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Artwork, Beading and the Leather Bag

Art, Beading and the Leather Bag

My inspiration for making this necklace was the beautiful art deco era style cards by Marilyn Robertson for Spirit FINE ART COLLECTION …cannot find a website for her but her work can be found here ..and my gorgeous leather patchwork handbag which is yet another bag I bought after looking after a friend’s bag and accessories shop.

The art work I intend to frame in either red or black lacquered frames….am on the lookout for the perfect frames whenever I am shopping. The beads for the necklace are some that I have collected over a period of a year or so and I managed to find a glass pendant in red and black in a stunning leaf shape in a sale in Spotlight a few weeks ago. I am hoping to do a multi stranded style necklace with beads of varying sizes, shapes and composition.

Update: The Marilyn Robertson I initially linked to is not the same artist who was responsible for the cards…there are two apparently. The one I found is a gifted artist who blogs and makes jewellery from rocks and stones…how lucky was that mistake!!! She is going on my blogroll….if that is okay with her… so you will find her there.

Further update this is from the Marlyn who did the above artwork:

My name is Marilyn Robertson

I understand you have been searching me out. delighted you were inspired by my images. I am a UK freelance artist/designer. I license my work to many companies. I am in the process of having a new web site built....
I will keep you informed as to it's progress.

Keep enjoying collecting and producing I will be in touch once I can direct to you to a much better site.

best wishes

Marilyn

Art, Beading and the Leather Bag

Art, Beading and the Leather Bag

Fluff Five

We can thank Sulz for this meme, sounds like fun, fluffy things usually are! Here we go:

Five things found in your bag

1] Sunglasses…..Have photophobia and am blinded without them.

2] Wallet with credit card as well as money just in case I see that one special thrift item that I have to have!

3] Tissues as I have sensitivities to cigarette smoke and perfumes, anything really and it gets the old sinuses going

4] Notepad and pen for writing down quilt and design ideas and to write down websites that I see in design and art magazines while I am at the coffee shop.

5]Unscented wet wipes as I often find they come in handy, if not for myself then for others.

Five favourite things in your room

1]My vintage sewing table, it is quite like a shaker design.

2]My tablerunner on my sewing table, it is a gorgeous colour.

3]My three Chinese ginger jars, hand painted and they are lovely colours.

4]My turquoise artwork made from a photo frame and four gorgeous cards that CJ and his father and I have bought over the years.

5]My duvet cover I bought from Target on sale for $69 instead of $169, it is chinese faux silk patchwork.

Five things you have always wanted to do

1]Go to a Kaffe Fassett workshop.

2]See The Gilmore Girls from start to finish.

3]See some of the churches and buildings housing some of the works Tiffany and William Morris, especially the tapestries and the stained glass.

4]Visit America.

5] Tidy my work/storage area.

Five things you are currently into

1]Our flickr group about Laura Ashley, William Morris and Liberty.

2]Our flickr group fabric, patchwork and quilting.

3]Our flickr group fabric, patchwork and quilting reclaimed.

4]Our flickr group fabric, patchwork and quilting in the home.

5]Blogging, and guess what I no longer check my stats religiously!

Five people you want to tag

1] Bombshell.…give the bastards more fodder Ivy

2]Jacquie….take your time and no offense if you hate these things and do not want to do it, know you are busy at present, think these things are open ended.

3]Stina …although she too is MIA

4]Janey....although she already owes me one so she can take her time…also she has three kids and two dogs and a sick cat!

5]Ginger ..like she hasn’t already got enough to do!

This was fun and as for being fluff it actually exercised a few brain cells!

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