It’s been far too long

I haven’t blogged in ages. I have been preoccupied with life, I suppose. As the summer winds down, I find myself contemplating the future. It’s the start of new beginnings Steve and I are planning together. As you may know, we separated for some time. During the separation, we remained connected and I learned a [...]

Top Five Health Care Reform Lies

Lie #1: President Obama wants to euthanize your grandma!!!

The truth: These accusations—of “death panels” and forced euthanasia—are, of course, flatly untrue. As an article from the Associated Press puts it: “No ‘death panel’ in health care bill.”4 What’s the real deal? Reform legislation includes a provision, supported by the AARP, to offer senior citizens access [...]

It’s good…

Get very cool blog stuff at Shabby Blogs… and it’s free!

Latest Creation

charm 030

Originally uploaded by Denise Mares ~ Artful Bliss

Here is a fine silver charm I created last week which I donated for auction. I will be making some more and selling them on etsy.
Stay tuned!

Please help

If you’ve been following my blog, you know I often feature some of my favorite artists and their work. Today is a little different. I want to tell you about Ron & Joanna. I have met neither of them in person. I am acquainted with Joanna’s art through her blog, her Etsy and ArtFire shops, [...]

I’m behind

I’ve been absent from my blog… seems like forever since I last posted anything! I hope I still have a couple readers out there.
Here are some pictures of a charm I created for a round robin swap I’m involved in. I just loved this image but it was long and skinny. I wound up cutting [...]

Looking forward

I need some sunshine… that’s all there is to it. I want to go outside and feel the rays warming my body and soothing my mood. Winter is always difficult for me but this year, I’ve found it to be unusually draining. Maybe partly due to the weather… maybe partly to all the changes I’ve [...]

Spring

I haven’t been very active in blogland lately. I have been so busy. I won’t go into all the details but life can be overwhelming at times. I try to pare down when needed and unfortunately, one of the things that gets bumped on my priority list is writing. Besides that, I haven’t been feeling [...]

In the palm of my hands

I received my order and these are now
available for your purchase!

I am adding something special to my etsy store, artful bliss, and I wanted to give you a sneak peek…

I love to use hands in my artwork and I had a lot of fun taking these pictures. [...]

New Etsy listings

Stuff has been flying in my Etsy store, artful bliss, so I had to restock the shelves! Here’s a peek at the latest buys: