A different kind of spice
I am not ashamed to admit that I love to color. I love to blend colors, alternate between colored pencils, chalk and colored pens. I can do it for hours. I saw a friend of mine color in a coloring book designed for adults, or skilled children, a couple of years ago when adult coloring… Continue reading Dream Catcher: Stay-At-Home
Most of my mosaic pieces are aquired through friends or family as gifts. Sometimes I collect everyday things to reuse in my mosaics like: broken plates, tile, broken jewelry. However, for my current project I purchased glass tile on sale at Micheal's. I want the opportunity to work with flat even pieces this time just… Continue reading Mosaic Tree: Tiles 4/6/2020
And it begins...
2/29/2020Your tattoosare places I venture often intimately with my finger tip(if I'm conservative). I no longer ask youthe meaning of yourtattoos. Those stories are impressedon to the surface of my soul, like the way you watch me trace the inked details of your skin. I lookto meetyour eyes. Your smilethat smileof want and nowandwe lean… Continue reading Places I Venture
There is a beauty to mess when it is mixed in with color, time, love and a platform to showcase it on. The process: I love to mosaic. I don't do it as often as I should. I spend more time thinking about what I could do with it then actually applying my ideas. In… Continue reading Getting a little dirty
1-1-15 Intoxicated in your safety, I heard myself admit, "I’m in love with you," and I couldn't take it back. You and I both know well, drunk, I spew the truth. Photo by Snapwire on Pexels.com
Directly translated from English to Spanish the word Canela means cinnamon. The word Ajena is a little more complicated to define. Its definition depends on the context and tone in which it is used. It is also important to remember that in translation from one language to another there are some words that, at times,… Continue reading Canela Ajena
I bought this 3 tier corner decor shelf years ago. The broken dish pieces came from a woman on Facebook who gave them to me for free when I posted a want for mosaics on one of those begs and barter and sale groups on Facebook. I bought the grout years ago as well. The… Continue reading Relinquishing Pain With Mosaics
I have been feeling guilty lately…no not lately. Lately is the lie. I’ve felt this guilt for some years now, about my inadequacies as a mother, my importance as a human being, and as an environmentalist. When my children were younger I put more emphasis on cooking, cleaning, making, doing, and giving.  In fact, cleaning… Continue reading Lazy Environmentalist: Shame, Guilt and Blah
Some years back I realized I wasn’t the type of crafty mom I wanted to be. I have always envied Martha Stewart mini-mes. It isn’t that I don’t have the creative mind to come up with ideas for beautiful innovative things to make. In fact, I am a very creative person. It is more like… Continue reading It isn’t in me
Canela Ajena 