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Before it begins …
Let me just take a moment to say ~ regardless of how shameless it is … I love how varied my Etsy shop listings are looking right now. And – public awareness moment: We have only 55 days until...
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Some good, some bad … But – the 3rd time’s the charm!
The GOOD: I’ve been producing in the studio; I have a few leads for ‘show-casing’ my ART; I’ve been working on some glass special requests (… I absolutely love those!); My family (both 2- and...
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Countdown and three kilns …
Click, click, click … go my kilns (happy sigh – ) ALONG with the other 886 COUNTDOWNS ticking away. Deep breath! Review (since my last post): 1) We have babies! Momma Iz finally got serious Friday...
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Almost human … AKA ‘I got sick’– i.e. GINGER VIRUS
WWU: I got sick – at work. For a minute there, I thought maybe DH was trying to take advantage of my food allergies (umm, poison me! – But ya know, my life insurance policy stinks, and I’m not quite...
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T minus 4 …
And the shopping is done! Sweet. Plus – I received an early Christmas present … Don’t you LOVE her? I do! DH says it’s a pretty fine line between Betty Boop Nurse and HER! I say, “Choose...
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Baby, it’s cold outside!
But we’ll get to that in a minute … First, you have got to see this cuteness! Rolls upon rolls of ADORABLE! I’m grateful I’m surrounded by puppy breath. Otherwise, this week might stink! We had a...
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Heigh Hoooooo
It’s back to work I go! I’ll let you know later which of the dwarfs I am/was over the weekend …
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Back in the Saddle again …
Guess what? I have water in my studio!!! I KNOW, right?!?! How incredibly cool is that! So – from here on out, most days that end in ‘Y’, you can find me in the studio … Those projects I had going...
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Only in Michigan …
Can you go from 80 degrees to 40 degrees inside of 24 hours in May … Not complaining, just still in awe … while my teeth chatter. Got through Mother’s Day 2014. It wasn’t awful, although there was...
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I’ve been busy – and I like it!
I’m trying, re-trying and learning. Let me show you: Here are the fired pieces from previous posts; Two coffin loads this week (Tuesday and today); A close up of my first ‘palette knife’ trial...
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Welcome to the Twilight Zone … would you like fries with that?
WWU: ‘Twilight Zone’ Moon + Busy ER = Bizarre Patients. What did you do during last night’s (86th) Super Moon? Did you gaze upon it’s beauty and splendor? Not me … I ran my butt off … I argued with...
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Labor Day Give-Away
In honor of Labor Day, I’m having my first ‘Give Away’! Here’s the prize: A necklace from our new (Rorschach) Inkblot series [What do YOU see?]. Here are the rules: “Like” us on our Clayton Hill...
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Finally …
(S)he sleeps. Or, I slept … in the non-Pretty-Woman version of the tale. But, ya know, it’s still a happy ending. Crashing for 14 hours after a week long bout of insomnia, with 4 hour ‘cat naps’ in...
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It’s a good thing I’m not panicking …
DH signed us up to participate in Brighton’s Harvest Fest (market/art and craft show) … umm – this SATURDAY. (8am-3pm 9/27/14) So, it’s a good thing I’m not stressing out, experiencing any sort of...
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I’m still here …
It’s been forever, I know. Busy mixed with a little funk, I guess. Not so much going on in the kilns, but I did get all of my beading supplies moved from my ‘office’ to the studio. This meant a lot...
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Never enough hours – and yet …
I’m relieved all the same. I make myself nutty with these craft/art shows. I know I do. “They” say identifying the problem is half the battle. It’s not true … I’m still nutty! (But I knew that...
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Nothing to do but plow through …
Lots going on … I turned 29 (again! … A few more of these birthdays, and I’ll be able to skip straight to social security); we had puppies(!!!); got through a weekend (work) tour with a particularly...
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2015 … So far, so good!
This week and – to date, 2015 has been busy and productive … My kilns have been working overtime: Future spoon rests (so far we’re up to 16 of them … in various stages); Night lights (umm … 12 and...
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Studio work, and …
Instant access to the internet! Oh, but I love it … Where else can you catch a movie (Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit. Thank you, Netflix!), while surfing for new project ideas, more ‘self-taught’ learning,...
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I had a post …
All ready to go, heavy on the WWU, but … I’ll talk about what’s going on in my studio instead: Spoon rests, owls and renovating … Oh my! I’m wrapping up my spoon rests! 12 down and 13 more to go!...
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