hitting the ground running today as i make soap, infuse the oil for a new batch of lotion and fire the glaze on my tiny teacups for my summer collection. i am not an multitasker generally, only a procrastinator waiting for the perfect unfolding of moments, which...never quite happen unless i make them happen. so today is the day as my family complains about the dwindling soap supply and i notice i may not have enough lotion to make it through the week and my pending vacation to zion and the grand canyon.

my summer collection should be titled "pom poms aplenty". i have lost count of how many i have made. pictured are a few : ) i must be off to continued work on summer including tags of 100% recycled paper with flower bits, knitted things, tiny wrist and ring sized pieces, ceramic wee teacups and saucers. Summer will be complete and at the ark and cast away by the last week in june.

yesterday, my first trip ever to angel island. i can hardly believe i have never been and walked the 360 degree view of the bay. still savoring, so good!

not a giant thimble, just a set of tiny sized spring pieces.

thimble included for scale.

these doll sized crowns...a total inspiration to my world...inspiring a wrist corsage version of a crown for my mommy for mother's day. thinking more will follow with my summer collection. miniature crown versions for the wrist : )

no less work than head size pieces but maybe more workable into everyday adornments for the wearer?

just finishing up 3 miniature versions of my spring collection. a commission of doll sized proportions for mom and daughter collectors of adorable

jess brown dolls. http://jessbrowndesign.com/index.php

now their dollys can play dress up too : ) so sweet!

1/2 size, mini strawberry crown pictured... and when i finish firing my tiny clay pieces i will post the other 2 mini crowns too.

a recent train trip that brought me to denver colorado also brought inspiration, filling me so completely and so unexpectedly. a fenced off construction site...?

...decorious with giant crocheted flowers, leaves and stems?
who does that?
a glorious curiosity i am still pleasingly, pondering : )

http://www.ladiesfancyworksociety.com/ftp/ftp/blogger.html

and

http://yarnbombing.com/

*granny graffiti and yarn bombing? i am so out of the loop :)

baby sized, silken fluffy study #2 in silk organdy is finally finished. she has such the lovely swing and fullness that i couldn't get with her delicate sister in silk gauze. my photos cannot capture it's remarkable silken ways properly but it will soon be on to it's rightful owner, kerri hamilton photography, who surely can.loving that i can find a home for imaginings of such ruffly, silken happiness :)

a very spare spring collection this year but just enough.... for all their layers of seen and unseen love and attention. 25 pieces are finding their way to new venues this season.

4 went to etsy with more to be added soon!http://www.etsy.com/shop/missteapotdressup?ref=pr_shop

9 went to a lovely, local yarn store called cast away. the local place that inspires me:)http://castawayyarn.com/

the layers of hand crafted details seemed so relevant somehow...so i took a deep breath and asked the owner if she would be interested in carrying my work. i was overjoyed when she said yes: ) it is a wonder after 10 years and 1000's of pieces i still feel so insecure about my work in the audiance of others outside of my world. creativity is such a vulnerable place in me, a direct link to the world in my heart.

and 3 spring pieces+ some other requests of past collections are going to a a delightful mommy in sacramento who's emailed compliments have been more than a bit of pep rally and encouragement to my imagination and handwork. i am so very grateful!

not as fluffy as anticipated but still a successful study of silk's graceful properties. this infant sized study in silk gauze. my ruffler and she did not get on well. ruffler is such a clunky tool for something so delicate and gossamer. i love it and hope it will still prove useful for fuloflyfe's photographic eyes. if not this one perhaps the next in silk chiffon?