Happy Fall and Halloween

Well where has the time gone. Can't believe its been over a month since I have posted.

Lots of beading and knitting going on here as usual. I also was gone to my son's in Phoenix for l0 days for my Birthday. I just didn't want to be alone for that, my first LAST without my sweetie.
Ed's sister is coming this Thursday from South Dakota during the Anniversary of his passing, it sure doesn't feel like a whole year to me. I still expect him to come in the kitchen door. sigh

Just wanted to wish you all a wonderful fall and a Happy Halloween to you all. We don't get the kids in this subdivision and I miss that. Ed and I always enjoyed seeing the kids all dressed up, it was such good fun.

Soon winter will be here and I hate to loose all my flowers. I did bring in a ton to save in my kitchen and I tell you it looks like a Nursery in the kitchen! Its so good to have a happy face when you walk in the kitchen and start your day. My flower's make me happy.

Hugs E/less

Newest Felted Purse

Well here are the last two felted purses for this year.
It was great fun and its time to start working on my Christmas presents for family members.

I've worked on the Asian ladies and these felted purses most of this very hot summer in Prescott.

Hope you like them.

Summer is done and Fall is coming shortly. You wouldn't know it from the weather, we still are into the Monsoon's and hot and humid weather.

Fall will bring transplanting some flowers and bringing them indoor's to keep them for the next year...I sure hate to loose my flowers, they are so wonderful to enjoy. But I do have more time to enjoy them, even until late November. At least we know, another season of wonderful flowers will come.

Enjoy your fall my friends and enjoy life. I sure do still miss my sweetie. sighhhhh

Asian Beaded Lady II

Here is my Asian Lady II. I had a big problem with her, I didnt consider the l/4 inch edge on the frame. Shame on E/less! So had to take a lot of bigger beads out and just made it all look like the background. Live and learn! You'd think I have learned by now! LOL

Hope you enjoy her too. Both of these ladies were done this summer.

Asian Beaded Lady

Here is a framed picture of an all hand beaded Asian Lady. I've been working on her for weeks and weeks and weeks. She was hard for me to work on because she was done in a limited amounts of colors. Many of you know I'm all about color. But I thought it would be fun to do something that I haven't done before. A good learning experience.

I think she is very pretty and hope you do too. She was fun to work on for sure.

Asian face by Linda Clink - linsart@sbcglobal.net

Holiday Felted Purse

And here is my Holiday Felted Purse, it was great fun to do this one too.
Hope you enjoy it too.

I"m sure many of you are working on your Christmas projects too!

Felted Fall Purse

Well I've been felting for days now. Here is my newest creation of a Fall Felted Purse.
Hope you like it.

Prayers for friends in California, we now have the smoke from the fires here in Prescott.
We had big storms tonight and the winds brought in the smell. sigh

And another big fire has started in Payson Arizona, north of us, we have fires all around us now!

Miss Chocolate Back

And here is Miss Chocolate's back.
Dontcha' just love her!


And here in Prescott we have had a very very hot and humid summer. The hot weather even cracked a window in our bedroom and had to be replaced, now that is HOT! And very unlike living here two hours north of Phoenix.

Finally it has cooled off somewhat this week and I'm more than happy to have the windows and door's open. How I love the fresh air.

I continue to work on the beading and my knitting projects and working out 3 times a week.
Life goes on, although, its very lonesome without my sweetie.

I'm working on more creations and will be posted soon. Thanks to all of you to keep posting what I"m doing here in Prescott.

Hope you all enjoy the fall weather coming up, I know I sure will.

Miss Chocolate

Well another round robin doll, Miss Chocolate, came home to me dripping in chocolates!

The swirls of cream chocolates on her body, the cinnamon chocolates hair, the white chocolates,and chocolate covered cherries makes her quit the Chocolate Diva.

