Hello! it's me

What is real asked the velveteen rabbit? Just one of my all time favorites of children's books.















Most of you know that this past year has been a real adventure with a flock of doctors. Each specialists has the

right answer....so say each one.

I have come to the end of the road as the group of hangmen

have decided that out of the no yes...yes...no...no...yes...

that Lupus is the final calling.



Lupus, not the wolf who changes around the full moon....????

or do I.....lol



I have not been my self of late, the blues grabbed me and held tightly.



But, if I take each day as the beginning I realize I can get some of the things done that I took for granted only months ago.



So, with this in mind, I went into the studio and decided if I only get a little done, that's more than yesterday..

I have been reading for Amazon in a program called The Vine Readers Group. You are given a selection each month to decide which book or item you would like to get free and only to write a review....well, most are proofs but, I sure have been entertained with some great reads....I would tell you but it would take the fun out of any are books to come. Some really really good ones....





I also finished some of the items that will be placed on my Esty store.



www.silverymoonbeams@esty.com



The picture of the pouch is Jacobean and has 2 peacocks that surround the tree of life. Made tall and unlined, no lining to keep the cost low...




















Here is the peacock that surrounds the tree on the pouch.





















Also, I have been using my treasure of inks that I collect when on vacation and have a great selection of scented inks,

violets, lavender, lemon verbena for some.










I also collect glass quill pens, only with a glass pen there is only the crystal points to write with, I love to get them directly from the factory in Italy....cheap!!!












I also, have 4 journals that have been hanging around but, for the life of me I cannot locate the pictures????

This is a small 4X6 hardcover with lined papers that I did find the picture of.....but the rest have run away....













More of the glass pens and an antique ink well

This is my very favorite

pen to use, it is well broken in....





















Just some of the research that I collect when on the hunt for answers and eye candy......

More.....of the Dover CD's I love them!









More ....

Some of the herbs I am working on for a section of my current journals...................

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We come to the end of this, I have no idea how this spaceing between the picturers, it did it all by its self!!!!

I have been fighting with this computer all week!

I believe he is winning...

Anyway, I was not about to wish you a Happy Memorial Day, know that food was a plenty and that your fireworks for the 43th of Juli were the same around the world.....a beauty!

I believe I have caught up...oh! My Birthday came and went and thank goodness...I stopped 2 years ago....and next year too!

I have been visiting loads of you guys blogs and

have caught up with your lives also....so now one day at a time....

Untill I chat again,

as always,

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

Hugs to all,

Sierra

June , love is in the air ...

Hello, and welcome to my little corner of the world. Here in the desert the evenings and afternoon have been delightful, Waterlilies are in full bloom, Lavender is on its second blooming and all is well.

I have still been in the watercolor mood of late and above is the latest of drawings. A little peek

Below is an item that I just had to try and research, a gal on Esty who is from Salem Ma. has on her sight, the most beautiful charm braclets and an item that I just had to know more about. So
off I went searching ...The item is called A Witches Ladder, now it is used for healing and the beads are in a counting round. Much like the rosary of the catholics. The count is 3,7,9 and she has 21 but, I keep thinking that the count makes more sense if it is 3,7,9, and 13. hum...

The ladder starts with the 3 largest beads and you are to address your request in a prayer form. They you come to a bead with a spacer. Like the rosary or prayer beads, you rest..then you go on to the 7 asking for a healing for a certain loved or or family member, birds, ..whatever you are praying for, then it goes to 9, reinforces the healing till you get to the last say 13, Here you are looking into your minds eye and to visit with the person and see in your mind that person and his or her, illness. The final 13th bead you are to write the name of the request and place it in the little silver box at the end.
From there it goes to the gods and hopefully if your heart is pure and you have a real request and love for this request...it will aid in the healing of the object.
I made this one out of crystals, in white and Green,
In Europe, the rosary is made into a bracelet and is a smaller version of a rosary and is very much like the stations. I have made many of these little bracelets for friends and loved ones.
I started another in a white crystal with a pink and red theme, for the love that surrounds us all but, my hands gave out!
I am still working on my own pages and have a little sneak peak of the henge's and latches of my book...




Here is the Dragon, he is heavy and weighs in around 20 lbs Parchments paper and a delight.I cannot pick it up with one hand, must secure it in both,

Been working on journals, and still working on the charm bracelets, this one is a work in progress....all moonstones, crystals and gemstones, I have to stop so often, I wonder if it will ever be finished.

I wish each of you a joyous week and that you can have health and loads of creativity to come.

As always,

Sending you silvery moonbeams to watch over you and yours,

Sierra

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