Relics & Artifacts Chandelier Pendant Blanks

Hard to believe but there are only 107 days left until Christmas!! Relics & Artifacts Chandelier Pendants are the perfect craft blank to create dozens of holiday ornaments.... I used gold, silver and copper leaf along with a bit of decoupage to make these. I am imagining one for every member of the family with a pretty Monogramed Initial! 
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Love Totem Towers

When the things I desire are not within my reach I am inclined to try and recreate them... an assortment of painted Relics & Artifacts resin craft blanks paved in tumbled Garnets, Peridot and antique paste stones along with some of my New Summer 2015 line of Dresden Foil Trims with a few odds and ends of Turquoise and Coral added here and there!
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Feeling Nostalgic today...

Did I ever tell you that one time I punched John Stamos in the stomach?! Really hard!! Just to back track a bit... I did a guest appearance on Full House in 1989, after auditioning I was thrilled to get the call from my agent that I got the small role! I had one scene but it sure was fun spending the day with those guys. Bob Saget & Dave Coulier were always joking around, Lori Laughlin was a dear and John, well he was a cutie and a bit of a flirt... I played the part of a waitress in a casino and John is trying to make Lori jealous so he flirts with me and chats me up, I tell him to get lost and "boom" punch him! We rehearsed the scene a few times before filming that evening in front of an audience. I had been just "tapping" his belly during rehearsals, right before we shot the scene John came over and said, "Listen you've got to really punch me HARD, give it all you've got!" I said "Are you sure??!!" I didn't want to hurt him... (just cuz I was woefully skinny didn't mean I wasn't strong) He said "Yep, as hard as you can, it should look real!" I thought ok, will do. That night with cameras rolling, John delivered his lines.... I delivered mine, hauled off and "Pow" punched him in the belly! He doubled over, turned red and went silent!!! The director yelled cut, the audience and whole crew clapped and laughed meanwhile John was still bent over gasping for air! I had knocked the wind out of him... we had to shoot the scene one more time and this time he said to take it a little easier!! Funny day..... I remember back then my (modeling and acting) life was exciting and scary at the same time, you never knew when your next job would be... my crazy life!

Relics & Artifacts Treasures Chest

"X" marks the spot!!
And you can follow this little Treasure Map right to my web site....
Yesterday was my play day, I built the Shell Encrusted Chest with dreams of filling it with RELICS & ARTIFACTS bejeweled treasures! You know that feeling when you've pictured a finished project in your head and then you finally get to see it materialize?!!

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RELICS & ARTIFACTS

Once lovingly collected treasures turned R & A craft blanks.... ripe for your imagination and awaiting an artists touch!
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Halloween Approaches...

Happy Skullie Halloween Mugs... brewing up a batch of haunted mugs for Halloween!! Craft Store ceramic mug + Relics & Artifacts Ancient Soul matte resin craft blank = Sweet Halloween Treats. I see them filled to the brim with candy and lollipops, wrapped in cellophane and all tied up with a big orange bow! Is it Fall yet?!!
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Handmade with Love

1st Handmade OOAK piece offered for sale....
I started hand crafting extravagant pieces for myself out of sheer necessity... because the things I loved and coveted were rare and ancient, only seen in museums under lock and key or were way out of my price range. I use the finest antique materials on my handmade one of a kind items. I've collected textiles, jewels, and trims of all sorts that date back to the Georgian period and even earlier. Exquisite torn tattered bits of this and that.... extraordinary fabrics and lace, jewels missing their settings, lovely little remnants of the past. I rework these precious snippets giving them new life with a new purpose, simply to please the eye of the beholder. Lately my time is completely consumed by my RELICS & ARTIFACTS line as well as my beloved Contributing Editors role with WHERE WOMEN CREATE magazine. In the rare moments I have all to myself I take great pleasure in creating something I can offer up for sale, and though they may be few and far between I promise you this they will have been created with much love, care and joy. So much so I often find it hard to let them go but I really want to be able to pass along the love I feel for these pieces to someone else in hopes they'll fall in with them too!
CRIMSON SACRE COEUR NECKLACE:
The crimson deep red silk velvet used for this piece came from a circa 1850 floor length opera coat. I constructed the crosse emblem using a hand sketched cross onto vintage leather, a gold embroidered cross appliqué sits atop the leather and is surrounded by antique set rose cut paste rhinestones. A facetted tear drop shaped garnet and tiny distorted freshwater baroque pearl finish it off. The flames are painted to give the illusion of white hot dancing fire. At the neck of the flames is an antique escutcheon with a red painted "jewel" that is flanked by two more paste stones. Beneath that is a half inch wide strip of tarnished gold bullion trim with a ruffled edge at the top, it was salvaged from a very old vestment. The double chain necklace is a modern piece with a lobster claw closure. Tied at the back is an antique strip of red cotton that lays gently and flatters the nape of the neck. There are four of the "juiciest" red cut glass beads I've ever seen strung along the front along with four accompanying vintage freshwater pearls. The Sacred Heart is on a hand cut wood backing making it a sturdy yet lightweight piece. The heart measures 4 3/4" long x 2 1/2" wide. The chain length is 11 3/4" long. A High Spirited Statement Piece just waiting on that Special Someone to Claim it as their very own!
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