You are The Empress

Beauty, happiness, pleasure, success, luxury, dissipation.

The Empress is associated with Venus, the feminine planet, so it represents,
beauty, charm, pleasure, luxury, and delight. You may be good at home
decorating, art or anything to do with making things beautiful.

The Empress is a creator, be it creation of life, of romance, of art or business. While the Magician is the primal spark, the idea made real, and the High Priestess is the one who gives the idea a form, the Empress is the womb where it gestates and grows till it is ready to be born. This is why her symbol is Venus, goddess of beautiful things as well as love. Even so, the Empress is more Demeter, goddess of abundance, then sensual Venus. She is the giver of Earthly gifts, yet at the same time, she can, in anger withhold, as Demeter did when her daughter, Persephone, was kidnapped. In fury and grief, she kept the Earth barren till her child was returned to her.

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This brooch is going to a friend. It's a long overdue project, and there is one more brooch to finish and send off. That one will only take one evening to finish, then I'll put it in the post.
Still not sure of the matte face here, but it does look good with the bead mix. And the pearls - perhaps a little hard to see in the picture.



When I was studying, I did this on the off time - cause it was easy to do and I love those triangles! I want to do it again, not sure what I'll use next time, I love herringbone and I love the triangles! I also have 8's that would look awesome!
Cheers, Denise

HEART PICTURES!!!!! THE HEARTS ARE IN THE MAIL!!!!!

Remeber the heart swap? Well they are finally in the mail! It was all the post office's fault - they returned a package to one of the swappers so we waited for it to come back to me. Aren't we all so nice? And now, here all all the pictues, some of them are front and back, and some are one dimensional - sorta.
Enjoy!!!!




















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Lisa Volrath has started her easter countdown! Clink on the link and enjoy some free images - but only until easter! Same as the cadbury easter eggs!
Cheers, Denise

Lisa's Easter Countdown

This is what I get to play with!
I have one more paper then the two exams, which are spaced nicely in April. Oh boy, it's getting harder and harder to study when all I want to do is let my imagination run wild with art, fiber, beads paper, ink, glues threads!!!
But I'm here blogging, instead of reading all this stuff (some of which I actually have read!). I can be such a bad procrastinator!
Soon!!!!
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I miss my art bench! I miss my art supplies, my paints, brushes, inks, glues, stamps, paper - oh, paper! All the great textures, the smells, the heat gun, the colours!






And my beads!!!! Oh my wonderful beads! I've been buying and not using, but buying in anticipation! Buying beads is way too easy and only take a fraction of a second!

I love these countdowns!!! Thank-you Lisa Vollrath!!
Lisa Vollrath
This is the St. Patricks day countdown. Free art for St. Patty's day! Lisa has been kind enough to create these fun countdowns for other holiday occassions. I've collected Christmas, Valentines and Mother's day. So bookmark Lisa's site and also have a look at all the other wonderful things Lisa has created!
Cheers, Denise

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DREW!!!!!!
I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT, WONDERFUL DAY!!!!!!

We had a relaxing day yesterday with a nice dinner. Tonight I am at school so the kids will have to make dinner for their Dad and give him his gifts. Should be fun for them to make it special. We'll back a cake today too and have some fun with that. It's March Break here in Ontario, so the kids are home all week. And we will have our share of kid friends here too!

We got an extension on our paper. I'll be able to play a bit more with the kids over march break. This is good for me cause I'm thinking some of my research articles may not fit and I'll have to find some new ones. Such is the life of a student.
The first picture is just because. The second picture is to remind me that somewhere under all the paper work and reading is a bead artist itching to get back to beading!!!
Cheers, Denise

A YELLOW Dragon Lies Beneath!

My inner dragon is the most interesting of all. Not only am I the Air Elemental dragon, but I am the fourth rarest type of dragon in the world. Given the chance, I'd spend my days just soaring through the clouds, and I'll only attack if provoked. Click the image to try the Inner Dragon Online Quiz for yourself.




I'll have to try again another day. I suspect my inner dragon is different depending on how many human's I've eaten. Then again, depending on how many crystals I've managed to stick to my stomach, I may prefer to go out raiding for shiny sparkling goodies!!!
Or I may want to be the wise dragon who is imperious to others but will deign to dispense wisdom when I'm well fed and content.
Can you tell I need to play?????

