A Few of My Favorite Things

This is a mixed media "envelope" book that I made for my sister. I used a few phrases from Sherri Reynolds, A Gracious Plenty, as the inspiration for the book. (A fantastic book by the way). The book turned out so good that looking back, I wish I had sent it into one of the Somerset magazines. It took approximately three weeks of my creative energy to make and afterwords I stayed out of the craft room for awhile. 

The quote in the book goes:

"We choose are truths the way we choose our gods, single-sightedly, single-mindedly, no othe way to feel or see or think. We lock ourselves into our ways, and click all the truths to one. We put our truths together in pieces, but you use nails and I use glue. You mend with staples. I mend with screws. You stitch what I would bandage. Your truth may not look like mine, but that is not what matters. What matters is this, You can look at a scar and see hurt, or you can look at a scar and see healing. Try to understand."

A Pair of beaded earrings with Swarovski crystals.
A beaded "cha-cha" bracelet that uses a variety of sizes, shapes and colors to make a uniform appearance.