Angel maker!

Shelley's Phoenix BOH

Sorry about yesterday and not posting in the morning. I went to my friend Jodi's over the weekend after clay day and on Saturday I made things from 10am to 2 am the next day. I got up on Sunday and did it from 9am to 9 pm.
I was exhausted Sunday when I got home and just couldn't bring my self to do another thing after a massive making weekend. I adored it, every moment of it.

Clay day we had so much fun and made Bottles of Hope for Moore's Cancer center at UCSD again.
We made over 80 bottles for the center.
I have pictures too!
Everyone there, thank you so much for working and playing so hard, ya all did so good!!

Jodi and I Paper play

Then I left there and went to my friend Jodi's to craft some more.
I was doing some paper arts with her and making a couple of things, I will have more on these two things later.

Right now I want to introduce you to an artist I admire and respect so much, Susan Hyde.
Susan has just opened a Etsy store.
In my opinion Susan makes some of the most artful and heartfelt angels I have ever seen.
Go visit her and heart her. Her clay "fabrics" that she dresses her angels in are not painted and her techniques in polymer fabric making are beyond compare.
We all know how hard it is to get started on something new in life and it is always nice to have a hand up.
Welcome her to Etsy and see some beautiful angels made by a beautiful woman and friend!
I have had the complete pleasure of working with Susan and I have several of Susan's pieces and the work and detail is meticulous.
Welcome to Etsy, Susan, may you make many contacts and sales.

Looks like this is turning out to be an angel kind of week. I think I will follow, I could use some angels.

If you would like to participate in the 17th giveaway, there is a picture and a link on the right top side bar.
Comment and you could win an angel.

Michelle and Stellan need angels

Prayers are needed for Michelle’s beloved Stellan.


You can visit Michelle HERE.
I ask, because I met so many of my dearest friends through our beloved Rene, so I know you to be prayer warriors.
Michelle and Stellan are in need of a miracle.
(I took this from Midlife poet's blog, because why say it again when it is so perfectly put the first time, thanks Deb. I sure hope you do not mind)
Seems like a perfect angel week.
This a real love story, it needs our help!

The 17th giveaway-Victorian Angels and My birthday

Next week is my birthday and I wanted to spice things up for myself, so I am having an angel giveaway.
It is also the gratitude month and I am grateful that you read my blog, come here and comment, and sign up to follow, thank you from the bottom of my heart!!



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I was making some of these angels for an order and I made 3 before I realized I had forgotten the bee.
If you don't mind that the bee is missing, then these are for you!



angel 1a


The angels wanted to fly away I guess.



angel 1b

 It is also coming up to Christmas and maybe this might be the right thing for someone you know.
Maybe it will help you out with some of your shopping and save you a little money!



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If I get enough people I will give away all 3.

First 50 comments- one angel
100 comments- two angels
and if by chance I get 150 comments I will give away all 3 angels.



angel 2a


I am also going to use the rules I used last time because I enjoyed them so much, it is after all my birthday.



angel 2b

 Rules


1. Leave a word or "words of wisdom" for one entry. That is a comment on my blog.

To get more entries, leave a comment for each one of these next rules.
 
2. Go to my Shop "Art from my Heart" in Etsy and leave a comment on this post only, with the piece you like best there.




3. Be a follower, already or become one, and leave a comment on this post only saying so.



4. Post about my giveaway in your blog and leave a comment on this post only, with the link.



5. Place the angel in your side bar on your blog with a link and leave a comment on this post only.



6. Tell me about an angel in your life and leave a comment on this post only.





7. Tell me why you have to win this contest. It won't help you win, it will be the luck of the draw (or random number generator) but I am curious to know why!


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Remember you have to leave a comment for each rule if you want the extra entries. If you leave all of the answers on one comment you will only get one entry!



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This contest will close on December 4th at 6 pm pst.



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I will be out and about all weekend, so if your comments don't post right away, don't freak. I will post them as soon as I get back. I have comment moderation on!!
Have a wonderful weekend my pretties and, say, do, or be something nice to someone!
The world needs and wants your light!

Ivory Angels

Here are some new angels I have been working on. I hope to have them up in the etsy store soon.

They have a Victorian feel to me and I adore them.
My mom would love these.

