Jana Bodin - Gallery Artist Profile

As part of my Gallery artist profiles, today I want to introduce you to Jana Bodin of Treehouse Herbs.

Jana is totally in love with herbs and has never stopped being amazed by what a little plant is able to provide. Many of her artisan recipes are come from a long time of experimenting and some are come with her heritage. She grew up in Eastern Germany and where they use all kinds of herbs in daily life.

Everything is organic & handmade. The herbs she uses are grown in her garden or just grow wild on their property. Herbs she can't harvest herself she acquires from trusted, certified organic suppliers.
Everything is organic & handmade.



As it gets cold outside, her family enjoys especially the tea drinking part. Sitting together with some sweets and a hot cup of tea in after a hard day in school or at work is truly unbeatable.



You will find a lovely selection of  Jana's herbal teas at Time and Sand Gallery.  You can choose from Good Morning Tea,  Red Rooibos Chai (which is my favorite!), Stress Relief Tea and Sleep Well Tea.  Each tea is comes in a lovely tin.  These make great gifts too, just add a tea cup!

Blessings, C.

On the Road Again

Off to rural Indiana this week to visit old friends.  Sunday evening the four of us, our two dogs and enough belongings for a week piled into the car, drove to the "center of nowhere".

Four years ago our friends left Columbus, so that Rod could start a new venture as a turkey farmer.  We have missed them.  Getting ready to go and visit we wondered if we should make the trip, many things to do at home, the heat, a car with no air-conditioning were many of the few things that were saying stay put, don't go.  But the memories of good friends and our children's' possible disappointment helped us to put the call of obligation behind. We packed the car and headed out.

We stopped at the Chocolate Moose in Blooming for ice cream. Torch cones for the dogs and a small vanilla for the each of us and made our way through the back roads.  We have not visited this family for a few years.  We have children the same age and met at church.

We arrived in the center of nowhere in the evening and were met with food and friendship. You know those friends that even though you haven't seen them in a long while, you can pick up where you left off without missing a beat.  These are those kind of friends.  We kept them up, or they kept us up catching up and laughing all the way.

When we finally crawled into bed, Russell and I lay next to each other and said "I am so glad we came, I know why we miss these people, I haven't laughed that much in so long"

In this modern day of on to the next thing as fast as possible.  I am very grateful for a trip to the center of nowhere to remind me that friendships are the glue that hold us all together and that laughter is the key to contentment.

Blessings, C.

Fusing Glass Today

Getting ready to make new glass pieces for Glassworks Gallery in Louisville.  I have been fusing glass all week, I use a microwave kiln, so each piece is fired individually, then I carefully sand the edges and back of each piece.  They are then ready to be wrapped with sterling silver to create pendants, rings and bracelets.

I love to work with glass.  Each piece is a surprise when it comes out of the kiln, sometimes the process creates colors, or effects that I do not expect.   Usually this is a good thing, though occasionally I hear a ping from the kiln.  That is not a good thing, it means that the piece has imploded and I have to start from the beginning.

But as I gain more experience the pings are fewer and fewer.  This is a good thing, a very good thing.

Blessings, C.