music is what feelings sound like ~

art is what feelings look like~

& when they 'come together'... (couldn't resist!)

i usually work in silence... i enjoy it, as it is a rare commodity in my home... but as you know from my blog, the beatles have been hangin' round here... and i like it! i really only take pics by natural light & today it was pouring... so the photos aren't the best...  but...

this necklace is called 'let it be'...

'whisper words of wisdom, let it be.'

 

a really fun necklace for me to make... sterling, copper & vintaj brass... rustic glass seed beads, a beautiful lampwork bead from bleu verre ... i stamped, hammered, wrapped, punched and antiqued the morning away... it is so rewarding to do a lot of this myself... the lotus flower, leaf & lapis are reminders and symbols of self-awareness, inner truth, the beauty of life and love... 

 

these earrings are called 'you say you want a revolution'...

'you tell me it's the institution,

well you know

you better free your mind instead.'

these are a sterling version of the ones in the last post... 

'while my guitar gently weeps'...

'with every mistake we must surely be learning.'

a copper drop with blue/green lampwork glass beads... they reminded me of drops of water or tears for all that is done in ignorance and hate... 

'the distressed feminine'... distressed - you get that part, hammered, antiqued... some bumps and bruises... aged to a fine patina... imperfectly perfect (aren't we?)... the pink beads do not match, are softly etched & are from mika at pinocean...and are a loose interpretation on the feminine symbol...

would love to work more but have misplaced my business cards for tomorrow and now i have to find them! yikes - oh yeah, and the kids are home from school! have to do the mom-thing!

enjoy your friday... 

(almost) reckless abandon

'8 days a week, i lo-o-o-o-ove you...'

that was me - singing to the beatles rock band...
just in case you didn't know, that came out today... i thought they should have it as we didn't go anywhere this summer or really do anything... the kids didn't complain... and so they have been waiting for it... i like this music... and my kids have come to as well... for all of the complaints about video games, one of the things i like about the music games is that my kids know songs (and like them) from the 60s, 70s & 80s... & they play together... truth -  metallica was grinding on my last nerve... i would bite and all but swallow my tongue so that they could play, knowing that just because i didn't like it didn't mean they shouldn't play it... 
but the beatles? that i can handle... it may even make a nice backdrop to creating... if i can get away from the microphone... i am a very shy person - and a bit on the serious side - i am sure you couldn't have figured that out! :o) but the kids insisted that i play... after beginning my 'but i have to...' list, i stopped... and i played... i didn't pick the mic because i am good... i picked it because i would have made them fail if i were to have used an instrument... and because i could actually help them get points because i knew the songs!
and i had fun! it has been a long time since i have done anything like this... things around here can be kind of serious so i feel like i am usually in vigilant mode... and it was nice... i haven't always been like this, it kind of happened...

the game progresses in chronological order - and you have to complete set lists... we got to 1965 (my birth year)... and there is so much great music to come! i am excited - and i have a show saturday - yikes! but it will work out... it always does ~
i highly recommend this game...