What's In A Name

Shelley Graham Turner claims not to have a "way with words", yet she always fascinates me with the inventiveness of her blog posts. Its her Birthday, so she is having a party with this blog hop and giveaway. Her challenge to others (or as she puts it, "I'm nosey as heck!"), asks that we explain how and why we gave the name to our blog.

OK, this will be simple.
Hers:    Fabric of My Life and her Logo Name Tori Sophia Designs - Interesting, thought provoking, makes you want to go there.
Mine: Amazing Designs - dull, boring, some would say ordinary.

Courtesy of Merriam Webster Dictionary

Definition of AMAZING: causing amazement, great wonder, or surprise.
Definition of AMAZEMENT: the quality or state of being amazed.

Definition of AMAZED: to fill with wonder : astound.

Definition of ASTOUND: archaic - overwhelmed with amazement.

Well now this seems to be a little circuitous, and oh so fitting for me.

I have often found myself going in circles, especially since I retired from nursing, a few years back. Even though my feet could no longer handle lugging my body around concrete floors, my mind kept running a marathon. Wow, retirement, time to do what I want and love most (even if its just a whim).

In the past, that has been using my hands to create things: needle crafts, crochet, knitting, candle making, gardening, orchid growing, and even thinking back to my ancient teenage years, gluing jewelry components (store bought) together, and presenting them to my amazed (see definition above) mother.

Fast forward to several years ago, when my son and daughter-in-law ventured into creating "Hairtwisterz" out of polymer clay, to sell at farmer's markets, and then craft fairs. They intrigued me, and thought they had an inventive idea, but needed to expand on it (wrong, they sell a ton). So, I suggested they also make jewelry with this wondrous medium. My son's immediate response: "No, you do it!"

Now, no child of mine is going to dare me to do something, that I won't take them up on (though I could have done without finishing all those term papers, years after I was done with my own high school days). So off I went to the craft store, payed for my blocks of Premo, tissue blade, pasta machine, books on polymer clay, and then hunted through the house to find other objects to use (Where are those knitting needles? Buttons? Polyfil? etc).


Another fast forward, ASTOUNDED, AMAZED, full of AMAZEMENT, AMAZING! A very happy journey, that I know will not end any time soon!

Here are the others in this hop:

Audrey Belanger of Dreams of an Absolution

JennaTomalka of Twin Birch Studio

Marla Gibson  of Spice Box Designs

Toltec Jewels of Jewel School Friends

Shawn Mills of Bent Wire Boutique

Marlene Cupo of AmazingDesigns ---YOU ARE HERE

Joyce Blair of Bent Wire Boutique

Keri Lee Sereika of Pink Lemonade

Janye Capps of CoolBeads by Boot~C

Tammie Everly of TTE Designs

Christina Miles of Wings N Scales

Kelly Patterson of TravelingSideShow by PyxeeStyx

Heather Otto of The Crafthopper

Jenny Vidberg of Shyme Designs

Shannon Hicks of FallingInto The Sky     

Dyanne Everett-Cantrell of Deeliteful Jewelry Creations

Candida Castleberry of Spun Sugar Beadworks

Shelley Graham Turner of Fabric of My Life by Tori Sophia --- Blog Host/Birthday Girl!

Now I'm off to read some great stories! Hope you do the same.