tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82291987721910004962024-03-05T08:19:35.323-08:00Handcrafted Jewelry USAA Look Inside the workings of Adrift Art Studio with artist C.S.AlexisAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14742966814564218469noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229198772191000496.post-41447086493480411162011-04-03T05:51:00.000-07:002011-04-03T05:51:44.052-07:00Not Blogging HereEveryone Please,<br />
Please visit me on <a href="http://www.adriftartstudio.org/">this site</a>.<br />
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Honestly I am just too busy to keep up with both blogs. I had to give one up in order to do a better job of sharing. Come visit me at <a href="http://www.adriftartstudio.org/">"My Shares on Life Adrift"</a> I welcome your company, comments and friendship. <br />
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Thanks so much for reading here,<br />
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Look Forward to seeing you more often......C.S. AlexisAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14742966814564218469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229198772191000496.post-48534892208027219092010-12-15T05:44:00.000-08:002010-12-15T05:47:15.954-08:00This Blog Going DownHappy holidays to everyone. I wanted to invite all of you to follow my other blog. <a href="http://skinechik.blogspot.com/">My Shares On Life Adriftinstead of this one. The reason is I will soon be letting this </a>blog go and will concentrate my blogging on my other bog. I am doing this to help hone and enhance all of my workings on the web.<br />
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Hope you will all continue to follow, be friends and share. Seasoned Greetings to All. Be blessed, be Happy and most of all BE CREATIVE!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14742966814564218469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229198772191000496.post-49429182639514252742010-11-30T05:20:00.000-08:002010-11-30T08:23:33.418-08:00All The Nice PeopleI thought it was due time to say thanks. All of the people who were kind enough to leave some sort of feedback on our Handcrafted Jewelry USA etsy shop I offer a great big THANK YOU! These things are very important to us now and to our growing future. We want to please our customers and when they are thoughtful enough to post feedback like what we have been seeing, it helps our future sales.<br />
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It is all about the customer and your satisfaction means so much to us. Bless all our customers and all who plan to become customers in the future. Thanks for supporting Handcrafted Jewelry USA.<br />
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Sepi is having a sale so save 15%! Oh, and Free Shipping, too!!<br />
<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/sepi9">Use coupon code CM15A when checking out</a>. Happy Cyber Shopping!!http://www.etsy.com/shop/sepi9 <br />
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Highest Regards,<br />
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Artist and designer, C.S. Alexis<br />
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We like to see others get busy being creative and using their own self expression. This idea of starter kits is a wonderful way to indulge the creative mind. The kits are not color by number but are intended to turn out a one of a kind creation with a little help from your friends at Adrift Art Studio.<br />
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Another kit now available is a <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/63008654/craft-kit-necklace-jewelry-driftwood">Driftwood Pendant Jewelry Necklace Craft Kit</a>. This is also ready to finish however you like. The imagination is meant to be put to work as the crafty one expresses their crative self using one of our starter kits. This jewelry making kit is a great stocking stuffer because the packaging is small.<br />
The elements inside all the craft kits from Adrift Art Studio are made from high quality elements made to last. Each kit is handcrafted and Made in the USA. <br />
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Some of the stuff she comes up with leaves me talking to myself. "What I am going to do with that!!!"<br />
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Then it seems to all fall together for me as if it were meant to be. That is where I was hanging with these watch gears and internal organs Sepi purchased and said "there you go, See what you can come up with from a Steampunk point of view."<br />
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I love the Steampunk style. It is old and it is new. It is very fascinating and frustrating at the same time, at least from a designer point of view. This is because so much of the Steampunk jewelry seems to look the same even though it is all different. It borders on Victorian with a quirky twist. <br />
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The quirk is what I love about it too. I was rocked when I managed to put this pair of earrings together. Hope you will like them too.<br />
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Great to know that other people understand the value of gifts that come to us like this. These earrings were in the shop just a few days before someone saw the same beauty I'd seen. I wanted just to say THANK YOU Mother Nature. <br />
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Mixed media and look how interesting. Copper chain and a wire wrapped wine bottle cork. I added some cute little teardrop Garnet gemstone beads because they seemed so grape like. The square glass beads have a copper frame and a peridot colored window, hints of a wine bottle catching my imagination. Very fun.<br />
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Look for more new designs from the wine bottle cork collection. I went crazy with my dreamy ideas and came up with a few delightful pieces. I have not yet photographed. Working on it....stay tuned!<br />
