Hey! Slowly but surely, things are getting into shape. Not BACK into shape, but INTO shape. A dear friend sent me a wonderful gift, and in it also was enclosed a piece of blank paper. She had written on it: Your new life is a blank page, and only you can write on it. I have taken her statement to heart!
I have a new Haiku for 2008, one with a definite positive outlook! Entering it at the beginning of the year as a forecast, rather than at the end of the year as an observation, seems to change my perspective towards a more enlightened attitude!
And, poking around again, I have come up a couple mention-worthy spaces. A friend of a friend has a blog and a new website -- Judy Whitehead is an art quilter and also a fiber-dyer extraordinaire! Do go visit her new space -- and her blog, Sodypop's Creative Journey. Judy features some wonderful colors in her work, and I'm looking forward to getting my hands on some!
From Judy's blog, I followed along to The Illustrated Garden. I will be visiting this blog frequently, and Val's website. Val Webb is a highly accomplished botanical illustrator, and you will spend a lot of time drooling at her inspirational work. I strongly recommend that you visit her!
Because I have no computer at the moment, I am still at the library and thus unable to post pix at this time. That should change shortly, I hope, and there will be several entries with all pix and no (or very little!) text!
I want to thank all my readers at this time for y'all's undying patience and fortitude during this period of readjustment. I have found my strength, however, and am forging ahead full speed.
Be attentive! Be a listener! And I'll be back!!
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A Bit About Embellishment...
em-bel-lish-ment -- N. : an item contributing to the scope of a design. V. : an act of embellishing. And in music, a decorative or 'grace' note added to establish or emphasize the mood of the score.
A Bit About Me...
- Sarah E.
- I am surrounded by the treasures of family, friends, and fibers, thus making me a truly rich woman! Blogging keeps me busy, and needlework keeps me sane...
A Bit About My Blog...
January 2010 ---
I love to embellish! Food, work, my home, me. Besides working with fabrics, fibers and founds, anything that catches my eye adds beauty in some form to my life experience. Check out my sidebar for ideas and freebies, and join me in my creativity!
I love to embellish! Food, work, my home, me. Besides working with fabrics, fibers and founds, anything that catches my eye adds beauty in some form to my life experience. Check out my sidebar for ideas and freebies, and join me in my creativity!
FREE PATTERNS AND PROJECTS
- Bead Crochet Necklace by Fabric Art Shop
- Bead Patterns by Stitch Type
- CQMagOnline (Patterns and Projects)
- Crochet Sea Fan
- Doll Street Dreamers' Back Alley (Many free patterns)
- Dollhouse Miniatures Garden Gloves
- Dollhouse Miniatures Various Printables and Projects
- Dollmakers Journey Free Patterns and Projects
- Embroidery and Needlework (historical)
- Fibre & Stitch (over 20 free projects and more!)
- Go Make Something
- Heritage Shoppe
- Hummingbird/Bird CrossStitch Patterns (Jenny Rasmussen)
- IMAGES - Celebrating Wildflowers (Drawings)
- IMAGES - US Fish/Wildlife Service (Drawings)
- Interweave Press -- click on each subject
- Kissy Cross -- Freebies
- Machteld's Historical Embroidery Page
- Magic Miniatures Free Tapestry Pattern
- Purrfection (Leaf Printing and more)
- Stitch with the Embroiderers' Guild/UK
- Threads Magazine Tips and Tutorials
- Vintage Flower Patterns
GO LEARN ABOUT COLOR
GO STRETCH YOUR HORIZONS!
- All About Birds (live ones!)
