When we were living in Clayton Idaho I used to walk up a canyon that was close to the house with
our dog.The canyon is named Spar Canyon. One day I was trying to come up with a title to use on my cards to go with the items
I sell. My things are hand crafted and
I have a variety of items I make. My favorite arts are Beadwork, Weaving, Crochet and Quilting, mosaics. Everything I seem to make
involves color. While walking up the canyon I was noticing all the beautiful colors of rocks. It was Fall and the trees
were changing colors.The sky was such a clear blue living so far from the polluted city. As I was thinking of how many
different shades of colors were around me the name Shades-Of-Idaho was born. I have been using it for almost 20 years.
We are now living in Midvale,Idaho. A slightly warmer climate from Clayton. We just moved here in July of 08. We had a new manufactured home and shop built. There is nothing in the yard yet. Will take some time.
Our Front Yard. A work in Progress.
Our Back Yard
Since I do not want to tie a person up all day with pictures loading I added some links for anyone to choose what they might want to look at.
These are pictures of the things I enjoy creating and collecting.
Click hereDeer Collection and another form of my beadwork
Click hereA gift for my husband. A beaded deer for the horns of the deer he shot when he was 12 years old. He is 68 now.
Click hereSome of my weaving. This rug was made from a friends old clothes. As you can see she is a very colorful person. We called this her memory rug.
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