Farm Girl Studio

With your help I won the challange at Vintaj. My two sample pack will be put to good use as I am making jewelry for my fall and Holiday shows. This summer has been very busy, good for us bad for blogging :) After this weekend things should slow down and I will be back on a regular basis. I have found a new passion in sewing, don't worry I still love beads!. I have always been interested in making my our clothes and since I really don't like the way things are make most of the time in stores. Aprons are first on the list, great for family dinners and gifts. Also some very cute little girl skirts out of old t-shirts! I will post some links and pictures. Hope you have had a great summer and enjoy the last weekend!

Sorry about the short notice, I was out of town without a computer last week. Could you please help me win a design contest at Vintaj Natural Brass. Thanks so much I am number 12 Vintaj Contest

Butterfly Orchid 1 Butterfly Orchid 2 Butterfly Orchid 3 I am entering a design contest over on the Vintaj Natural Brass site, and I need your help with my entry. The theme is Butterfly Orchid , I made three necklaces that have that Butterfly Orchid theme. I need you to cast a vote for your favorite one. Votes will be accepted until Friday the 6th at 6pm cst. I will pick a winner from all of entries and that person will win a pair of handmade earrings. Post your votes in the comment section of this post please, with a valid e-mail address. Thanks for your help. This is the earrings you will win

Check out some great jewelry made with my beads. Vintaj is a wonderful complement with the glass beads. I love how they look together. Hidden Garden: The Scrolled Filigree Ring is the center of attention and functions as a decorative connector in this design. I suspended a beautiful Vintaj Glass Bead handmade by Cathie Roberts, embellished with a Magnolia Leaf & 12mm Filigree Bead Cap which holds a wire-wrapped pink Czech glass briolette. The Branch also works as a connector simply by punching holes on each end using a metal two-hole screw down punch or hole punch pliers. I adorned the branch with Czech glass leaves and freshwater pearls. Pergola Abloom: The same gorgeous green lampwork bead is secured in between a Diamond Swirls Filigree and a Scrolled Filigree Ring, which makes a perfect creative setting. Simply layer the pieces and turn in the swirl edges of the filigree over the ring. Rose also added jump rings through the filigree openings to attach links and clusters of fre...

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SUMMER SOLSTICE June 21, 2010 The Summer Solstice, also called Litha or Midsummer, is the celebration of the sun's peak of power at the end of the waxing cycle of the wheel. Mirroring the winter solstice, this is the longest day of the year. This holiday is celebrated throughout many cultures as the time when the God begins to weaken and leaves the side of the Goddess to travel to the underworld where He will ultimately meet His death. This pending "death" of the God, illustrated in nature by the death of the sun and the coming of winter, is difficult to imagine during the scorching heat of summer. Nevertheless, the wheel of the season turns and we acknowledge His fate, knowing that we have planted seeds that will soon reap benefits before the long winter arrives. Appropriate rituals for this holiday include personal purifications, charging ritual objects with the sun's power, the making of mead (honey ritual wine) and all healing work.

Our second day of sun back to back in a long time. We have had alot of rain here in the Midwest, luckly no flooding yet. The last two weekends for the farmers market have been rained out and etsy has been soooo slow. I have a custom order to finish up this week and I am thinking of adding the market at the Territories this Sunday. I hope the weather holds out. Making jewelry for the Local Color show on June 26th, can't wait to see what that brings :). Busy here today with outside work, hope you are having a great day. Here is a picture I found of my daughter Erin that my sister Susan painted when Erin was abou 8. You can see more of Susan and her husbands Scotts work at the link on the right.