Where's Candace?

Has anyone seen Candace the traveling doll lately?

I had heard that she might have gotten misrouted and returned to a previous host but I haven't heard any word on her in quite some time.

It's Valentine's day and I would so love to know where she is.

Here's a link to the original post about her when she was leaving me last year for her adventures around the world.

You can also do a search on my blog by using the keyword Candace to catch up on some of her worldly adventures.

Happy Valentine's day Candace, wherever you are!

Candace in Sao Paulo

Our traveling doll Candace has been getting some culture in Brazil before heading to her next destination.
Li has been drawing and painting her likeness and taking her to museums. Be sure to visit her blog for some visual treats here.


To see the original post about the traveling doll follow this link.

Candace goes to Brazil!

An excellent rendition I must say!

I almost thought I was looking at a photo.

She is a good model for Li, sitting so still.

Sao Paul, Brazil

Looking kind of cold on the Riviera de Sao Lorenco

A moody, cool sky but at least she's had another good adventure

Candace has gone of to Brazil to visit  artist Li Ferreira Nhan. I suspect she's having a good time despite the muy frio weather.

Will I ever catch up?

I'm wondering if I'll ever catch up with my blogging since our trip back east. It doesn't help that the dial-up I've been complaining about isn't even working since somehow our phone is kaput and between the weekend and holiday it hasn't gotten fixed. Added to that is  a double header of shows in Anchorage ( six hour drive in what are now winter conditions, snow and ice) I need to regroup and repack for that and be ready to have another 10 days away from home. I have lots of my Maine junkin' finds to show you coming up and a head swimming with ideas of how to use them. Until I get back on track I'll leave you with the update on Candace the traveling doll (original post)

Candace - our traveling doll is visiting the wonderful Lorna of  Artymess and I have a few shots of her visit to show  you.

Lorna must be one of the best fiber arts teachers for secondary students.

I wish that I had a teacher like her when I was young.

As you can see Candace was allowed to visit school one day.

Stop by Lorna's blog to see some of the finished projects

Candace in California

Before I tell you about Candace's next adventure I want to announce a giveaway

on the blog Bell'antico (see sidebar for picture) You may also want to visit the sister site La Dolce Vita to see more of this Caterina's artwork.

  Candace the traveling doll has been gallivanting about in California with Kim from

               Gerushia's New World                  

   

  Kim is "a mixed media artist with a taste for surreal, anthropomorphic art and a passion for vintage photos" whose work I have admired and purchased myself. She'll be posting more about Candace's visit on her own blog soon. Here are some photos from her trip.

Candace arrives in California

A piece of Mixed Media art by Kevin Llewellyn that opened

Kat Von D's Wonderland Gallery

Kim recently got a tattoo of one of her signature creations  "Dancing Fiona"

Could this possibly be another of Candace's suitors?

Is Hollywood ready for Candace?

Another famous redhead!

I would love to see her featured in this mural

She's no airhead though ~ I love this shot!

Candace in Wonderland

A girl gets hungry with all that touring

Looks more comfortable than airplane travel~ Off to Lorna in England!

Bye-bye Candace!

If you'd like to be added to Candace's itinerary contact me and I'll see what I can do to get you added to the list. Email me your address at numinositybeads (at) gmail (dot) com

Has Anybody Seen Candace?

Or should the question be has Candace seen anybody?

You can read the whole story about the continuing adventures and misadventures of Candace on Cat Kerr's blog "In the Light of the Moon". I seem to be having troubles reposting the text here on my blog and she's done a wonderful job of telling the story anyhow.

Candace Goes to Florida!

Candace has arrived at Cat's from In The light of the Moon and seems to be enjoying the heat!

Be sure to visit Cat's blog for more visual treats.

Bring that girl an ice tea or a gin & tonic!

Candace and A Trip to Alaska with Mountain Heather

Mountain Heather's hats along with some others for sale at Spirit Mountain Artworks in 

Chitina, Alaska

"Are there any in my size?" Candace wonders.

Where's Kim?

Candace is looking for me at the Tanana Valley Farmers Market which I had ditched out on that day because of cool temps and wind.

Candace went on a fishing trip to Chitina where Heather went dip-netting for Copper River red salmon. I heard she didn't want to get her hands slimy so she stayed tucked away.

She doesn't mind posing with the filets though as they match her lovely hair.

A view of Mount Hayes from south of my home  in Delta on the Richardson Highway.

A view of the Alaska Range can be seen from

Mountain Heather's "off the grid" home that she shares with her husband, stepson and several dogs near Murphy Dome outside of Fairbanks. They're growing a fabulous garden up there in the hills that fills the freezer for a good part of the winter.  

Wild Irises in the evening glow of solstice.

Heather is  multi-talented. These are cabinets she designed on AutoCad for her family's cabinet shop Dreamworks Cabinetry where she also lends her skills.

I was in Arizona when my friend Heather heard about Candace's travel plans. She asked me if I thought it would be too boring for her to visit her. It worked out that she arrived here in time for some good fishing and Solstice.

 Heather's business is Mountain Heather Creations and she has made quite a business of it selling hats for every season that bear the outline appliqued mountains and sun or moon on  fleece or cotton. You can see her popular warm fleece hats sported on folks in Alaska almost anywhere you go.

Heather is one of my dearest friends that I met while doing some of my first shows when I started out on my lampworking and jewelry making forays. She was a bit of a veteran  by then and had a lot of tips for a new seller like me. I think our first show together was mid-winter (and -30 degrees F outside. That's -34 Celsius!) at bazaar at a school in North Pole. We didn't get much business and I've since learned that school bazaars are not the way to go for me. We did get a lot of time to visit and make a trade.  I traded a necklace for one of her hats. Both styles have been long discontinued by each of us.

