What is the meaning of this?

I finished another bead yesterday and this one I decided to put on a ball chain and wear it to work.  Lots of people gave compliments on the eclectic design and how colorful it is.  I also had quite a few ask me for the meaning of the bead.   Meaning?  Hmm, I was stumped how to answer that.  I just made it because it was fun to do, unique and added joy to my life.  Do artists have to have meaning to what we make??

Is there anything more exciting….

than seeing your artwork published in a book?

Tonight I received my copy of L.K. Ludwig’s newly released book “Collaborative Art Journals and Shared Visions in Mixed Media”. 

As I began to turn page after page, soaking in the beautiful candy, I was taken back when I looked at a page, recognized it and then looked underneath the photo to see this:

artist: Marci Glenn

Oh sweet affirmation!  Really, is there anything better than to be acknowledged as the person you knew you always were?   Thank you L.K. for including my art in the same book with so many talented, fabulous, well-known artists!

Happy Mothers Day!!

Today I celebrated Mother’s Day with my family. We attended church this morning and then planted over 30 – 4 inch pots of flowering annuals in the front perennial beds to fill in the gaps.  As I was planting and weeding the beds, I noticed this very tiny weed with tiny blue flowers.  Normally I would have pulled it out without thinking twice but for some reason I felt like I had to capture the beauty of the blue.  This tiny weed is only one half of an inch tall.

I left it.

Did you miss this?

The premier edition of Stampington & Company Art Journaling magazine sold out and is now available as a digital download.  Here is the link to order it:  http://www.stampington.com/artjournaling/

This is by far one of the best publications that Stampington has put together.  Definitely something that you will refer back to not only for the mini lessons and prompts from the featured artists, but the lovely eye candy that will inspire you to Go Make Art!

Enjoy!

A Funky Felt/Fabric/Thread/Beaded Bead

Last night I decided to try my hand at creating a funky bead like Alma Stoller  creates.  I have admired her style of beads for the past few years and I just love the organic look to them.  Here are some pics of my very first bead!

 

Here is the top of the bead

Here is the bottom of the bead

This was created using wool felt as the base, Perle cotton, silk button hole thread, scrap fabric, silk sari yarn and thread scraps covered with an eclectic mix of glass seed beads in different sizes.  The finished bead measures 1 inch tall by 1 inch wide.  This is a great way to reuse/recycle small bits and pieces you have lying around on your art table.

The whole thing took about thirty minutes to make.    This chunky bead would be perfect to hang from a ball chain or ribbon as a necklace or perhaps as a charm dangler on your purse.

Enjoy!  Keep it simple.