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Thought you might enjoy a look at some of the new products available in out Etsy Shops. Don't forget to take a look-see! <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/sepi9">Handcrafted Jewelry USA</a> is driving home plenty of new listings in that shop everyday.<br />
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Not to be left in the dust, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/AdriftArtStudio?ga_search_query=AdriftArtStudio&ga_search_type=seller_usernames">Adrift Art Studio</a> has been adding artwork too. There has also been more art supplies listed as a way to meet the creative needs of other driftwood artists. Be sure to shop our stores. Remember there is free shipping for the USA and Canada on all of our jewelry at <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/sepi9">HJUSA</a>.<br />
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Semi precious gemstones are on the design table. C.S. Alexis is putting together some amazing, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/59224741/faceted-brazilian-agate-pendant-necklace">one of a kind gift sets</a> for the coming holiday season. She has this thing about nature and it is showing through in her colorful designs for winter.<br />
It is interesting how she is <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/59224741/faceted-brazilian-agate-pendant-necklace">mixing up fashion trends with the gemstones</a>, combining different metals and wire work to give her jewelry designs that urban edge.<br />
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You can count on one thing from artist, jewelry designer, C.S. Alexis, when you wear one of her jewelry designs to that holiday party, you won't be seeing it on someone else. Her pieces are handmade, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/59428375/red-aventurine-heart-on-handcrafted">original designs</a>, and no two are alike. <br />
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Watch for items that will set off the season's celebration <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/58914403/blazing-fire-agate-and-tibetan-silver">like these blazing hot</a> earrings matched with a necklace like no other. Shop <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/sepi9?ref=seller_info">Handcrafted Jewelry USA on Etsy.com <br />
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I told myself I would get out in the rain and get wet, kissed by a million droplets of water falling from the heaven. I did not. Because I am quite busy here in Indiana. I am setting up a network/team of sales reps for our jewelry. Hopefully I will get a chance to feel the rain on my face before returning to Henderson.<br />
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I plan to hunt driftwood while I am here. So excited to announce that we made our first sale in our Adrift Art Studio Etsy store and it was a most lovely piece of driftwood. My deep excitement stems from my passion for driftwood but there is much more to it. I have been working in the direction to sell driftwood Online since the early 1990's. This first sale marks success and a beginning for something I have dreamed about for many years.<br />
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You can bet I will be on Lake Michigan as soon as possible and I will be enjoying the Autumn weather in NW Indiana<br />
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She has been inspired with fresh feelings for the driftwood she has been working on. Some of that inspiration has lead to finished pieces being posted on both Etsy.com shops. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/53849658/pyrography-on-palm-bark-peace-sign">Handcrafted Jewelry USA</a> saw the first designs with the googly eyes and other <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/53849076/colorful-acrylic-paint-on-driftwood?ref=v1_other_2">jewelry pieces made from driftwood</a>.<br />
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Adrift Art Studio has also grown to incorporate the love of the driftwood. C.S. Alexis has<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/53726660/halloween-pyrography-on-driftwood-the"> finished artwork for sale</a> in that Etsy shop as well. There is more to come and another driftwood hunting trip in the near future. C.S. wants to make sure there is a huge variety of driftwood available before the cold weather sets in around Chicago. Not much fun trudging through ice and snow to collect the driftwood. <br />
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Winter weather is better spent in Henderson working on the pyrographics and the jewelry. C.S. has some fresh ideas on re-purposing too. Here is a recent article she wrote <a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/Make-Driftwood-Art-and-Crafts">about driftwood art, C.S. Alexis on Hubpages.com.<iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=adriftcom-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B000VRRBRM&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align:left;padding-top:5px;width:131px;height:245px;padding-right:10px;"align="left" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=adriftcom-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B001QULR0U&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align:left;padding-top:5px;width:131px;height:245px;padding-right:10px;"align="left" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=adriftcom-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B000JKNZKI&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align:left;padding-top:5px;width:131px;height:245px;padding-right:10px;"align="left" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe></a> Keep a keen eye peeled for some innovative art to come from Adrift Art Studio this fall.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14742966814564218469noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229198772191000496.post-57456034656432326002010-08-15T10:44:00.000-07:002010-08-15T10:45:11.543-07:00Driftwood On The Artistic MenuI have been working in the studio more the past week. So many ideas and never enough time. I love the driftwood and since I have a fresh supply it has me up nights. The nights are cooling off some so I can get outside and work. That is what I like to do.<br />
