Tuesday, November 10, 2009

No Snow Yet!




It's hard to believe we have no snow yet. I am not complaining and I am sure that it won't last long, but for now I am enjoying the days. I took the pick-up down to the body shop to get a new window and decided to walk home. I took the long way around as I did some banking, made an appointment to get my hair cut and just enjoyed being out in November without snow boots.

I had visitors to my studio last week. I have to admit that I don't always find it easy to let people into my work area. I'm beginning to feel a bit more confident in my ability to make a bead, so it's not quite so scary to have people see the good, the bad and the ugly....

Just a couple of pics today and then I must get some beads measured and listed...

Monday, October 26, 2009

What a week it was...

I started out by helping my sister put up a privacy fence. She has two beautiful white German Shepherds, but just moved into a house on Main Street across from the grocery store. The dogs can be a bit intimidating, so she decided a privacy fence was best. So I helped her dig post holes and get up the 6' fence panels.

I had ordered material to do a Halloween costume for a special little girl. I thought to myself that since I was ordering material, I would order some extra stuff for a couple of other projects that I've wanted to do. Not such a good idea since things were out of stock and somehow my order got all messed up. But I do have wonderful things to say about fabric.com. They did their very best to get things to me as quick as can be...never would have believed that things could make it to the middle of North Dakota overnight from Georgia. Whew...costume is done! And I managed to get one other project done while the sewing machine was out.

I took a bit of the studio space and have set up a place for my work-outs. Because of the meds for my heart, I am going to have to stay consistant to get back into shape. Dang...what a mess I've become over the past year or so.

Not a lot of beads from last week and the incense holder I made needs some help...I put the part that holds the stick in the wrong place. I'll see what I can do to fix it and get a pic later....

This one has a fine crack along the hole...he will go into
the bowl to be fused down at a later date.