Magic Hawk Feather...

Do you believe in Magic?

I do...

& this is the defining reason why:

Yesterday I had an inexplicable & unbelievable event happen to me, which now is considered to be "my gift."

 At exactly 2:35pm, I was at work and stepped outside onto the sidewalk & into the sunshine to grab a bite to eat.  It was my lunch break & it was a normally busy Sunday afternoon along Madison Avenue.  In the midst of tourists, shoppers, dog walkers & me, "IT" happened:  spiraling down from the sky like a whirligig came the most beautiful, long & lithe, feather & it landed at the very tip of my tired toes!  Here, in the middle of Manhattan, in the middle of my average day Pure, Radiant, MAGIC happened!  Lady Hawk magic.  Dang my Vintage Bowler never looked so good! 

Handcrafted Medicine Bag...

I've been working on this Medicine Bag for quite awhile.  Today it is complete.  Traditionally used to hold various items of supernatural power: special stones, animal fur, tobacco or healing herbs, totems, fetishes, magical tokens and blessings, all items having significant meaning to the owner!  No person, apart from the owner, was allowed to look inside this bag.  When the owner died, they were buried with it.

This is my Dream Bag: with visible reference to my daydreams (turquoise fox fetish) & my night dreams (black onyx fox fetish) strung along this beaded strand!  Tucked inside, of my eyes only, are the magical powers significant to me.  True to native tradition, I will be buried with this. 

If you write me.

you are always with me...

I have collected postcards/cards since I was a teen & when I first moved to NYC there was a small shop in SoHo and all they carried were postcards!  Now gone, I fondly remember the day I stumbled upon that shop, and how I spent hours selecting the ones that would come home with me.

I still have many of them & the box I stored them in.  

I write notes on them.

I send love notes to friends on them.

I hide some in books.

I use postcards to inspire me.

I use postcards to surprise me.

I use postcards to remind me 

that an image is magic

&

can leave a lasting impression.

Lake Michigan...

Of the wilderness...

"All America lies at the end of the wilderness road, 

and our past is not a dead past, 

but still lives in us.

Our forefathers had civilization inside themselves,

the wild outside.

We live in the civilization they created, 

but within us the wilderness still lingers.

What they dreamed, we live,

&

what they lived, we dream".

Written by:  T.K. Whipple from: Study Out the Land, published Jan. 1, 1943

AppaloosaMoon Vintage...

I'm so excited to announce that I have added a new section to my Etsy shop featuring ~Vintage~ items that I have collected over the course of many years & from around the world!  Most of these pieces are from my private collection and will include accessories in the categories of home furnishings/decor,  jewelry,  pottery, china, and art!  From Eva Zeisel to Fred Harvey!  Super fun collectibles and beautiful wearables!  I will be adding listings randomly & plan to announce them on Instagram so stay tuned!  Come by and take look...

Day Tripping...

my kitchen table...

So many wonderful things happen at this table.  It is the place where I write, create, bead, draw, read, open gifts, open mail, rest flowers, study, wine & dine.  It is the heart of my home.  It is my studio.  It is the heart of my creative soul.  It is a gathering place for love, for friends & for family.  It opens long & wide like a welcoming smile.  It is weathered & cracked but as solid as a heart of gold.  It is my field of dreams and my mountain high, my shelter and my escape.  It is my domain. My kitchen table is everything to me.

i dream...

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Jump up from ice cold water

slip down from salt stained sky

Broken Brights drifts across my silence

wild horses cloud my eyes

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Deep within a red rock canyon

echoes of my soul i dream

lifted up on a mandolin wind, my river 

love steals me way downstream

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Voices of my soul it seems

rise up from the deep holy water

slip down from the vast sacred sky

River Love drifts across my silence

wild horses cloud my eyes &

wild horses cloud my eyes.

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Earth & Sky: Kinship Strand

This is my Earth & Sky collection, inspired by the great plains and representing a kinship with all the creatures of the earth and the elements of the sky. The design is clean & colorful, featuring beads in earthly shades and celestial hues! Some feature a wonderful, cascading waterfall of natural gemstones! These beaded strands range in random lengths of 20-32 inches long and are one of a kind. Varying lengths to layer. An assortment of colors to mix & match. Wear one, wear them all!

Esoteric.
Ethereal.
Exquisite.

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This necklace measures 26" long. It features a colorful collection of gems and stones: Carnelian, Citrine, Peridot, Natural Turquoise & Turquoise Heishi, Quartz, glass & seed beads in the colors of sunshine, milky kiwi, shamrock & sour apple green, iris, hyacinth, cornflower, cobalt, aqua & turquoise blue. I used brass beads, findings & chain.

I created a total of 4 strands in this color way of yellow/blue/green, with this being the only necklace featuring a gem/stone waterfall cascade. It is designed to easily slip over your head and it looks lovely paired with all of the sunshine & shamrock toned Earth & Sky necklaces!

Earth & Sky: Kinship Strand

This is my Earth & Sky collection, inspired by the great plains and representing a kinship with all the creatures of the earth and the elements of the sky. The design is clean & colorful, featuring beads in earthly shades and celestial hues! Some feature a wonderful, cascading waterfall of natural gemstones! These beaded strands range in random lengths of 20-32 inches long and are one of a kind. Varying lengths to layer. An assortment of colors to mix & match. Wear one, wear them all!

Esoteric.
Ethereal.
Exquisite.

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This is LONG, measuring 28" right to the very end of the turquoise bead. It features a colorful collection of gems and stones: Amethyst, Carnelian, Citrine, Peridot, Natural Turquoise & Turquoise Heishi, Cranberry & Rose Quartz, glass & seed beads in the colors of purple rosaline, periwinkle, cobalt, cornflower, aqua, aquamarine & turquoise blue. I also used silver & silver plated copper findings, beads & chain and are lead free.

I created a total of 3 strands in this color way of aqua/blue/violet, with this being the only necklace featuring my gemstone waterfall cascade. It is designed to easily slip over your head and it looks lovely layered with any of the periwinkle blue toned Earth & Sky necklaces!