Wild Bird Wednesday

More wonderful birds from my recent trip to Puerto Vallarta a couple of weeks ago.
Every bird on today's post was new to me so they added nicely to my life list!

 

Lesser Yellow Legs

Black Neck Stilts and Lesser Yellow Legs

Little Blue Heron

Tropical Kingbird!

Almost didn't get a picture of this Summer Tanager,

as bright as it is it managed to camouflage very well.

Kristi

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We're All Ears :: February Reveal

Welcome to the first We're All Ears Inspiration Blog Hop, hosted by the 

Earrings Everyday Blog

Damselflies in Love
Photo Credit: National Geographic, Yeo Weng Sang

I love this color combination!!

I mixed gorgeous Lampwork Headpins by SueBeads

vivid blue Recycled Glass beads and a few Czech Glass drop beads.

Damselfly

I'm so excited for our first Earrings Everyday hop and hope you can Hop around and see what all our wonderful earrings lovers created this month 

OR join in the fun and link your earrings inspired by the Damselflies in Love!

An InLinkz Link-up

Kristi

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Wild Bird Wednesday

Back from a wonderful week in Puerto Vallarta. It was an absolutely fantastic birding week for me, I was able to add more than a dozen birds to my life list!!

Here's a Yellow Crowned Night Heron.

And here is a Juvenile Yellow Crowned Night Heron doing it's best to be invisible.

Another picture of the adult, love that little feather that comes off the top of their head

Here I am birding at one of the spots in Puerto Vallarta, I saw so many amazing birds!!!

Kristi

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We're All Ears Inspiration and Giveaway

 Head on over to the

Earrings Everyday Blog

 and enter your chance to win one of these pair of Components and lots of other prizes!!

Kristi

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Buttons in Action

A few weeks ago I got a special order request for a pair of 2 inch Paisley Buttons.

when I Liz Dodson what they were going to be used for she said

"It's a wrap I made with some crazy novelty yarn I spun with copper sparklies.

 Super warm and very artsy"

Liz sent me an email a few days ago with the subject line of "buttons in action"

Needless to say I am very excited and I LOVE the results!!!

Kristi

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Shop Update

Lots of cool new Copper components in my Etsy Shop today!

If you'd like to see how some of these were made check out my post on Art Jewelry Elements

HERE!

Kristi

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Say Goodbye Say Hello

Hard to believe 2013 is coming to an end very soon!!

The technique I played with in 2013 is not really a technique but a medium. I have been wanting to jump in to Polymer clay for a couple of years, I finally did it this year.

I started with mostly painting these flowers and starfish with Alcohol Inks.

then I moved on to mixing color combinations
 and of course I had to start using Ammonite and Sea Urchin
 textures which have been a favorite of mine using PMC since I began in 2008.

Had fun with my Wonky Bead Blog hop!

Wonky Bead Blog Hop REVEAL

The links are still active so you can still see the wonderful creations that were made

 using these Wonky Beads.

I can't say I have anything specific I want to learn in 2014,

 I just want to continue expanding my Polymer Clay techniques and continue working with Copper.

I want to play more with my own textures using

 Scratch Foam

 Photo Polymer Plates

 and my Sillhouette Cameo Machine.

Thank you all for coming along on this ride with me and I hope to continue with the fun in 2014!

Kristi

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