Intuition: friend or foe?

  Intuition is my guide. Intuition as the threshold for adventure, the place to go, the place to listen and hear your knowing voice, a small voice, not loud and brash and shouting, but a quiet insistent recurring voice, coming back time and again to hint at the direction to take, the choice to make,

‘Aim for the stars…

…you might reach the moon-‘ is a memorable quote (although I don’t recall the author/ess) But  another refrain, ‘My Aim is True..’ the lyric in ‘Alison’ by Elvis Costello has been singing my mind.

Help , Heart and 2013

When you like my post, my facebook page, subscribe to my blog, it makes my day! It makes me happy, it brings me joy. So I thank you for your support in 2012 and hope 2013 brings you joy too. I heard this today ‘ Leave the mad and the bad behind and bring only

‘Artist Made’ – Wearable Art

It’s finished! ‘Artist Made’ is neatly glued into the handbag frame and when you peek inside you see the lovely midnight blue satin lining playing off against the dark night velour interior facing. The interior of the bag is as important as the outside don’t you think?

Signs and Symbols

My choice to use lettering in my art is influenced by the road I travel.

38 Steps and ‘Hope in Your Handbag’™

The first  bag from my ‘Hope in Your Handbag’™ collection has over 38 different actions taken in it’s creation. From the preparation and execution of the letters that make up the  appliqued and hand embellished Affirmation, to cutting, stitching and piecing the cloth, to building up the bag structure and internal layers, to glueing it all