She doesn't do as many shows anymore but prefers to wholesale to shops or sell through her website. You can view her Flickr photostream here. or become a fan of Mountain Heather on Facebook.

She has a special line of hats at the UAF (University of Alaska Fairbanks) Museum that feature the exact outline of the Alaska Range.  

Hi Ho Silver, Candace Rides Off Into the Sunset

Candace arrived in New England to visit Corrine from Dosfishes and got to enjoy their horses. I have a few more pics of her relaxing after her harrowing 2 week journey from Toronto to New England but they're on my laptop presently, I'll post them later.

An 1800 pound horse named Henry and a

1,500 hundred pound horse named Tyco were

no match for Candace.

Here she is getting up close and personal for

a pat. and a little smooch...

Henry is a 30 year old percheron/clydesdale mix and Tyco

is a 4 year old percheron paint.  They are best buddies and

groom each other every day while out grazing. Candace loved

it.

She soon swung up to ride bareback on Henry off into the sun...
one little tiny hand holding his mane.

David was there to provide a boost up!  Bandit would have been

a better choice but he was having none of it.  Candace was sad

and throwing a little bit of a tantrum as she looked at the ground.

Wild mini ponies have a mind of their own...

Candace will be traveling with us to Boston

over the weekend  for some more arty adventures...

Check out more about Candace

here.

Giveaway 101... Post That Is

I suppose I needed a course called Giveaway 101 when I first attempted one on my new blog last fall but this is actually for my One Hundred and First posting on this blog.

On that first giveaway I made the entry criteria so stringent that I'm sure several folks that thought they were in the running actually didn't qualify. Oh well, you learn a bit along the way.

I won my first two giveaways both in the same week a couple of weeks ago and have some pics of my loot along with a lovely trade I recently received. I took advantage of the bedroom repainting and carpeting to photograph the little piles of goodies.

My giveaway is a rather random assortment of prizes. I hope I don't confuse anyone by posting my winnings on the same day but I had been meaning to show them off.

All I need you to do is comment to be in the running. If you want to be counted twice post a picture link to your blog sidebar and let me know that you've done so. I also need a way to get ahold of you when you win so P L E A S E make sure that I have some way to find your email address. The winner will be picked Sunday 6:00PM Alaska Time.

Thanks for following, Kim

Augustus, *Numinosity* beads and more in my giveaway.

First of all is an Original Messalonskee Moppet, friend and cohort of our famous world traveling Candace.

Meet Augustus, a fine fellow all dressed in yellow. He was getting a bit envious of Candace and was yearning for a trip so I'm sending him off to a new home. In addition to that I'm giving away a *Numinosity* Bead, (a periwinkle, turquoise, black and transparent aqua lentil shaped bead)

A small vase shaped cobalt bead

Two lampwork cabochon swirls

A half of a clear bead flecked with genuine placer gold mined from the 40 Mile River off of the Mighty Yukon.

Two squares of gold leaf from Thailand

Two of my new "Glinchie Magninchies" (small magnets made with glass tile and inks)

And one gold fumed whorl on cobalt silk ribbon. ( I told you it was random!)

A little closer now. See what you can win!

This is what I've done with some of my winnings already.

Preschool puzzle pieces decoupaged with vintage photos and magazine images.

I'll be adding more to these and making tags or ornaments from them.

I won this sweet box full of treasures from Becca at Patina Moon

Each piece artfully wrapped and exquisitely presented in a decoupaged box.

I won this from Laura at Found Memories Art

It was jam packed with papers and ephemera and even an art book!

Note the puzzle pieces above, I've already put some of the pieces together for a new project.

A most lovely trade with Lorna from "Artymess"

The packaging itself was a treat!

Candace goes to Toronto

This time we sent Candace out of the country to visit a man! Not just any man but a man that self describes as "Over seven feet tall, an award-winning competitior in the nude biathalon, pursued by thousands of rich women, John has an active imagination."  on his Facebook page. Actually he's a prize winning poet and collegiate professor  and photographer just so nobody gets the wrong idea about Candace again.

Candace celebrates the launch of the KLOC DOC at the East Scarborough Boys & Girls House.

KLOC ( Kids Looking Over Cameras) is a video made by local youth in the East of Toronto on a summer arts and activism program by the grassroots NGO Por Amor.

Further east in bucolic Bloomfield, Ontario, Candace lends her lap to a new friend, a wooden bird found on the beach at Sandbanks Provincial Park.

Candace considers becoming a biker chick..... but it's hard to hold on when your arms only do THIS!

Candace goes to the beach.

Yay! Candace. Or should we call her Canadace now?

See the side bar for the original post  "Candace Wants to Travel"

Candace Goes to Boston

Candace is excited to go on a train but gets a bit TOO enthusiastic.

Don't walk on the rails, Candace!

Candace at the historical North Church in Boston by the infamous "Two if by land, One if by sea" window.

Candace, once again showing her trashy side.

In the company of some really fast runner women getting ready for the Boston Marathon.

With her Auntie Betsy at the finish line. Betsy finished the marathon!

Getting her beauty sleep with Auntie Betsy.

Hanging out in a REALLY OLD graveyard.

Candace took a plane trip to Boston with her Auntie Betsy and Uncle Matt to watch Betsy run the Boston Marathon. My excuse that my sister runs marathons and I don't is that SHE IS SEVEN YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME!. (so there!) I'm pretty proud of her actually.

I agreed that she could go on another adventure with them as long as they kept her out of harms way. She does seem to have some narrow brushes with danger with them.