Wait Teal You See This! by NightSkyJewelry

BBEST is the BBEST!!!!

NightSkyJewelry from the Bbest Team on Etsy has developed a new TWEST around my absolute favorite color! And she has included my Tijuana Teal Scarf in the Bernadetta style line. I am crazy about the color but also about these NightSkyJewelry earrings, called "Oh That's Just Grape - Amethyst and Turquoise Earrings."

Wait Teal You See This is there for another couple of days!

Felt Day IS Labor Day!

I wrote the other day about laboring on Labor Day, forgetting how laborious a day of nuno felting is. I spent today (mostly ALL of today) creating 4 rather small pieces of nuno felt. Well, two of the pieces are actually scarves and the other two are smaller pieces to make in to brooches. It is not such a fun process, because it is so time-consuming and quite literally very HARD work, but it is indeed an interesting one. And I learned a few things through the process today:

• I need a bigger variety of wool roving in many more colors!
• I like the effect of felting both sides of the silk chiffon better than just one side.
• But both sides have to use a light touch when applying the wool
• Cover ALL edges with wool - lightly, so the cut edge is "finished"

So here are the results of my day of laboring with silk and wool, soap and water, plastic sheeting, solar pool covering, and a pool noodle - and a HUGE amount of elbow grease!

Laboring on Labor Day!

I have always considered Labor Day JUST THAT! A day to labor before Summer ends - although not officially - and school begins. Labor Day always marks the beginning of something for me: being a student, being a teacher, being a career counselor in an academic setting, getting the kids off to their own school settings and activities.

I always measured my year from September to June! It's only since my employment with Duke ended in February that I went out and bought a REAL calendar - one that actually began in January and ended in December. And still, I think of beginnings. Now that I am "retired," I live those academic calendars vicariously through my children and grandchildren. One daughter is a school psychologist, and she begins her school year on Tuesday - with a new job, I might add. And the other daughter, who has three school-age kids, has already sent them off - this year to three separate schools.

But for me, Labor Day always meant doing all the things I didn't get to do in the summer and needed to get done before I started my own work once again. And I always resented all that laboring! So instead of that, I "worked" all day yesterday and four hours today at Port City Pottery and Fine Crafts, where there was loads of traffic and some sales too! And I'm happy to say that tomorrow - the real Labor Day - the only thing I have pressing is the completion of a tennis match, already postponed THREE times due to rain! And we had won the first set, were losing the second set, and so my job is to do something right on the court tomorrow so we can win this match!

Such is my life right now! Can't really complain!

While I was working both days, I also completed some new fiber art - photos are NOT ideal! The black and cream is a remake of the scarf sold yesterday at PCPFC. And this wild and funky rainbow scarf in nubby, bumpy, Sheela yarn: Oh, and I guess I WILL vacuum and straighten up the house! Such is life! Laboring on Labor Day!

You Gotta Have a Look! A TWEST by BagsandmorebyPam

Thanks to SandFibers, my cyber-artist friend on many levels, who alerted me to this, here is a Treasury that includes our tri-collaborative creation, "Lulicade Goddess." It's the work of SandFibers, LisaPetersArt, and Scarfitup, and it has a beautiful place within the gorgeous Treasury. You just Gotta Have a Look! The Treasury is up until Saturday evening, so you still have plenty of time to view and comment on it. It's the creation of BagsandMorebyPam, whose work is adorable, BTW.

Pam's Scarlet Poncho caught my eye. And it would have melded beautifully into her own Treasury!

Lulicade Goddess is listed in SandFibers' shop, but I actually have her here in my home. Anyone interested can purchase her through SandFibers, and I will ship her out immediately. The collaboration continues.