Feel the Love

So, yeah, I'm late with this post...  but here it is!  :p

Okay, last week's prompt was "Feel the Love" for Sally's Focus on Life blog hop.  After the events of the last few weeks, and the trouble I had with the "Capture your Heart" prompt, I was really not looking forward to trying to figure this one out.  

Then, it hit me.  What did I do last weekend?  Well, I, and several good friends and 2 VERY NEW friends, moved ALL MY CRAP!!!!! And let me tell you, I have A LOT of crap....  er.... stuff....  

So, here's me, feeling the love:

That would be my coffee table.  and a hutch...   and crap stuff

the garbage bags are clothes....  I swear....  

Okay, this is actually 2 views of the same room, and, in one of those weird twists, it is WAY worse than it looks.  And this is only one room!  There's another that I refuse to open the door to anytime soon.  And there's furniture in the guest bath...  oi...  But you know what, it's all here now, and I have some of the most FABULOUS people in the world to thank for that.

So, LaRita, Kurt, Frank, Nancy, Amy, John, Jayden, Skyler, Nathan, Matt, Marie, Mia, and Matthew--I love you guys.  Thank you.  

And Sally--thank you for giving me the opportunity to articulate all this.  It's been a great help! 

RanaLea

Inspired By Winter

A few weeks ago, Sally over at the Studio Sublime asked us if we felt the need for a challenge.  I pondered it, and decided yup, yup, I did.  Which, in retrospect, maybe not my best decision ever, what with all I have on my plate right now.  But I wanted to play.  And with all that on my plate, creative fun time can sometimes get pushed not to the back-burner, but off the stove entirely!

Anyway, Sally's challenge for us was to be "Inspired by Winter" and create a piece of jewelry to reflect that inspiration. Now, as you may know, I live in Florida.  Not a terribly "wintery" place at the best of times, and this year has so far been a bit stranger than usual.  So, I decided to think back to past years, and try to decide what my favorite part of winter is.

After a bit of thought, I decided it was clothes.  I LOVE my winter clothes!  Now, MY winter clothes are definitely not suitable for a northern winter.  Maybe a northern autumn.  But that doesn't matter.  They're MY winter clothes, after all!  lol!

Many of my winter clothes are in shades of brown and russet, in wonderful warm fabrics and tones.  I decided my jewelry should reflect that.  And so, a couple of pairs of earrings were born! :)

Gorgeous, silky brown glass pearls, my favorite new beaded beads, and a fun, unexpected pop of teal. 

Raku glazed ceramic beads, brass and copper bead caps, and copper chain. 

Now, go check out the other participants!  :)

List of Participants:

Sally  Russick

Patti Vanderbloemen

Shelly Buettner

Therese Frank

Donna Bradley

Jo Tinley

Karin Slaton

Rochelle Brisson

Renetha Stanziano

Tanya Goodwin

Jenny Davies Reazor

Cynthia Machata

Lola Surwillo

Veralynne Malone

Mary Lamoray

Lynsey Brooks

Mary K  McGraw

Ailsa Cordner

Staci Smith

(:  You're here! --> Rana Wilson <-- You're here! :)

Karin King

Beth Emery

Pam Farren

Jess Green

Susan F.

Thanks!

~RanaLea