A Trying Tuesday

Yuck did you ever have a Monday on a Tuesday yesterday was so great simple peaceful and then whammy here comes Tuesday. My little darling Daisy has been a holy terror this morning, Chance crystals dog decided to go for a long run all by himself, thank goodness for work. I am heading into the cabbing studio today to do some more cabs and then to get started on doing some new stuff. This new stuff has been on my mind for a long time, to some it may seem backwards but you must always constantly be evolving as an artist or I think you become stale, so I have been stepping out of my box and going into different directions, for the last few weeks I have been entering into the world of wirewrapping so some heres a few of my creations in that regard, I use to do wirewrapping but with large wire so I decided to try smaller wire, where I will go with this who knows maybe nowhere it doesn't matter just an learning experience. Also some new cabs, finally got the cabbing equipment up and running.

The Making Red Horn Coral Cab

Follow along with me as we create the first cabochon to be made in Florida in the new studio.

Time Heals All Pains

The last few weeks have been a little rough on me, my dad has passed away joining my mom once again brings a lot of peace to my heart and makes the loss alittle better on me. I am going to turn to my jewelry again to heal a broken heart it has always been there for me during all the rough times in my life. I am currently moving away from my comfort zone and trying out a few new techniques and materials that are offered to us as jewelry artists. The first step I took was venturing into the Gallery Wire which is a type of bezel wire to go around your stone to hold it in place, I chose a fancy filagree type which is not my usual style and made a pretty pink ring featuring a rhondonite which is said to protect you and to accept changes in your life easily and to add comfort.

Singing the murky Monday blues

Well yesterday didn't quite turn out like I thought it would, Dad had to be taken by ambulance to the hospital in Gainesville, his heart rate is 122 beats a minute and he is very ill. The first impression they have given us is there is a blood infection somewhere, today there will be lots of testing being done on him. So once again we wait for results and wonder what will happen next, they did tell us that Hospice will step in to assist us at home we chose this option for this is where he is most happy we think for the moment this is a good option for us My sis and I know we are coming to the end of a long journey through the different stages of alzheimers Dad is in the final stages so once again we wait. Ah but today is Monday and the beginning of a new week for all of us and a new day which can bring about lots of exciting changes and ideas for creating so get out there and create do something fun , color in a coloring book , paint something , draw something always lots of fun waiting for you.

Super Sunday

Well today is sunday and I am going to do some heavy duty studio time today. Still working on the River Ring I'm trying to get some really cool river grass to go up the sides of it and maybe even hold the stone in place kind of like prongs. Update on little daisy who is not so little she is a hellion and a monster but totally adorable and chewing everything in site up oh well so long as she leaves the studio along it will be okay. All these designs in place in my head now to get them into silver creations, see ya later oh heres to all my friends in atlanta miss you love you see you soon hopefully !

Hurrah it's Friday whatever that means

Well first of all let me apologize for not posting lately, I have been very busy making a new driveway for the house and my most exciting news i have a new PUPPY yeah can you believe that. Went to take one of the cats into the ver because it was sneezing and the receptionist says "Does anyone need a new Puppy" well since my bff Sylvia is looking for a new puppy for Tasha I of course said yes i do , and out she comes with a big footed monster size puppy that is black and tan like a rottweiller or houndog so i knew that wasnt going to work for Sylvia since Tasha is a little peekineese so I did a good thing and went home without her only to return to get her and bring her home . Oh the kitten is okay too just has a cold. Now onto the jewelry news I finally got around to making the first item in the Vintage Remix line which is a line I have wanted to do for a long time, I used a vintage ladies cufflink and set it into a ring .

Hello everyone

Gosh it's already midweek how did this happen, yesterday was a jewelry making day whew hope all saw my new pendant on etsy, the knitting is going good i am making a Drop Stitch scarf in multicolor blue it is going to be long long just in case we get another freeze your hiney off day here in florida yuck. I promise next week i will send some pics of the knitting group what a cool group of ladies man they are some smart chicks and alot of fun they agreed to allow me to take some pics and Viola who is the lady who owns the shop is really very patient thankgoodness man i have a new appreciation for the folks on etsy.com that make knitted stuff. The settling in here is going good i miss all my friends in atlanta hello to all of you will see you sometime next month.