I love the bright happy colors of the peacock and have been working this pattern in pottery. First on a smaller ornament, then the tile below and then on this awesome pot that Dean threw – I love how it turned out! Available here in our Etsy shop:
Gorgeous, no?
This one is also available here in our Etsy shop:
This is the first plate that Dean has thrown and I had to inscribe all over it. I was trying for an antique-feeling botanical print look. Hard to shoot a bright photo since it is so pale. All of these are natives to central Texas.
More of my ongoing obsession with Mexican Hat wildflowers – Dean threw these beautiful vessels on the wheel and I provided the embellishment. These are available here in our Etsy shop.
Loving how this black looks with the bright yellow and green of the lemon and limes!
I had an itch to make another needlepoint pincushion. I was sitting looking at the wedding sampler I made for Dean and I (our 8th wedding anniversary is coming up in July-yahoo!) and the corner star motif jumped out at me as the perfect top for a wide flat pincushion. Here is the sampler – I am also making this sampler available in my Etsy shop for the first time made to order:
This sampler still makes me happy just to look at:
Here is the pincushion – available here in my Etsy shop:
The patterns I used in both projects are from this amazing book of charted patterns from my favorite publisher Dover Needlework:
Charted Peasant Designs from Saxon Transylvania
 
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Whenever I need a boost, I pull out this book and drool over all of the amazing patterns from days of old when this type of needlework was done to spice up otherwise plain homemade clothing and home decor. Simply breathtaking!
I have been reading up on Botanical Art and Illustration lately in an effort to take my crochet wildflower designs to a new level, how inspiring! I bought these 2 books and highly recommend:
 
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I am intrigued by the beauty and minimalism of ikebana flower arrangements and was inspired to create this arrangement in one of our art glass bud vases. The colors in the glass played off the purple and burgundy trillium so well. The vase sold the day after we took this picture so I am happy we got this shot!
We have been working all summer at WolfArtGlass to deepen the color profiles of our art glass and this vase is a great example of layering multiple colors in the same family, opaque and transparent, to create a very deep rich color.
