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in sharing this little note you will understand the adventure just a little bit better dear marie i thought you might be interested in the fact that i only teach seniors a truly interesting and fulfilling job they come to the rec center for health and to socialize and we are certainly not a typical yoga class we laugh and talk all the while bending stretching and twisting my greatest concern is that no one get hurt while in my class we will never get the poses perfectly in fact i tell them that if they don t hurt somewhere then they didn t have much fun while growing up i am very aware of the replacement parts some of them have hips knees shoulders and the possibility of high blood pressure i have had three ladies with breast cancer taking my class as they went thru the process now they have some neuropathy from the chemo but we manage just the same they are a loyal group and we form some wonderful bonds i love them all and they love me well they say they do we hug and share joy and sorrow with each other one of my guys lost a son recently to an accident and he has continued to come to yoga for the love and support he receives many of them have formed lasting friendships in my classes because it is a government building i am limited in what i can discuss but i do share chakra info mudras meditation techniques that sort of stuff it is never not noisy in the building so real meditation is not possible but they are learning to ignore the distractions i did buy those squishy ear plugs but they don t use them either i say either because they are all type a s and it is a struggle to get them to use props since they are all adults it s hard to just insist but sometimes i do it is very important to take them all as individuals i sometimes feel as if i am walking on eggshells this is a small town and word gets around pretty fast so i have to be nice which means i have to pick my battles yoga has been a joy in my life and i try to make it so in theirs for me that is the true spirit of yoga and i hope i can still teach when i reach 80 only 12 years away thank you so much for all your help i was reluctant to view the video but i needed to make sure the content was there i found i did do an adequate job of instruction and that i have a wonderful group of people around me every yoga class is an adventure each person is unique in their needs and abilities as the instructor i must figure it all out so that everyone has a good time and learns new skills to help them as they age i love what i do and i will do it as long as i can a peek at what i ve been up to october 19 2017 meghan11 adventure creativity fabric beading uncategorized art art jewelry beauty earrings style 1 comment earring obsession it s been a bit since i ve written for this site i think that s because it s been a long time since we have gone on a hiking adventure life has been pretty complicated and time at a premium that doesn t mean i m not creating art though i ve been obsessed with making fabric earrings the above picture is only part of it our local art gallery is hosting a christmas boutique and i have signed up for it i had already made a ton of earring for a lularoe party my daughter was hosting and so i had some on hand now i m making some actual christmas type earrings re purposed trim with earrings i have been making jewelry for some time now and the earrings were styled to go with the necklaces i ve created but they weren t always in fabric which is my primary medium for my art jewelry then i designed and created those below for my brother s jewelry store in ames iowa and got hooked on them no two pair are ever exactly alike and i create them from fabric samples and quilt scraps so i m re purposing things that would go into the trash heap something i can t even contemplate batik peridot and onyx that s where the adventure comes in i had to design shapes select fabrics and then figure out how to bond the fabric to an inner facing such that the edges don t fray even after i worked that out i found i still might have to run a thin bead of glue around the edges earrings made from silk and from quilt scraps the ones i made for iowa have gemstones on them the ones i sell locally have swarovsky crystals and seed beads it takes me from two to five hours to create one pair of earrings that being said it is a labor of love i love the adventure of finding the perfect fabric and then the perfect beads to go with them and a good friend gave me her quilt scraps which are most batik i love batik as these clearly show and the scraps are just perfect for earrings thai silk with quilting my next great adventure will be making a bag from this piece of thai silk that i am quilting and finishing with bead embroidery i intend to combine it with leather of which i have a drawer full so the adventure continues i d need another lifetime to create everything that is in my head as i have only a limited time left on planet earth my daughter is helping me with an etsy shop another great adventure at silkandstoneboutique the adventure there is getting people to even look at it much less like and send it around it seems people are more and more caught up in their own lives and have little time for anything else i guess i m guilty of that too there is only so much time in the day i hope you have enjoyed the pictures you can see more fun stuff at my etsy store life is the adventure september 1 2017 meghan11 adventure creativity uncategorized adventure art beauty creativity etsy family jewelry recycled 2 comments adventure isn t always what you think it s going to be for me it always has to do with family hiking writing or art recently i ve put a lot of work into an etsy silkandstoneboutique shop and getting earrings done for my daughter to have a lularoe party that work is in conjunction with finally getting my book written and teaching yoga and senior strength training all of those i love so all in all life is good this is my lovely granddaughter modeling earrings made for the party the earrings were made from quilt scraps given to me by a friend i try to make everything from re purposed items all of my jewelry creations are either fabric based or created from things found while hiking we have some really great rocks discarded metal and wood in this area and i find pieces that i eventually turn into something my method is to put pieces i love on my work space and let ideas simmer another great source of inspiration is pinterest i also see metal jewelry on tv and wonder how i can make it out of fabric i would need two more lifetimes to create everything i envision i ll certainly never live long enough this is a piece made from leather given to be because a furniture store went out of business i have all of their furniture samples a good example of why i need two more lifetimes i want to make hand bags too something is always cooking in my brain it turns out that the greatest adventure is life itself and what we make of it we are all creative and just need to find out what makes us sing inside that is adventure another art adventure january 3 2017 meghan11 adventure creativity fabric beading uncategorized art beauty creativity diy earrings style leave a comment i haven t really had an adventure in a great long time at least not the kind you re used to seeing here my latest adventure is learning to teach chair yoga sounds easy not so much it turned out to be a lot harder than i d ever imagined i teach seniors i m a senior we all have