Happy Faeries Day to you all. Get outside and do something wonderful with nature and the fairies today!!

Sitting at my sculpting table last week, I realized I was surrounded by more polymer clay leaves than I had a pile of in my back yard.  After time spent of mixing clay, imprinting leaves, and curing them I had a pretty substantial array…and yet, no motivation to do anything with them.  Uh oh, creative block !!!

When life gets in the way (and head) of an artist, that finely tuned thing we refer to as creativity, muse, or inspiration will often grind to a screeching halt.  “Things” had gotten into the way of my “flow” as I like to call it. Family responsibilities, employment woes, you name it, I allowed it all to overwhelm me and each time I sat down to work all I could see were my problems.

Fortunate to have a place to retreat to away from everything, I packed up some clothes, clay, sundry crafty bits, and high tailed it to the mountains of Maine

For two days I sat on the screened porch that overlook the mountains and listened to nothing more than the whisper of wind through the trees and birds who were ever busy at the feeders in the yard. I was an observer to the busy forest life that went on around me as if I were invisible. There are so few places nowadays where you can witness the rhythm of nature uninterrupted like this, and here it’s a magical thing.

Birds tending to their young, deer coming to the lake to drink, the whimsical otter that busily swims back and forth searching for a tasty mussel, the whippoorwill who sings as the last light of day disappears.

Mountain storms blow throw with a fierceness that is scary at times, and the wind howls like a freight train through the forest, and yet if I were not here it would still go on. I am just honored to share the experience...an observer.

I thought about the birds particularly after a fierce mountain storm the other night. All during the day they were at the feeders with their young, back and forth and as the storm approached they slowly disappeared to take shelter. The forest became quiet and as the wind came through, and then the rain, I wondered how they fared. When the storm had passed and the rain subsided slowly, you could hear the symphony start up again and within minutes they were back at the feeders as if it had never rained at all. And I realized that to the birds the storm was an inconvenience, nothing more, and they stayed right on track with what they had been doing before.

So I sat down to my table I have set up here and began to create once again. My muse was back. This time taking it in stride that I’ll run into a metaphoric mountain storm now and then, but maybe this time I’ll view it as an inconvenience and continue down the path I’m traveling in Nature’s stride.

Thanks for visiting!

Ever have a moment of drought in your creativity?  A moment when no matter what you try to create falls flat?  I admit to having plenty of those moments lately, and they usually happen when I stop listening to my muse and try to force a creative idea.

On a walk in the woods near my home last week I happened on some beautiful pieces of "live wood" from a fallen pine, and popped them into my backpack along with an assorted sundry of treasure the forest offered up.  Giving thanks for the gifts, I practically skipped home with excitement from the vibes I felt from my visit.

Once home, I did a thorough baking to sanitize the pine then laid them out on my coffee table and sketched out a few ideas... dryads sometimes place gifts of their special wood alongside the pathways of individuals who love trees, Nature and Mother Earth, and who are aware enough to perceive this special gift.  They clone themselves into these pieces of wood with the intention to help us while at the same time to acquire the means to see the world without being rooted to the ground.
I decided to honor the spirit of the tree by sculpting an interpretation of a dryad "emerging" from the wood.  Dryads are neutral and do not respond to he or she, but I felt that this particular spirit was feminine and sculpted her as such.  I do not think she will mind, lol.  It's a work in progress and will post pictures as she nears completion.


I am thinking that this will make a lovely wall hanging piece, what do you think?

There are Birthday fairies in your garden,

And they’re flying everywhere

Over trees and under leaves

And spinning in the air.

There are Birthday fairies in your garden,

And it’s plain for all to see

So look into you’re garden now

And you’ll see some just like me

With the Holidays fast approaching I thought I'd pop in and post my Etsy shop special coming up for the Holidays. I will be doing a 20% off any item in my shiop and free shipping in the USA. I will do reduced shipping to overseas. All items will be sent gift boxed w/ribbons.

So for any of you who would like a custom designed piece in time for Christmas I can guarantee shipping in the USA till December 15th and overseas December 11th First Class Mail.

CUSTOM DESIGN UPON REQUEST, PLEASE CONVO ME! I have a large assortment of leaves that can be transformed into a pendant, necklace, ornament, wall hanging, earrings, whatever you're imagination can conjure- I can create a beautiful Nature Spirit piece for you or a loved one. CUSTOM DESIGN can also include pictures of a loved one to be used in my leaf designs. Work with me in creating a lovely piece of Nature inspired art with a dash of fantasy.