Pretty Pretty Pincushions

Long time no see, huh?
I have been up to my ears and now I am finally easing back into creating new projects!
From now til the end of April all Moonflower items I make will be for the FINRA show on April 28th and 29th.
Today I made a old fashioned pin cushion with a very old mother of pearl button. I wish I hadd little dangle things around the edge. I may add that!
That's where I'm at today. I will be in pincushion world for the rest of the week. All different colors and themes. Do you have a favorite pincushion???
have a great week!
-Allison

Seva...selfless service

The practice of Seva is love in action, selfless service with no expectations. I made this collage at the request of my wonderful yoga teacher Rose. Rose teaches classes in the Center of Four Winds studio in Frederick, Maryland.

In the studio is a book of Seva that has information gathered from the community about organizations and opportunities to serve others.

Seva is from the Sanskirt root, sev meaning to serve; wait or attend upon; honour; or worship. I loved all the different parts of the collage and how it all came together. Parts of it were given to me by Rose because they were treasures of her's from cards or gifts.

Around the outside of the collage is the following poem about Seva...

Seva

The practice of Seva is love in action, selfless service, with no expectations. Offering Seva is uplifting to your self and our community. Seva carries the power to awaken us to the greater truth of our own beingness.

I hope that today you have the chance to practice Seva in your daily life.

Stacie

Custom Face Plate Covers!

Today I worked on a custom order for faceplate covers. The theme is WINE! So I collaged several covers and I think they are going to be just perfect for the kitchen!~
I especially love the personal touch - the deLorimier (wine label) double pull cover -the last name of the person I made these for!

Complete with painted screws (brown)... I can't wait to deliver them!
Hope you had a creative day!
-Allison

Happy Spring...well almost!!

Good morning! OK, I'm really wishing for spring now!!! We had a snow storm on Monday & I'm hoping that is the last one of the season. I love winter...knitting...reading by the fire, but I'm all done & ready to move on!

Allison and I are getting ready for our spring shows. Here is our schedule so far:

Friday, April 24th

Spring Show at Stacie's

7:00-10:00 pm

New Market, MD

This show will have Stacie jewelry, Moonflower Art & Allison's papercrafts. We'll have food and drinks, so it should be fun. We'll be donating 20% of all sales to the Double Harvest organization for the Benevolent Housing Project in Haiti. Allison is doing a year long service project in 2009 to raise the $3,000 that it takes to build a house for a single mother or widow in Haiti. It's a great project. She has started a website selling other artist's creations and donating 100% of the profit for this project. I am really proud of her! Check out her website on etsy:

http://www.BuildingDreams.etsy.com

Next show on the books:

Saturday, May 2nd

Trunk Show at the Muse

10:00- 9:00 pm

19 N. Market Street

Frederick, MD

I will be there for a showing of my jewelry. We also have a selection of moonflower art products & Allison's cards at the Muse.

Next....

Saturday, May 16th

The Potomac Strawberry Festival

Potomac United Methodist Church

9908 South Glen Road

Potomac, MD 20854

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

We hope to see you at one of the Spring shows. Have a wonderful day & think Spring!!!!!

Cable Knit Scarf

The past few days I've been knitting a cableknit scarf. It took me a few tries to get it right, but I think I'm on the right track now...
Right now I'm working on a dusty rose color and a periwinkle/gray color.Along each side there are big open holes and the cabling is in the center and edges.
I want to try to finish it today... as the kids are home for a snow day! I think this is the first real snow day of this winter for us!
Hope you enjoy your day and see you back soon!
-Allison