Vintage Commission

A friend of mine commissioned me to make a set from some beads that had once belonged to her great aunt. Really pretty faceted glass. All different sizes.

Here are the pics from that venture:

Kitty Pic

Ok, so I haven't taken any jewelry pics yet....but here's a pic of my cat on our back door:

My Sad Boring Blog

Yes, Yes, I know.......no pics yet........I've not been good on the pic front. My poor Mother-in-law is pining away in PA for pics of our new house. My friends want to see my new jewelry set-up, and *I* just want to make jewelry!!!

Well, I am finishing up some pieces tomorrow, maybe I'll get all motivated and actually snap a few pics! (oh *I* know why I haven't taken pics....I like things to look like we dont live in a rubble heap.......so I'd have to clean AND take pics AND post them.....now I get why I haven't done that yet *grin*)

Moved In!

Well, almost! But it's looking good around here....Oh, I forgot to blog about that we moved! Yes, from Granada Hills to Glendale. I love Glendale! We are in the middle of everything!

We have a cute house that has the most beautiful hardwood floors and a lovely garden....just waiting for me to come and muck it all up!!

I'll try to get a few pics up.

The biggest problem for me is trying to get my jewelry studio set up. I have a great space for it, but I need to buy a workbench.....so I'm shopping now....sigh, I just wanna go and melt and pound some metal!!!!!

3:00 in the Morning

It's 3:00 in the morning. No, 3:22. I am not asleep, obviously. I've got my Trader Joe's Sleepy Time Tea and a whole wheat Hawaiian Roll sitting here. It's pouring rain, for over a week now...this is LA! I moved from Seattle.....oh well, we need it. You'd think it would lull me to sleep. It seems like nothing does.

Sometimes I wonder if I'm nocturnal. I start getting REAL sleepy at about 5 in the morning.

Having a sleeping disorder is not cool. Really, really not cool.

Moving and starting over

Well, it's that time again. We are moving...again. Wow, all of the emotions wrapped up in this.....wow.

We are moving for my almost 15 y/o DD so she can have a chance to blossom at a 'normal' school.

We must love her, moving is hard. Decluttering is FREAKIN hard. I have some things I never use. My grandmother died what I was still very young. The only thing I have of hers is a necklace, and a set of three kind of odd vases. I have to keep them, that's all I have, but I wont USE them I don't think, I really haven't yet...........so ...that stays. But what about the hundreds of other things that have special meaning to me...what about those things. huh????????

Yes, this is gonna be hard. From 2400 square feet to1800 square feet, yes, quite a wonderful challange!!!

Presents

Well, Christmas has come and gone, my heart has stopped beating it's self out of my chest. Finally. Thank God. Phew! Now I am trying to majorly get a bee in my bonnet to do some destashing around here.

I used to be the destashing QUEEN! I mean I would throw everything away, if I didn't like it or didn't feel like it was being used enough, it was outta here. Well some family issues developed over that so I had to back off a little....and ended up backing off just a *tidge* too far! So now I'm back at it......doing the refining, so I can FIND things. Oh FUN! ;/

So, here are a couple of presents I made for Christmas.

The 1st is for my Sister-in-law. This set is made from an Onyx focal and Golden Amozonite accents with handmade, soldered round rings for kicks.

This second necklace I made for my mother. We both have a deep love for birds, especially teeny tiny birds, so I made this for her from sterling silver...uhm, it's harder to do than it looks!