"Where in the world?" - Crusade # 15

"Where in the world?" These journal pages are my contribution to Crusade # 15 for the GPP Street Team.

http://michelleward.typepad.com/how_cool_is_that/

"Teach me to fly"

Just finished up several of these infant faces. they are a bit smaller than the adult faces I made awhile back. Seems to me I made some larger ones of this face also, but I can't find them. So, either I am losing my mind or it's time to do a bit of cleanup and organizing... or a bit of both. I have also put it on the web site and listed in my ETSY shop. A far cry from an impressive selection right now, but it is a start. I am

thinking I would like to make some with a bit of an asymmetrical design to have more or a collage than jewelry effect. Still not claiming to be a jeweler. These are wearable collages. 2 1/2" X 1 3/8" size of face including wings. Overall size is 2 1/2" X 3"

http://www.ingriddijkers.com/Vessels.html

ETSY

I finally got my act together and got a few pieces on ETSY. I will add more as time goes on. Everything will still be available on my website as that is my top priority. I still have a bit to learn about ETSY, but I have the basic idea. I'm hoping this will be a good additional venue for the vessels.

http://www.IngridDijkers.etsy.com/

"An Altered Renaissance" Journal completed

I have been working on this journal for just over a year now. It is finally completed and I have started on yet another. It can be viewed in it's entirety here-

http://WWW.IngridDijkers.com/galleryaltbookspage10.html

The Vessels are finally on the Web Site

I finally have some of the Vessels available on the web site. It has taken an incredible amount of time to get them to this point. As John Lennon said "Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans". How true that is. This is the first heart shape I have tried for these vessels and it's far more difficult than the others. I really didn't expect that. I believe I will be making very limited quantities of these as I don't enjoy making things that are "difficult". So far my favorite of the vessels has to be the eggs, but that might change as I get working on the different faces that I have. Those are going to be fabulous and a lot of fun to work with. That's what I plan to work on next. This heart has one of my favorite quotes by Shakespeare, "When I saw you I fell in love and you smiled because you knew". The heart is 1 1/2" X 1 1/2" and about 1/3" deep. Apiece of glass is soldered with lead free solder on the back encasing charms and tiny glass spheres. As with all the other Vessels, it hangs from an Opera length (30") chain with a lobster claw closure. The rest of the Vessels can be viewed here ... more to come.

http://www.ingriddijkers.com/Vessels.html