Shaken Not Stirred -- Posted on September 3, 2009

Someone wanted a bead that looks like a stuffed olive a la Martini garnish. I bought a jar of stuffed olives (and they are yummy) so I could get the colors right. They are good on a salad.

Here it is:

I'll get it in the mail tomorrow.

We went on a road trip vacation last month. We went to Southern Colorado to a place called Trujillo Meadows Campground. We spent a couple of perfect days and nights there and we geo cached a bit. This a picture of one of the hikes to a cache. Beautiful scenery behind me which is looking south into New Mexico. You can't see it in this picture, but there is a railroad track down there. It is a old narrow gauge Steam engine which runs on a scenic ride between Chama New Mexico and Antonito, Colorado. The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railway.We didn't ride the train, but we walked along the tracks for a little way to find the cache. I found a handful of super neato squished coin money that somebody had laid on the tracks and then forgot to come back and get. Perhaps Dad was honking the horn, "come on kids! We gotta go now!" It just made my day.

-- Posted on August 7, 2009

I just want to share this Janis Joplin jewel. It knocks me out.

New Stuff July -- Posted on July 25, 2009

Courtney! Here are some of the new rings I'm making. They are low profile like you wanted. The pink one on the left is size 9 1/2. Let me know what you think!

Here is another view showing the sizes of all three.



This next picture is one of Kate McKinnon's designs. She calls it the "Bat ended Screwt" and sells a kit on her web site. I bought her very well written directions at the Bead & Button Show this past June and used some of the beads she provided and my own toggle clasp and lampwork beads. Thanks, Kate! I can always follow your directions, and I consider myself a beginner beader. You rock!


Kate's web address: http://www.katemckinnon.com/

This summer is shaping up to be a Summer To Be Omitted From Our Memories due to a couple of terrible family circumstances. I'll be looking forward to next summer when things are sure to be 100% better. Lets all keep moving forward, being good to ourselves.

-- Posted on April 14, 2009

I have some rings to show to Courtney. I had thought I would send her the jpgs in private email, but when I gave it a little more thought, rather than have her have to open 5 emails, it might be fine to post them here, on my bead blog. After all, don't we all want to see the bead rings?

The first two pictures show the rings on a ring mandrel, so she can see their size. She needed size 9, but the sputnik ring finished up at size 9 1/2. The star ring is spot on size 9.



The next picture is both rings from staight down:

And these last two pictures are showing sideviews:



That was fun!

-- Posted on April 6, 2009

see more Lolcats and funny pictures

-- Posted on March 29, 2009

Leslie is busy uploading pictures of nearly everything that I have left after the Cupid's Gems Jewelry show. Everything should be ready by next weekend, the fourth of April. Take a look and see some of my new stuff. And I've been busy since then. I'm still wildly interested in metals. Here is a picture of some of my latest stuff:

I finally got something going with that huge turquoise bead I bought in Grand Junction last September on vacation.
I used that souvenir, and some more turquoise chips I bought there also, a bunch of my lampwork beads, some pretty pearls, and one of my fine silver toggles. This baby took several days to finish 'cause I kept re-doing it over and over until I had a design I really liked. The turquoise nugget weighs it down nicely so it stays centered when I'm wearing it. I think it looks summery too. I'm going to wear this necklace a lot. Here's a picture:



It turned really cold here and our furnace chose this moment in its life to go Kablooey. We are cold, burning some wood in the fireplace and a space heater for Jon Luc and Louise. Honestly, a couple of weeks left until the warm weather is here to stay and we have to fork out the big bucks for furnace repair. Isn't that just the pits?