A necklace featuring a hand-carved and painted leather wing pendant, moonstone, labradorite, freshwater pearls, and magic :) You can read more about it here.

It's been a while since I've stopped by here. Things have been stressful and I've been dividing my time so much lately it's hard to get to everything. A have a very special piece of art in the works that is close to being finished so hopefully I can share that in the next few weeks.

Anyways, I just wanted to write about my newish blogs over at Blogspot. I've decided to transition most of my blogging to Blogspot since I prefer the format and features. My previous Livejournal blogs will still be there, but chances are they won't be updated as much (not that I've been doing well with blog updates in general). Below are the new addresses for my blogs:

Art & Writings:
desireeisphording.blogspot.com/

Jewelry & Crafts:
pheeadornments.blogspot.com/

Bellydance:
cerviddance.blogspot.com/

Drop by for a visit if you like :) Have a wonderful autumn!

I just realized that I did not mention my brand new website on this blog. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be so negligent!

Anyways, I now have a new portfolio website/official gallery where you can find my favorite pieces of artwork along with some writings, links, bibliography etc. It is located at: www.DesireeIsphording.com.

I also have a few new items in my Etsy shop including some hand-carved leather keychains and some spiderweb jewelry!

Happy Samhain/Halloween/Dia de los Muertos!

I believe it has been about a year since I last created a Faery Mask necklace. Thankfully my life is beginning to reorient itself around my own art- and jewelry-making again and I'm starting to settle into a new pattern which allows more time for creation.

I've had quite a number of people e-mail and comment about the Autumn Firefox necklace, and while this new piece is not a fox, it is another in the wild canine family. This mask was not originally intended to be a coyote, but it asserted itself in that way nonetheless. If I would have set out to make a coyote Faery Mask, I probably would have wanted his expression to show a bit more levity. That's just not the way it turned out though: 

Coyote Concerned is available for adoption. I also have a few other jewelry pieces available as well as some original ACEOs, etc. at my Etsy shop.

Today has been a good day. I had my harp lesson, then brought a bunch of stuff over to my new apartment and reveled in the idea of my own space. The sun is shining and it is warmer than I was expecting it to be.

When I came home, I had an e-mail awaiting me from WildSide Press with notification that a book featuring my cover art had been published and a shipment of the books would be headed my way shortly. I was not expecting the book to be printed until the summer of this year. Out of curiosity, I searched Amazon for the title, and lo and behold, it is there with my art emblazoned on the cover: Harp, Pipe, and Symphony by Paul DiFillipo. This is my first real book cover, and I feel really accomplished! I feel the graphic designer incorporated my piece very well with the type and overall color scheme. It's especially appropriate that the novel is about Thomas the Rhymer, who has had a profound influence on my own path. I cannot wait to see and read it for myself.