklace ....

Starting on some pieces for the holiday season either to sell //barter or trade. This one is over on my other blog.. http://www.tribalbarter.blogspot.com/

I am so drawn to blues in stones. I just finished this lampwork glass horse necklace . I used reconstituted turquoise and blue jasper round beads. I got sidetracked this afternoon with watching Dresden Files and then Blood and Chocolate ( werewolf movie) . Since it is october..must watch some spooky movies...but not too spooky

Jade......

Arent these just stunning...they are all different jade..the purples are a jade from Burma . Cant wait to get them . I am thinking maybe silver to use with the purples and not sure about the greens . I was really pleased with the other jade necklaces i made few weeks ago.They were a Korean jade and the typical dark green I associate most often with jade. Never knew it comes in So many colors....

Turquoise Necklace .......

I really like the stablized turquoise you can get nowadays .. I used it and hematite and tigers eye in this design today. ***** traded to Natalie :P

Soft ..horse head necklace

Soft Sculpture Horse Bracelet

This is a fun bracelet I made up this afternoon ..

Happy Fall to Everyone !! .......

Hope everyone has a great Fall Equinox today !!!!!!! I have been more on facebook lately than my blog. To find me on facebook go to http://www.facebook.com/lisabrawner I havent been very crafty lately. I moved that darn 4 ton of mulch to the back yard and I got a sinus infection from it and that has kept me down for last 2 weeks. So i took the chance to curl up on the couch and read a stack of paranormal romances ..my fav kind ! It has been really rainy but I am trying to get my walk in every day that I can ..

Here is a design i made up Sunday using vintage faceted black glass beads and agate beads of amethyst and quartz ..

Fiber and jade :)

Maggie from prairieland herbs sent me a spindle and roving for spinning my own yarn..How awesome is that!!!! This will be my fall weather craft. I like working with yarns and fibers when the weather turns crisp and cold.

Here are several Korean Jade necklaces I made up over the weekend. I also made 2 new batches of soap up. I have enough lye left for one more batch and then will be out. Will have to make up some scented shea butters after that. Money is really tight right now so I am trying to use up what supplies of things i have on hand ..rather than buy new ones .

Horse ipod holders ..

traded to Maggie...

Started work on these finally. I use upholstery fabrics and then make my horse heads seperate and attach. Takes about hour and half to make one ..

turquoise necklaces.

traded to Natalie .....

Couple of todays designs using large stablized turquoise nugget ...

Can I have Pepsi now ????

Here are the pics of the pineapple /mango soap I made last week. I have it all wrapped and it will be for sale here in about 2 weeks . I am setting up an 8ft booth table so if i do an Oct event I will have an idea of what I will need .

I just poured 6 pounds soap in various colors and have it curing .. Will get pics of them when i unmold later on. I have been So wanting a pepsi on this diet of mine so I cut all the grass and did a 3 mile walk already today ...... I think i will treat myself to a pepsi now :) Later this evening I will work on tatting the lapquilt up. I am waiting on the fishing fabric to get here .....but I can have it all done up and tatted cause I am blanket stitching the fishing fabric in middle of the choc. brown fabric . It is turning out nice and heavy since I am using all upholstery fabric and has an old quilt inside for the batting.

Flyfishing lapquilt ..

Added sept. 6th. Finished the lapquilt. Love the way it turned out ....

The creative thoughts are flying thru my head once again . I am getting back in gear with my crafting. I ordered some orange and black oxides yesterday to make confetti lye soap with . Cant wait till it gets here.I want to make the soap with actual canned pumpkin like Bonne made and i loved so much...... I have some fly fishing upholstery fabric ordered from hancocks to make a friend a lapquilt for teaching me to fly fish. Though I am crazy for giving 34.99 yd for piece of waverly fabric . It is very elegant in design ...fishing and elegance is hard to find in fabirc believe me ! I ordered 1 yd and i will use other solid color upholstery fabric for rest of the quilt .The waverly fabric will take 2 weeks to get here though. I found a vintage pc of hunting fabric on ebay to do the back part of lapquilt with. I want a different scene on each side of the quilt .This piece of hunting fabric with the black poowder rifles is a piece from 1978 . Cant wait till they get here and I can start on it ...