Carey Burns

I've been absent again from Blogville but I've wandered back on this lovely Friday afternoon. The day started off gray, with a dirty frost covering everything but by noon the sun was shining and it felt warmer. Recent events in the world have left me without words, feeling lost and sad, so I plunged deeper into crafting sea to release some of my sadness. Holiday cards, jewelry, decorations and even batches and batches of cookies seemed to help. You can see some of my recent creations over in my Etsy shop . The cookies are long gone, sadly... With the end of the year flying up on my heels, I'm thinking about a comprehensive plan to get back on track with writing and balancing everything else I enjoy. A little internet break might be a good jump start too.

I had yesterday off so I did a bit of crafting while waiting around for an appointment. I had a to-do list with all of the steps left to finish my Handsome Devil and for Step One, I added the rusting agent to the iron-painted skulls. They took hours to dry and when they dried...no rust. So I waited. This morning there's only a tiny bit of rust. When I get home, I'll need to add another coat of the rusting agent I guess. Sadly, that threw off completion of the rest of the steps. While I grumped about it, I kept busy making another Halloween tag. This one was super easy--just dabbed on Ranger's Distressed Stain in Hickory Smoke on both sides and let it dry. It had a cloudy look to it because the blobs of stain bled together. The moon and skeleton are both Tim Holtz epehmera and I just added black marker to the cut edges of the paper so it didn't look so "new" and put a few foam mounting dots on them to give them a little depth. I might stamp something on the t...