March Hare Moon ... and things

Greetings to you this fine March .. and

Memorial Day weekend. Here in Arizona it has been up and down from extreme heat to really cold....say cold like 64 degrees....in the desert this is considered cold after a afternoon of 104 degrees. Everything in the garden has been busting out all over, Gardenias are loaded as well as the Lavenders, I am afraid all of you who ask me for the Lemon Verbena and the White Lavender Wands , I went by the list of people and by the date of their requests. All have been sent to you, This year I did not have the entire Verbena bushes, as I harvested in smaller lots,

I will continue on down the list trying to fulfill all of your orders.

Thank You for the orders and if, you do not want to keep waiting, just convo me and I will eliminate your position.

Now, Embroidery machine has also been up and down....as in operable and not so ope ratable! lol I could only do standing laces, and used the initial laces for journals. All are all gone, some where posted on esty and others were on line orders.

Ok, that takes care of the business end of this blog now, to the good stuff!

This is the latest pages I have placed on Esty. This was a request for a Blessing for a BOS. It is on a brown craft paper and hand decorated with Dragons and swords with the blessing in the center for your book.



This is the back side of the blessing, lined for your personal name and date or any secrets that you might want to keep in your BOS.

This sheet is a the back page of another page from the BOS request, It is a green parchment on a craft paper that has been aged with an aging technique and decorated in gel pens and watercolors.

This is the front of the last picture, and is detailed and hand decorated with a Illuminated artwork, on a ivory parchment and technique of age ment with fire and

All hand worked in golds and silver. My camera is on its last legs...waiting for me to have pity on him and replace him....

I am in the mist of redecorating my studio, this redo has been in progress for years, it seems....and the only thing is, I take out the items but, then I can no longer put them back....has any body else had this happen? it's like when you leave your favorite dress in the closet and when you go to put it on, it is much smaller!!! I tell you this is

the elves that are playing tricks on me!!! Has nothing to do with the Sonic Snickers

Blasts that I have fallen in love with!!! Honest, I always ask if they are sugar free...and the answer I get is a smile...so I take it it is safe...No?

My bookbinding has grown in leaps and bounds, all of the items have arrived from my trip home, A binding machine, a sewing frame for books, a press and a ton of leathers. Papers in all colors and weights. I have worked in suede and now in wood and awaiting are the metal clasps that I am learning to forge. I will try and get a blog out of that, but want to wait to show the journals all together. They are not for sale as I have a private collection from the smallest of 1 inch by 1 inch to a rather large tome of 22x17 in a green English leather with a dragon work in leather....Still in progress's...yet to come.
Some of you I have heard from with all your adventures, I love your postings and I am truly sorry that I have not answered all of them, my hands are still playing up and
even if I get up around 4AM it is still around 2 AM I can always find something that I did not do!
Speaking of hands...I am almost played out this time too! So, I love all the postings and love to hear from you. May you walk in the moonlight till the wind sets you free.

Sierra

Wonce Upon a Time ....so the story goes

Once Upon a Time, how many times in my life time have I heard this, ready, and even said this? It part of of growing up.

This week has been a busy one as I have been still learning and

When I get to the part of the day to actually produce...it's too late and the night owl es will call. This is a soft journal with brown craft papers that I did manage to finish. It is on my Esty store as well as others.
The weather here in Arizona has been up and down, cool and then hot. Today, it is rather nice, a nice Sunday. I had several answers to the picture of the Dragon Eyes, and all but one guessed it right! It's for a work in progress, estimated to be around July when finished.

I feel terrible about leaving Mr. Happy in the larch, and he is really left out, the lst post was to tell of the pending marriage of a Mrs. Happy for my Mr. Happy, however, the intended was already married, She was married 7 years ago in Bali, so already married, broke my Mr. Happy's heart. So sad news on the wedding front. Several books came in this week, from Dover, Medieval Herbs and Several books on Illustrations of the Medieval.. all a tool of learning, I will post a few of the pages

but, not this week.

Hope all of you have been enjoying Spring and all the activity of nature, I have three blooms on my Myers Lemon trees, the Lemon Verbena has started, and in bloom are the lilac bushes and the roses on the arbor. Picture's to follow later...

So, another week here in Arizona,

As always,

May you walk in the moonlight till the wind sets you free.

Sierra

Medeival Parchment Pages

Hello, Monday ... Spent the weekend not with my embroidery machines or leathers but with parchment papers and frames from the Medieval period. When on Holiday I purchased many colors of parchment papers and I have been busy digitizing the

designs in embroidery. This is some practice frames that I decided to place on my esty shop as they are ready to put into your Book of Shadows or Books of Prayers.

The parchment paper is ivory and the frame has been fixed with a spay that keeps the work water resistant.




Butterfly's and moths are inter twined through the frame of leaves.

This frame is a muted gold with a delicate vine and leaves. This is a replica of one of the pages from Elizabeth's book of prayers.

This one I think is a favorite as it is colorful with a deep royal blue and golds. This one was made into a trim for one of my leather books.

This is called a Golden Frame and has a much more heavy look than the others from a different period. This also was reproduced in an embroidery design. The page is for sale but the embroidery design is not. This is one that I am keeping for a private project.
In the weeks to come I hope to produce frames and designs for the embroidery machine from one of my favorite radical people, One Aubrey Beardsley the Le Mortie Darthur selected illustrations...King Arther and his Round tables....Knights in shinning armour ... the Romantic period.

I also have an announcemen to make My machine Mr. Happy is to be married to Mrs. Happy in several weeks. If, you remember I told of how Mr. Happy was "blue", so I decided to

give him a companion of the nights that I am working with inks and pens, pastels, watercolors. He seems pleased, so I think this is working out for him.

That's it for this Monday, I wish all of you, a joyous week day till be chat again,

Thank You for stopping by it's nice to hear from you too.

As always,

May you walk in the moonlight till the wind sets you free.

Sierra