While I Work...

...The LittleOne works too...

exploring

learning

painting

being

And then she comes...

Bearing magical gifts...

For ME!

Boho-chic, meet Biker Babe - More Fabric Jewelry

A sakura motif, with the colors turned all upside-down, makes a cute piece of fabric jewelry! 

The brown is a beautiful soft mushroom with blue undertones, so I used pale teal with it.  Looks really delicious, but very subdued.  The round 'findings' are humble little aluminum washers from DaddyBoy's toolbox.  Love how they match perfectly with this piece.

I think I'm gonna take a break after this piece.  It involved an insane amount of handstitching to put all the layers together for the flower, and to make the grungy, rough base instead of a smooth one, and then to finish up everything at the back.  (The back is six overlapping layers, one for each petal, and then a central round one, and it's all smooth - forgot to take a picture!)

So there you have it - another slip-on fabric necklace with a braided cord. 

Sits just a few inches under the collarbone. 

Welcome Spring with a cherry blossom!

Your feedback is much appreciated!

Celebrating Sunshine! Fabric Jewelry

Soft Spring sunshine...translated into a beads and fabric necklace. 

Wear your own golden drops!

Hello, Sunshine!

And Now There Are Three!

well, sort of...still working on this green and brown one...

River Rocks...Rock!

These lovely, smooth pebbles are all dressed up - the small ones make great jewelry; the larger ones can add instant glamor to a table!

First Day Of Spring...

...first crocus!

Spotted!

The very lovely Christine has a beautiful blog that features unique handmade treasures.  I just love the artists and artisans she picks.  I was actually unaware of this blog until Christine emailed me several weeks ago to let me know she had featured my work on it.  That's when I discovered this amazing collection of beautiful things, and I was SO honored to be part of it!

It's funny; I sometimes agonize that my work doesn't seem to bear a stamp that says 'Azra Momin'.  Probably because I'm constantly trying new materials and new outcomes.  I've almost come to accept that I will never have a signature look - it will always be in a process of evolution.

Well then, when I took a look at the pieces from my shop that Christine picked for her blog feature, I was quite amazed.  Those pieces all DO look like the same person made them - ME!  YAY!

And you can see them all here!

Incidentally, the first piece in the feature, and another one that I made at the same time, were both picked for Etsy treasuries.  It's funny coz I really wouldn't have expected it for either of these pieces.  Just goes to show you never know!

Rain On Me

Hope

Until next time!

Fabric Jewelry - Finished And WIP

I finished my book illustrations - just need to do some final resizing before I send them off.  So I took a break and snapped some quick pics of my what I've been doing in between, not in natural light but the best I could do for now.  I'm so excited about these fabric jewelry pieces - they look good, even though they took ages.

Anyhow, here goes:

A REVERSIBLE necklace!  Yes, you can flip it over and sport a new look instantly.  I didn't intend it to be this way, actually, but the shiny silver-shot-with-orange backing fragment that I used looked so funky I had to develop it into its own side.

The original side is pink fabric that I covered in a layer of diaphonous gold ribbon, and voila, it became a dusty salmon that matched perfectly with the bead necklace in pale peach.  Embellished with shreds of pink brocade, golden sequins and beautiful browny-pink vintage Czech glass flowers. 

The other side is that lame-like fabric, adorned with a sprinkle of long glass tubes, and edged with a pale gold trim.  Both sides look fabulous!

Then there's this piece that I made a while ago but could never decide upon the necklace part.  Nothing seemd to look right until I came upon this multi-strand blue chain.  It's fabric and handmade - how cool!  So finally the piece I called Celebration when I first made it, has something to celebrate!  It's now whole and gorgeous.

And a very boho-chic cuff in my favorite blue-green turquoise - frayed edges and large round sequins held together with a button I covered in green dupioni silk, the same fabric that lines it at the back.

Finally, my work in progess.  Can't you just tell it's going to be stunning!

That's all for now!

For one thing...

...does ANYBODY read this blog?

For another, tonight the Nanobot fell asleep ON HER OWN!!!

It's night time.

But is it also the eve of a new beginning, or the dawn of a new era, or whatever it is they say?

You know what I mean.

Yes, you.

Meanwhile, I'm so taken aback by this strange occurence I'm not sure if I should stay up and celebrate in some way (although of course, it had to happen on a night when DaddyBoy is out helping a friend with a leaky faucet, so I have to forget about curling up and finally watching a movie) or just quietly go to bed, coz I really need to.

Hmm.