This Heart's On Fire

Flaming Heart {Right Side, Test Print}

Spent a lovely afternoon crafting with the girls in the studio. Between the four of us we completed: *one knit hat (CS's first, congrats!), three origami and one kiragami lessons (thank you, LA!), numerous paper boxes, balloons and hearts, one amazing Banana Bread (this needs capital treatment) courtesy the KimKitch and blogged here, Mamacat's famous cheddar and bacon dip with veggies and chips, one bag of heart gel candies and one complete (well, nearly) carving from yours truly:

Heart On Fire Rough Cut

This is an amalgamation of a couple of different doily cuts from various sizes and a bit of imagination. I'm thinking about carving a keyhole in it but I might leave it as is and clean up the flames and the center heart. Ooooh I love it, though. These photos misrepresent its size--it's about eight inches across, 6 inches high:

I've learned that during the gray-snowy-slushy-back-side-of-winter, my brain craves red. Good thing Valentine's Day is right there in the middle of the home stretch to spring!

XO Terez

Color wheels II

Wheel o' beads: crystal, Swarovski pearls, blown glass, cloisonne, gemstone, pressed glass

Strawberry quartz, cloisonne disks, foiled-lined glass

Sneak peek! Stay tuned.

P.S. Don't you love love love these vintage Fire King milk glass deviled egg plates? They make perfect bead palettes!