Going through my stash

So, today I decided to try and organize/go through my yarn stash. I have a front living room that is becoming my craft area and right now things are just sort of stored there so to speak. I am notorious for buying one or two skeins of yarn just because I like it's color or texture or just because the wind happens to blow a certain way on that day. Needless to...

Knitting in the Sun Review

I am a sucker for knitting books and magazines. My magazine collection got so large I had to break down and go through all of them tearing out the patterns I really loved and thought there was some chance of me actually doing and putting them all in a binder sorted by type, like sweater, top, scarf, shawl, etc. Honestly it's the most organized thing about my...

The Eve of a 3 Day Weekend

I am so looking forward to this three day weekend. The only thing I have planned is to take new pictures of practically everything in my shop. Or at least the shawl pins and the wire wrapped pendants. I've been working on my website and decided that I need to retake ALL the pictures for it so I'm hoping the weather holds out this weekend and is nice enough.Other than the photo taking I have a couple of earring orders to work on as well...

Rain, Rain and More Rain...

It has been raining what seems like non-stop all week. It's nice because we need the rain but after about 4 days of it constantly I'm tired of it already. Apprently there's some front that was moving through that has stalled out so we're getting all of this rain from it. When I first moved here after getting married it was the end of August. It rained every...

What a way to start a weekend

So, Thursday, one of my co-workers let me have their indoor spot since they were out of the office. On the way to my car at the end of the day I slipped in a puddle of water left from a car's air condition and fell. If I was wearing regular shoes or even small heels this probably wouldn't have been too big of a deal, no I was wearing my 4 inch platform heeled...

It's been a while...

It's been a while since I've posted last as I have been busy with things. Lots of stuff has come in this week material wise. My kiln on Monday, which is going to be set up this weekend and some PMC clay and more wire for pendants that came in yesterday. I also got some beautiful ring sized cabochons of natural rubies, amethyst, sapphire, emerald, citrine and green tourmaline. I also have a beautiful colored iolite stone and opal floating...

Day after Mother's Day

I have to say that my Mother's Day weekend was pretty good. I got to spend lots of time playing with my new torch kit and glass. I have a slew of new beads awaiting my kiln that should be arriving today. Little G picked me a flower when he went to Grandpa's house while I was at the knit shop and then I got this cute little votive that is tissue paper glued to the glass to make it look like stained glass that he did in daycare.We were originally...

I LOVE making glass beads

Okay, so as some of you might have read I was expecting my bead kit and a kiln sometime this week. The kit came in on Thursday and the kiln will be here Monday. Friday night I decided to try out my bead making skills. I'm ambidextrous so the whole thing of working and spinning the rod in one hand and the mandrel in the other wasn't all that uncomfortable for...

Mama's gettin' a brand new bag

Everyone has those little shopping must haves. For most women it's usually shoes or purses. For me it's sunglasses and cutesy tote type bags. My tote bags usually end up turning into a knitting bag and I think I have 4 currently hanging around my house all with yarn and ongoing projects stuffed in them. The other day I logged into etsy and did a brief look at...

Play toys

So, last Friday I broke down and ordered my kiln and I am super excited about it getting here. I already have a ton of ideas going throuhg my head and have boughten quite a few smaller cabs to try my hand at making some rings and pendants with the PMC clay. Of course the kiln hasn't arrived yet but still I'm anxiously waiting.I also ordered a glass kit on Friday that will be here tomorrow. So by the weekend I hope to be making me some glass...

And the winner is....

Arelel DesignsShe has been contacted about her win and I will be sending this lovely pendant out to her today. Thanks to everyone that participated!...

Mother's Day Weekend Giveaway - Wrapped Pendant

So, in honor of Mother's Day I thought I would do a blog giveaway. In my etsy shop I have this pendant which titled Love in Bloom. Click on the photo for more details about this pendant.This is how it will work:Starting today (Friday, May 1st) until Monday, May 4th if you leave a comment here under this posting or follow my blog you will be entered in the drawing...