Inspiration is sorely lacking in this house lately. Thoughts of babies and colors and pretty pink things have overtaken thoughts of beads and jewelry and business. But such is life right? Always in a constant state of change.
Searching for inspiration, I tend to look outside first. I feel like there is only green as far as the eye can see. (May have to do some pot gardening to get some color in my landscape.) Is it just me, or what do you think?
However, I do have this beautiful little cactus garden that my mom and aunt created for me when they visited last month. I keep it at the front door and glance at it often. Apparently, the dead plants I had in the house were not to their liking. To each his own. ;)
What I find most interesting about my cactus garden (aside from the fact I am taking care of it as taught and some of the plants are *still* dying) is this one cactus in the middle. It is crowned with a beautiful trio of blooming flowers:
Upon closer inspection, I noticed that the flowers look like they were hot-glued onto the cactus. Here I was thinking how beautiful it was to see a cactus bloom…clearly not the case in this situation. (Do cactuses even bloom?)
Regardless, I like the colors and find them inspiring…enough for me to pick out pearls and gemstones to make a new piece or two:
Who knows? Maybe I’ll just grab some wire later tonight and spend an hour making something. I’ve gotten this far so far, right?
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Those beads look good enough to eat! And yes a very happy cactus does flower. The colour is so cheerful, which is just what I need right now – it’s freezing outside and there is steam (literally) rising out of my garden beds.
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