not really bragging

It’s not really bragging if I show off my Xmas gifts here?  BUT look what I got!!!!

Ok the pic was taken by the artist, Kerry, from KabsConcepts.  She takes amazing pictures and I’m not going to even try and do a better job than this.  My amazing hubby got this for me for Christmas and the bangle is just as amazing in person.  I’ve been following Kerry’s work for years.  I’m drawn to her color palette…loud, bright, bold, and beautiful.  Her jewelry design has gone in and out of my personal style.  Most of her work is chunky, and loud, but her simpler pieces are what draw me in.  I love this bangle. I’m totally inspired by it.  The red and teal with a touch of orange.  But the design is really what drew me in.  It’s different.  It’s a concept I thought of and then threw out the window immediately.  She did it and it works. 
Looking and wearing this bangle has started me thinking about my old beadwork.  My flowers and my dabbling into wirework/jewelry.  I was there in my flower work.  The same place Kerry is and she’s a successful artist, author, and teacher in jewelry and lampwork.  I never realized it.  I didn’t have the confidence in my flowers to know where I was.  I’m quite proud that at least now I’ve realized how far I took and was taking my french beaded flowers.  I’m slightly bummed that it took two years after I quit making them to realize it. 
But it does inspire me to explore and grow in the fiber world.  I’m excited to see what I can come up with and how far I can take it.  I have ideas for some multimedia quilts or mini quilts.  Not sure what I’ll call them yet.  I should probably make one first.  I have a sketch book and yes I’m sketchin.

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