"Stuff"

It feels good to be inspired and back in my studio creating ... for the past few weeks I've been so wound up with  life's "stuff" I haven't taken much time to create, let alone feel inspired to create! When I have too much going on at one time I tend to 'freeze' and do nothing, well nothing creative at least ... sometimes all of my energy feels like it's been zapped out of me just while thinking about all the life "Stuff" ... a few nights I even crawled into bed before 7pm! Yeah, for the night ... not a little nap! 

Anyway ... that was the week before last ... this past week was different, I snapped myself out of it and tuned into the right side of my brain ... literally. I went into the studio, pumped up the two portable heaters, turned ALL the lights on really bright, poured myself a glass of wine {yes ~ it was in the evening!}, and hit the play button on the cd player. And played with my other "stuff" all the goodies, treasures, and flea market finds .... all the "good stuff" that takes my mind off the "other stuff" .... Ahhh, finally inspiration comes to me!

Oh and yes, this is where SILVER SUNDAY comes in ... I finished six necklace designs ... ALL done in silver.  I have also joined up with Mosaic Monday this week over at Mary's blog ... 'The Little Red House'

 

Silver is probably my favorite element to create with ... love, love, LOVE it's timeworn and tarnished patina combined with antique crystal rosaries, luminous mother of pearl, vintage milk glass beads, glamorous rhinestone rondelles, and old ornate crucifixes.

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The mosaic above contains photos of the pieces I worked on last week ... I had almost the same amount of fun taking and editing the pictures as I did making the jewelry ... maybe a sign that I must really be coming out of my creative funk?

I also got a HUGE boost to my morale from the sweetest comments you gals left on my last post about the 'Prairie Gypsy' belt buckles ... your kind words gave me a whole bunch of much needed encouragement ... THANK YOU!!

Last Silver Sunday I promised two things ... a Vintage Black Friday announcement .... and another giveaway...

As promised, here they are ... 

Vintage Black Friday is coming back...much sooner than planned and will be a monthly party! Yippee and ya-hoo!! ... I am so excited to tell you all this news  ... but I'm not spilling all the beans just yet ... I'll do that next week ; ) ... here's one hint, VBF is fast approaching, start gathering your treasures now ladies!

And this week's Silver Sunday give-away? Since I'm feeling sooooooo creative these days, I'd LOVE to pass on the "good stuff" to YOU! How about a Gypsy Brocante necklace like one of the above ... in SILVER, but of course! We'll play the same way we did last time here's how you can earn chances to win a necklace:

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Winner will be announced on next week's Silver Sunday post...

Happy Silver Sunday to all! ... make sure you check out all the good silver "stuff" this week over at Gypsy Fish Journal.