Hey Ma I’m a Statue

Mr. Beatnheart had a commison to do an outdoor sculpture.

He needed some models and I thought it would

be fun.   Ha!  what a day that was...

All I can say is that for me it was way too

weird.  

I had to stick straws up my nose,

wrap plastic around my head,

and then my face in plaster...

and then hold still...

for way longer than I wanted to.

CLAUSTROPHOBIA!

PANIC ATTACK!

being a model is not as cool as I thought it would be...

our friend Paul was a super good sport about the whole thing.

He scuba dives so maybe that’s why it didn’t bother him 

as much as it bothered me.  

and he had to have that pipe in his mouth...

Thank goodness I didn’t have to do my whole body.

So if you are ever in Fort Wayne, Indiana at 

The Lincoln Insurance company...

there I is.

New Work for a New Year

Changes have been occurring...

The muse has taken me to a different place.

and I follow breathlessly...

sometimes barely able  to keep up.

I’m working as I sleep...I wake up with ideas

and can’t wait to get started.  

and for me a remarkable thing is happening...

my work is taking on a completely different form...

it’s coming from my heart, my head, my stories...

Now instead of spending hours looking at findings from China

I’m taking a higher road...I’m digging around in my boxes and

looking at my years of collecting and turning it into wearable objects...

little sculptures...  The necklace I bought when I was 17...the buttons

my auntie Edith gave me...I’m bursting with joy ...the stuff has meaning to me.

I am an artist.

Giuseppe de Piero...The Website

This has been one of the reasons that the computer has been burning up over here.  As I mentioned
before, Mr. Beatnheart has been working with his old art school mate in Birmingham, England,
 Paul Shotan of artworks-unlimited to bring a long overdue website to fruition.

WELL HERE IT IS

It is still a work in progress...this shows almost 20 years of work...

He’s been a busy man...

A Lot of activity...

 I put in some new listings in the shop...

 It takes me a lot of time with my

ADD and all....I fuss and bother and fidget and sweat until I

get it to where I think it’s ok... I love taking

pictures...but sometimes it takes way too long.

I have to figure out how to speed that process along

or I’ll make myself  even more crazee.

and even then I not completely happy...

Mourning Jewelry from England.

love this stuff... Thanks Queen Victoria.

cute lil old invites for your next bash..

yikes...outta focus...dang

the old “Keyboard Shot” for which I am famous.

and now...

I'm going wacko with jewelry making.  Now that

I’ve got my ipad(luv!!) I can hang out in bed, in the the garden and search for and look at

Etsy artists and different techniques...my stuff is

taking a new direction and I’m chuffed!!  I want to incorporate

all the stuff I’ve been collecting for years and oh yeah wear

it around my neck and dangle it from my ear lobs.  I’m

no longer happy buying cheapo crap from China that everyone else has.

I want original.... I want unique...special...exciting...adventurous.

Can I hear an amen?

I’m banging metal with my husband in his studio.

Is he happy being my new teacher?   Kinda.

He’s kicking butt working on his website.  Is it

looking absolutely fabulous?   Yes and yes again...

wow...what a body of work...the man is a tireless genius if

I do say so myself.

SNEAK PREVIEW HERE

I am so happy right now with new excitement with

my work..I can’t wait to get up in the morning.  I’m bursting

with ideas.   Wore some new earrings to a party and got

some really nice feedback.

I’ve grown up...I feel like my mama is standing over

my shoulder and shouting me on and giving me

mega encouragement.. things are coming my way... something has shifted...

like I’m totally different... 

Happiness for me stems from excitement about what I

am participating in...   and success with it.  Also

when people actually buy my stuff, especially the things I

make.  I know I can sell antiques.  I have been doing that

with a great deal of success for years now....but when you

create something and people buy it, well it is a validation

that you are on the right track...so you carry on...I carry

on anyhow....I just love to, no have to (am obsessed with) tinkering with objects.

Be it fabric or metal or paper or beads.  I have to create

in order to be happy.

Have a Rocking New Year

                                                                               
               

I had read in Patti Smith’s book

"Just Kids"

that her mother told her,

“Whatever you are doing on New Years Eve,

 you will be doing for the rest of the year.

                                                     

so I made sure I was doing this...

May all your dreams come true

in the New Year!

       

Well it sure wasn't dull

2011 is a year I'll never forget. I lost my mom...a big, ginormous event in any ones life. I am still not settled down from that and am dealing with it on a daily basis in the best way that I can.

I got a job in the corporate world, and found out soon enough that I am not cut out for that...
That suited me about as much as the size X sweatpants I used to wear.   I lost 20lbs... Goodbye, farewell, auf wiedersehen,  goodnight.    I've kept it off and this is the first New Years Day in my life where
 I didn't need to start a diet.

 I started my ETSY site. Set it up by myself, set up PayPal myself. Yep me, formally known as" she who was computer illiterate" now kicking butt and trying STUFF I WOULD  HAVE NEVER EVER TRIED BEFORE.

 I have stuck with a Yoga program and have not given it up.   I am a card carrying Yogini.
  I've created a new body...don't get me wrong..It is still the body of a woman who has gained and lost 20lbs.so many times that I have lost count. I still wouldn’t wear a swimsuit in public but if I am held together with black cotton and lot's of lycra I don't look too bad. But the stength, the flexibility, that has come from solid hard work and a firm desire... It did not come from reading a magazine article or talking about how I would love to do it but,  it came from putting in the time on the mat.

  I brought in more sales at my antique mall space this year than last year...huge,  considering a lot of places have closed down.. I just changed up my game plan and worked harder and put in more time.

My music has been taken to a whole new level, again through diligent  work and practice and meeting
new people in The Long Beach Uke Club.  I play with my rock and roll and blues boys and keep up
with them.

All in all a full year..I am hopeful for the next...I am going to work even harder. And mostly
slow down in the process and relish the moments, love and appreciate my friends, be a better
friend, give more, see more movies, play a lot more music, dance more, get outside to run and play, be a better wife, a better citizen and a better me.

 Thanks to you all for a wonderful year. You all have helped me in more ways than we'll ever know.


Cynthia

Peace, joy and happiness...

As I am winding up the year I can’t help but

think  of all the stuff that happened...both good

and bad, but mostly good and certainly promising.

I am trying to live my life with gratitude above all.

I am turning around my thinking...

negative thoughts are being replaced.

I am amazed sometimes at what the voices inside
my head are saying...and even more amazed that
I have been allowing it to happen.
Now I try and catch these thoughts and replace
them.  “Shut Up”...I tell myself...sometimes
over and over again.  

I struggle...

Trying so hard to let go of so much crap...

Letting alot of it go...just go.

just doing it.

Enjoying these last couple of days.

2011...certainly a year I will never forget.

Peace, love and prosperity to you all.

Thanks so much for being there.

Thanks Santa!

Santa Claus gave this very good girl a iPad for Christmas..
i do hope that all of you got your wishes fullfilled.

We made a promise of no gifts this year but my dear sweet husband
Just continues to amaze me with his kindness and generosity...he
Is always building me up...
Happy holidays to you all...