A BEGINNING AND AN END

All humans have a beginning and an end but this is not true of all the things we have created and used and discarded.  But we can choose to reuse things again and again and again, just not always in the same way.  These discarded items can be used as puzzles.

I'm always fascinated watching the shows that show you how they make things.  The brains it takes to invent things, the skill to build and manufacture, all those processes are amazing and mind bogging to me.  Then we use it and throw it away

Here's my newest completed puzzle. I started simple.

The circle in  center is a real hummingbird nest given to me by a neighbor after a storm blew it out of a tree.  It just hung around the bookcase a couple years. It's very sturdy and beautifully constructed. 

I found the dish at my favorite Goodwill Store, the leaves on the base attracted me. The dish has a chipped edge but that's okay, it had a previous life.

When a pile of pine needles appeared in front of my feet as I walked across my friends yard, I just knew they all fit together.  The Dollar store sold me the bird and one day I'll find a hummingbird to replace it.





This  picture shows some articles that need to be put together.

Dolls that are broken need a new life, a little fabric perhaps and a few sparkles and bobbles. 

I guess these next puzzles will be dolls then.  Doll heads in teacups perhaps? On glass pedestals?  I can't wait to finish them.

The credit for this project goes to the Somerset Studio Gallery Summer 2014  15th Anniversary Issue and the article "Keepsake Dolls" by Robin Sanchez. Her dolls are beautiful. Go to Somersetstudiogallery.com for more information.

Robin has a blog, Onceuponapinkmoon.blogspot.com