I'm delighted to announce that I will be teaching numerous soldering classes in Westbrook, CT in November. Here are just two samples from class' 1 & 2: collage pendant (1); Shell Shard Collage People (2). Hope that you can join us for a fun filled time. For dates, times and sign ups go to:
Beautiful Impressions Rubber Stamp Store
30 Westbrook Place ~ Westbrook CT 06498
www.beautiful-impressions.com 860-399-8855

I'm thrilled to pieces that my seaglass and shell soldered pendant was chosen to be in the July/Aug 2010 issue of CPS.

It's here, it's here! Sew Somerset summer 2010 is here! Two of my PSI (plus size inchies) fiber art trading pins (called, "Gifts of The Sea") are in this issue.

"Pretty As A Picture" My entry for the 2011 Cloth Paper Scissor Magazine Calendar and it's a finalist!!!

Meet Alice Through The Soldered Glass nicknamed Amorous Alice. I used text and photos to collage under the glass bubbles then foiled and soldered her. I used Artgirlz http://www.artgirlz.com/ pewter legs and arms to complete her. Isn't she sexy? Gigolo Jack thinks so. She's for a special friend in a collaborative project that we are working on. She's retrofitted into a page for the project that we are working on.

High Fashion and High Fiber Handbags pattern giveaway!

Tiny art is my passion. These are tiny 1 1/2" squares that I dubbed "Plus Size Inchies". I wrote and article and directions on how to make these in Quilting Arts Magazine.

My Artist Trading Cards (2 1/2" x 3") that appeared in the book, 1,000 Artist Trading cards.

Three of my journal quilts (8 1/2 x 11") published in 1,000 Journal Pages book.

A few of the Magical Card Case Wallets that I created for my pattern and article in Quilting Arts magazine. These are slightly larger then the business card itself and has a magicial little twist to get the cards to rise out of the holder.

A few Artist Trading Pins that were created to trade with Fiber Art Traders. These vary in size from 1" square to 3 1/2".

Here are a few samples of fiber art post cards (4" x 6") that have been exchanged in the my Fiber Art Traders Yahoo group.

Godess doll made for Fiber Art Traders and appeared in Cloth and Soft Doll Magazine. (Apx 6" long)

Please join me in helping the American Cancer Society stamp out cancer in our life time. My collage titled, "98.6 IS Normal" is dedicated to my dad who is undergoing cancer treatment. The piece reflects normal body temperature which we watch so carefully throughout his chemo treatment. With luck and the grace of God he will beat this deadly disease. This piece is needle felted roving in varying degrees of color intensity. It was then reverse appliqued under black wool felt and then beaded in colors of varying degrees of color again. I've added a charm with my artist initials and additional beads. The piece is mounted on bristol board and signed and dated on the back.

Three winners will receive and Egglet starter kit which includes: 6 hand painted watercolor eggs punched with spring designs, backings and yummy ribbons for tassel. All you do is paste, add the words, embellishments and grommets then bind with a wire ring and tie tassel. Good luck to all who enter.
Hugz, Normajean

Ahhh Sping at last and what better way to celebrate the season then with a Egg-ceptional EGG Egg-stravaganza. The photos to the left are my little Eggs-tra special book. It's a half dozen hand water colored paper and punched with a large oval punch. I've added a bit of Liquitex Iridescent/Pearescent Medium to my water colors to give my eggs just the right touch of Easter. I punched through the eggs with other small paper punches that I have, added a colored paper backing and added Spring insiped words cut out from a quilting catalog. I hope that my F.A.T. friends (you know who you are LOL) will join me in a fun challenge/trade of these tiny egg booklets or should I call them Egglets?

Here's the challenge (Begins on Monday 4/6/09 and ends Friday 4/10/09)

We will be creating a tiny Spring egg-booklet (Egglet) with contains a half dozen (6) simple pages (paper or fiber) plus a cover of some sort. You must include some type of Spring inspirations on the pages. There are no restrictions on size but they must be egg shaped. Mine is an egg shaped page that measures 2" long x 1 1/2" wide. You do not need a paper punch to make these, they can be cut by hand and embellished with any Spring inspired embellishments, text etc.

-You will have until 9AM Wednesday (EDST, New York City time) to;
...create your 6 page (or more if you want) plus a cover, Egglet (booklet),
...post your photo's (one close up and one full view only please and make sure you include your name in the photo file so we know who's it is) and
...sign up in the database. One entry per member please.

-Wednesday morning I will set up a voting poll for all contestants with their pictures in the album. You will have the opportunity to vote for your favorite entry until
-Thursday evening when the polls close.
-Based on the voting we will have a 1st, 2nd and 3rd winners.
-Thursday evening the partners will be announced.
-Friday these need to be mailed! Please make time in your day to get them to the
post office on Friday (and YES the US Post Office is open on Good Friday but I
don't know about the rest of the world). I will be mailing the prizes to the
winners on Friday also.

I hope that you will join in this Egg-ceptional fun event.
Hugz, Normajean

Mom is stuffed and Pop is too,
the turkeys not and what about you?
The kids are tired the house is a wreck,
for four solid days I broke my neck.
To fix a meal enough for twenty,
my gosh the left overs we have plenty!
So now I think I'll open that wine,
and on the left overs we will dine.
I told my kids as I raised my glass,
mom's checking out, she's otta gas.

Feathers and Leaves is finished and I'm pleased with the results. The fabric is from Indonesia, the feathers from oldest daughter Anna in New Jersey and the leaves are from some costume jewelry that I bought at a yard sale while in Florida in Feb 2008. So pieces traveled from all over to be a part of this fiber art.
Nj

A special piece of fabric is finding a new home in a new art quilt. There is still much to do but for now it's "resting" on my work table. It is heavily machine quilted and incorporates a feathered piece and some recycled costume jewelry. I'm very pleased with the way this piece is coming together.
Nj

Yippee! My collage, Leafless Not Lifeless, was acquired in the Collage Mania event sponsored by Virgina Speigel to benefit American Cancer Society this week. Scroll down to see a photo of this piece. We held a call for art on my Fiber Art Traders group many members heeded the call. It's heartwarming to know that so many people care to share their time and talents. Thank you fellow F.A.T.ties for all you do and thank you Virginia for your hard work for ACS.

Signing off for now.
Nj