Well, the last one. The ceramic centerpiece is a gift from a friend, the lace is also a gift from my mom. I guess this particular project ( meaning the whole blog) became all about making things with what you have or find, though I didn't plan it that way in the beginning. I think I'll wait a week before I write about what I've taken away from this experience just to let things settle. Anyway, here's wishing you a happy, healthy and abundant New Year, and a special thanks to all of you out there who stopped by to take a peek at this strange endeavor, especially those of you who have taken the time to comment. It's always nice to get a holler back on your work. See you next week!
Materials: recovered lace, ceramic head, glass beads, linen thread, rayon ribbon.

Down to one more necklace to go. Getting ready to go out with a you know what.
Materials:novelty gun, rayon ribbon.

This little lady has been lying around in my brass needle box for long times now. She used to be held together with a twisted rusty wire. I think she looks happier strung on the pearls.
Materials: porcelain doll, freshwater pearl, silk thread, linen thread, brass closure.

I's a white Christmas here in Asheville. I managed to get some bird tracks in the picture, I love finding all those random, calligraphic marks in the morning when it snows. Today I made something with a ribbon found on the street. It turns out it's a pretty good cat toy as well.
Materials:Found ribbon, scrap yarn, acrlic cord.

I found this little fortune on the street yesterday. I hope it's a good omen for the coming year. For you too, of course.
Materials: found fortune, acrylic cord.

Here's today's necklace. I was just thinking about the fragility of things, watching the birds flock to the feeder in this terrible weather. The wind was strong enough to blow the poor little things around the yard yesterday. Hope it settles down soon.
Materials: found tinsel, freshwater pearl, steel wire.

Nothing says the party's over like strands of used up tinsel on the side of the road. Still pretty enough to make a necklace for the old blog though....
Materials: found tinsel, acrylic cord.

A gift from Phillips de Pury in the Style section on the New York Times yesterday. I don't think there's anything I can do to this to make it any prettier.....
Materials: newspaper.

This may look a little strange, but it did make sense once in the wee fuzzy early morning hours. Well, that's the muse for you, sometimes she works and sometimes she doesn't. You just have to keep pitching that's all.
Materials:yarn, found metal, rayon ribbon.

Scrap string and a twig, I think the wool gives it a festive touch.
Materials: twig, wool, acrylic cord.

Well that's November for you all over. A stiff freezing rain and all the trees are stripped bare. Time to hibernate.....
Materials: grape vine.

Found this sliver of mirror digging in the garden to put in the bulbs. It's kind of a shiny treasury find there in the November earth. I read somewhere that the seven tears bad luck superstition came from how long it took to acquire another mirror back in the olden days. Very precious material back then.
Materials: found mirror, linen, acrylic cord.

Found what must have been an old elastic waistband on the street yesterday. The color gives it a real regal look. I especially like how saturated it feels with all the pleating.
Materials: found elastic, thread, glass beads, acrylic cord.

A little preview of what the front yard will look like this spring. The Ingles supermarket was selling boxes of bulbs for 99 cents each. Just managed to get them in the ground in time as it's become awfully cold all of a sudden.
Materials: bulb boxes, acrylic cord.

Found this on the street a few weeks ago. I like how expressive that eye and a half are.
Materials: doll shard, cotton thread, rayon ribbon.

Another sidewalk find. I'm thankful for all the bounty that the sidewalk provides for me on this blog.....
Materials: comb, acrylic cord, angora yarn.

It's a pea soup foggy morning, you can't even see the town to the west or the hills to the east. Everything is just softly enveloped. Found this polishing cloth the other day. The color really stood out in the brown dead leaves.

Not exactly sure how this one came all together the way it did, but this is what happened and here it is. Another mystery found object, but since it says "made in Germany" on the side I know where it came from at least.
Materials: found object, wool, acrylic cord.

Somebody offered the old expression of " sleep knits the raveled sleeve of care", at least I think that's how it goes. Anyway, I feel it to be true this morning. Found this purple ribbon on the street, it's a good quality one too.
Materials: found ribbon, scrap silk.

Found piece again. The colors remind me of a Raggedy Anne. You don't see those so often these days....
Materials: found metal, silk blend thread, rayon ribbon.