She talks to wolves...

I have several announcements for you guys today!

Congratulations to my youngest brother, Joseph, for placing third in the 2007-2008 Student Poetry Contest organized by the Alabama State Poetry Society! He got $15 out of the deal. Nifty.



ALSO, the winners of the first ever chimera_fancies pendant contest have been announced! The wicked fairy apologist, pretty little dead girl, and myself (the jack) deliberated long and hard to pick the top three winners and a selection of "honorable mentions." (Any and all rumors that either drugs or snark were involved in the allegedly free-style salonesque evaluation of pieces are complete hokum.) Go and see!



There are only two days left to bid on my necklace, "And Then She Flew," in the IAF auctions!

Speaking of the IAF, the Third Interstitial Salon is now open! Come and chat with myself, Mia Nutick, Elise Matthesen, Kris McDermott, K. Tempest Bradford, and others as we discuss how art relates to jewelry relates to writing relates to creation.



And, lastly, my website is now live with the May Surprise! Stop by and check out the twisted parody of Virgil's Aeneid and then wander back over here to tell me what you think. Unless that involves throwing rotten vegetables and then, please, don't bother. ;) (By the way, the surprise is Part 1 of 2: I hope to have the second bit of the Corrupted Aeneid up by this weekend.)

Also, there's now a splash page for Magpie Missions, but it's pretty simple.

Today, the necklace I made for the IAF auction is live. I have impressed a few people with my first necklace (including the author! Eee!), for which I am so grateful-- now let's convert those good impressions into bids for the IAF!

And Then She Flew by Deborah J Brannon

Based on "Black Feather" by K. Tempest Bradford, from Interfictions.

The Wood, the hill, the cave, the sky: compelling elemental presences evoking the Hanged Man, the lost girl, the ravens, and what redemption we can find. These were the threads that asked to be woven in wood and glass, semi-precious stone and gleaming metal. I like to believe that I gave Tempest’s story another method of flight.

Opening Bid: $15

Click here to bid and see the other Interfictions auctions.

And don't forget to check out the other auctions-- an incredibly gorgeous piece by Elise Mattheson based on Jon Singer's "Willow Pattern" went up today and one of Mia's delightfully enchanting pendants is currently live, among so many other pretty things!