Fourth of December Twenty Eleven

White candles adorned with lace and butterflies

Thank You Note

The Barbie Cake :)

The Barbie Cake: The yellow flower is starting to fade

Giveaways: Pink little shoes

Lunch at Kuya's

Obdulia's Carpus: Accessory for the wrist

O b d u l i a: My messy work area

O b d u l i a: My messy work area: I believe in cultivating opposite, but complementary views of life, and I believe in meeting life's challenges with contradictory strate...

Multi-layer Ethnic Necklaces

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Audrey Kawasaki

The themes in Audrey Kawasaki's work are contradictions within themselves. Her work is both innocent and erotic. Each subject is attractive yet disturbing. Audrey's precise technical style is at once influenced by both manga comics and Art Nouveau. Her sharp graphic imagery is combined with the natural grain of the wood panels she paints on, bringing an unexpected warmth to enigmatic subject matter.

The figures she paints are seductive and contain an air of melancholy. They exist in their own sensually esoteric realm, yet at the same time present a sense of accessibility that draws the observer to them. These mysterious young women captivate with the direct stare of their bedroom eyes.

More of Audrey : http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com 

Amanda Cass - Artist

Amanda is a Acrylic artist who was born with a creative heart she resides in the sunshine
of Marlborough but was originally from Auckland. Amandas spirit lives for photography ,Digital art and painting

This series of heart balloon paintings came from Amandas whimsical imagination
inspired by lOve,life and freedom it's about a carefree girl who sees the lOve in everything
she does and everywhere she goes..... her spirit is free like the birds that follow her,
i wonder where her heart will take her next.....

You can see more of Amanda and her works at http://amandacass.vc.net.nz  and http://www.redbubble.com/people/theartoflove.

Safe Landing

Sand and Flowers

Relationships-of all kinds-are like sand held in your hand. Held loosely, with an open hand, the sand remains where it is. The minute you close your hand and squeeze tightly to hold on, the sand trickles through your fingers. You may hold onto some of it, but most will be spilled. A relationship is like that. Held loosely, with respect and freedom for the other person, it is likely to remain intact. But hold too tightly, too possessively, and the relationship slips away and is lost.

Dried Flowers from Big Bear's Garden

Each flower is a soul blossoming out to nature...

Wood, Metal & Turquo

My messy work area

I believe in cultivating opposite, but complementary views of life, and I believe in meeting life's challenges with contradictory strategies. I believe in reckoning with the ultimate meaninglessness of our existence, even as we fall in love with the miracle of being alive. I believe in working passionately to make our lives count while never losing sight of our insignificance. I believe in caring deeply and being beyond caring. It is by encompassing these opposites, by being involved and vulnerable, but simultaneously transcendent and detached, that our lives are graced by resilience and joy.
- Fritz Williams


My favorite parts of our house when working on my jewelries are the kitchen and our former dining area, where there is a big window. Here, I am sharing with you some of my works. I make fashion jewelries as a hobby. Apology for the messy work area.....

                           

                                   

Black Agate

The stone was given its name by Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher and naturalist, who discovered the stone along the shore line of the river Achates (Greek: Ἀχάτης) sometime between the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. Colorful agates and other chalcedonies were obtained over 3,000 years ago from the Achates River, now called Dirillo, in Sicily.
source: wikipedia


                                                     Carmencita Necklace

Turquo by Obdulia

Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium, with the chemical formula CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O. It is rare and valuable in finer grades and has been prized as a gem and ornamental stone for thousands of years owing to its unique hue.

The substance has been known by many names, but the word turquoise, which dates to the 16th century, is derived from an Old French word for "Turkish", because the mineral was first brought to Europe from Turkey, from the mines in historical Khorasan Province of Persia.