Mhoti Studio

Today is Friday the 13th.  Tammy Adams from Paisley Lizard set this blog hop up, made a whole slew of polymer clay pendants and shared them with a group of jewellery artists.  What a sweetie. It is now our mission to make something in keeping with superstitions and to share it on our own blogs as part of this Superstition  Hop Now a lot of people fear the number 13, and especially as a date when it lands on a Friday.  I'm NOT one of them . I have always had very LUCKY Friday 13th's.  In fact it's often one of my luckiest days, a day when things always seem to go right. Some folks don't like black cats. Again I'm NOT one of them, I LOVE black cats, and have shared my home(s) with them since childhood. Ladders ? Don't walk under them something bad will befall you! Mirrors ? Don't break one or 7 years of bad luck will come to you! Spill salt ? throw some more over your shoulder! Step on a crack ? you'll break your mothers back.! superstitions ...

to paraphrase Bugs Bunny "It's here, it's HERE Let the bells ring out and the banners fly feast your eyes on me, It's too good to be true. But it's here , it's HERE." do you remember that episode of the Bugs Bunny cartoon? OK I guess I am dating myself here. well, all that preamble just to say welcome to my blog and THE VERY FIRST  Leather Feather Blog Hop. Our hostess and creator of the wonderful leather feathers is Rachel Mallis  http://www.mintmonarch.com/blog She made 11 sets of feathers and sent ten of them to us (keeping one set for herself of course) so that we could participate in this hop. I asked for funky colours and I got them . gorgeous purple feathers with an iridescent shimmer  that is green in some angles. and black in other angles, however they don't seem to photograph that way. so what did I make with these  2 inch long pretties?  I made earrings of course.  I first tried using bronze-coloured wire for...

While working  at The Artisan Loft and General Store this week I sold one of my necklaces to a customer, visiting his parents, from the USA. He was looking for a gift to take home to his wife. what a lovely compliment to me that he couldn't decide which one of two pieces to purchase so I let him send photos to his wife via his iPhone and let her choose. while waiting to hear back from her he decided which one to buy, a few minutes later she replied   that she liked both but preferred one better and  choose the same one he did. so it's now on it's way home to San Diego CA. I am delighted that he bought one of my pieces as his wife is also a jewellery maker, and could make anything she wants. I'll miss this one. I was thinking of keeping it for myself. but i know it will be appreciated and enjoyed. Fold-formed copper pendant , with african turquoise and glass bumpy beads.   hand forged copper clasp, suede neck-strap , bone/horn barrel bead.

Today is the reveal for the third annual Octoberfest Blog Hop hosted by our fearless leader Rita of Toltec Jewels.  Our mission, should we choose to accept it - and I did - is to create something that reflects this time of year , AUTUMN, in all it's glorious splendour. Here in eastern Ontario  in Canada  our leaves turn the most beautiful colours, sadly this year most of our leaves have already fallen. But the memory of their hues remains. I have been playing around with reclaimed/recycled copper sheet (think roofing materials).  As a scrapbooker I have a ton of embossing folders and thin copper sheet gets the most wonderful designs or textures when it is run through my machine with these folders.  I have been prepping for an art tour next week and so have a few thing to show off. One of my fave techniques is wire work, this time in copper as it's less expensive than silver and really relates to the colours of Autumn.  I hope you enjoy my picture sho...