Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Hanging Decorations - For You or Your Home - On Holidays - Or Any Time! By Ruth Sandra Sperling

Ruth Sandra Sperling Arts
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Handmade Crochet Hanging Decorations - or Jewelry Pendants!

I've been making Small Crochet "Trinkets" with Hanging Loops for years - some are used as Hanging Decorations - some have been used for Jewelry Pendants on Chokers or Necklaces - here are a couple available in my RSS Designs In Fiber Etsy Shop:


 Set of 2 White Crochet Star Ornaments - Handmade by Ruth Sandra Sperling of RSS Designs In Fiber





 Garnet Red Irish Crochet Heart with Beaded 3D Roses - Handmade By Ruth Sandra Sperling of RSS Designs In Fiber




Hanging Ornament with RSS Designs In Fiber Lace Art







Each of these "Hanging Ornaments" are small - within 3-5 Inches - and lightweight  and could also be used for a Choker or Necklace with Ribbons or Chains or Cords!

Thursday, November 22, 2018

Thankful, But Terribly Worried this Thanksgiving - As Some Are "Blind To The Truth"

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade in my Etsy Shop -- or Privately


 Photo of Crocheted Cornucopia - with Message - Handmade By Ruth Sandra Sperling of RSS Designs In Fiber

As this Thanksgiving was approaching - and the day finally came - I was thinking of all the things I am actually very grateful and Thankful for - But I can't help but also being Terribly Worried with some current events.

Big On Loving Nature - and Very Inspired By Nature - different things going on in Life tend to have a huge effect on me.

Going into all of them would take way too much more than one blog post - but, if you are curious you can check the "Nature" Label here on my blog for some that I have done blog posts on!

The most recent event affecting me has been the "Woolsey Fire", and the one thing I am so-o-o Thankful for today was to check that link - and find that it has finally been 100% contained.  The "Woolsey Fire" has been burning in my favorite area of the Santa Monica Mountains mostly - West of Kanan Dune Road to the Los Angeles County Line.  Boy, I have spent so many moments there since the 1980's that I cannot remember how many times - and my favorite hiking place in the Santa Monica Mountains, "Nicholas Flats" is in the "Woolsey Fire" area - and still Evacuated per today's Woolsey Fire Evacuation Map.  Also, still don't know the cause - the fire started over in Simi Valley and somehow ended up blowing all the way to the Santa Monica Mountains and some Coastal Areas.

So, Terribly Worried!!  Just Thankful that they got the "Woolsey Fire" contained - and I hope all the "hot spots" out.  With all the fires in California in forests I love - and having met Fire and Fuel Specialists and Firefighters when going to National Forest Meetings around California - I have learned much more than I ever would have thought I would about fire behavior and the forests of California.

But as a Nature Photography friend of mine said - the Santa Monica Mountains will recover - hopefully naturally regenerate where it burned - and after the Winter/Spring Rains, we may have a wildly beautiful show of wildflowers throughout the "Woolsey Fire" area!  (Got to look for something good in it all - NATURE REGENERATING!)

And speaking of Music I am Thankful for -- having been reading articles - and news about things - what really kept coming to my mind was something Singer/Songwriter Dan Fogelberg wrote a song about years ago.  Like I have mentioned in earlier blog posts - I knew him and his songwriting from our College Days at the University of Illinois - and I followed a lot of the Music he put on albums - and one of his songs on his album "The Wild Places" was something I could so, so, so identify and agree with - to the point that I borrowed his song title for this blog post:  "Blind To The Truth".

I noticed it in College -- and I found it true all throughout his albums - Dan Fogelberg had a way of reaching people with his lyrics and music.

For me, his song "Blind To The Truth" really "hit the nail on the head"!!

I am going to finish the blog post by quoting the last verse and ending Chorus of the song, "Blind To The Truth" - but you can see the full lyrics at "The Wild Places" on Dan Fogelberg's official website.

I agree with him:  

"Now there's laws that we must live by and they're not the laws of man
Can't you see the shadow that moves across this land
The future is upon us and there's so much we must do
And you know I can't ignore it and my friend neither can you"

"Unless you're...
Blind to the truth, blind to the truth
And you can't see nothin'
You're so blind to the truth, blind to the truth
But the judgment day is coming"

FOLKS!  We Really Can't Ignore It - There is So Much We Must Do! 

Thursday, November 1, 2018

New Americana Cup Cozy Set - Handmade - Reusable - EcoFriendly

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade in Etsy Shop -- or Privately


New EcoFriendly Cup Cozy in Americana Red, White and Blue By RSS Designs In Fiber!


 Americana Cup Cozy Set of 2 - By RSS Designs In Fiber


Handmade with EcoFriendly Cotton Yarns - a Red, White and Blue Ombre held together with a Solid Navy Blue to make it double-worsted - These Cup Cozies are Hand-Crocheted in a Stretchy Cotton Stitch - these Cup Cozies will fit on most usual size of Hot Coffee / Tea Cups at places like Starbucks and Panera (I have used mine at both when I don't bring my own cup)!  Photo above taken with one on a Panera Cup!

Carry this Cup Cozy with you in your pocket, purse, knapsack, briefcase to just grab every time you buy a cup of Hot Coffee or Tea!  

They work much better than the disposable paper ones these places offer - and they are Reusable many, many times!

And these are in Patriotic Red, White and Blue!!!



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I blogged about my other Cup Cozies I've made - and they are all in my Etsy Shop!! -- And I can always make some Custom for a Customer in some of the other colors of the cotton yarns I have!!

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And I've been Crocheting and Knitting in Americana for years now - here are a couple of other Handmade Americana currently in my RSS Designs In Fiber Etsy Shop!!




 Primitive Americana Red, Blue and Tan Chunky Hat - Handmade By Ruth Sandra Sperling  as RSS Designs In Fiber






 Americana Red White and Blue Star Coasters - Handmade By Ruth Sandra Sperling of RSS Designs In Fiber