Good Stalking - Who Knew?

Sounded kind of funky at first--to get a note saying that "You've Been Stalked." But of course my curiosity was killing me, so I clicked on the link Ivy's Got the Blues and got my first taste of EtsyStalker, where my new piece...


....was included in, you guessed it, a collection about the blues (as in the color, not the melancholia I mentioned the other day!)

Very pretty blog and really nice curated selections from Etsy shops by Beatrice and Violet that you might not find on your own. So any artists reading this and looking for some extra exposure might want to check into EtsyStalker...and any readers interested in looking at more of what's "out there" in Etsy-land might want to bookmark this site to keep an eye out! Hey, they can even make YOU into a stalker! Plus they have some pretty good give-aways...darn if I didn't just miss trying for one that was won just yesterday-a really pretty glass pendant.

Meanwhile....

Wordless Wednesday - Treasury of Treasuries

Beautiful Insects in Brass curated by Stone Feather

Dalmation curated by Designs By Shauna

Millefiori Bella Gorgeous Millefiori curated by Jessica Speake

Keepin' It Green by Fairy Lynne

Salmon Pink Anyone? curated by Crystal Glow Design

WillOaks Studio has been very fortunate the past few days to be included in a number of very different treasuries. (Many thanks to all curators!) Click each image to visit the actual treasury and click the curator to learn more about each artist.


And to visit more cool sites...follow the link here to visit other blogs.....

Carried Away

Silk Cuff with Stitched Bone in Black and Bright Colors

Embroidered Bone and Coppery Pearls Silk Cuff

It's been the best ride, just seeing how far I can take this idea of the crocheted chain cuff. They seem to get more and more embellished, more rich, more detailed with each try. Feeling free to make one of a kind pieces instead of editions is also quite wonderful, although some of these could be made 2 or 3 times, if the need should arise.

Frankly, it's just been a thrilling exploration: my recent month-long fixation on "The Cuff." And it's good that I'm finally finding time to focus and to concentrate on creating new pieces--the holiday gallery exhibitions and markets are now just 6 to 8 weeks away and it's always just great to have a rich, wide selection (as there is no accounting for tastes--shoppers' tastes, that is--which seem to change from year to year.)

We're down to the final 2 weeks here at WillOaks Campground. It will be quite busy as the last few events take place, but the air has such a nip now, the leaves are changing color, geese fly overhead with such regularity, I can find no sign of the frogs and toads that were plentiful earlier, the soybean crop has been harvested. All signs of the season's change. I must stay on guard this time of year...somehow, with the transition to dormancy, melancholia is always a distinct possibility. A little bit is to be expected and is bittersweet...too much can be crippling!