Irish Rose Creations

Irish Rose has a Facebook Page!

https://www.facebook.com/IrishRoseNeedleArts

Sweet Baby Armadillo is going to Germany!

It looks like my little critters are trying to take over the world, one country at a time!

Jeanne Oliver is a lovely artist I met when I was living in Colorado. She is a sweet mommy and she has so much creativity and style. She has her own fashion line and is just incredibly talented. NOW she is offering an e-class for only 48.00 for FOUR weeks!! I can’t believe it, this is such a deal!

Check out her website, enter to win art supplies and free tuition.

See you in CLASS!!

http://jeanneoliverdesigns.com/blog/2011/11/03/e-course-and-art-supply-giveaway/creativelymadecollage-2/

After months, starts, stops, restarts and prototype, Dragon 2.0 is finished and shipped. He is a gift for a 3-year-old friend in Colorado and I hope he brings both fun and warmth to chilly days!

BeDraggled is a puppet, a scarf, a cape (wings) and a toy all in one. Check out the assembly photos!

Early draft

Non-needlework creations are dear to my heart. I started as an artist before I knew textiles were even art, so I love all media.

Part of this summer was spent creating cover art for a new e-magazine.

There were several drafts, with the one below being chosen to publish. I had great fun working on this project and hope to find more projects like this to work on in the future.

This pastel painting was published in the fall issue of The Colored Lens, an e-magazine of speculative and fantasy fiction. The Colored Lens is available at Amazon in Kindle format.

The final framed piece

Check out this publication – you can download it to your Kindle or e-reader for the amazing fee of 99 cents! I have read the collected stories and can tell you that it is some of the best writing I have seen in a long time. I devoured each story and couldn’t wait to read the next. They are thought provoking and interesting. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves to read.

The final draft is framed and will be a birthday gift to one of the editors.

These three kiddoes have moved. Giraffe lives on the west coast now, and Hippo and Llama moved to Florida! Zoey, the sweet zebra with a forget-me-not in her mouth, is now looking for a new home.

Zoey

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Granny and me with the Sunbonnet Sue quilt she made me.

This is my grandmother with me and the Sunbonnet Sue quilt she made from scraps I provided. It includes scraps from a lot of dresses, skirts and blouses I made in high school. We didn’t call it recycling back then, but it was.

I am so proud to have this photo which I did not even remember being taken.

Carnelian Bracelet 8.5 inches

I now have semiprecious stone jewelry available.

Carnelian is believed to enhance courage. It has healing properties related to overcoming abuse and negative conditioning. Carnelian can be helpful in stimulating creativity and positive emotions. It is also reported to enhance your love life and sexuality. Carnelian is related to the second chakra. It can be helpful in overcoming low back problems and issues related to the spleen. Helps regulate kidneys. Believed to ensure good blood supply to organs and tissues, thus improving vitamin and mineral absorption.

Carnelian is believed to help with rheumatism, neuralgias and arthritis. Improves energy flow. Carnelian is a protective stone guarding against bad energies, poverty and temper. Carnelian helps calm anger.

At the Concert in the park last weekend there were a couple of dragonflies that kept flying over the crowd. I had to wonder if they were frustrated or just puzzled at the huge influx of people filling up their evening fly zone.

This necklace is peyote stitch in an asymmetrical design so that the dragonfly looks like he is swerving around your neck as you wear him. Fun!