I know the local ladies are frothing at the mouth, wondering why I haven’t had any home classes in months. Don’t despair! They will be back! You might start looking at your December calendars….
What happened is that I needed to clear some space on my calendar to get my life back in order here at home.… Read More
What I had planned on getting accomplished this weekend:
What really happened this weekend:
Mom and I moved into our current house three years ago, and while we love it to death (especially the natural light shining from a skylight that bathes the kitchen in a reverential glow) there have been changes we’ve wanted to make.… Read More
I don’t even know where to start reporting about the whole Philly trip! Should I start with how Mom got all irritated with me at 6am the day we were catching the plane because we had planned on leaving then, and I still hadn’t showered?… Read More
I think I promised y’all these photos about a month ago. Maybe even six weeks. But here they are! Now remember, I hardly had a moment of time to shop while I was at the Bead & Button Show this year, so it’s not as extensive a shopping haul as I would have liked.… Read More
You know how when you avoid a task for a while, it becomes bigger and bigger in your head to catch up on it, and so you avoid it more, and then it becomes bigger yet and it’s a vicious cycle from which there is no escape except just DOING it and then you figure out it wasn’t so bad after all?… Read More
From June:
For a while I’ve been working intermittently on a lariat for a possible new kit. Since Jill left me all alone last weekend while she went and had fun at the Shreveport (LA) bead retreat, I had to entertain my self.… Read More
I know it’s been a good couple of beading days when my right forearm is all achy. That’s also my signal to STOP and give it a rest already! Besides, I’m at that point in a design when I’m so twisted and turned in my thoughts that I realize I probably have no perspective left.… Read More
I read a quote in a magazine tonight that spoke to me quite perfectly. “If someone told me that I could only eat the same 12 foods for the rest of my life, I’d be perfectly okay with that.” Which is not to say I don’t eat a variety of foods!… Read More
What a week! I’ve been hunkered down, working on a set of jewelry pieces I needed to make for a corporate client, and the deadline was today. Eight pieces in 10 days. AGH! How do I get myself into these things?… Read More
At last. Part II. If I can still remember any of it. I spent the day today thinking it was Wednesday, and Mom spent the day thinking it was Friday, so we averaged out at Thursday. And you expect me to remember weeks ago???… Read More
I admit it…I’ve been missing in action on the blog lately! I can hear your disappointed sighs every time you pull up the page and find no new content. I mean it! I hear every single one of them!
Since getting home from the Bead & Button Show/Beads by Blanche trip last Wednesday night, there’s been little time for rest or catching up.… Read More
From June:
Do you suppose there IS a Part 2 to Jill’s Bead and Button Show report? Just wondering.
From June
Hurray! Jill will finally be home today. Between the Bead and Button Show and teaching afterward, she’s been gone for 3 weeks. And who will be happiest that she’s home. Two guesses.
I have spent the last two days sleeping and gazing around dazedly, trying to recover from the myriad of fabulous experiences of the previous week. I’m still taking it all in. I have never worked so hard, or had so much fun in my life in such a compact amount of time!… Read More
Last night was Meet the Teachers night at the Bead and Button Show in Milwaukee. This is where the B&B attendees got to….well…meet the teachers. Its frequently the only place someone is able to buy a kit for a class that they wished they could take.… Read More
From June:
Whew! 5:00 p.m. and Jill JUST NOW started the drive to Milwaukee. She was supposed to leave yesterday morning, but we just didn’t have everything done that needed to be done. So she will be driving hard the next two days.… Read More
I have discovered that the middle of the night is an ideal time to burn CDs, print their labels, and slap those puppies on – while simultaneously browsing Etsy (i.e., Temptationsy.) I could spend a gajillion dollars on that darned site.… Read More
From June:
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ve already met our crazy dog, Winston. Yesterday I picked up a $3 stuffed duck from Big Lots, and gave it to him last night. OMG. He is obsessed with this stuffed duck.… Read More
I gotta say, the Bead & Button Show may just do me in this year. I am making so many kits. And I am so tired. And there’s only 22 more days until the show begins. That may seem like a long time to you – but I’m barely a quarter of the way through the kit making.… Read More
