The Beautiful Hands Series: Update

Delving into this latest series, I've realized this project IS a good one.  I'm focused.  And...unlike  my winter addiction to crochet where I was probably close to a intervention, I've actually kept up with a little housework, and to that end, I'm feeling less guilty.

This one has me fascinated.  I'm looking at every pair of hands that I shake, and I want to touch them.  No worries, I am asking first.  Then, of course, I have to photograph them.  Thinking about the caring, healing hands at Emmanuel started me thinking about who's fingers I wanted to have in my collection. 

The first on my list was Millie, 90+ years old.  There are stories in those hands...

I started on my 7th piece a few days ago.  This one is not a batik, or even a hand dye.  It was a cheap cotton print (read - 13" for 85 cents), but I was intrigued with the pattern and I think it will be good for including some masculine hands on it. Oh. Now I realize that that I can't upload a pic of it because I had to re-charge the camera batteries.  I'll share the next time.  I do have some others though...

This last photo is of my first experiment with a Stazon Stamp Pad.  I spied something copper, and my heart starting racing.  What I didn't know was that these are 19.99 each - ouch!  Thank goodness they were 40% off at the store, so the sale price combined with my team member discount made it much more appealing. I like the fact that since it is solvent based, it does dry fast and you can use it on more than just paper. Other metallic stamp pads do not dry very well, and always tend to rub off.  This is a sample of some very nice fake leather (vinyl) - it's name is "lexus" - go figure. I wonder which of my series this "hand" will be included on...

  Late night realization here: I like how my "hearts in hand" stamp has been doing something interesting here, depending on what I stamp it on. I know that, I guess I needed to post the photos for it to sink in.