I guess I won't be making beads today.....

I turned on the kiln and started the oxycon this morning. Found some soothing tunes on my CD player. I was really appreciating the sun shining through my studio window right onto my work surface. As soon as I lit the torch however, the power flickered out. It came right back on but it's a really good thing I didn't have a kiln full of beads or they would have been garbage. The wind is HOWLING today. I just didn't realize it before I sat down to make beads. Guess I'll have to go to plan B and find something else to do. Maybe I should think about vacuuming, or tackling the ironing I've been putting off. Just doesn't sound as interesting as making beads. 

A lady contacted me by email a couple days ago and she told me she was so excited to find my website online. She stated that her husband had purchased one of my bracelets for her several years ago at an art gallery in Cheyenne, Wyoming and she loved it so much but unforturnately lost it. At first she asked me if I would remake the beads so she could perhaps make another bracelet. I dug through my archives and actually found a photo of the original bracelet. I emailed the photo to her and told her I could remake the bracelet and she was so, so grateful. The bracelet had held such a sentimental value for her because it was a gift from her husband. She also stated her daughters and granddaughters were hoping that she may give the bracelet up to one of them one day. How sweet that one of my pieces could mean so much to someone. I am more than happy to make her day! I was even able to find the unusual sterling silver fish clasp and Birkenstock sandal charm that I used for the original bracelet. I can't wait till it's done and I can send it to her. I wish I could be there when she opens the package!

I've been a busy beadmaker...

New wheelie necklaces available at Seagrass Gallery on Camano Island.

"A Rose Is A Rose" petit bicone pendant on chain also available at Seagrass Gallery.

The last few days have been very productive beadwise, (is that a word?). I've made tons of new pieces for Seagrass Gallery. My jewelry case there was starting to look a little depleted. Now it's time to start thinking about the outdoor shows I have coming up. I better step up the pace a bit.

Speaking of snow, I'm so over it, but the temperature is climbing today and it's starting to melt. Yay! Please hurry spring! 



A Rose Is A Rose

"A Rose Is A Rose" bracelet.

Pink roses for a sunny but frigid Friday. 

I've been cooped up in the house all week. Time to get out and mingle with friends. Maybe I'll see you at Norm's Place. ;-)

Have a super weekend! 



Say NO to Snow!

"Vista" Bracelet available in my Etsy shop.

Winter is still holding on. Everett, the city where Norm's Place, (our bar and grill), is located had a couple inches of snow this morning and the weatherman says more tomorrow. Just say "NO" to snow I say!
Snow... after a beautiful weekend of sunshine. Yep, Saturday and Sunday we were able to go outside and work in the yard. It was blissful and I'm so happy to be caught up with some of those outdoor chores leftover from the fall. We still had sad looking cornstalks in the vegetable garden and rotting geraniums in the flower pots. Our fall of 2010 was spent working on getting the bar ready to open, so there wasn't any time for yard tidying back when it should have been done. We are almost ready to plant when spring finally shows up.



Spring Bling!

Pink Celebrity

Just a quick post to share my latest pieces. "Pink Celebrity" in my Etsy shop soon.

New washer and dryer tomorrow. I'll be catching up on the laundry this weekend. I hope you have something much more exciting planned....

Hurry spring!

Tropic Canna

I have a nagging case of SPRING FEVER. Happens every year at this time and especially when the sun makes an appearance. February in the Pacific Northwest can be, and usually is, very wet, cold, and dreary and I know this year I should consider myself lucky that we haven't had the extreme weather conditions experienced by folks in other areas of the country, but still, I'm just sooo ready for spring. It's beautiful and sunny today. I should be working in my yard but I'm making jewelry instead. New things for Etsy and Seagrass Gallery.



Feelin' a bit shakey...

"Color Hungry" 33 inch Necklace

The flu has kicked my butt this week! It must have caught me in a weak moment because I can't remember the last time I was sick with even a cold. I'm a tough ole bird but today I'm ready to cry UNCLE!

After 4 days of almost complete bedrest I got up this morning and took a shower, (makeup and everything today), then made a few beads for orders and now after only a couple hours of that I think I need a nice long nap....and maybe an asprin-Nyquil cocktail beforehand. Oy! I hope I remember this next year when it's flu shot time. I'll be first in line!