The sound of this bag when jingled is wonderful. I hold the bag to my ear sometimes listening to the vibrations of the bells, the ever singing bells. I designed this bag and made it about fifteen years ago. It reminds me of ancient where Buddhism began.The glass of the beads are thick and has a plush feeling when holding it.
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Sweet dream my precious love. I come to stand over and protect sleep of humans and all creatures who have suffered, experienced great loss and are lost to the world. When people have very difficult surgeries I stay with them for many days making certain they get rest and are at peace. Although I look like a little child I am millions of years old; I am a warrior against harm. I am captivated by life on all planets, regions and the less fortunate. I know what it is like to be cold. I was without home and my Mother and I froze to death in the snow's of Winter. I came back to care for those who are in trouble and have to go through painful times. I know a woman who had nine hours of surgery and over 375 stitches. She was in horrific pain for sometime and after several years is still healing. The operation saved her life. She can see me from time to time cradling her soul. I am in many places at once....I am love and healing in its highest form. I am Sleeping Tender. I am the watcher of dreams; human dreams. I catch them and spin them to gold and diamonds making them a healing part of a person's life. Night mares release the deepest fears and aids in troubling and very painful times. Without dreams the psyche and heart of a person become so ill, that living in life would be almost impossible. I love and cradle dreams of waking moments also, supporting the creative life that is with in us all. I encourage day dreaming, assisting the mind, heart and soul to wander into the brilliant world of a persons most elegant desires. Star Medallion beaded by an unknown person with a date on the back which reads 1972. I picked it up at a garage sale. The beaded work on the bottom half of the doll is from a broken bracelet. The face is by Ryoan on Etsy. This is one of my small tiny bags. It is thick and is not very pliable. I used size 8 beads on it, which is a large size bead for such a tiny bag. I really like the clear crystal zuni bears in the strap and the purple amethyst adds more color. I enjoy using gems and glass in my work. Most all of my bags are made from glass beads, except sometimes I will use wood or metal beads and different types of beads to add color and texture. The beads on the bottom of the bag are a beautiful rose and black cloisonne bead. I like to put little keep sakes in my bag so they are close to my heart. I believe Penny's face is one of my first attempts at drawing features. Many Prim dolls have unusual and often times distorted features. Some have sewn the fabric to represent eyes, mouth and noses. Some have buttons and unusually shaped little trinkets. The top is from a lace curtain I had. It is designed by A Stitch In Time on Etsy and I made the skirt one of my first attempts at pleats. I love the body of the doll, it too is designed by A Stitch In Time. I haven't worked on a doll in many weeks and will get back to it soon. I've been in a bit of a creative slump in the past few weeks. There is an ebb and flow to my creative process and I just move with it. The cute part about this doll is that when I drew the first face on the doll I had drawn it on the wrong side, now each side has a face....cool! My name is Sandra Ellana. I assist those who work with the dignity and rights of humanity. Civil and Human Rights are imperative if we are to survive the hate, greed and intolerable suffering millions endure every day in the most horrific conditions imaginable. Although I am very small in stature my staff is filled with the magic of diamonds, one of the worlds most durable and hardest substances. I use it both for flying and protecting those who would do any harm, especially the young ones and animals of the race. This was my first spirit doll. Willow was made when I was very ill with mania. I was so agitated, restless and out of my mind I decided to research these dolls. I went to Etsy on the internet and had seen them there. I found a shop with a very well known artist's work and began communicating through email about her work. Her name is Grieselda Tello. Her Spirit Dolls touched me to my chore. She encouraged me to go outside and find a tree to sit under and feel the earth, wind and sun. Breathing deeply the warm air of summer, I leaned against my willow tree and just listened to all the sounds of nature. Near our apartment complex is a reserve for wild life. There is a bridge over the pond where folks can walk and sit. I walked that way gathering little sticks and stones a long the path to the bridge. I sat down on one of the benches on the bridge and meditated for a bit. I found moss and gathered some evergreens along the path home. Grieselda encouraged me every day for several days. I already had many supplies because of all the beading I had done throughout the years. I sat down in my studio and pulled one of my wooden chairs up to me and started my creation. My heart and spirit began to develop movement within my hands. It's as if I were channeling a divine force. My brain shut down and it seemed my subconscious took over as I worked. I was venturing into a new world, a path I felt was my own beauty world; the beginning of a journey I knew would heal my sometimes weary soul and have a profound affect on me for many years to come. Sweet Face Made by Grieselda Tello on Etsy. This piece took me six months to complete. I tried many times to work it in the peyote stitch but was unable to do so. It was one of my most difficult undertakings, but I am not easily persuaded to give up. Celtic knots are an ancient symbol and for me reflect the infinity of the life and death cycle. Life and death are intertwined awakenings. I finally tried the comanche stitch and succeeded. My friend Lili placed it up against my back door window so the light would shine through the beads adding brilliance to the piece. The book in which I found the original pattern was called Design Originals by Suzzane McNeil. I found the picture in that book which was beaded by Debra Berg. In memory of one of the strongest and most incredible people I have ever known.You endured so much and came out shinning beyond the light of the sun, moon and stars. I took the pattern for this necklace from a motif of one of your crowns, only simpler. I loved you for your compassion and indomitable spirit and love you gave to your children and others in need of tenderness and kindness. Dearest Diana where ever you are, what ever work you have made for yourself I honor you in the name of love. From a sister in spirit, Brigit Snyder |
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