sedona gypsy magic

gawd i love being back in arizona. after a few days in phoenix doing must do's we trekked to sedona. i couldn't wait any longer. of course i went straight to boynton canyon after a quick appetizing drive thru oak creek canyon to glimpse the changing trees.
Boynton has a fast electric zapping energy. Just driving down the road towards the canyon I get jumpy and hyper. I actually sat up at the rock center today and started giggling uncontrollably. James felt silly too. We have pictures to prove it. I have to find the camera adapter first to load it to computer.

I was hit by so many new ideas and I hope I was able to write them all down on the itouch for future use. i would close my eyes and see colors and garments. everything i've ever loved about cool clothing has come back since i've been on the mainland. i love living in hawaii but style and new ideas can get a bit stale. i need the pulse of the arizona land to remind me .

many new pictures to share. and i'll need to dump the old website since it will be easier to build a new one. it's fun to build.

picked up some juniper ghost beads since i've been having bad dreams since i got to arizona. hope it's just nerves settling. it's tough to accept i'm back here despite it being voluntary and perhaps temporary.

Mayo clinic informed me that I have been accepted for a clinical rotation starting soon. I am shocked that I didn't have to interview for it..I'll be rotating on med surg oncology and hope to land a job there when i'm done. google mayo it's pretty big. i feel very privileged to be able to do a clinical there.

the magic truck arrived and dumped a lot of project in front of me. nursing clinical, new ideas, new website. i hope i can make some progress on the new item ideas before i lose motivation but nursing is going to take 100% for at least one month.

posting photos for use in newsletter

soap's on you

lingering scent of nag champa and ancient sedona in the kitchen right now..my usual afternoon consisted of mixing and inhaling delicious fragrant oils and watching micas pearl in melted soap and shea bases. if you ever have a chance to melt down jewelry i think it would look like this. i wish i could figure out a way to dye veils with mica. the results would be eye splitting. the bases suspend the mica and it's similar to marbling paints on fabric..a touch of a spoon creates a new pattern. i should really document each stage. but my hands are covered in soap

clean up is always a delight, you just rinse your hands under running water. i've always liked working with liquids and waters, light and color. soap making is not a lucrative career decision but it soothes the inner beast to be able to work with the oils and micas. mmmm mica.

here's some of the latest crop of delights. fragrances used include dragons blood, ginger lime, coffee and chocolate, ancient sedona, nag champa, and juniper sage

the mahogany wafers had to be re-batched. i'm so bummed because they came out gorgeous . what i do is make the soaps, photograph them then re-batch them or keep them for our own use.

oh..i wear gloves when i make soap..just like when i dye veils (even tho the soap is very non-drying)