Spring is here!

This little guy is my new Godson, Ian! Congratulations to my dear, dear friends Jess and Pat on their second boy! I'm truly honored to be chosen as his Godmother...poor guy has no idea what his parents have done....
What a beautiful day! There's nothing like holding a new baby. I continued my day with a walk up Mt. Tabor with my little monkey-dog, Chico. I love this look he gives me.

I'm so lucky this spot is only a five minute walk from my home.

Today was a marvelous day....new life, new air, fresh, new perspective. This poem from Mary Oliver is a must for this moment:

Wild Geese

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting-
in the family of things.

(thank you, Jessica)

Creative Forces

Here we go fellow artists, friends and family...my blog has arrived! This year has been full of amazing creative energy. New projects keep surfacing, and old projects are screaming to come out of the flat files. As of late, I've had a fabulous opportunity to work with designer, Julia Junkin on a new line of texiles. The designs I created, along with a few other local artists, will be turned into duvet covers, aprons and towels! Here is a peek at some of my creations:


My project this week is to finalize new designs for my leather bags. What makes these unique to Cipriano Designs is the use of my custom fabrics sewn as the lining or used as an aesthetic element in the overall design.