- Art and Perception
- Art, Design, and Visual Thinking
- Artist's Statement -- How To Write It & More
- ArtVanGo -- Product Tips and Techniques
- BibliOdyssey
- Birdnest Cams -- Livestream, Around the Country
- Bodies of the Bog
- Bosch Universe
- Canadian Artist Toller Cranston
- Dictionary Evangelist
- Gnomes
- Historical Needlework Resources
- Lewis Carroll -- Logic and Mathematics
- Making A Mark
- Making Light
- Mindsigh
- Mindtracks
- Omniglot
- Ragged Cloth Cafe, serving Art and Textiles
- Romney Marsh
- Transcending Gender -- Art
- Virtual Territory
- Wordlustitude (If you're offended, you should NOT be checking my sidebar!)
GO VISIT -- Art Dolls
GO VISIT -- Beading
GO VISIT -- Fiber Arts
GO VISIT -- Hand Embroidery/Counted Thread Techniques
GO VISIT -- Lacemaking Arts
- All Fiber Arts -- Bobbinlace Sites
- Jenny's Australian Needleart
- Kaleidostitch
- Lace Design
- Lace Resources
- LaceFairy -- Lace Patterns List
- Mielke's Fiber Arts, LLC
- Miss Muffett Two
- Needlemaid Designs
- Pulled Work: A Whitework Needlelace Technique Class
- Spinning Yarn for Lace
- Tat-man's Lace Pages
- Vetty Creations
- Vintage Craft Patterns (Embroidery, Lace, etc.)
GO VISIT -- Mixed Media Assemblage, Journalling and Paper Arts
GO VISIT -- Quilting Arts
GREAT GALLERIES & OTHER EYE-CANDY
- A Piece of My Soul: Quilts By Black Arkansans
- Association of Latvian Textile Art
- Fine Focus Art Quilts
- James Hunting
- Lascaux-Inspired Wall Hangings (L. Udall)
- Lisa Kokin -- Buttonworks and Altered Works
- TextileArtists.org
- The Quilter Index: Sunbonnet Sue Meets Her Maker
- The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.
- Touchstone Gallery in Washington, D.C.
IN TOUCH WITH TEXTILES...
OF INTEREST!
ORGANIZATIONS OF INTEREST
- American Quilter's Society
- Australian Textile Arts and Surface Design Association
- Canadian Quilters Association/Association canadienne de la courtepointe
- Embroiderers' Guild of America
- European Quilt Association
- Fiberarts.org
- FibreArtsOnline
- National Academy of Needlearts
- National Quilt Association
- Professional Art Quilters Alliance -- South
- Professional Art Quilters' Alliance
- Quilt Visions -- The Art of the Quilt
- Studio Art Quilt Association
RESOURCES
- Beads East
- Cynscribe
- Double Trouble Publications
- Elizabeth's Embellishments
- Embellished Seams
- Embellishment Village
- Gail Forces
- Hand-Dyed Fibers
- Joggles
- Karen's Whimsy
- Quilt University
- Quilt Visions
- QuiltArt
- Quilters Threads
- Squidoo -- Hand Embroidery Lens
- Textile Arts Resource Guide
- The Gentle Art
- The Thread Studio
- Tsukineko Inks
SAMPLES of SAMPLERS (Warning...Not All Are "Traditional" Sampler Sites...)
S-T-R-E-T-C-H!!!
TAROT WISDOM -- HERE BE DRAGYNS...
You are The Star
Hope, expectation, Bright promises.
The Star is one of the great cards of faith, dreams realised
The Star is a card that looks to the future. It does not predict any immediate or powerful change, but it does predict hope and healing. This card suggests clarity of vision, spiritual insight. And, most importantly, that unexpected help will be coming, with water to quench your thirst, with a guiding light to the future. They might say you're a dreamer, but you're not the only one.
What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.
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2 comments:
Sounds like you are doing better. Damn husbands are real pains but losing your computer really hits you where it hurts!! Hope you get a new computer soon. And hope your life takes off like a sunflower, fast with a big flower on top full of wonderful seeds for the journey.
Now that I have entered the world of blog I wish you were around to link to. I hope you get back online soon, Sarah. I wonder whats happening to you right now.
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