adulting with whimsy
Owner of Marie Young Creative: I create devilishly sweet handcrafted art, home goods, jewelry and accessories in my rural Pennsylvania studio.
Something Blue As I scooped the last bits of moisturizing cream out of the small blue glass jar, I heard a little voice in my head say “save me”. Yes, blue glass talks to me, it always has. I gently placed a fingernail under the label, just wrapped around, not glued or or imprinted. Score! […]
My husband and I enjoy torturing our cats by posing them for Christmas portraits. Sometimes we use the festive photos for our Christmas cards, but mostly we just want to extend the torture to our friends on Facebook who have to look at them. It takes an incredible amount of patience to capture successful cat […]
Decorative Victorian Switch Plate Cover When you design every detail of your dream kitchen, including a splurge on old-world scalloped back splash tiles, it seems wrong to finish things up with a plain plastic light switch plate cover. Over the years I’ve made more than 50 decorative switch plate covers for other people’s homes and […]
A few one-of-a-kind gift ideas for the bird lovers on your list. 1. Handcrafted Necklace – Faux Ivory and Copper Bird Transfer No. 155 11BOLDstreet on Etsy In the beautifully rich piece, a transfer of Susan’s original photo was inlaid and sealed with a shiny liquid polymer layer. The bail was constructed from copper metal […]
This red-bellied woodpecker ornament was a special request. While it has already found a home, you may contact me if you would like one of own. The ornament is an eggshell covered with polymer clay which makes it lightweight, yet durable. I loved the challenge of figuring out how to create the wings without painting. […]
I would like to do a “Small Business Saturday” shout-out to a local, family-owned business: MJC Kitchen and Bath. If you are out and about on Saturday, stop by their showroom at the Antique Depot in Duncansville. We worked with Harry Duey, his wife Mary, and their son Joe on a bathroom remodel a few […]
Woodland Cuties: Christmas Egg Ornaments Below is a behind the scenes look at my Christmas egg ornaments during the early stages of creation. I like to use both white and brown eggs. I build up the polymer clay layers in multiple baking steps and eventually they look like these finished ones. The polymer adds durability […]
Inner Struggles Cats are great subject matter for me, especially my baby tuxedo Lucy (A.K.A. Lucifer). Baby Lu, as my husband affectionately refers to her, struggles with whether to listen to her inner angel or her inner devil. She’s earned the nickname “Lucifer” from me because too often, her inner devil wins. About “Decisions in […]
One of my favorite things about this “Victorian Pumpkin” Halloween ornament is the incorporation of a old chain to hang it. Normally I use a spiral hook on my ornaments, but I wanted more weight. I also loved the antiqued copper color. It is polymer clay sculpted over a hollow egg shell and it is […]
I love history and I’m a sucker for vintage, but anytime a company talks about being around for 100 years, they manage to make it seem stogy. Not so with Dodge. As Dodge turns 100, the company rolled out the Dodge/Born 1914 campaign which is features some commercials that bring out the fun in 100. […]
