Possibility

I started a new book yesterday and just reading the Prelude I had to pause.   The woman made note to a quote I have heard and read many times.  I even have it hanging in my home on a piece of artwork.  But reading it yesterday caused me to pause in a different way.  To actually take it in to receive it.  

"And the time came when the risk to remain tight in a bud

was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."

I've been feeling a lot lately.   I mean, I'm a feeling person anyway... that's just a fact.  If you know me you are probably saying to yourself, "Oh, Yes she is!"  But, this year my New Years resolution was to  'Embrace myself'.   So, in trying to be better at doing that,  just the embracing part,  I've had to honestly get to know more about myself.  Well, let me tell you, it's an interesting process.   It seems weird to say, "I'm getting to know myself."  I mean,  geeze I'm 43 years old... come on already.  But,  it is funny and true how I am still getting to know 'me' each and every day.   Recently, I have been looking at myself through different lenses and it makes all the difference.  Sometimes it's a wonderful 'Ah ha' moment and I want to wave a flag that says  "Yay! This is me!" and other times I'm like, "Oh!  Shit!" :-)

I have been grateful that through this work towards blooming I have had this beautiful sense of possibility!   That there is so much possibility in my life and life in general.  A feeling that something is out there waiting for me.  Something I haven't reached yet or maybe it hasn't reached me.   I don't know what it is. 

Maybe it's the effects of Springtime in the air or maybe it's the creative juices I have been feeling lately. Getting back in the studio after Winter and creating new things always brings me to life again.  I'm not totally sure where the feeling is coming from but I know I feel possibility!  I feel like life it is full of it and something is just waiting to come forth.  

So, this quote says many things and I'm sure speaks to each person differently. 

But right now it reads to me of possibility, of beauty, of freedom 

and definitely makes the risk and journey seem worthwhile... 

Maybe not an easy skip around the block or a simple journey  

but one that leads to the beauty of blossoming. 

I can't wait! 

All knotted up and totally inspired

With Spring right around the corner I can't help but think of plants and flowers inside and out of my house.  I have been inspired to make ceramics hanging planters for the succulents and many other plants I plant to grow this Spring.   I've spent the week forming and carving new pots that will hang in my own macrame weavings this Spring. (I'll share photos as soon as I pull them from the kiln next week)  But in the meantime you can use anything to make your own creation.  I have included some pictures below.  I especially love the colorful metal candle holder tins.  What a great way to recycle!

I found this wonderful post on Pinterest from the Free People blog on how to make your own macrame hangers for planters.  There are many DIY's but I just had to share this one.  

Check it out!  Easy and fun.  

D.I.Y. Macrame Plant Hanger

Source: 2 Mini String DIYs http://blog.freepeople.com/2014/08/2-mini-string-diys/#ixzz3UEBTsZOf

Start with 4-6 pieces of string that are about 2.5 times the length of your desired finished product. Fold them in half and create a knot near the top, forming a loop – this will be your hanger.

Take two adjacent pieces of string and tie them into a knot.  Repeat with each piece of string.  Then, do this again just a bit below, using one string from each pair to form a new pair. 

Continue this using varied spacing between levels until you reach the 

bottom. Then, tie all of the string into one strong, single knot.

Now you are ready to insert your pot, jar, ceramics... Whatever you have chosen to hang with your newly planted plant.  Enjoy!

Beautiful uses of Macrame and Plants

After the Thaw

"Hello, sun in my face.  

Hello you who make the morning and spread it over the fields...

Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness."

- Mary Oliver

I feel the beauty of Spring in the air and all the possibilities it brings....

Feeling inspired with testing new colors and unloading new work from the kiln.