Tuesday, December 18, 2007

The Joy of Bling

Can we ever get enough bling? I don’t think so. It’s what every girl or guy who makes art lives for. You will never use all the stuff you have, but isn’t it fun rifling through it?
Recently I made this collage incorporating a brass finding Mary gave me a while ago. I knew I wanted to put something in the middle of it and finally found the perfect tiny shell. The rest of the collage kind of evolved from there.
Then a few days ago Christmas came early when Mary sent me a package of her special bling (below). I don’t know how she manages to track down such nifty stuff, but I do know I’d much rather be playing with all those tantalizing bits and pieces than trying to handle the tasks on my endless to do list.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

oooh really pretty...you are fortunate to have Mary as a friend with excess bling, who likes to share!!!!!!

Jennifer Pearson Vanier said...

Inspiring! I think I will go dig out my little jar of findings to see what I "find." What a wonderful gift!

Anonymous said...

Boy, it sure looks a lot better in a picture then when I was picking the stuff out. Can't wait to see what you do with them.

Mary

A bird in the hand said...

Great bling!

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