Salon de Maria Blog

Every night when I talk to my boyfriend he asks me, “Have you been creative today?”  I tell him that I blogged which is creative writing, however I know what he’s asking.  I’m glad he asks me that question because I tend to get caught up in writing and forget about my other passions in life - like making jewelry and taking photographs.  Well, this week I’ve combined the two...taking photographs of my jewelry! 

I’ve added some new pieces to my Etsy shop, including this gorgeous necklace with a butterfly pendant. I noticed that I’ve been making quite a bit of jewelry pieces with warm colors such as brown, orange, and red.  Any piece I make with a butterfly pendant is sure to sell. 

On another note, I’ve been out and about enjoying this beautiful spring weather and the gorgeous flowers that have bloomed.  I came across these fun daisies with a dark purple center - not the usual yellow center that daisies are known for.  How divine!  View the pictures at my Flickr album. 

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Well, I’m up to eleven blogs now!  When I started on this blog journey, I never would have thought I’d go this far with it, but I’m loving it and can’t stop!  I constantly ask myself how on earth I’m going to be able to manage them all, but I’m doing it ;) 

Never in a million years did I think that I would be making a living through writing, but this is proof that the Law of Attraction works!  Back in late 2005/early 2006 I set a goal of making money as a writer.  I would sit in the library and work on articles to submit to Constant Content hoping that somebody would pick them up.  Only a couple months later I got the gig writing over at CustomersAreAlways.com...fast forward to today and now I’m working on a piece for San Diego Magazine.   I’m also working on an ebook which covers online business which was inspired from my other blog, Online Business Resources.  

Moral of the story:  Stick to your dreams and passions and you will definitely succeed! 

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One thing I want to be good at is drawing the body.  I met an artist at the bookstore one day who gave me a quick tutorial, but I haven’t gotten around to actually practicing what he taught me.  One time in drawing class back in college I drew a skeleton, but it ended up looking like a tree during the winter time! 

The San Diego Chiropractic blog says this about art and anatomy:

“...The spine and skeleton by the way draw beautiful lines if you look at them from various directions. Why would an artist not use the beauty of the straight mobile spine and contrast it to the degenerated crooked spine?”

Drawing the skeleton is truly an art form and there are many artists who make a great living from doing this.  I came across this drawing of a figure with skeleton and spinal nerves and realized just how many curvy lines and how much shading is involved in creating the bones in our body.  Getting the proportions right is the tricky part for me. 

One artist who was phenomenal at drawing the human body is Leonardo Da Vinci.  We know him well for Vitruvian Man (pictured here), The Last Supper and Mona Lisa, but he also did a large number of paintings depicting the Madonna Child.  His paintings were highly complex and very detailed. 

By the way:  The San Diego Chiropractic blog is hosting a writing contest for those of you who love writing short stories.  The contest ends on March 31st.  It’s been awhile since I’ve written fiction, but I’ll probably give it a shot!

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Spring is in the air and I know all those fashionistas will soon be shopping for a new spring wardrobe, so I decided it was time to update my Etsy shop and add some of my new pieces.  I spent yesterday working on these fun Cha Cha rings and used Swarovski crystals.  A little bling-bling ;)  They look like little crystal sculptures sitting on your finger.  I wore one of them to a party and got quite a few compliments on it...

 

 

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I’m back!  I know, I know, it’s been awhile!  Well, yesterday I was experiencing a little bit of blogging overload and realized that I wasn’t nurturing the artsy side of me - again!  However, I did go to Panera the other day to relax, sip on some coffee, read, and do some doodling.  I’ve been working on this butterfly for the past few months.  This comes out of my one of my art sketchbooks.  

I’ve also been spending some time in the bookstore browsing through card making magazines to get some ideas.  So, in actuality, I have been nurturing my artsy side - I just haven’t been writing about it much.  

What I have been doing is working on updating the Salon de Maria website!  I’m thrilled with the way the front page turned out and I realized just how much I miss doing website design. I was going to hire someone to do it, but I have way too much fun doing it myself.  

Speaking of, Beauty is Within also got a makeover today.  Click on over, check it out, and let me know what you think!  Comments are welcome

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