The Blue Brick | Inspired Yarns

There is a town in north Ontario, With dream comfort memory to spare, And in my mind, I still need a place to go, All my changes were there. Blue, blue windows behind the stars, Yellow moon on the rise, Big birds flying across the sky,…

…especially shoes. I bought a beautiful pair of flip flops from 9West earlier this summer and they didn’t even last til August! The purple jewel in the front of one of them fell out leaving behind an ugly metal hole… or a perfect resin bezel.…

More resin pendants, on overlong antique copper chains. This one is a 1.25″ diameter antique copper bezel with a tiger lily petal and a dragonfly charm in the same finish. This has a sprig of Queen Anne’s Lace over the petal, and a leaf charm…

I think I really messed up the pattern along the way, adding way more eyelet ridges that was necessary and running out of yarn before I could do the 2nd repeat of the fleurette mesh, or the garter edging… but nonetheless I’m happy with it.…

I love going to the EX – Tito and I have gone every year since we met – even the year I broke my hand and discovered that rides+broken bones=stupid amounts of pain ;) It’s a million times better than Canada’s Wonderland; no waits for…

I loved the washi bracelets from a few weeks ago and decided I couldn’t stop there; here are my latest attempts :) I love this one – hematite findings with a toggle clasp and black/white/pink washi. Because the ring and the backing are not one…

I found this beautiful lady in front of the CBC last night; Ok. I’ve been looking for a praying mantis for a long time. I mean, a really long time. Years even. Last night I finally found one – in front of the CBC. Not…

It’s been a year since I started this blog – I want to thank everyone who’s been by, subscribed, stumbled here or linked to my work. Thanks to you the blog just passed 38,000 hits. Not bad for 1 year old :) I had a…

I passed my Nidan grading :o) For my crafty cohorts who aren’t familiar with the term, I have been training in Goju Ryu Karate for 14 years, and this past Saturday I tested and passed for my 2nd degree black belt. This grading was very…

One of the best photography days in BC – Long beach is a white sand beach on the west coast of Vancouver Island, near Tofino. A heavy fog had rolled in that evening and the beach was deserted. The landscape is eerie; beautiful and desolate.…

I’ve got resin on the brain ;) This time I experimented with making small medallions of Japanese Washi (和紙) and antique copper. I then used them to create a few rings, earrings and a bracelet – I love how it turned out, I’ve already got plans for…

And not when it’s convenient. So it goes that the day my urge to make jewellery returns happens to be two weeks before a major exam. Ah well. There’s no turning away once an Idea has taken hold though – so I present my latest…