A good bead day!

Have a few others bathing and waiting to be properly cleaned and photographed - but this lovely gemstone hollow is one of my favorites - sorry it is already sold - I will sort of miss this big beautiful focal - sigh!! I did work on some more of my signature Touch Stones and was really happy with the results of these too - here are some pics of a few of them -

Some fun pendants that came out of the kiln today! A really cool TouchStone Conch Shell pendant and a lovely GG Tree of Life Pendant - I am so proud of these!!

Did I say easy?

Did I say I was going to make an "easy" dinner? Well, it sure as heck wasn't easy! Since I was so busy in the Studio yesterday I decided to make pancakes, eggs and bacon for dinner, this just happens to be my mom's favorite meal (mainly because of the Maple Syrup involved.) Well...the meal turned out to be a mess - I burned the bacon, made the eggs look like some sort of alien mush, in fact I am sure that most prisons serve better eggs, and the pancakes...well let's just say the best part of the meal WAS the Maple Syrup. A total disaster. I should have just trashed the whole thing and served chicken noodle soup!

On a better note I did manage to string up some of the latest designs and I am pretty happy with how they came out. I am taking pictures and they will be up for sale in a few minutes. Whew, I am certainly happy to see this task done.

Okky Dokey - I am off to the Post Office to deliver some more beads - talk to you soon.

A new Day

Worked at the Torch all morning and just put a little dent in my new custom orders! Spent from 5 am to 9 am just printing labels and shipping. Then hit the torch. On a lighter note I "think" I found a cool color combo that I like. I am working on some sets that have been driving me insane - lol. I can't wait to open the kiln tomorrow to see if my vision came to pass!!! I filled the first kiln and after making mom dinner I am going to crank up my back up kiln and go back to bead making :) - I would call it work, but I really do enjoy making beads - its the "other" stuff - the up keep of the Studio, laundry, cooking, dusting - now THOSE things are work. I have always wished that I could tolerate "messy", but I just don't work well in that type of enviroment - so I have to make the beds every day, do the dishes etc.... lol.

Last week I actually left the Studio "messy" when I was done - I have to say I felt a bit "naughty" - lol, and sort of liberated. However, that didn't last long....I was not happy to return to the pick up the next morning!!! So I guess my "liberation" had a price! I would so love to get an assistant, but with fuel and glass prices rising, that dream is always just a bit out of reach - I want to keep my beads priced so people can afford to love and use them!!!

OK - I checked in for today, and by about 10 or 12 pm tonight (NY time) I will have some new sets up - I did manage to clean yesterdays goodies after doing the shipping this am. Off to make an easy dinner pancakes, eggs and bacon - my mom's favorite dinner. LOL.

"see" you all soon!

It Can't be August!!

I am shocked - August is here, winter is around the corner and I am not ready - in less than 100 days I will have to be thinking of cooking for Thanksgiving. My mother always told me that the older you get the faster time flies by - I just didn't believe it. Wasn't it just yesterday that my son was crawling around on the floor? Now he is raising his own little girl, and expecting another one in less than 30 days - how did that happen???? OK - enough of the whining...

My torch has been running non-stop for the last few days - all orders are out - YIPPPEEE, and I have been able to post a bunch of new designs that are in Studio and ready for new homes. I hated to do it, but I did put my Terra glass focals up for sale - I can't believe how beautiful that glass is. I will come back in a few minutes (hours) to put a link here to the new designs that are waiting for adoption!

My goodness - time was on my side this time - I got these lovelies up quickly - come take a peek
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