limitations but i am trying some new things in my art world here s a picture of a piece of silk i m embroidering with floss and beads it is stuffed in the trapunto method later it will be combined with leather to make a bag i am also making a different style of earrings these are fabric with semi precious gem stones added i have them on display at gilger designs in ames iowa he has this great fine design shop and i am honored to have them there and they are such fun to make i made a pair for my niece and my nephew s girlfriend i made me some too of course these are in progress here but they turned out beautifully now a friend of mine is setting up an etsy shop for me another great adventure in the art world everything takes time and energy but creativity is the domain of us all we are by nature creative and for me it has become a real need i suspect it is that way with all artists for this new year i hope you all have lots of time and opportunity to create the things you love and that this brings you great joy and peace white pocket rocks pun intended september 4 2015 meghan11 adventure adventure desert leave a comment finally an adventure to talk about it s been so bloody hot here and we ve been so busy we haven t really gone out into the desert but i freaked and asked my hubby if we could please have a day together i really wanted about a week but that wasn t even an option so we loaded up the dogs and a picnic and headed for white pocket a round trip of about 350 miles this old body has a hard time riding that much but it was worth it we arrived at camp and set up the table and chairs and broke out the food i cheated and bought a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store to save on my efforts we had ants and this little guy as visitors while we ate my sister loves little things so i took the picture for her after lunch we headed out for the white rocks unfortunately my shoes hurt my toes so when we reached the sandstone off they came the really cool thing about it was the tanajas that were filled with water neither i nor spell check know if that is spelled correctly but they are indentations in the sandstone that fill with water some of them had tadpoles in them and others had had enough water that cattails were growing molly the black dog took advantage of the cool water and began wading through all the tanajas she found but our max only got his feet wet when my feet hurt i just dipped them into the water it was a really lovely adventure we also encountered rain a welcome relief in the desert which is ever changing so i d say the adventure was a success i loved it hubby loved it and the dogs had a great time the scenery is well worth the drive so i guess i d do it all again maybe next time we can camp there and explore some more works in progress july 13 2015 meghan11 adventure fabric beading adventure art art festival beading beauty creativity wearable art leave a comment it s been quite a while since i ve written anything here but not since i ve written stuff not only do i write for the local paper but i also have nearly finished our new book how to win friends and influence people in the 21st century now that s an adventure well actually the writing is pretty simple then we began looking for an agent my co author knew one of the best in the business so he contacted him the agent sent us a list of everything we needed for a proposal omg now if it were fiction i d just send the book but a non fiction requires much much more mostly to dedicate your life to it that being said we are sending proposals out to smaller publishers even as i write the book is one that is needed in today s world and i m sure it will be a best seller but sometimes a girls gotta take a break when that is necessary i go to the table and make art the above piece is one that i have in the works it started as a fringe sample from one of my vendors i embellish it and when that s done i ll string it onto something i haven t got that part worked out yet i ve sold a couple of these through a local gallery fringe is all the rage right now i am also doing a series i will call sticks and stones i am using wood and rocks found in our wonderful desert to make wearable art i m not sure i ve posted this picture it is the first of the series i sold it at a show and have made another similar it is a piece of rusty metal embellished i really loved it as did the buyer the next picture is of the newest in the line i am also already working on another one they are such fun this one is of rusted metal and a wonderful piece of wood i have lots of wood and stones because i love it all and just have to bring it home and make art with it i will be setting up an etsy shop for our art including the cliff spirits and the vision spirits and my storytellers so stay tuned that will take some time another adventure i also will have a blog for the book thanks for your interest i hope to be more faithful with the blogs time to focus march 27 2015 meghan11 adventure adventure art cactus desert desert plants leave a comment when i started this blog i intended to use it to help market our art of course earning a living quickly got in the way and my husband sits at the table and calmly says you need to find a way to sell our art online i just nodded inside i seethed i need to find a way i need to find ways to keep money coming in that don t consume me but i agree i love what we do and i do want to market it right now though i am working on a book which takes up a good deal of free time i guess that means it isn t free i also have an interior design business i teach yoga and strength training to seniors and i freelance for our local paper let s not even talk about the stuff we do everyday such as cooking anyway the point of that rant was that i am returning the adventure of art to just that just maybe i can start another blog or blogs on the things that also interest me i hoped to do that here but it didn t work and i need to focus imagine that right now i am making leather flower bracelets for the league of women voters officers it s a great little commission and i know the ladies personally so i m quite happy to do it also i was able to place some pieces with a gallery in kayenta a little red rock community between my home and st george utah the bracelets are similar to this one all that aside it s spring already in the desert you should see my cactus blooming and i m itching to get out there and have a little adventure of my own i guess that means a walk up the wash with the dogs not really a bad deal before long it will be too hot to even venture outside with the intent of spending any time there i believe i posted a picture of the cactus blossoms but just in case i didn t here s one for you to enjoy while i was looking for a picture i came across this one i thought you might like too these guys are wild burros and roam the desert in 19 years i have only seen this herd they let me get quite close but i was cautious back to art my question to you readers is this do any of you use etsy to sell your products if so how is that working for you or do you use artfire same question i know i need to get cracking on that along with all else i do but i want to make the right choices i look forward to hearing from you spring has sprung march 15 2015 meghan11 uncategorized adventure beauty cactus 1 comment i know i promised to share my adventure with learning wordpress but i got distracted i get distracted a lot 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