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You are my Sunflower

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There once was a girl who loved sunflowers, and animals, and rainbows, and riding her wooden swing high above the trees.

She loved to smile; she was kind and gentle, and thoughtful in her ways.

The world was a better place when she laughed.

She was perfect and she was loved.

 

“You Are My Sunflower” one of a kind sparkle dust snow globe. Mixed media, including metal and wire sculpture in liquid under glass. All images and designs copyright (c) 2014 Camryn Forrest Designs, Denver, Colorado.

Below the Storm – Submarine Snow Globe

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What if someone was diving who did not know that all kinds of storm was raging above? Swimming, as it were, Below the Storm.

This piece is just that: the quiet calm place below the storm, where we explore and delve into mysteries of the deep.

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One of a kind snow globe, with leather-wrapped base showcasing brass porthole windows backed with real mica leaves.

All designs and images are copyright (c) 2014 Camryn Forrest Designs, Denver, Colorado.

Magic Happens (Happy 100th!) Sparkle Snow Globe

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As I pulled together the thoughts and images to post this art today, I realized that this was my 100th blog post.

Back a few months ago, when I realized this “magic” number was approaching, I thought I should plan ahead and write something special.

But I got busy with this and that, and the joy and heartbreak of every day life, routines and surprises, hope and disappointment and here it is: the Magic 100.

And the globe that was ready to post?

Magic Happens.

There’s a story behind this sparkly snow globe, with the dancing silver flecks, ice-blue glass heart and a just glimpse of an iridescent heart (if you don’t blink!) … but I can’t tell it here.

I was inspired by someone with a true blue heart, and can only say that when you shake this globe, and the world fills with light, and laughter, and hope, for a moment you will believe.

Detail Magic Happens custom snow globe, Camryn Forrest Designs, 2014

Believe.

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Magic Happens, one of a kind snow globe with glass heart, wire and beaded sculpture, silver dust and flecks inside liquid-filled glass ball. All images and designs copyright (c) 2014 Camryn Forrest Designs, Denver, Colorado.

Magic Happens Snow Globe, Camryn Forrest Designs 2014

Armored Heart – sparkle snow globe

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Toughen up. Harden your heart. It’s a scary world out there.

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We cover our hearts with bits of protection: the scars from long-ago loves, the uncertainty about our worthiness, worry over heartbreak yet to occur.

There’s a coat of armor, ready to ward off the slings and arrows of life, unpredictable alliances, fluid emotion.

Yet, between the shields of protective metal, the heart glimpses through, more curious than afraid, more hopeful than defeated.

Despite all precautions, the armored heart may yet be touched.

Armored Heart snow globe, Camryn Forrest Designs 2014. All images and designs copyright (c) 2013 and 2014 Camryn Forrest Designs, Denver, Colorado.

Reach …

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Reach custom snow globe, Camryn Forrest Designs, Denver, Colorado

The word that comes closest is yearning.

It’s that feeling that there is something powerful, just out of reach, something you can almost touch.

It’s desire, and belief, and suspension of belief too —

when every cell in your body, every hope and dream, every piece of you stretches beyond what you once thought you could do.

When you reach for the impossible, anything can happen.

“Reach” – one of a kind snow globe/waterball with sculpted hand and repurposed metal ball, gold glitter and liquid. All images and designs copyright (c) 2014 Camryn Forrest Designs, Denver, Colorado.

THINGS are looking up

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Maybe the best part of this snowstorm design is that the title came long after the visual design.

And it was the kind of perfect you-gotta-love-it grin for me, lover of puns and multiple interpretations. A cliche turned on its ear.

I hadThings Are Looking Up custom snow globe, Camryn Forrest Designs 2014 the idea of a person looking down a microscope, and wondered, “what would happen if you saw an eye looking back at you?”

The scale became grander, a two-tiered snow globe, with a tiny man peering into a downwards telescope.

Below, the rolling green mounds come into focus: Wait. There’s a bright crop of green eyes staring back.

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Things Are Looking Up custom snow globe, Camryn Forrest Designs 2014

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And the “what if?”of the double snow globe became its own double meaning.

Because things ARE looking up.

Or if you prefer, THINGS are looking up.

“Things are Looking Up” — one of a kind, two-tiered snow globe (waterglobe), by Camryn Forrest Designs. All designs and images copyright (c) 2014 Camryn Forrest Designs, Denver, Colorado.

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