Readesigns

My Arizona Studio

2012-01-21T12:51:00.000-08:00

Forget Me Not by Kathy Read on Etsy

2012-01-11T07:34:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!!!

2012-01-01T07:23:00.000-08:00

Resolution 1 .... Keep my blog updated...Want to wish all of my cyber friends a very Happy New Year...and a wonderful and successful year.

Turquoise

2011-12-18T09:16:00.000-08:00

In many cultures of the Old and New Worlds, this gemstone has been esteemed for thousands of years as a holy stone, a bringer of good fortune or a talisman. The oldest evidence for this claim was found in Ancient Egypt, where grave furnishings with turquoise inlay were discovered, dating from approximately 3000 BC. In the ancient Persian Empire, the sky-blue gemstones were earlier worn round the neck or wrist as protection against unnatural death. If they changed color, the wearer was thought to have reason to fear the approach of doom. Meanwhile, it has been discovered that turquoise certainly can change color, but that this is not necessarily a sign of impending danger. The change can be caused by light, or by a chemical reaction brought about by cosmetics, dust or the acidity of the skin.

Readesign Shop on Etsy

2011-10-04T07:55:00.000-07:00

Craftcult

2011-05-02T10:28:00.000-07:00

Just figuring this great website out. This is a shot of a Front Pagetreasury I was featured in. Thanks Lisa!Lisa from ZiBagZ

2011-05-02T10:25:00.001-07:00

2011-04-19T19:06:00.000-07:00

Well the weather is getting warmer and it's about time to close our winter home. Have lots of my beads and jewelry already packed and ready to go.
Will leave in about 2 weeks back to Washington.

Wire Wrapping Class

2011-01-20T09:05:00.000-08:00

Had a class on wire wrapping 101 yesterday. Everyone went home with
a wonderful piece of jewelry. Wish I would have remembered my camera.
Next time.

My Etsy Shop Traveling Gypsies joined Etsy's Project Embrace Team

2011-01-15T13:11:00.000-08:00

I am a proud member of Etsy's Project Embrace & with the purchase of any listing in my shop, at least 10% of the proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society or the American Hospice Foundation.

Going Home for the Holidays Treasury by Readesign

2010-12-21T10:35:00.000-08:00

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d10e9abac008eefccfb4c86/going-home-for-the-holidays

New Pendants

2010-09-04T08:13:00.001-07:00

Just learned not to hit enter button to space down from the title.

Here are some new pendants that I've been working on.

Going to take a break today and go see our grandson Henry. He turns 2 today!

New

2010-09-04T08:12:00.001-07:00

Rainbow Agate

2010-08-30T15:39:00.000-07:00

A new sterling silver wire wrapped necklace with rainbow agate. This will be listed on my new online section of my Dixie Art House webpage. Getting it ready to publish. Coming Soon.

2010-08-27T18:46:00.000-07:00

Collection of my drilled rock pendants. I found these rocks in a wash in Tucson while walking my dogs. I've also added fragments of drilled shells to some of them.

2010-08-25T23:31:00.000-07:00

Wire wrapped with sterling silver. Stablized Turquoise

Classes coming soon

2010-08-19T19:38:00.000-07:00

My project examples are almost done. Go to dixiearthouse.com and click on workshops to see whats coming.

Classroom almost ready

2010-08-11T10:18:00.000-07:00

Getting my classroom ready to teach the classes that I've been promising to do for a long time. I'll post pictures of my classroom sometime today.

2010-08-07T07:35:00.000-07:00

So I've decided to feature my Jewelry in two other stores.
Folk Art in Dayton, Washington
and
Walla Walla Bead Company in Walla Walla, Washington
and as always
in my Art House in Dixie, Washington

2010-07-28T07:06:00.000-07:00

What do you do when you find flowers and Barretts in your stash?

Make flower barretts

2010-06-03T14:04:00.000-07:00

Hand built clay bottle Raku fired. I love to hand build items and will do more of this in the summer.

2010-05-26T17:35:00.000-07:00

Working more with copper lately, Here is a necklace that will be priced and put in my shop tomorrow.

2010-05-18T15:38:00.000-07:00

Today was a run around errand day. I of course did make a little detour to our thrift shops. All two of them. Getting used to being back to a town that doesn't even have a Michaels! I did make it to our newly remodeled Joanns and got the shepard hooks I needed to hang my garden cups.

Here is a picture of one of them.

2010-05-17T15:58:00.000-07:00

2010-05-17T15:55:00.000-07:00

New Goal is to post daily not every two monthly. I don't know where the time goes.

Here are some pictures of my Art House

2010-02-21T20:16:00.000-08:00

Ceramics my way

2010-02-21T20:08:00.000-08:00

Getting Back To Ceramics is a fun thing to do. Remember the mushroom cups and spoon holders? Well this is my way to get back to ceramics. Horse hair firing. I was introduced to this by some of the ladies here in Tucson. We go to a Ceramic shop, Desert Dove Ceramics, and have great fun. Here are my latest creations.

Fused Glass and Silver

2010-02-18T20:15:00.000-08:00

Trying to get some of my projects done before we pack up and go back home. I have been doing Horsehair firing on ceramics and love the new technique. My new computer is working fine and I'm trying to salvage my pictures off the old one.

2010-01-03T18:53:00.000-08:00

My newest Inspiration

2010-01-03T18:42:00.000-08:00

One of my silverware necklaces

2009-12-10T15:15:00.000-08:00

2009-12-08T09:44:00.001-08:00

Merry Christmas to all my friends. Today is rainy and a good day to start revising my webpages. New pictures of my jewelry to follow.

My Inspiration

2009-12-08T09:41:00.000-08:00

2009-11-09T21:54:00.000-08:00

Tucson Sunset
We are here for the winter and getting my studio arranged. Finished some necklaces and earring sets. Will post them on my webpage tomorrow.

2009-11-09T21:40:00.000-08:00

Working on getting more jewelry done this week.

2009-06-22T19:22:00.000-07:00

Gettin used to this blog

2009-06-22T19:03:00.000-07:00

I have another blog that I don't enter very often either. For some reason I just can seem to write about myself. I know that I'm busy but it seems that everyone else has such wonderful stories. Well I saw an owl in our tree today and took several pictures of that silly little creature. I have never seen an owl turn his head completely around. WOW they can really do that. Here I am looking at his front body and the back of his head! Well was sleeping too so I think I woke him up.

2008-04-27T22:41:00.001-07:00

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa

2008-04-25T22:52:00.000-07:00

Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.
Ralph Waldo Emerson