And the winners for the 15th giveaway are...

Well, after cutting all of the responses up and making sure everyone got their total amount of entries and reading through all of the entries again, and folding them very small, I then put them all in a bowl and picked out three. 

The first winner is Annette (Nettie) and she wins the first angel.

The second winner is Carmen and she wins the second angel

And the third winner is Vanessa and she wins the third angel

I enjoyed this so much, you are all angels yourselves.

Please take care of you.

The winners have till Monday the 13th to get in touch with me and get me their addresses.

Marie(at)mariesegal(dot)com

Congratulations!

I am going to do this again, I had a great time, and you are welcome to share your words of wisdom with me anytime.

Have a great weekend my pretties!

My angels inside and my words of wisdom- update on the 15th giveaway

I am going to need one more day to get all of the entries figured out and counted. It is hard to get things done fast when Madi is getting all 4 canines at once. Plus, I want to re-read everything again.
I will post the the winner to the 15th giveaway tomorrow 09/10/10
I have also decided to add two more angel pieces to the giveaway, one will be a Heart of Stone and the other will be an Unzipped Heart in the Ivory or bone color (on the left). Update on that later.
So there will be 3 winners in all.

Thank you all so much for the great response to this giveaway! A very warm and loving welcome to my new followers.

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading all of your words of wisdom. I am so glad you all kept it up.
It is really amazing we only had a couple repeats and so many different ones. I have so many new words of wisdom to add to my list. Thank you!
And also, thank you so much for honoring us all with your stories and your angels inside.

To all of you that are suffering- "and this too shall pass."
To all of you that have lost someone special- "They will always be in your heart and that makes them closer than ever."
And your baby does know your mom! They met before you met your baby.
To all of you blessed by angels, both human and otherwise, Lucky you!! Help others see them.
To Stacie at CraftGossip.com, thank you for noticing.
Check out this site, there is so much Craft goodness there just waiting to be discovered by you.

Now for the angels in my heart!
1. My family and friends,
2. All of you, for reading and following, and sharing your unique selves with me
3. My creative life
But two special others that are angels in my heart, one is Renee Kahn who passed away from breast cancer this year. Oh, how I miss this angel.

And my dear, sweet, beautiful grand daughter Madi, who has light in her eyes and heart as well as her smile, what a gift. What I didn't get with my kids, I am getting to review again with Madi.

And now for the words of wisdom my angel Renee asked me to post on my blog a year ago. This is for you Renee. Sorry I took so long.


Surviving the Times

We are not alone, and love is all there is. Everything else is illusion and not supported by the universe, the higher mind, the all that is, or god (Whatever fits your protocol). We signed up for this, we are exactly right where we are supposed to be, and everything is unfolding in its right time. We may have just forgotten we signed up for this beautiful and juicy time.
I feel this so much and yet I have had the hardest time right now remembering that this is true. Under all of the emotion and panic, when I quiet my mind, I find an underlying sense of calm and peace and knowing that IT IS ALL GOOD!!!
We are finding out how resourceful and resilient we truly are.
We are all in this together, reach out and love!
I try not to project too much into the future and just take one moment as it comes, little baby steps.
Choose the positive side and view it. Choose joy!
You can not go back, now is not the way that it was.
Live to Love, Love to Create, and Create to Connect.
Onward and upward,
Marie

Talk to you all tomorrow.
Blessings all over all ya all.

Iron Angel #4

This is my favorite Angel so far

Iron Angel 2

Iron Angel #2

Another angel from the Iron Angel Series.

This is the first one I made and I like her very much!

You know that feeling you get when you make something and you could care less whether anyone else likes it or not and then possession (I mean obsession) sets in?

She is more monochromatic in color.

This is what got me making more of them.

I am using the antique gold, glamour black and silver Cernit here.

http://www.clayfactory.net/cernit/cernitg2.html

My first winner OWOH- Debbi from Diamond Grove

Debbi from the blog Diamond Grove http://diamondgrove.blogspot.com/ is my first winner and this is her Angel. She loves fall and anything to do with fall.

She wanted an angel and is an angel from what I can see on her blog and the small amount I have talked to her.

She calls her children "Diamonds in the rough" and posts on thursdays something she calls "thankful thursdays" (How beautiful is this? I love it) .

