"Sew" Wonderful

When sweet Cynthia Levens told me that my "Little Windows" had not been accepted to Belle Armoire Jewelry...I'll admit,I was a little blue...

what she kindly forgot to mention was that she had passed them along..

to Jennifer Jackson Taylor,Assistant Senior Managing Editor,at "Sew"Somerset...

so when I received the Congrats email from Jennifer...

I just about pee'd my pants!!

These little window came strait from the heart and I am so thankful that they made it into such a wonderful magazine!!

How lovely to also see the amazing work of Cat from "La Dolce Vita" and Nancy from "Sugar Lump Studios" in this Issue.A real thrill for me to be in the company of such talented artists.

"Only as high as I reach can I grow

Only as far as I seek can I go

Only as deep as I look can I see

Only as much as I dream can I be"

— Karen Ravn

As always,

thank you so much for stopping by

Thankful

My first two items created for ICEResin..and I am so full of Gratitude and Thankfulness!!

"Gratitude"Altered Journal

"Thankfulness"Fiber Pendant

To see my post  on ICEResin click Here

I am also thankful for all the amazing work Zinnia has been doing at Artful Gathering,preparing for the big event this summer.Everyone there has been so kind and generous with tips for the "Newbie"

Here is a wonderful advertisement from Pat Winter,an amazing Crazy Quilt Artist that will also be teaching,promoting the Event

Can you see my name

makes me giddy with happiness to be included

in such an amazing group of artists!!

Now Every Thanksgiving I write a list of a few things that I am grateful for...

2011 Thanksgiving

1-Healthy family and friends

2-Happy Children

3-Support

4-Going after the dream

5-Opportunity to Grow

"Only as high as I reach can I grow

Only as far as I seek can I go

Only as deep as I look can I see

Only as much as I dream can I be"

— Karen Ravn

As always,
thank you so much for stopping by

A Visit,New Ideas,and Resin Love with BSue!

I love it when my sissy Ingrid comes to town.We had fun visiting the folks,hanging with my brother and playing with the kids...but my favorite time with Sissy was the day we strolled around in Downtown Melbourne...We visited some lovely stores and ate the most amazing lunch at "The 905 Cafe"

Just look at this delicious Brie,sliced apples and Walnuts on toasted wheat..Yum Yum..just melted in my mouth...

We also visited this really amazing shop named Creative Energy..they had a huge variety of healing stones..I immediately became attracted to Pyrite...

Pyrite:An excellent shield against negative energy,encourages and sustains the flawless ideal of health,physical emotional and intellectual levels and enhances memory and recall ...

and having no idea what to to do with I took it home anyway...

It ended up crumbling quite easily and so I created this new piece "Earth in the Night" with smaller chunks placed inside my handmade bezel covered in delicious ICEResin...

You can see the original chunks to the side of the pendant.

Sis also had a chance to show me a new knot technique called Shamballa which I instantly fell in love with..

I had picked up these super cool brass cut outs at BSue's and was completely lost on how to finish them,but this knot teqnique gave me the idea for the sides.I ended up using it with out the larger beads and hand stitched on some seed beads.

"Heart Burst" Etched Brass and Satin Rope

Lastly I squeezed in some more Resin play.Covering up this sweet BSue plate with paper,rub-on,glitter and Ice.

Thanks for visiting friends!!

Now go out there and spread those wings.

"Only as high as I reach can I grow

Only as far as I seek can I go

Only as deep as I look can I see

Only as much as I dream can I be"

— Karen Ravn

As always,
thank you so much for stopping by

Make Every Minute Count

I had no idea it would take me this long to come up

with the sample art doll I plan to teach

at Artful Gathering.

She definitely took her time

letting me know what to put where...

But it wasn't until I found her name that she came to life...

...not a normal name of course..

but the only name she could ever have and could ever be...

Say hello to my

"Make every Minute Count"Art Doll

I will be teaching,hopefully some students, how to make her.

My goal for the class...will be,to have others feel the great joy I felt

creating her.

This Doll was created using doll parts,wood elements,fabric,metal sheets,paints,ICEResin and much much more.
To find out about Artful Gathering 2012 and he amazing classesclick HERE.

"Only as high as I reach can I grow

Only as far as I seek can I go

Only as deep as I look can I see

Only as much as I dream can I be"

— Karen Ravn

As always,
thank you so much for stopping by