Thank you, thank you, thank you so much to the ladies that worked on this round robin. Those Artists were Carol DeLater. Indiana, Ann Hoke, Oregon, Jerry Lance, Oregon, Velia Antila, California and Gale Michel, New Mexico. Everyone truly did an outstanding job with their beading talents.

Fall Sweater

Well as promised, here is my new Fall Sweater.

Its pretty busy to say the least. I thought the brown wool variegated on the top would calm all the fall colors down. Well, as this pictures shows, it just make it busier. In person, you really cant see the design as bad as in the picture!

Don't we all learn with every experience.

I'll wear it this fall, and yes, its quit warm. And thank you Kathy once again for all your help with this creation.

Hand knitted sweater

Well my TWO YEAR project is finally done...
Its an all scrap yarn sweater for me, yes, all scraps, just take a couple yards of each color and weights and tie them together and make balls of yarn. I love the look.

One problem,,all the different weights made the pattern way off and had to cut it all and prepare the sweater same way you would put a jacket together. My dear friend Marsha helped me out at first, then she left town for awhile, and then this lovely lady at Cupper's coffeehouse where we met each Monday helped me put it all together.

And again, thank you so much Marcia and Kathy. Now I'm more comfortable with cutting my sweater when needed! A scary thing for sure...ugh!

I might make one for my g/daughter someday, maybe! Right now I"m knitted out!
Although I am making four knitted hats for Cancer patients. I want to get those done next as I promised I would do them.

I have a fall sweater that Kathy is sewing together right now and its about the same style as this blue one, maybe a little different in style though, but in fall colors. That will be posted very soon.

Hope you like it and it was sooooooooooo fun to make, I loved the process.

Happy knitting to all my knitting friends.

Arizona Round Robin Doll

Here is Little Miss Blue Bell, she just arrived home all completed by such talented beaders who live right here in Arizona. Isn't she just beautiful and she shines and sparkles and will be joining all my other dolls that have been around the world.

All the girls did a drop dead gorgeous job. Thank you so much Sassy from Dewey, Jo from Payson, Crystal from Sun City, Susan from Mesa and Victoria from Carefree.

Purple Crystal Necklace

Here is a beautiful crystal necklace with some drop beads.
Wish I could have gotten a better picture of the shimmer of the crystals.
I first saw this necklace on the Beadworks class site in Dallas, the teacher Marci was very very nice to me and taught me the class on line.

It was great fun and Marci made it very easy for me to do this piece, thank you Marci.

Happy 4th of July

The Monsoons are here in Prescott so its hot and humid and many, many storms.
Lots of activities downtown here in Prescott, lots of vendors selling their Artwork, music and lots of people enjoying the hot summer day's here.

Me, I"m home catching up on things around the house etc.

Wishing you all a wonderful 4th full of love and family gatherings.

New Free form piece

Well it's been sometime since I have posted here.
Been very very busy with lots of legal issues to take care of.
I really can see the light at the end of the tunnel though. I"m almost done.
Then maybe I"ll have more time to create.

I'm still going out and doing pretty good I would say. Lots of beading and knitting groups to keep me busy and company at our home too. They just keep on coming which I love.

Here is a free form piece I have been work on for some time. Just framed it and its done for the sale I'm in in November. Hopefully, someone else will love it too and want to take it home for their very own. Hope you like it too.

Hope you all are having a wonderful start of summer weather. Here in Prescott its been chilly lately, but warmer this next week.

Happy Summer to you all!

Free Form Necklace

Well its already mid May, the time goes so fast and there is so much to do everyday with my sweetie gone.......Miss him more and more.

Here is a UFO finally done and it's to be worn at the neck line, all in blacks and coopers, my favorite form of beading. Hope you like it as much as I do.

Someone wanted me to part with it already, but not sure I want to do that, but we'll see.

Happy May to all of you and all the gardens are blooming like crazy here.
Love my flowers!

SOLANGE back

And here is the back side.

The designs on the back are just perfect for this theme and doll.

Hope you all enjoy her as much as I do.