Queen Esther had come from humble beginnings. She was a young and very beautiful Jewish girl who was raised by her cousin Mordecai because her parents had died when she was a little girl.
King Xerxes of Persia at the time was in search of a new bride and had decreed that every girl in the kingdom was to enter into a beauty contest, so that he may pick his bride.
Reluctantly Esther had entered and had ultimately been selected by the king for his bride. However, she had kept her Jewish heritage a secret from the king.
Haman, who was a court official for King Xerxes, made everyone he encountered bow down before him. However, Mordecai bowed before God and no one else and this infuriated Haman.
Haman plotted to have Mordecai put to death. Knowing that Mordecai was a Jew, Haman tricked the king into signing a decree that would allow him to kill every Jew in the land.
Queen Esther exposed Hamans treacherous lies and landed up saving the Jewish people as well as herself. Haman 's death sentence was to hang from the same gallows he had special made for Mordecai.
My sweet mamacita sent me a big box of fresh green chile from New Mexico and I was in heaven!! Here in the midwest you can't even come close to chile like this!
The color and smell was divine! 
Now begins the labor of love, which is slow roasting each chili over an open flame.
And the end result is wonderfully roasted chile that awaits to be bagged and stored in the freezer for many future uses. I will of course leave some out to eat!
This past week has been insanely busy, but I was able to fit in working with these block dolls.
Queen Esther had come from humble beginnings. She was a young and very beautiful Jewish girl who was raised by her cousin Mordecai because her parents had died when she was a little girl.
Haman, who was a court official for King Xerxes, made everyone he encountered bow down before him. However, Mordecai bowed before God and no one else and this infuriated Haman.
Queen Esther exposed Hamans treacherous lies and landed up saving the Jewish people as well as herself. Haman 's death sentence was to hang from the same gallows he had special made for Mordecai.
Here are some of my dolls awaiting completion. Just waiting in limbo for me to feel inspired to finish them.
These are my wooden snowmen in progress. They are a nice size to work with!
With the holiday season just around the corner, I thought I would start tackling some X-Mas ornies earlier this year. This wooden snowman was rusted and then adorned with wire, fibers and found objects. He measures about 3.5"x1". My wooden snowman came from http://www.wernerswood37.etsy.com/.
I was experimenting with wooden dominos and came up with these little guys.
Wire wrapped beads and charms have been added to dangle below the figure.
My Dust Devil Assemblage piece was featured over on Darlene Fortier's Blog. 
