Hello! -- Posted on May 20, 2010

I was having one of those perfect happy moments yesterday and I thought it would be good to share the moment. Pretty simple, really. Like most of those perfectly happy moments. I think its good to realize and appreciate those times. Mine was just that I was walking along our long secluded wooded driveway with Angel, our dog. I was listening to some great music on my Nano I pod music thingy. Wouldn't it be great if every day could contain such a perfectly happy interlude?

I can show some new work.
The first one is a commissioned necklace featuring one of my bent glass beads and fine silver findings. It is strung on a hand-dyed cord made by my friend, Lorri. Her website is:
http://www.lasfibers.com/
Here is the necklace:

Another newly finished piece. Its another one made with Kate McKinnon's "Bat-eyed Screwt" design. Kate's web page address:
http://www.katemckinnon.com/
I have been in an interesting purple phase these last couple of months.

Cupid's Gems again -- Posted on January 31, 2010

While I have the camera out, here is a shot of a pile of new stuff I'm bringing to the show;

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Brrr! -- Posted on January 31, 2010

Charlie laughed at me when I went outside in my jammies to shoot this picture this morning. It is 4 degrees out there! How does the animal world survive this bitter cold? I know I couldn't make it for long even with winter gear.

The moon is pretty, don't you think?

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Upcoming Jewelry Show -- Posted on January 25, 2010

I am so excited to be attending The Cupid's Gems jewelry show again this year. (Weather permitting-cross my fingers) It will be 3 years in a row for me and I'm proud to be invited back. I can't wait to see the beautiful jewelry that the other artists have been creating. For myself I'll have a lot of new pieces. I just used my last toggle clasp, so I have to hurry up and make some more because I still have lots of designs ricocheting around my noggin. I'm running out of time! Here is a shot of the show's flier telling date, time and location:

This is a one day show. My booth is usually located upstairs. There is an elevator too if you find you have bought too many things that you have to have a cart to get it out to your car. Or if you want to save your strength so as to be sure to see everything. I am expecting a big turnout this year; word of mouth is getting around Kansas City about our Gala One-of-a-Kind Artist Made Jewelry Show.

Merry Christmas! -- Posted on December 25, 2009

I can finally show this new bracelet. This one was a Christmas gift for my sister. I had really wanted to show this one sooner but I knew she would see it here and spoil the surprise! Thanks again, Kate McKinnon http://www.katemckinnon.com/ for a fabulous design! I'm going to do another one but the narrow width in these same colors. Hope I have enough of the silver-y seed beeds left!

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

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