What a way to start the weekend! Woke up this morning to an email saying one of my Dreamcatcher Key Rings was featured in a Treasury this weekend.

This treasury was curated by BeadSire. I’ll be doing a feature on this jewelry maker’s shop. They make some fantastic jewelry that deserves attention.

The theme for this Treasury is “Oneiric”, which is oddly enough a new word for me. I say odd, because I’m fairly obsessed with dreams and the dream world, yet I’ve never seen or heard that word before… hah! It means having to do with dreams or something related to dreams.

For those who aren’t familiar with Etsy and the Treasury feature, a Treasury is a showcase curated by an Etsian (Etsy member). There are hundreds of treasuries running at any given time. Sometimes they – or parts of them – make it to the front page, which makes it even better. It’s always an honor to know someone finds one of your handcrafted items worthy of such a showcase.

Bottle Cap Art – Session Magazine.

Molly B. Right was commissioned by the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) to do this amazing piece. It’s a portrait of Phillip Simmons, a master blacksmith of Charleston, SC.

What’s amazing about this work is that it’s done entirely in bottle caps: Mountain Dew, root beer, various sodas.

Check it out, and be sure and scroll down the page and look at the close-ups.

Wow!

Photo copyright 2008 C.R. Speed aka DancingSpirit