She loves to craft and is happily married with 3 little angels in training.

Debbi also plays with the clay and I am so happy this little angel is going home to her. Her angel is filled with inspiration to aid her in her love of crafts, home, and gratitude.

Check out Debbi, my 1st angel (I mean my 1st OWOH winner) and her blog Diamond Grove - Debbi says "where I am surrounded by people and things that help me shine".

Debbi's angel is adorned with a crown of acorns, has a heart and wings hand sculpted of antique gold cernit washed in black ne-opaque paint to bring out the details, the face is molded from my own mold made from one of my original sculpts and is gold cernit washed in black ne-opaque for definition, and the angel also sports the hand sculpted fall harvest symbols with a one off scarecrow to chase away any fears that Debbi may find. It is made with gun metal 16 gauge artistic wire and the hand sculpted Cernit pieces are attached with 24 gauge artistic wire.

I too, adore a fun fall piece and this was a pleasure to make. I hope you like it Debbi.

OWOH winners and some angel goddesses

Jacquie's goddess

I wanted to show you that the goddesses can also be made in to angels. I will also do a darker piece if that is what you wish.

It is personal. If you can tell me I can probaly make it for you.

My winners on the OWOH magical mystical tour are

#1

Debbi at Diamond Grove- She will be the first one to get her goddess made.

#2
Rose Works Jewelry- will be 2nd.

#3
Li- My thoughts my my voice -will be 3rd

#4
Bluebird and Elizabeth -Altered book lover - will be 4th

#5
Pixiewinkle- My cosmopolitain diary -will be 5th

Congratulations to all of you. I am looking forward to making your own personal goddess.
Thanks again to Lisa Swifka from the Whimsical Bohemiam
http://www.awhimsicalbohemian.typepad.com/
visit her here and get ready for next year.

10th giveaway- new decade, new year, new thought, new life, and new approach to art!

I thought this might be fun for the 10th giveaway, it is a chance to win your own angel, made for you, by me, with your specifics and input.
Here is the frame I will be using, she is dated 08, she has been waiting for you!

Want to give it a whirl?

I had a chance last year to make some custom goddesses and I loved the experience and things I learned and realized. I want to do more, they are calling me.

Follow your bliss and the door opens!

You have to be willing to give me some info about you, tell me what you like, what makes your heart sing, what colors do you pick all of the time, what makes you feel good, leave a comment on the blog here under words of wisdom (I use that instead of comments) and wait for her and I to be finished.

Can you do it?? Will you??
Happy New Year my pretties, may it be the best you have ever had.

I will close this drawing on the 28th of January at 6 pm.

Amazing Grace

I have always loved the song Amazing Grace, but I think hearing it in Native American flutes just added a whole new love for a song that I will say has many plays and tears in my life.


I also like it in bag pipes.

Listen to this, it is incredible.

I found it on a blog I follow http://www.soaringimpulse.com/ Dr. Maithri (Pronounced My 3) is an angel on earth and works in Swaziland with children and people with HIV. He is also a glorious singer himself, a poet too. I didn't find the song on Soaring impulse but Dr. M's other blog http://whispersofpeace.blogspot.com/ a blog dedicated to the memory of John O'Donohue, who kissed Dr. M's life with his fragrant words.

In blog land there are people that move my life and touch my soul and they are right at the keyboard I type on. This is indeed a wonderful world we live in. Angels are among us everyday.


My daughter, granddaughter, and I donated old baby clothes, baby baths, extra diapers, shoes, and all kinds of stuff on Saturday to a place called Serenity House, http://www.ncsh.org/services/index.html their mission is to:

“North County Serenity House is committed to providing behavioral health services in a safe, secure environment to women, children, and families through a multidisciplinary approach that improves and promotes health, fosters learning, embraces diversity, and enhances quality of life in our community.”

It is a humbling experience to see women that take your old stuff as if it is Christmas and like it was brand new. It is a small thing that we did, but it made us feel great and we helped many families with the gesture.

We are saving up to make another run.

Maithri and Serenity House also take monetary donations if you are so inclined, follow their links. It takes a planet.

As Maithri says

"Walk with me.
Together we will find ways of making a change.
My love to you, Maithri"