Dec BJP

 I need 2 more and I have this years done!



this one was just screaming DECEMBER the whole time I was making it

 I finished all the backs to this years so I could wear them






they are to pretty to leave in a box

 I really should finish the ones from last year like this too!

blue hawaii box

 in hawaii where the weather is just like seattle only with sun and not so much cold!





 where the sun shines bright

 the gekkos scamper with you're morning coffee

 the surfing is wicked good

and the turtles laze about  *sigh*

just thinking about it makes me feel cold today!

getting stuff done-Finally!

 I know it sometime doesn't look like any of my projects are getting anywhere.









they will NEVER be done and I will be sewing on them FOREVER




then you find , squirreled away in a box, 3 projects, while you're  looking for something else


such is my silly life. here is the first of those.

I call it the dark forest.

September BJP

I got a little caught up with my BJP's







Here is septembers







 a little pink and swirly

 like a swimming girly

splashing water having fun

in the summer midday sun

 

Happy Solstice!

may this year find you happy in spirit, Healthy in body and peaceful in mind

what have I been doing?

well there's a story there.


 A little story.




I've been making purses.

 lots and lots of purses.

I've dubbed them Saddlebags.




 i road tested them on my 17 year old by making her a star wars themed purse.




she could put all her stuff in it

while she bopped around the city for the summer with friends.




 then it turned into a school bag that holds all the stuff that she doesn't want to get smooshed in her backpack.



 so it's been thrown around used as a pillow, sat on, thrown in the wash, dragged on the floor and generally beat up and tortured



 then she thought I would be able to sell them at the annual Christmas bazaar at school. so I set about making a few out of material I already had on hand.


 I made a promise to myself I was not going to buy more fabric for future projects I was never getting to, no matter how amazing the fabric was.


so I had a backlog of fabric to choose from




I sewed and sewed and eventually ended up with 35 fun and unique bags to sell at the bazaar.




I also took some of my cq stuff. I got lots of compliments and questions about CQ which are nice





I didn't sell any thing.






so now I have lots of Christmas presents and new items up in the ETSY store

and a rather cynical view of bazaars.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Caskets for Halloween

Just something fun to celebrate samhain


As usual I find my mojo just in time to miss the holiday itself .

 I didn't finish these in time to sell them for halloween


but I get to enjoy them this year so It's not a total wash






I love how this side turned out on this one.


 you see even ghosts are afraid of spiders!

 this one is all blacks and greys somber elegance with feathers.


I can't be serious about everything, what would be the fun in life otherwise??

 though this stitch combination did turn out smashing, if I do say so myself!

 this one is a little plain but I thought,

with the bright orange sequins,

 anything more would have tarted it up a bit too much.

and they all have this wonderfully lush red satin linings. it contrasts so well with the stark black of the interior you can almost hear the hinges creak!

this one is my favorite though.

the bright center orange rose hides a stark white skull in its center surrounded by more roses and pumpkins fresh from the patch.

a candy corn flower, a key to the afterlife and a brilliant green spider finish it off.


what could be more Halloweenie?

August BJP done

 now I'm only 2 months behind!

the last BJP was about stargazing

so this months BJP is about the sun.

I don't know if you realize just how unusual it is to have more than a whole week with out rain around here.

well we've had a record breaking 50+ days without rain and frankly it's beginning to freak people out around here!


they are not used to sunshine.

so it is in celebration of the suns continued presents that I have constructed my BJP

don't look a gift horse in the mouth, I say!
I have harvested enough tomatoes this season to make spaghetti sauce and for that I am profoundly happy, with this continuous, if misbehaving, orb!

July BJP-catching up

 I've finally gotten inspired for my July and august BJP pieces

I must say it took me long enough!

This piece represents all the hours we spend as a family in the back yard star gazing!

we will drag the papa-san chair from my daughters room and the hammock frame from off the porch and when my youngest visits we will drag out the air mattress too.

this year she was here for the Pleiades meteor shower and we spent a couple of hours counting shooting stars, satellites and bats! oh my!

though the colors are much darker that blue looks much less bluish in person!