I got the chance to assist one of Mick’s classes Sunday night at Nomadic Notions. It’s a technique I’ve been wanting to play with for the longest time – as a matter of fact, I had the materials picked out and purchased about a year ago to work on it!… Read More
Bead News – Jill’s Journal
Ooooo….ahhhh….
I love watching fireworks! Back when I was growing up in Wisconsin, Mom and Rich & I would pile down to Riverside Park in La Crosse, Wisconsin to watch them every year. There was a band shell in the park where the big band would play, and the place would be jam packed.… Read More
It’s the little things that trip you up
I love my computer. I mean, I really LOVE my computer. I can’t remember a life before computers, and really, who wants to? The internet is my really big backyard to play in. But sometimes, ohmygawd, it really tries to kill me.… Read More
I have the password!
Yup, this is June. Jill gave me the password to the blog account. Silly girl. This is your chance – What would y’all like to know about Jill?
Well, she’s been confusing me lately anyway. For several nights in a row, she has gone to bed at a reasonable hour and slept through the night!
Holy Cow – July??
I looked at the date on my computer about three times today – how on Earth can it be July?? I swear I thought I had a few more weeks of June left…
I spent most of the day yesterday working on various computer related tasks.… Read More
Reveal
As promised – here are two of the three new projects for Nomadic Notions classes.
The first is Piazza Perline. I’ll be teaching it twice next quarter, but I expect they will both fill quite quickly, so if you’re desperate to get in, make sure you’re at the store or calling in on July 15th.… Read More
A little more tease
I have two of the three new projects for Nomadic Notions (and eventually other places too) finished, but I’m seriously too tired tonight to get the photos taken and posted. I promise I’ll get it done Saturday. Maybe at 11:59pm, but eventually I’ll get it done!… Read More
Where has the week gone?
I can’t believe it’s already Friday. I’m pretty sure some mischievous elf put a spell on me and made me fast forward through Wednesday and Thursday this week. I surely can barely remember them!
I’ve made good and significant progress on the new designs though.… Read More
Designing ain’t for sissies
I spent a very frustrating day today, trying to pull designing brilliance out of my head and hands. I think it’s safe to say I found a whole bunch of ways NOT to do what I was attempting to create! And while no one likes frustration, you’ve got to put up with some to get to the good stuff.… Read More
There are a lot of up days and down days in this life of mine. Good days where your class goes well, and the new design is awesome, and you got a lot done. Bad days where the package of beads you desperately need doesn’t arrive in the mail, you can’t make a good color choice to save your life, or someone stomps on you.… Read More
One free dog
Slightly used, adorable, and known to chew anything within reach. Yes, it’s true. Winston strikes again. He got his little doggie canines on Mom’s glasses. Within minutes, POOF! They were history. Don’t get me wrong – they didn’t get swallowed by the Great Gut of Winnie, but they are destroyed both frame and lenses.… Read More
Important planning
Let’s see – it’s 3:30am, and I should be asleep right about now! But I couldn’t turn off all the tossing and turning in my brain, so I got up to put all those thoughts down on paper. It turned out to be a useful and much needed overall planning session so I’m glad I got up.… Read More
Slight recovery
Feeling better again today, but not 100%. Argh. Stoopid cold. But I did get Things accomplished today with more accomplishment on the horizon. It’s all about putting one foot in front of the other, even on days when it seems impossible.… Read More
Slight relapse
I can’t seem to shake this cold all the way off. I was almost 100% better, but then I had a massage yesterday and that seems to have caused a relapse. I got zero done today, and feel crummy. So forgive the blah post tonight.… Read More
Show and Tell
My return trip to Lowe’s for a different paint color seems to have been successful. I don’t actually have the paint on the wall yet because I needed to switch gears and get some Tapestry Beads business done this afternoon and evening, but seeing the paint next to the color I’d been using yesterday looks good.… Read More
Covered in paint
I’m not the neatest painter in the world and if anyone had any doubts about that, you’d just have to look at my arms and hands right now. Totally speckled and dotted with white primer paint on every uncovered surface. I made sure to keep my newly pedicured toes free of paint, though since they’re so adorable with little flowers on them.… Read More
Ikea: Friend or Foe?
Really, I should know better than to let myself go to Ikea alone. Mom is my voice of reason when the buying frenzy comes over me. I want to buy whole rooms at Ikea and make them mine. I want my house to look as adorable and organized as those rooms.… Read More
Zombie Awakes
Is it wrong to sleep 22 out of the last 24 hours?? I don’t think so! I think I earned it! And yes, Winston and Maggie have shared the bed with me most of those hours. Ahhh….
I had one last “on the road” insult to deal with before I got here – food poisoning!… Read More
375 miles to waggy tails
I had to stop for the night in Norman, Oklahoma. So near, but yet, so far from home. The travel home has been interesting. I’ve seen more bad car accidents than I care to – one for which I was parked on the highway for over 45 min.… Read More
The Party Ends
Awwww….I have such mixed feelings about the end of Bead & Button each year. It’s an extravaganza of delights – things to see and fondle and oogle – friends to hug and chatter on endless with – laughter and frolic. But it’s always the most exhausting of shows.… Read More