Williamson County FCE Clubs' Cultural Arts Day

Many years before I started painting, I enjoyed doing crafts - lots and lots of different crafts. I didn't believe in myself as an artist, and so I did something more structured that I felt I could be more successful in doing.  I've done beadwork, macrame, rock-painting, weaving, stained glass, crocheting, knitting, sewing, and more recented, fused glass.

Last week, was our Williamson County FCE Clubs' Cultural Arts Day, and so I entered three of my crafts and one of my paintings into the competition. Here are my results:

This are the fused glass necklace and earrings I made. Fused glass is fun to do, although it's important to be careful! I like that no two completed pieces of glass are identical.  

This is another fused glass piece - a vase. This was particularly fun to make, and I love the way it looks.

These are prayer beads made with a cross of olive wood from Bethlehem. I got the crosses off Amazon.  I've probably made more than 100 sets of prayer beads over the past few years.

This was my solitary painting entry, and it got a second place ribbon.  Out of all the paintings, I could have chosen, I'm not sure why I didn't chose another painting. I like this one, though. It's my second painting of the wild flowers at the front of our property.