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Woodcarving

The week sure went by quick. I had a lot more planned but didn't have the energy to do it. My hands are still sore from woodcarving, and so I've had to lay off the knitting and crocheting. I'm looking forward to the weekend. My daughter may visit. We'll see.

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Left Hand Dominant Day

Last night I was watching a show on keeping your brain fit. On it was a vet who had lost the use of some of his brain functions in Iraq, so they covered his right hand and he spent 8 hours a day doing things with his left hand, which built new pathways in his brain. Sorry I'm a layman, not a Dr. so I don't know how to explain it better. Anyway, the piece reminded me how critical it is to use both hands to keep your brain fit as well as saving wear and tear on your joints.

As a juggler, I know how important being ambidextrous is. In a juggling pattern, it is mainly your non-dominant hand that makes the most errors. And if I make a bad right hand throw, it's the left hand's job to fix the problem and return the throw correctly. So I've declared today my personal non-dominant hand day, and in my case that's my left hand. So I put a bracelet on my left wrist as a constant reminder. Like a dance partner in a waltz, my left hand gets to be the leader today. I'm looking forward to the challenge.

I also want to try wearing a blindfold an hour a day, to force my other senses to work harder. It should improve both my sense of touch and my hearing.

Counters and Salads

Hey look, my new counter is working. It says 6 people have been to this blog. They are a quiet bunch because none of them left any comments. Still, all are welcome and it's good to know someone dropped by. My Flickr has also been very busy with people favoriting things and commenting on photos. It's beginning to feel like party time wherever I go!
I am really hungry right now. My boyfriend said he's bringing me left over Chinese food so YUM! I don't have to cook tonight. He'll probably make a salad for himself. He loves to make these giant deluxe salads. It took me five years to convince him I was happy with a salad 1/3 that size. I admit I'm not much of a salad monster. I prefer a little salad to go with my meat.

Play with a kaleidoscope.

Today I found a kaleidoscope making tool here: http://krazydad.com/kaleido/
I had the best time making kaleidoscopes. I saved my favorites and added them to Flickr. You just find the url of the photo you want to use and load it to the program. It was so much fun I couldn't stop!

Hello Sunshine

Have you been in the sun today? Dr. Oz (on Oprah) said we need 10 minutes of sun on our skin per day to get enough Vitamin D. Just don't get it on your face and hands! If you aren't out in the sun (or there hasn't been sun shining where you live in days, you need to be taking a vit. D supplement. I suppose one of the day therapy lamps would help as well. But the sunlight needs to shine directly on your skin for 10 minutes. And if you are bundled head to toe in jackets and scarves and boots that's not going to happen, now is it?
I'm glad I live in S. Calif. I make an effort to get some sun daily, esp. since hearing that the sun for 30 minutes a day increases the mood enhancing seratonin that our body makes. So get out there and get some sun!

Busy Tuesday

I have been super busy. I just ordered 3 domain names, and I'm busy building those websites. One if for hypnosis, one is for psychic stuff and one is for my new line of t-shirt art. I'm a complex person and can't fit all of myself onto one website. I've tried and soon it was just a sea of confusion. It can be challenging to be multitalented. Take today for example. I went out to breakfast and wrote the lyrics for two new songs. I've never written a waltz before so that was a real challenge.
Then I rushed home to record the new melody before I forgot it.
I grabbed some lunch and started doing a new concentrics painting in shades of green and brown. But reminding myself that life is about balance, I set that aside to dry and went to work on other things.
The hypnosis chatroom has been a challenge because the moderators took away the chatroom link from the menu bar. So now people are playing 'hunt down the link' which had kind of killed chat for the time being.

Then I had dinner and came back online to work on getting the new websites up and functioning. Why pay money for them if they aren't available to earn me some money?
Tomorrow will no doubt be nothing like today. It will be a new mad rush all over again.

Update

It's been a busy summer. My blogs are making me money, more so than my art. How did that happen? Life can be unexpected. I've made some great creative friends in the Etsy chatrooms. I also blog on vox and livejournal and deadjournal and tribe net. So if you are interesting in those formats instead let me know so I can add you to my friend's list.
Why doesn't blogger have a friend's list? Or if they do, where is it?
Anyway, enjoy your summer.

I have a better idea.

I decided to design my own line of knitted dolls instead.

See more progress on: Knit a knitted babe with a small wardrobe

Cambria

This is Wallace the sock monkey. Some of my sock monkey friends have traveled all over the world. I want to travel all over the world too but my keeper keeps forgetting to take me along. I just missed out on a big trip to Central California. I better be getting some banana pudding out of the deal.

See more progress on: Write about my great adventures.

Chatrooms on Etsy

I just found out that Etsy has a chatroom. Just go to about any page and on the top menu bar it says FORUMS. Click on that and on that page, in the upper right hand corner it has the chatroom button. I've met some other Etsy artists there and it feels good to cheer each other on and share tips.

The Doll With the Red Button Eyes

I'm putting both these paintings up for sale on ETSY today before I get too attached to them and decide to keep them forever.

sundancer beaded spirit art doll

sundancer beaded spirit art doll
Originally uploaded by fyrefantasy.

The photography really doesn't do it justice. I'm about halfway done with the beadwork, then I'll sew the edges closed, add a bit of stuffing and then add the fringe.

Sundancer doll

Right now I'm working on a beaded leather spirit doll called Sundancer. The face is a little sun made of carved bone that I purchased at a Gem and Mineral show. Photos coming soon. More details here: http://hypnokittyartstudios.blogspot.com/

What's it all about?

I've noticed as I list things on Etsy, I also want to talk about the projects more than the room on Etsy allows. So I thought I'd make a blog so I could be more available to the public and my fans and my customers. So far I haven't sold anything on Etsy but hope springs eternal. I've already added some artists to my favorites list and I see that some people have added me as well. I like having the moral support.