Tales From The Labyrinth

Stepping Into A New Cyber Home...

For those of you who may not yet know,
I've moved to a new Cyber Home!

Tales From The Labyrinth continues
~HERE~

www.lealabyrinth.com

Please come and join me!

I look forward
to sharing more adventures
and wondrous discoveries
with you along the path!

The Fourth Gourd Class- Let The Embellishment Begin!

I still can not believe...

how the exact same process...

could yield such entirely unique...

and beautiful pieces...







each one...





such a creative expression...









from the heart...

What a joy
it was for me to spend time
and share my studio space
with these five amazing and talented ladies!!!

Small Gourd Class

I had so much fun
today...



Watching these amazing...

beautiful...

and diverse small bud vases...

 

using tiny gourds...

special paints...



alot of old-fashion elbow grease...

and imagination...



all created
by these six lovely ladies...

who attended my class
this afternoon!!!!

Each piece...

was incredibly unique...

I of course...



wanted to keep them all...

but watched them
leave at the end of the day...
 


tiny gems
in the palms of their hands...

Cracked Glass Gourd Classes 2 & 3

The last two
Wednesday evenings
at the Santa Rosa Labyrinth Studio
were full of
artistic flare unfolding
through cracked glass
and grouting....

Nancy & her gourd...

Jeannie & her gourd...

Cindy & her gourd...

Elizabeth & her gourd...

 

and
Melissa & her gourd...

One...
more class to go!!!

Eggs...

I just love
eggs...

I love
to eat eggs...

like my favorite Chilaquiles dish
at Flavors Restaurant in Santa Rosa...

And...
I have always loved dying Easter Eggs
and the symbolism these mystery bundles hold
no matter what tradition you come from
or celebrate this time of the year...

Last night,
I just had to make some dyed eggs
and decided to use the alcohol paints
that I'm so enamored with these days
and that I'm using for my small gourd
bud vase class coming up...

So...
I played...

and played...

and became so excited
and filled with joy
with these beautiful eggs
that now fill my
front porch bunny's basket!!!

I just had to share them with you!

And my hope that this post
finds you reveling in the beauty and mystery
of this Spring...
and all that it holds...

Spring 2011 Classes with Lea Goode-Harris

In my upstairs downtown studio
I am offering two Spring classes
to help you tap into your creativity...

The Santa Rosa Labyrinth Foundation
and Lea Goode-Harris

Cracked Glass Gourd Vase

Small Gourd Bud Vase

The Cracked Glass Gourd Vase Class
I will show you how to make
an amazing vase using:
gourds, paper maché, cracked glass,
clay, and irredescent powders
This four week Wednesday evening class
begins on April 27th,
and continues May 4th, 11th, & the 18th
7:00 to 9:00 PM
Cost: $100.00 (includes materials)

The Small Gourd Bud Vase Class
I will show you how to make
these tiny gems
from little gourds, special paint,
and old-fashioned elbow grease...
This Saturday afternoon class
is scheduled for May 14, 2011
1:00 tp 4:00 PM
Cost: $35.00 (includes materials)

You can visit my website for more pictures & details
and how to contact me to register.

Cookies

It is so much fun
to make Christmas cookies...



Ms. Amanda...



had her "Little Sister"



join Elizabeth...



and me in her kitchen for making sugar cookies...



with icing and candy bits...



What a sugery time we had!!!!

The Earth Is A Perfect Place To...

One of things that I find appreciation for these days
are my long established connections
that hold me
when my world is coming apart
in so many ways...

Beautiful Cosmic Cowgirl
Michelle Fairchild
has created Mojo Mondays
and asked us cowgirls to make a Monday list to
"The Earth Is A Perfect Place To..."

I wrote...

The Earth is the perfect place to...

open to your heart,
be human,
discover,
defy gravity,
sleep in a hammock,
view a sunset,
watch clouds...
to float in an ocean,
a river
a pond,
a pool,
or a puddle...
to search for treasure...
or to make a labyrinth
and find your path home...

Cooper, Indigo, & The Santa Rosa Labyrinth Foundation

Cooper Fox's
Pre-Valentines Day Jewelry Sale
&
Medical Expense Fund Raiser
for Indigo Crone
at the Santa Rosa Labyrinth
Foundation Studio

Saturday February 6, 2010
11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
SRLF Studio
201 D Street
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
(upstairs between Peets Coffee & 3rd Street Parking)

I've known Cooper Fox all of his nine years.

He's an amazing little guy
and quite the entrepreneur,
when he's not playing soccer or basketball,
with his walnut and pumpkin business in the Fall...
Lately he's delved into making jewelry
and he is quite good...
 I have two pair...
so far...

Here's Cooper at work...



making something beautiful for someone to wear...

Over the holidays, I saw Cooper and his mom and dad, and asked him if he would like to have a show at my new studio... After asking permission from his parents, he said a hearty "yes"!!!!

Here is a sample of some of his earrings...

Part of setting up the finer details for a show and sale was for Cooper to pick a charity or fund to donate 10% of all sales. He called me after our meeting and asked what I thought of making a donation to another neighbor and dearest of friends' Indigo Crone.

Indigo has an inoperable cervical cancer tumor. She has been valiant in doing everything possible to bring healing to herself... as you can imagine the expenses are enormous. Cooper and I are honored to be of some help to her and her husband David. There is actually a large fund raiser happening at Santa Rosa's Community Market & Gaia's Garden Restaurant (with live music provided by friends of Indigo's at the restaurant) on Friday, January 15th. Portions of sales from both places will go to Indigo's Medical Expense Fund.

Donations can be made directly
at any Redwood Credit Union site
Indigo Crone
Account # 335055
or mailed to
Redwood Credit Union
P.O.Box 95406
Santa Rosa, CA 95406

Phone Call Dreams...

Life is indeed so full...
that I can't seem to get myself to the computer!

So many things to write about, show, some new learning curves to get to where I want, and that pull from outside... so I keep following the momentum and it isn't at the keyboard!!!!

I miss bloglandia...
so much so, that I'm dreaming of my blogging friends...

Last night I dreamed that I missed a phone call from eb!!!! The "can't reach you" message showed up on my (dream) computer screen... as I tried to call her back, I woke up...

I woke up, and instead of a complicated post...
here are a few lines and a picture of another of Lucille's amazing creations sitting in my sweet mom's kitchen window...

Oh how these little guys so delight me!!! Peeking out at me from here and there!

Is there anything surprising you???

Have a great week and I will see you soon!!!