Welcome to the home page of Dreamcircle. I am Elana (no last name needed here). This is now my new home of quite a few, different, multiple, creative projects. In the meanwhile, expect a LOT of editing and re-editing for these nascent pages.
A SHORT HISTORY OF DREAMCIRCLE
I originally bought this domain over 10 years ago, tossed up a late-90′s design on it as a placeholder – and then didn’t do very much with it. Now it’s going to be a view into my creative brain.
Now that I am dealing with advanced breast cancer, I have decided I’d rather let the world know about some of the more interesting things I have thought about, learned about and accomplished over the years, as well as showcasing current projects.
MULTIDIMENSIONAL CREATIVITY
All my life, I have many interests, especially artistic and geeky ones. From the artistic side, I have tried my hand at many things, from pottery to photography to beadwork to carpentry to writing to magazine editing/publishing and more.
In the old days, I wanted to be creative in more than one artistic field in my spare time. My tendency in the past was to spend years mastering a particular craft until I reached professional level. Then – happy that I had climbed THAT creative mountain – I go off to learn something else completely.
Most of the time I’d start something new, completely not expecting to have any success whatsoever. Then I’d get shocked from hearing other people rave VERY positively about the results of my clueless attempts.
(That last one seemed to happen a lot when I’ve tried photography. The positive reactions continue to boggle my brain because I still don’t know an F-stop from a bus stop like a professional would.)
Overall, I’ve ended up with a variety of different creative skills as a result. The fun part nowadays is combining my various ideas, knowledge and experiences into create something new which takes an especially innovative approach towards whatever I’m trying to do.
Some of my old works from my various eras still survive and some don’t. Of those which still survive, I plan to digitize and upload to Dreamcircle.
The geek section will include both anything that targets my love of innovation plus perhaps a few of my own “female MyGuyver” ideas.
HELP WITH BREAST CANCER
I also want to see what I can create with my hands in order to help raise funds to pay medical bills and to try to stay alive longer with the help of many awesome people like you. 
My health makes my progress REALLY slow. What you are seeing here so far is the result of a whole lotta months of work, sometimes only an hour or two of work a week as my health allowed it. As you see, I am still barely getting started. Focusing on something positive, such as this website, helps me forget my extremely intense fears about many things and let’s me focus on something positive for a change.
Expect several blank pages on many of my links as I fill them up slowly, one by one. (The “HOW TO HELP” link above already has some useful info.) Every time I do a major revision, I’ll mention it in my blog so that you can keep track of my progress.
INITIAL PROJECTS
To start things off, my first project is called “Beyond The Jumpgate.”
If you are exploring this site, I suggest you start there. My explanation of my new work with “polymer clay” is on that page.
(The long name for these brooches goes like this:
“If You Love Purple and Green, You Must Have B5 On The Brain.”)
ASTRONOMY BROOCHES AND PENDANTS
Hand in hand with that inital goal is my new “Astronomy Brooches and Pendants” project for space fans. (I have brooches, however I’m still working on getting some pendants out there.)
LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE
That’s just the beginning. In the end, I hope to accomplish a website which will be a fascinating journey though my creative, innovation-loving, artistic, geeky brain. Wish me luck. My progress will be snail-slow because of my health, but like the “tortoise and the hare” story, I think I will get there… eventually.
Thanks for visiting! Please visit often to see what I have been doing lately and to see my new “circle of dreams” evolve over time.
Sincerely…
-Elana
(Originally written on Christmas Day, 2011)