This old heart of mine

been broke a thousand times

I am sailing, I am sailing

home again

Act one is over

without custome change

the principals would like to leave the stage

the crowd don't understand

tonights the night!!!!!

Let's see how I do - watch for updates!! I'm looking forward to a week off - oh wait, I'm a Mom, so no week off. How bout I'm looking forward to staying in my pj's, crawling back into bed and reading trashy mind candy. Oh wait - three assignments do as soon as I get back and two major essay's shortly after. Ahhh, well, at least I don't have to go outside! Oh wait - the dog needs a walk, the groceries need gathering and at the very least, I should reach for the mail!!!
Hmmmmm.....You can bet I'll be napping!!! That's definitely one of my favourite activities! Nothing beats a nap at one in the afternoon!

I love this card generater! Thanks to A stitch in time ,,,, Artsy Mama ,,,, and of course the card generating people!

cheers, Denise

You Are 25% Left Brained, 75% Right Brained

The left side of your brain controls verbal ability, attention to detail, and reasoning. Left brained people are good at communication and persuading others. If you're left brained, you are likely good at math and logic. Your left brain prefers dogs, reading, and quiet. The right side of your brain is all about creativity and flexibility. Daring and intuitive, right brained people see the world in their unique way. If you're right brained, you likely have a talent for creative writing and art. Your right brain prefers day dreaming, philosophy, and sports.

Are You Right or Left Brained?

I've been thinking. Some would say that's dangerous, but I did it anyway. I was thinking about my art and how many people I know on the internet that nobody knows about at home. My family knows that I participate in groups but they don't know names or interests or who goes with what art project I'm on. They know I have fun with the art and that it's important to me (hence the art room they take over all the time!) but they don't know that I admire Heather's constant stretching of her boundaries or Sharonb is an amazing stitcher and doesn't even know that I read her on a regular basis. I read so many different blogs that inspire me and keep me motivated! I love the yahoo groups that I'm involved in - and love the contact I have with these fellow artists. The family isn't aware of the names of the people that are involved in my beaded art doll group that has been going for too long but with any luck and a lot of positive pressure, will be finished before too long.
I've been reading about inchies and white books and samplers and charms! They aren't aware that I'm the proud owner of some amazing artwork from people all over the world and that hopefully some people are happy with what I've sent on too.

To all the people who I owe work to, I haven't forgotten. I am working on them and I am getting to it all so please have faith. I am doing more school work than I have done to date - 3 classes, 3 kids, 3 pets - 3 a good number! So please be patient and thanks for that!

Cheers, Denise

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I'm trying to do some things with my blog, including changing the title picture but I'm having difficulty. That's alright though because I don't learn if I don't try. So I did make up a picture out of my red doll but I haven't quite figured out how to get it to where it is supposed to go. I need my daughter's teen friend to help me again!
She was using photobucket. Maybe I need to use it!

What are the roman columns for? I'm trying to work on a white page and I started with this page as my inspiration but I'm still working on the pages and I'm thinking that I'm going to be changing it up some more to get these pages done!
cheers, D

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Hope this works! I'm acting oh so teenagerish - not being afraid to make mistakes!

Heart Warming Cheer Beaded Heart Swap

Hi everyone!!!
I'm announcing a swap that I'm hosting! It's a beaded heart swap!!! Yup, for Valentines day! I am hosting this over at>Bead Art and at

All About Beads Both of these groups are through Delphi Forums.

So if you are interested in playing too, drop me a line! Remember, they have to be beaded and they have to be hearts. There are some great people already signed up so create something spectacular!
The cost is the cost of postage - not bad eh? I might even find some nice hearts to include as gifts!!
Cheers, Denise

Done now!!!

Handed in my last paper - and no exams!!! So look forward to some upcoming art blogs, where I actually post art and enjoy the process of making art! I went to Wallacks today which is an art store here in Ottawa. I picked up a couple of things and hopefully will get to play with them really soon!
Cheers, All!
Denise

Another Advent!

Thanks To Lisa Vollrath. She has a great countdown calendar of clip art, tags and who knows what else! Go click on the title above and add her wonderful gift to your daily list!
Cheers, Denise

Advent Calendars

They are so fun. Here's one to play with. I found it on .The Brocante Home Chronicles and I thought it would be fun to share. I think I might look around and see what other neat things are out there for counting down the days to Christmas.
Now back to what every you were doing!
Cheers, Denise