Month: April 2011

Discipline Your Creativity, and Learn to Fly!

Categories: Creativity, Inspirations, Motivation, Podcast

Image by Oddsock via Flickr

To celebrate my 100th post (whoo-hoo!) I am introducing a new addition to my site:

“Stories From the Studio: The Podcast that Nurtures Your Creativity”

The first installation is a continuation of my Creativity Series, titled “Discipline Your Creativity, and Learn To Fly.”  In this podcast we’ll discuss what discipline is, where we need to add it to our creative life, when to start and how.

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Show Notes:

Learn effective personal Time Management Skills to help you achieve more in life!

You know exercise is good for you: 7 benefits of Regular Physical Activity

A few healthy resources to aid in diet and exercise goals: Online Community/Tracking Tool, Healthy Recipes, Cookbook (don’t diet- just use the recipes!)

Have you seen The Google Art Project yet? Get some inspiration for disciplining your creative skills!

Image by Brianjmatis via Flickr

This is just the beginning…..

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“Boho Beach”: New Jewelry Collection by Elysian Studios

Categories: beads, Elysian Studios, jewelry

These are the first two pieces in my new “Boho Beach” jewelry collection.  Featuring multiple strands in glittering orange, pearly creams, and vibrant blues, these pieces are meant to be statements that easily coordinate with a casual, beach wardrobe.

The first necklace features a hand-linked, clustered focal.  Multiple links of colorful glass beads, quartz stone chips, and sparkling crystals, hang from a Vintaj “Eternity Garden Ring.”  For the necklace, two strands of quartz crystals are intertwined and highlighted with fire-polished rounds, orange stones, Vintaj jump rings, and linked dangles of glass and wood beads.  The piece is finished with a Vintaj Hook & Eye clasp set.  I also made a coordinating pair of earrings.

The second necklace sparkles with strands of goldstone, Crystazzi pearls, Carnelian faceted rounds, and metallic glass beads.  The glass starfish focal coordinates with the blue/copper tube and round beads.  To add to the “boho” vibe, I added a swaying fringe of natural suede lace that drapes down the side of the necklace- it is so fun to wear!

All that’s needed is a straw cowboy hat, a beach with gently crashing waves, and a Pina Colada! Well, a girl can dream….

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Color Inspirations: April {Cerebral Cerulean}

Categories: April, Color, Inspirations

Blues No.1: Blue Umbrella, Distressed Blue Wood, Blue Stamps

Blues No.2: Blue Beads, “The Old Guitarist,” Blue Buttons
Blues No.3: Blue Glass Tiles, Blue View of Capri, Blue Swim, Blue Watercolor
Blues No.4:Blueberries, Blue Jeans, “Pelvis with Distance”
Blues No.5: Blue Butterfly, Bluebird, Blue Hydrangea

Having spent the entire weekend studying color, it is refreshing to look exclusively at the many nuances of blue:

Smooth. Wet. Gusty. Weathered. Worn.  Feathered.  Mournful. Juicy.  Delicate.  Limitless.

Whether Ultramarine, Cerulean, Cobalt or Azure, blue is a soothing, calming and brilliant color.  As a primary hue, it touts its authority as an essential component of thousands of other colors-even lemon yellow has a touch of blue!

Blue is said to be a color of the mind, and inherently soothing.  It is the color of clarity. Blue recedes into the infinite distance, and is often cited as the most popular “favorite color.”  Blue evokes strong emotions, and is the only color that can boast a musical genre of its own!

How does blue inspire you?

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