Introducing YeaYa's People

I have always been interested in creating "people" - from my first sawdust puppet in second grade to my latest creations.  I'm pleased to give you a first glimpse of the RAGETTES - they are part of YeaYa's People.  It takes a village you know............

Meet the Ragettes

I'll post more pics at a later date.  These are just the beginning of what Miss M named YeaYa's People.

I Love Early Summertime

My yard becomes a mass of colorful, fragrant, beautiful flowers including tree peonies and roses in the early summer.  Just wanted to share some photos with you.

Tree Peony

And we also have lots of visitors to our yard and pond.  This little guy has been croaking so much  - he must be very lonely!

But the best one of all is my little Miss Mady!

So CHEERS to Summertime ........

We are really toasting at West Beach on Orcas Island, WA, but thought it was appropriate for celebrating Michigan in the summertime.

Enamel Jewelry

Love to torch fire enamel and anyone who knows me, knows I love hearts so......

Soft Summer Color Hearts

Hearts on Fire

Here are some dimensional hearts in cool summer  sky and water colors.  And some hot summer sun
colors!
I use a jeweler's saw to create a heart form cut out in plexiglass and hammer a piece of annealed copper sheet forming it to the pattern.  This makes the heart shape puff out.  After a few other steps the copper heart shape is ready to enamel.  Lots of fun to create.  Let me know what you think......