adulting with whimsy
“Amelia, the Princess Rabbit” is part of my 10,000 hour journey. That’s the number that Malcolm Gladwell shared in Outliers: The Story of Success as the time that is takes to master a skill. For every hour that I spend with my sculptures, I gain new abilities to bring the vision that rests in my head to my hands. Read more: https://marieyoungcreative.com/2013/08/31/amelia-the-princess-rabbit/
The Halloween countdown has begun! today’s project witch fingers: add antiquing to fingers – check! add earring and necklace findings to small ones – in progress
When you are a kid, learning is kind of a one-way street. Someone teaches you something you don’t know and you learn it. A cool shift happens when you grow up; the street becomes a two-lane freeway where sometimes you share your gifts and sometimes you sit back and absorb the gifts of others. This […]
Deer are regular uninvited guests in my yard. Over the years, I’ve learned that it is better to just accept their destructive presence and plant more of the types of plants they don’t like. https://marieyoungcreative.com/2013/07/13/deer-resistant-garden/
My polymer clay guild made “bottles of hope” for cancer patients for this month’s challenge. For my entry, I sculpted this free-spirited blue bird over a tiny bottle. His little belly shares a message of “hope.” I’m donating it to a dear Franciscan Friar who works with me at Saint Francis University in Loretto. He […]
Yes, you can find some form flattering clothes for petite frames in the junior section. You just need to dig through a lot of glitter, sequins and barely-there hemlines to find the “age-appropriate” gems.
https://marieyoungcreative.com/2013/06/29/favorite-things-candies-little-white-shirt/
A while back I shared some hollow egg shell birds in progress (below). Above is what they look like finished.
Paprika, cinnamon, pepper, parsley: if it is in my spice rack, I’ve probably added it to some translucent clay. Adding inclusions (bits of dried organic or non-organic items to clay) has been one of my favorite techniques for years. You can imagine my delight when Sage Bray contacted me in April and asked me if […]
Hash tags are everywhere, but I love the gem of a creative association from this graphic. It made me giggle so I thought I would share it with the rest of you creative souls seeking to find the original idea in your everyday world. I found it on The Facebook Symphony Orchestra page. The whole […]
This stunning piece by Beth of Create My World is the winning entry in the Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy latest challenge. From the peacock theme to the intricacy of the mosaic design, I LOVE this piece! Beth described her process for making the varied tiles on her blog: such a labor of love. […]
