all the freaky people make the beauty of the world

~Just a couple of my inspirations lately...

Amazing paper artist Su Blackwell

http://www.sublackwell.co.uk

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He makes my mind flip... Andy Goldsworthy (environmental artist)

http://www.rwc.uc.edu/artcomm/web/w2005_2006/maria_Goldsworthy/TEST/index.html

Leaves polished, greased made in the shadow of the tree from which they fell, pinned to the ground with thorns.

Le jardin Massey, Tarbes, France,
22 August 1989

I hope you find these two amazing people as invigorating as I do!

Here's to all the freaky/crazy artists who make this world more beautiful!

good night :) 

cate~

The colors of FALL

FALL what a wonder time of year. For a person who thrives on the enjoyment of colors, this season is an oh so close second behind springtime (nothing can beat a garden full of flowers, every color of the rainbow). I LOVE living in a town where you get to feel and see the seasons in all their glory for months not weeks at a time, I heart Georgia!  You will also notice that I figured out how to change the font 
color, Yipee!!!


I've been a bit lazy about this here blog of mine and I do apologize to the one person who reads it.
yes, you jenny :)
For me to even have a blog is a HUGE triumph, because I am, in nature, a very private person. Its hard for me to let the whole interwebular world into my little life of fantasy and love. I am trying to be more open with my thoughts and ideas, because I do love getting feedback and lets be honest the only way to get that is to share my mind.
So, whats been rolling through my noodle lately...well.... colors (of course)

These are some luscious turquoise slices that I recently got laying on a bed of 

perfectly fallen autumn leaves :)

me

I must also share in the wonderful show I got to see today with KTH. Most of you fellow ATLiens have heard that many of Salvador Dali's later paintings are on exhibit at the High, well I got to SEE them and OOoOO how I wish I could have touched them.

When I was at the Da Vinci show last fall, I was looking at this relief carving of his of the virgin mary, and out of nowhere I reached my hand up and caressed the cheek of the virgin mary. Just as that happened there was a gasp from the people standing behind me, and I got scolded by an old lady who very rudely said, "What do you think you're doing, this is a piece of history." I was sooo embarrassed. What on earth was I thinking!!! Everyone knows you should never ever touch a piece of art let alone one from the 13th century. I learned my lesson and I consciously kept my hands clutched tight in my jean pockets the whole time I was at the Dali show :)

Dali is entrancing, his work is so unusual, colorful,detailed,symbolic, and mathematical, the last of which I had no idea about. KTH is a lover of the math/science world, which I am not that big a part of. Anyway, he was able to tell and show me how Dali used different logarithmic equations in his work, it is quite impressive. I just love how different KTH's brain sees art then mine, he is able to show and teach me things that I would have never thought of on my own. I like to think I do the same for him :)

This is my new favorite Dali painting, I had never seen it before today

This photo does NO justice to the beauty of the real painting.

It is amazing how small the actual painting is 12x9 inches, 

look at all the detail!!

such a silly bird

I will leave you now with some of my new jewels :))

for more click on HERE

love and life

Cate~

    

shorts in October??!!

Now don't get me wrong I LOVE soaking up some nice hot southern sunshine, wearing almost nothing cause its just that hot, but in late October, really. It's completely throwing me off. All of the leaves are changing and turning into the most beautiful cherry reds, pumpkin oranges, and lemon drop yellows and I am wearing a tank top and cut off shorts. Oh well, the cold will come soon and I will get to wear all of my knits and layers.

So, today after I picked lil Finnigan up from school, we went to Randys Pumpkin Patch. We were the only ones there and the owner let us play with all the animals (bunnies, chickies (i miss my chicks), and ponies) for free. They were charging $3 per person per each animal group and the ponies were $5, CraZY!

Finn had a blast, I think the bunnies were his fave. We both felt really bad for the ponies, you could just see it in their eyes...sadness. Horses are suppose to run like the wind out in open land, not be chained to a rail and walk in circles for hours on end. Needless to say we didn't go for the pony rides. I asked Finn if he wanted too, desperately hoping he would say no and he said, "Mama they look sad I want to take dat stuff off dem." He is such an old soul :)

the poor lil bunnies eyes look like they are gonna

pop right out of it's head :)

this one was straight chillin'

the one we finally agreed on :)

and a lil spider I made

here is a closer look at my spider

He is COMPLETELY handmade with silver (thats been oxidized) and

a green amber. 

Here is a sneek peek of some stuff I am going to put in my etsy shop one of these days :)

silver, brass with a homemade patina and

an oh so lovely tigers eye mined in Australia

silver, tigers eye also from Australia

and a raw quartz

silver that has been oxidized and raw quartz

I will leave with with my love

Until next time.........................

Mondays are my Saturdays

I don't know what all the fuss is about Mondays, frankly I like' em. They don't stress me out at all, its more like a day for me to get all the stuff done that I told myself I would do on Sunday but was too lazy to do.


I was able to take some pictures of my new jewels, that I hope to have up in my etsy shop
some time this week. Here is a little sneak peek....enjoy :)

this is an entrancing slice of Malachite

(i found in Colorado)

Amazonite with some swirly doodaas

 A raw colombian emerald

with my signature paisley layers!!

So, that is just a little sneak peek of whats to be hitting to shelves over at my esty shop this week.

I also wanted to share some images of the lovely wedding we went to this weekend. 

It was Finns first time ever going to a wedding and he asked me this morning, " Mamma can I go to my first wedding again today."  Toddlers...gotta love'em

Finn and bubba da bunny (his best friend)

blowin bubbles

Finn and Addy 

(you see all the bubbles he took in his shirt pocket, such a nut)

the love birds

Hello online world!!!

Well, where do I even start. I guess by saying, "HELLO BEAUTIFUL WORLD!!"
I have been wanting to start a blog for my jewelry/life for awhile now, but I have been too sarced and frankly to darn lazy. But, for some reason I got this uncontrollable erg to share my life with the rest of the world.
I don't exactly know what it is about today, maybe it was the beautifully romantic wedding I went to, or the way my lil 2 1/2 year old son was tearing up the dance floor. Who knows. I am here and thats all that matters.

Let me share a little about myself and my comfortable lil world.

This is Finn. my world.heart.life

 I must also say that I am a complete visual person,

                                                so most of my stories will be told by pictures :)

This is me and KTH in our dreamland

the rocky mtns. (colorado side)

water+ rocks = endless BEAUTY!!!

And the main reason I started this thing...

my jewels

www.catejessen.etsy.com

Thanks Stopping by my lil slice of the pie!

MORE TO COME!!!!!