Seasons Blog Hop

Winter.

    




White
          Wild ice 
Gentle snowflakes 
          Moonlight 
against tree branches, 
          silhouettes 
strong in the long night.
     



Sunlight 
Reflected on snow
Glistening
an aurora borealis
          rainbow light.


     












Gray skies
          falling 
across the landscape, 
          falling 
across the season 
        In Song
in Glorious Adoration
Heralds heard on High, 
         Angels 
         Persephone. 
         Demeter. 

Gracing
the horizon, just beyond
       the swift sunset
darkness, a blanket of time

Each moment
Suspended
in its light and heat -- 
        

Winter.

Above: Seasons Bead Kit I received from Lisa Lodge

Below: Ocean Jasper in a Reversible Bezel*
I added a coordinating ocean jasper clasp from my stash, 
and shades of winter: silver, gray, lavender, amethyst, bark.

Reversible wire woven and wrapped beaded Ocean Jasper

Silver pearls, Amethyst AB crystals, ocean jasper clasp

The Seasons Blog Hop is hosted by the gracious and talented Lisa Lodge of The Grateful Artist. I'm honored we are friends. I'm also honored to create with everyone today! The theme of our blog hop is Seasons, and we are to create with the bead kit we receive from Lisa, in a way that reflects a season; this may be a season of time or a season of our life. 




The artists, just a hop & skip away:

Your Hostess: Lisa Lodge, Grateful Artist 

Kathy Zeigler Lindemer, Bay Moon Design

Cassi Paslick, Beads: Rolling Downhill

Stephanie Sanner Haussler, PixyBug Designs

Leah Mifflin Tees, My Beady Little Eyes

Karin Slaton, BackStory Beads

Audrey Belanger, Dreams of an Absolution

Lori Jean Poppe, Lorillijean Creative Corner

Karla Morgan, Texas Pepper Jams

Christine Stonefield, Sweet Girl Design

Eleanor Burian-Mohr, The Charmed Life

Alicia Marinache,  All the Pretty Things

Veralynne Malone, Designed by Vera

Kay Thomerson, Kayz Kreationz

Mary Govaars, MLH Jewelry Designs

Toltec Jewels, Toltec Jewels for Jewel School Friends

Lennis Carrier, Windbent

Erin Kenny, Beadifultherapy

Tanya Goodwin, A Work in Progress

Cilla Watkins, Tell Your Girlfriends

Renetha Williams Stanziano, Lamplight Crafts

Christie Searle Murrow, Charis Designs Jewelry

Sierra Barrett, Giraffe Can Has

Melissa Trudinger, Bead Recipes

Shirley Jones Moore, Beads and Bread

Dawn Horner, Northern Adornments

Charlene Bausinger Jacka, Clay Space

Tara Plote, The Newbie Beader's Blog

Candida Elkins Castleberry, Spun Sugar Beadworks

Miranda Ackerley, Daze and Days

October Fest Sign Ups are Now Open

* Bezel design by Lisa Barth; tutorial from Lisa Barth Jewelry

Toltec Jewels is an author by day, jewelry maker by night. Her literary work is housed by the San Francisco MOMA and is published internationally in popular magazines, literary quarterlies, and university publications. She has won a number of awards for literary and jewelry arts. She is happiest making handcrafted jewelry with her entire family, snuggling with her doggies and grandkids, sewing, singing, reading, and learning jewelry techniques. She is the host of Jewel School Friends, a community of expert and emerging artisans taking inspiration from each other and Jewel School. Join her on Facebook for networking, fundraising for Beads of Courage, jewelry making challenges, contests, give-a-ways and of course, cool beads and jewelry!