So what is my therapy? Well, I'll tell you. Last year I made this one piece that was one of my favorites, and I'm happy to say that it went home with a very appreciative customer. So I decided to recreate it. I started out with one of my favorite surfaces--a discarded cupboard door that I'm sure was headed for the trash if I hadn't rescued it--
This is nice and long and skinny--about 9 x 30 inches--pretty much the same size that I used last year.
And then I did some metal embossing--
This is my version of doodling--very therapeutic to me--
And then for the frame work of the door I had this great gold embossed paper that I purchased from paperarts.com and I painted it with a green metallic paint and wiped some of it off. It's great how the color stays in the embossed parts of the paper.
When I seal it with the gloss varnish, it has the appearance of stained glass. And no matter how many times I do these doors, I can never get over the transformation!
And another form of therapy for me, I found, is my new discovery--making these necklaces, and I'm getting a little creative--
Look at this--I made a double-stranded one! And I've found that there are many possibilities in just linking beads--
And I've barely scratched the surface!
