Merry Christmas!

From My Home to Yours!

May you stay healthy and happy

Wishing You the very Best of the Best!

Prettige Ketstdagen!

Kala Christouyenna!

Frohe Weihnachten!

Frohliche Weihnachten~

Buon Natale!

Feliz Navidad!

Mele Kalikimaka!

Happy Yule!

and

my favorite!

Joyeux Noal!

No matter where you are, or what greetings

you give or receive..

They All Send Love and Hope!

So again, Sending you Love and Hope

May You walk in the Moonlight till the wind sets you free!

Sierra

Hoppy Ribbett!

Happy Ribbett! Merry Holidays!

Buon Natale! Frothe,Froliche! Joyeux Noel Kala!, Mel Kalikimaka!, Prettige Kersdagen!, Merry Xhristmas!

Everyone out their beating their brains out to shop? Going a little crazed?

Not here in the studio!!

Finished!! Yep, Finished. All done! Great feeling. But, it took me 6 months of preparation! lol

The Kat here has her eyes on the Little Hawk that is above. He comes every year to our garden on his way to visit his granny.

He takes care of all the pigeons and the slower of the Quails. Then he moves on, although every day or so the feathers are everywhere.

By the way the window Kat is looking through is wide open. We have not turned on our heat here in Arizona yet. But, when it does get cold...everyone is freezing! Just thought I would jump in so early in December to

chat, as I have not been very designate to my blog. I have been really busy with several classes for Medieval Botanical Illustration Course studying the flowers, birds and bugs found in the scrips of that time period. I selected to work in watercolors and inks, as I did finish the oils, but find that a more natural look is found in the watercolors.

I have been working hard on a commission of herbal books for a good friend in Europe. I cannot say when I will finish...it's been over a year and I am still in the "B's"...

The first of the year I will be traveling to have a little surgery on my eyes, corrective vision. I want to wait till February but, an awaiting a date from the surgeon.

What are you wishing for this gift season? I cannot tell you what I am wishing for as each day is Christmas for me, I have no children to purchase for only my dear one and myself. So each year we are tied in a knot as to what to surprise each other with. I did look very hard and finally selected the Tessimo Beverage Machine, the new one from Bosh. In a lovely red color. With the pods that have a bar code for the proper selection of teas, Lat ties, all in the one pod.

This past summer I gave Mike a drinks mixer, and boy does that thing make good everything, especially Smoothies, just the right amount of crushed ice. We enjoy coffee and teas so this might be the one gift he would enjoy added drinks with tea and coffe and cream all in one pod. Cool!

I am still working on the one large BOS 17X12 slow going as my hands hurt from the pulling of the book cloth. I did find a little machine that is a wonder for drilling holes, it is from 7 gypsies and called a Bindie, low in cost and works great, just by a punch of a finger it wipes through book boards, metal, tin, leather, fabric. well just about all. Holes are not the problem, the stretching is! lol

Well, I am up late and have another preselected book from Vine that is to be available on January 12th, and it is a great read, You might look for it come January, you can pre-order it now from Amazon, It is called Black Rain, and its theme is the Mayan prediction for 2012! A great read, a novel with a strong

background, the end game will thrill you. Trust me, its good.

So, till we chat again, May you walk in the moonlight till the wind sets you free.

Sierra

Paperbag Journals, Grimoirs, Faiys! Oh My!

Hello! and a very happy Monday to you! Bumblebee Lane has been in a buzz this week.

Showing to the left are fotoes of the fronts of many Grimoire not BOS There is a difference, A Book of Shadows would be for formulas and such, where a Gilmore would be a book of thinking, Keeping records much like our daily journals. The herbal above is a Herbalism Journal.

for keeping records and research of herbs, plants, well you get the idea.

This is a first time method for me, as it is called and uses posts that allow you to add papers, single sheets to the book, pretty cool, except that I am awaiting for a little machine that drills holes through just about anything. It's from 7 Gypsy's, and I will show when I get it.

This is also one of the large books that will hold 500 plus pages.

Front and back embellishments.

This is the front and the healer holding a patients head will be the back.

This foto below is a medley of the three units of life, Young, lady and the crone. This is not the working copy as it is still drying from the sealer.

This is the healer. On the back

Beginning of a journal, gathering ideas.

What will be and what will not be.

Drafts in various stages.

This is a second project that I must share with you, it will be a journal 9X5 that is made entirely out of a grocery bag. I took a

shot of the faceing that was ironed on the back and on the right side, is the actually painted blend of colors that actually resemble leather! I have lots of paints to play with this project, if my fingers hold out, They look like a drop cloth as my hands are stained. lol







The grocery bag and the facing, ironed the bag.

Look~ it looks like a leather!

If, you have a capable zoom in and see.


I also have instructions for foil (yes foil that you cook with) for a journal .




This is a new book that arrived, finally, it is on eclipse! The energies that are put out on the eclipse. All new esoteric books are on my list!

So, as you can see Bumblebee has been busy, I also have Fairy Wishing Coins...don't know what a fairy wishing coin is? Well, keep a look out and I will showyou.

Till then, Hugs, to all and drop a line if you have time.

As always

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

wisper away