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Fini Friday! Fairy Inspiration!

Hello Hello! Welcome to the first Fini Friday of 2014! I hope your 2014 has been full of hope and joy so far! I've a bit of Fairy inspiration to share with you today!

These two lovely pendants found their way to me through a good friend!   The smaller leaf pendant is carved from either stone, wood or perhaps buri nut!  I love the organic shape and colour of it and can't wait to play with it more! The Fairy pendant is so cheerful and sweet!  I love the details in the visual tableu that is this pendant, from the Fairy's wings to her bouquet of simple flowers!  She calls for a design that is beguilingly simple, yet rich in details and possibly textures! Stay tuned to see what these grow into! See you next week! Ciao!

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Fini Friday!

Hello Everyone!  Welcome to Fini Friday!  There was an unexpected delay in posting this week! It has been a rollercoaster of a week for me - so much going on!  So! Let's get to showing you a new creation!  This is the start of the finished creation I've to show today!  And here is the Fini creation!  Title: Ageless Play  Ingredients: Popcap Pendant (non-toxic, hand-coloured resin, Swarovski crystals (Fire Opal), stickers, popcap, metal), aluminum, reclaimed chain, lead-free pewter (USA).  

Isn't that just a wonderful interplay of textures and colours?!  I love the Fire Opal coloured Swarovski crystals in the pendant!!! Other details include the accenting firey orange and red jumprings from which the fanciful clasp and intriguing pendant are suspended.  I just love that chain, don't you?! YAY!!! Here is a close-up of that unique pendant! Now you can really see the sparkly golden flecks of the pigment I mixed into the resin!  The scrapbook sticker in the background is a relief design of the original playing cards.  A Jack of Hearts, to be specific!  Isn't that fun! So! Stay tuned to see what happens next with us! Do bear in mind that whilst Sprite Creations is on hiatus from confirmed shows, we are available for home Sprite Creations shows as well as shows via Skype! Feel free to visit my website or contact me for more details!   ALSO! I've ONE more BlogTalk Radio Interview in 2013! Welcome to Being Human!!! December 22, 2013, 5:00pm to 6:00pm (CST, USA)! Ciao!

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Fini Friday! All that Glitters is...Copper?

Hello Everyone! Welcome to Fini Friday!   This week has been a bit of busy-craziness and a time of rest in hopes of warding off any winter ick! I hope it has been an excellent week for you-all! I've a creation just beginning and a creation still growing to show you today!

This is a copper candle sleeve.  I've had it for quite some time and have always thought of weaving beads into it.  Perhaps watery colours for an Atlantean feel... perhaps with gears, metal bits and filigree for a Steampunk theme... or something else entirely! What will I do with it? Stay tuned to see! This is a necklace creation that is still growing! It may look finished, yet I'd like to secure the 10-sided die a bit better in that hand-shaped filigree setting as well as create a wire-wrapped bail for it rather than the simple chain harness it has now.  There are all sorts of Fairy and sparkly details in this creation!  See if you can spy them all! Check back here for photos of how this grows into completion! News for the rest of December! Due to some last minute glitches, Sprite Creations regrets to announce that we are bowing out of the Women's Art Festival this Saturday at the Midtown YWCA. If you are in the Minneapolis area, we highly encourage you to visit the Festival and support all the fabulously talented artists there! If you were looking forward to seeing us there, please keep in mind that we are also available for home Sprite Creations shows as well as shows via Skype! Feel free to visit my website or contact me for more details!   Last, but certainly not least.... I've ONE more BlogTalk Radio Interview in 2013! Welcome to Being Human!!! December 22, 2013, 5:00pm to 6:00pm (CST, USA)! Ciao!

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FIni Friday! Leather and Steam!

Hello Everyone! A very short post today as I show you one of the new creations available for adoption at the Holiday Geek Expo and then I'm off for the weekend! This newest creation is a leather bracelet inspired by Steampunk! Title: As Yet Unknown Ingredients:  old watch gear, hand-finished brass(USA), lead-free pewter(USA),   suede, metal.

Isn't this gorgeous?  And yes!  That is an old watch gear hanging as an accent on that fabulous wing!! The wing, by the way, is a scrapbook finding that I drilled out on my drill press, antiqued and then hung from the softest of suede! YAY! Here is where you can find this lovely creation this weekend!!

Holiday Geek Expo!

DoubleTree Hotel - 2nd Floor, Atriums 4 and 6

December 7th& 8th    

Saturday    10am to 6pm

Sunday    10am to 5pm

7800 Normandale Blvd.

Bloomington/Minneapolis, MN 55439

Women's Art Festival!

Midtown YWCA

Saturday Only!

December 14th     10am to 5pm

2121 East Lake Street

Minneapolis, MN 55407 BlogTalk Radio Interviews!! December Message From the Faeries! Tuesday, December 10th 11:30 to 12:30 (CST, USA)!  And!!!! Welcome to Being Human!!! December 22, 2013, 5:00pm to 6:00pm (CST, USA)!  I'll post the link for this as soon as I have it!  YAY! Ciao!

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Fini Friday! Buttoning Up Inspiration!

Hello Everyone! Welcome to Fini Friday! Happiest of Thanksgivings to those who celebrated it yesterday or will celebrate it this weekend!! Warmest wishes for a Bountiful Fall to those who don't celebrate the uniquely American holiday of Thanksgiving! This post is all about what is inspiring me today! Come along for the ride! These are photos of two button drawers in a quite old treadle sewing machine! I love gazing into them because of all the now-unusual contents! It is as if I step back in time as I sort through the buttons, needles, beads and etc. with delight! I can imagine many a scene in my head as to where these buttons came from...where and on what gown that shiny bit of trim was to be used....what happened to that other earrings.. What stories do you see? Feel free to leave a comment below to share!! I've news to share about my December schedule!!!