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The sound of crickets chirping, silence...there is no such thing in my mind. I hear the electricity humming and I wood burn. Night time is the right time for the creepy projects I have been inspired to create. Halloween is not far off and I want to make up plenty of fun things to put in the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/53725354/pyrography-on-driftwood-halloween-art">Adrift Art Studio on Etsy.com.</a> I have a few things posted for sale already.<br />
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This Halloween I want to offer up a variety of work. My motivational level is high. I am going to be traveling back to Chicago again soon too. That has my artwork on production mood as well. We are going to have several private jewelry parties in Chicago in September. Lots to do and lots to look forward to. Life is good and exciting around Adrift Art Studio. Oh BOY! Counting our blessings always.<br />
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Creepy bones and drooling lips are what makes Halloween so much fun for the creative minded. It goes great on the driftwood. I plan to grow my driftwood supply upon my return to Chicago next month too. Looking to double what we have posted for sale at the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/53722278/3-natural-raw-driftwood-pieces-lake">Adrift Art Studio Shop.</a><br />
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Wishing happiness and creative bliss to everyone.<br />
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C.S. Alexis has been applying her creative energy to <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/53726660/halloween-pyrography-on-driftwood-the">mixed media using driftwood</a> for many years. Now she has taken her love for the gift from Mother Nature to another level. Collecting driftwood from the shores of Lake Michigan started as a hobby oh so many years past. C.S. has decided to add the raw driftwood and elements made from the driftwood to her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/53713557/5-natural-driftwood-drilled-pieces-lake">art and craft supplies</a> available in the Etsy shop, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/AdriftArtStudio">Adrift Art Studio</a>.<br />
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Pictured above is just a sample of what is available now. There will be more driftwood added as it is finished curing. The driftwood is shipped from Chicago to Las Vegas where it is sun dried in the hot Las Vegas desert. Once it is ready to make driftwood art and crafts it will be offered for sale. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/53713557/5-natural-driftwood-drilled-pieces-lake?ref=v1_other_1">See more driftwood now</a>. <br />
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The impact of the Gulf Oil spill is weighing heavy on her mind. She could not help but think of all that black goo making death a certainty for the innocent victims, the wildlife. The tragedy was center stage in her thoughts as she gathered the driftwood.<br />
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Growing up near a lake like Lake Michigan and spending countless hours combing the shoreline has marked this artist for life. Marked in a wonderful way, C.S.has an outstanding positive attitude about nature, the elements and all that life on the shores of a Great Lake have to offer. She remembers when you could not walk on the beaches because the pollution was killing the fish and the dead fish bones were impossible to cross in bare feet.<br />
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Lake Michigan is so much better now that we humans have taken some actions to protect her. More could and should be done on Lake Michigan and around the world to protect and nurture our Mother Earth. Shout it from the top of your voice, learn as much as possible, teach our children and practice healthy environmental conservation on a routine agenda. Join forces and walk the talk. It is all about the love.<br />
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This one is dealing with the <b>monster at large</b> also known as The Gulf Oil Spill, BP's botch. The ultimate screw up, saying it politely. I am an avid outdoor type. I love nature, take me fishing, I am happy on the water. I love the wind, the waves, sunshine, flowers and wildlife. I live for it. It is there for me.<br />
How much longer? Will we be able to watch the grandchildren play in the ocean? At the rate things are going it makes me sick. What can I do about it? I really am not 100% sure, but I feel I have to do something.<br />
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<b>Alternative energy</b> is the long term answer. Sick to death of "big business" and "drill baby drill" trying to hold back the progress of what we should be doing about energy. <br />
A few weeks ago my auto insurance company sent me a complimentary gift because I am a new customer. A nifty little radio, flash light combo thingy. No I don't need it but it is cute. What's so damn cute about it?<br />
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The same thing that pisses me off. I can set it in the window ledge and the solar collector on it keeps it running. This pisses me off soooooo bbbbaaadd. Why?<br />
Because I know that if technology has gotten this far with gadgets that we could be using these sources for way more than we are.<br />
