Earth Day Celebration – Pere Marquette Lodge

Mushroom/Earth Day Festival

Sun., April 22, 2012
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Pere Marquette Lodge & Conference
13653 Lodge Blvd.
Grafton, IL 62037

Ah…a day to appreciate the earth and all it yields. Come and relax at Pere Marquette Lodge for the annual Earth Day and Mushroom Fest. Participants will be hunting and judging the mushroom finds, as well as eating some pretty tasty specials. There will be music, vendors and activities for everyone. The event is free. For more information, call (618) 786-2331 ext. 0.

–I’ll be there with handmade & sustainable glass & recycled. upcycled jewelry & gifts–in beautiful Pere Marquette Lodge – INDOORS – rain or shine.

Gold Butterfly on Green Adventurine Glass Pendant

18 karat white gold butterfly

green adventurine fused glass

art glass pendant

2.5 inches long, 1.5 inches high

$30

2011

 

Tree of Life

I make things I love – that make me happy – that are worth the pain in my hands when I work with glass – and this sacred tree of life, reaching up, stretching down, resonates with me. This fused glass pendant was made from recycled stained glass that was then fused. The tree is white enamel baked into the glass.

I recommend this wonderful book about the sacred tree and the cycles of life – from a First Peoples’ perspective:  http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Tree-Reflections-American-Spirituality/dp/0941524582

Under the Sea Pendant

under the sea scene, enamel on recycled, fused stained glass

2 inch by 1 inch approx.

large gold bail

designs are all black

(cell phone camera added goldtones to fish in upper right corner)

$30

Living Tree Earrings

1-inch off-white fused glass circles, with enamel colors
black tree design – much sharper than this cell phone photo shows!
silver fish hooks
$22

The Dryad’s Canticle

The dryad sings her song in the breeze,

Pure, sweet, Nature’s canticle,

Praising the sun and the moon,

Thankful for the stars she wears in her hair,

And the deep sweet water she sips from the earth.

She raises her branches to the heavens,

Her trunk planted firmly in the ground,

Her roots growing dense and tangled below.

Strong, sturdy, well-balanced,

She is home to birds and bees and butterflies,

Squirrels and insects and creeping things.

The dryad and her tree offer food for many,

And shade for all.

She wears a cloak of stillness,

Watching busy lives come and go.

She blesses each of the little leaves,

That join together to make this mighty tree.

The dryad cherishes the soil that gives her life,

Growing each day one day at a time,

Taller, wider, ring by ring.

She sings a soft song of silence,

Of giving and taking for the good of all,

Of things that were and are and may yet be,

Verses heard only by angels above and earthworms below

And those who take time to sit under a tree and listen.

By Kerry Ellen (c) 2010

Stay tuned – Kerry Ellen will be making more tree pendants in glass soon!