Holiday Geek Expo!

DoubleTree Hotel - 2nd Floor, Atriums 4&6

December 7th& 8th    

Saturday    10am to 6pm

Sunday    10am to 5pm

7800 Normandale Blvd.

Bloomington/Minneapolis, MN 55439

      Women's Art Festival!

Midtown YWCA

Saturday Only!

December 14th     10am to 5pm

2121 East Lake Street

Minneapolis, MN 55407 BlogTalk Radio Interviews!! December Message From the Faeries! Tuesday, December 10th 11:30 to 12:30 (CST, USA)!  And!!!! Welcome to Being Human!!! December 22, 2013, 5:00pm to 6:00pm (CST, USA)!  I'll post the link for this as soon as I have it!  Whew!  Have an excellent weekend!! Ciao!

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Fini Friday! Showing Off the Skulls!

Hello Hello! Welcome to Fini Friday! Today has been a happily busy day for me as I prepare for my show tomorrow (amongst other tasks)! I've a new creation that has grown into completion and will be available for adoption tomorrow! Let me show you! You may remember this Fini Friday post and the collection of beads and ideas introduced... Here is what the yellow skulls grew into! Title: As Yet Unknown Ingredients: Howlite(dyed) stone skulls, vintage Czech glass, glass, leather (lead-free dye), sterling silver, aluminum, base metal. I loved the idea of creating a multi-layer leather bracelet along a Day of the Dead and/or rainbow-faerie-skull theme!   I also wanted to incorporate motion, texture and meaning into the creation.  Motion (and therefore the bracelet doubles as a fidget toy- YAY!) is found in the collection of beads on either end of the bracelet...whilst texture abounds in the colour-rich, faceted vintage Czech beads and smaller, shiny foil-lined beads.   The knots provide a different contrasting texture and the silver double-heart toggle clasp echoes the overall shiny and light-ness of the creation!  The heart clasp also softens the effect of the skulls and evokes the Day of the Dead inspiration. A few updates and news before I close... I and Sprite Creations will be returning to the Arts Fest in North Branch (MN, USA) this Saturday!  Spot 5E in the Middle School Cafeteria (same as last year) is where you'll find me from 9am to 4pm!  (I'm in the yellow area on the diagram!)

There is food, arts and crafts of every kind and truly something for everyone! Seating is just across the way from me to rest your weary shopping bones!  Beat the "Black Friday"/Winter Holiday shopping rush and feel good purchasing local, hand-made goodies and supporting independent artists and craftsfolk!  

$1 admission gets you all of this and a shuttle from the High School to the Middle School and back again!

See you there!!!

Also!! The November Message From the Faeries has been rescheduled!  We had a few technical difficulties and so the interview has moved to Tuesday, November 26th at 12Noon (CST, USA)!   Join Cheryl Patton and me as we discuss the whimsical and practical tips and tricks the Faeries have in this gracious month of November!

Ciao!

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Fini Friday! New Beginnings!

Hello Everyone!  Welcome to Fini Friday!  I hope you have exciting plans for the weekend!  I've new projects at their beginnings to show you today!    This is a photo of two bits of sleeves that I salvaged from a T-shirt with a Faerie on it!  These were added to the shirt to create a layered look, yet the shirt fit better (and I liked it more) without the added sleeves.  Those swirls and circles on the sleeves are really quite lovely and I'm not one to simply toss a useful thing aside!  So! I'm going to turn these into arm warmers!   What are arm warmers?  Very much like leg warmers (if you remember those), except for the arm!  The cuff will have a hole for the thumb to slip through.  Eventually, I'll find a way to secure the other open end, but I'll leave it hemmed for now.  I'm going to experiment with what works best before taking that step!  If you're still in the dark about what I'm up to, try an internet image search for arm warmers!  You'll find lots of ideas quickly!

This?  This is a workbench that has had all of this stuff on it for far too long! I've decided enough is enough and I'm taking the space back!  Stay tuned as I show you how this progresses and what happens next!!! Along the lines of what happens next... let me tell you about the

November Message From the Faeries!  Tuesday, November 19th at 12Noon (CST, USA)!  Join Cheryl Patton and me as we discuss the whimsical and practical tips and tricks the Faeries have in this gracious month of November! Ciao!

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Fini Friday! Open and Closed!

Hello Hello!  Welcome to Fini Friday!  I've a finished creation to show you today that is a bit different than jewelry!  Let me recall to mind this Fini Friday post featuring the new materials acquired. Now!  Let me show you what has grown into completion! The bag open.... And the bag closed... Interesting details include the stitching along the bottom.  I hand-stitched the bottom with a pattern that developed as I was stitching. Once the bottom was done, it reminds me of basket-weaving!  The side is finished with an cross-stitch, with the fabric left unhemmed. It intrigues me to think that the edges will fray over time (only to the point of the stitches, of course) and I'm looking forward to seeing how that adds dimension and detail to the bag!  Other bits I love are finding the perfect ribbon to use as a drawstring!  That fiber strand flows beautifully between the rich golds and browns into vibrant green and back again!  YAY!!! So there you have it!  The fini of this Fini Friday (and this creation!) Before you go, I've an event coming up this Sunday to share with you! Sunday, Nov. 10th from 12noon to 6pm.... 1st Year Anniversary Celebration - Fluevog Minneapolis Store!!! Click here for the Event Page on Facebook! Click here for the Minneapolis Fluevog Store webpage! I'll be offering Faerie Readings! There will be Live Good Music, puppets, MN RollerGirls, nibbles and beverages, door prizes and exclusive VOG stuff!! It will be fun!  Come help us celebrate! Ciao!