We need to pay attention here folks.<br />
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So my new line of jewelry is going to be my way of trying to do something about it. <b>Wildlife is being massacred by big business</b> and this tree hugging crazy old lady is about to go nuts. Time to get up and fight for what we know is ultimately RIGHT.<br />
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Long days playing in the sand, walking on the beach, catching fish and swimming<br />
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She likes to take her dogs to the water's edge, chasing sticks and biting waves, running hard and fast, kicking sand and shaking it all over everything<br />
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The children love to wade and they never mind the warnings about getting their shoes wet, let alone their clothing <br />
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picking up sea shells and laughing in the sun, wind blown hair the going style<br />
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they imagine giant monsters living in the deep blue sea, sharks and whales the size<br />
of ships<br />
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finding bits and pieces of passers from another day, another lifetime spent upon the sands<br />
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no thoughts of darkness lurking, boiling, burping<br />
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miles from the beauty basking on the beach<br />
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storming, thundering thick and black and dark so dark<br />
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aweful, ugly, oozing, seeping sadness<br />
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devastation pouring pounding drifting draining out <br />
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pretty bad pretty bad pretty bad<br />
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going black, killing everything in it's path<br />
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One thing C.S. loves very much is driftwood. She found her first piece on the south shores of Lake Michigan and she has been hunting for unique pieces every since. She collects it. She cleans it and she makes artwork out of it.<br />
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Sometimes the pieces are small and she turns them in to jewelry pendants. Sometimes the pieces are very large and she has been known to turn them in to all kinds of things.<br />
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One thing for certain, she never gets bored with making the driftwood creations and she never gets bored with hunting the driftwood.<br />
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One of her favorite ways to be creative on driftwood is to add the technique of pyrography and color it up with acrylic paints. Sometimes she uses a small amount of acrylic paint and sometimes she just paints the night away.<br />
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This piece tells a story.<br />
It is a very sad story. One that has not yet found an ending.<br />
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There is paint and wood and beads and wire, jumbled all about the work areas. C.S. and company have been staying busy. Two big events are marked on their calendar for this summer.The first is happening in July, not too far off now. Everything has to be packed and ready to fly to Chicago on the 13th. C.S. has been burning the midnight oil in preparation. Lots of good energy going on.<br />
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Have a great Father's Day weekend and be good to Dad.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14742966814564218469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229198772191000496.post-28519793245931008252010-06-19T09:39:00.000-07:002010-06-19T09:45:06.909-07:00Updating the blog page, in honor of the USAGoogle came up with some new templates so I thought it a fun idea to freshen things up on the blog. The other thing was the 4th of July is not far off so what a way to celebrate the wonderful freedom we enjoy in our part of the world. Here's to the red white and blue! yes I know we have our problems but we are also the greatest nation on the planet and we should be proud of our country for all she is worth.<br />
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She has been working with the wood collected from the river's edge, the lakes shore and the ponds banks.<br />C.S. Alexis so loves Mother Nature and all of her glory. <br /><br />These <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/49230231/colorful-dream-pendant-pyrography-on?ref=v1_other_1">new jewelry necklace</a> designs are fun for anyone who likes to show their love for nature too!<br /><br />Experimenting with a variety of materials that are re-purposed has been top on her agenda for many years. C.S. holds true compassion and concern for the state of our environment and her artwork has reflected those concerns for many years.<br /> Now that more people are becoming aware, C.S. finds that more people enjoy the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/49156730/lively-green-lizard-pyrography-on?ref=v1_other_2">simplicity</a> of her creative statements. C.S. was going green before the phrase was coined and it reflects in her Adrift Art Studio today.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_430xN.150487052.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 430px; height: 245px;" src="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_430xN.150487052.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Been doing lots of fun stuff with driftwood. Check it out! <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/49154835/its-all-about-the-love-pyrography-on">This one is in the store now.</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14742966814564218469noreply@blogger.com0