Winter sky.

I can't help but want to call off sick from work, at least for a few hours, to capture the light with a regular camera on days like this.

Religious Icon

On January 5th 2012, our beloved Joseph Bucko (grandfather) passed away from this earth. In his honor, I have painted a spiritual icon of the holy spirit as a gift to my Grandmother. Thought I would share a picture of the work. Attached to the bottom is a metal of the sacred heart of Jesus.

Handmade...

Just wanted to post some pictures of the decorations that we have around the house, and at other family members houses, that either I have made this year or others that have been made by different family members. It's a real treat to see them displayed every year, or in the house in general. Handmade gifts are some of the greatest treasures to receive, especially when they are layered in work, effort, and love.

The Rosaries were made recently as gifts out of a collection of beads. It's always good to find a way to use old materials. The snowman ornament was painted on recycled paper, with old paints, and materials that I had laying around the house. It didn't cost me a dime in materials, and it's great to know I'm giving away a recycled gift (but not in a re-gifting sort of way).







The owl and Santa were made by my Great Aunt Ardith. She has passed away many years ago, and I have never met her, but have heard a lot about her. It's a treat to be surrounded by her creativity. She suffered from rumatory arthritis, and carved many wood carving. It remains a blessing to have a piece of her creativity for inspiration, and we can honor her through the stories told of her.






The paper village houses were made by a man that my grandmother knew. He rolled magazine papers, and glued them onto small wood pieces to construct log-cabin like houses. It's a real treat to see these treasures ever year.

Monday Monday...

Christmas Decorations and embellishments!

I just wanted to post this picture of the bow I made on this gift of wine as a simple reminder that there are many ways for people to decorate in cheap an inexpensive ways this holiday. You never know what you've got laying around the house from a ball of yarn or what not, that is just screaming to be recycled or reused! I made this bow out of a ribbon that was on a package of cookies my dad got from a customer, a ball if hemp that has been sitting in my basement for years (from previous craft intentions that only had a small life), as well as another ball of red string-and it didn't cost me a dime. I've been collecting, for a while now, things that I don't want to throw out because it looks like it has potential for a project. Over time you will find that you have a large collections of different colors of 'stuff', making it easy to work with the color scheme of your gift/project. Please consider reusing and recycling this holiday season and for future give aways.

12-16-2011

A thousand implications. (12-13-11)

Sometimes I do the dance of misunderstanding, chanting to myself, 'no body gets it.' You tell me I'm confusing and I assure you the feeling is mutual. I am the fool, but for a thousand times have asked you to read implications of experiences that you do not have. No one criticizes themselves like this, where they can foresee the selfish man that others have tried to consume with condiments. No one has the tongue for the raw elements. It is the preparations of the knife, discarding the fat, and catering to your tastes that we unite in a meal. Dancing alone keeps me away, until I get tired of all that, and return to gardening.