Makes for a full week! On Tuesday, DH and I helped our Vet bring nine new pups into the light. Always so amazing … Now with 3 days under our belt, Blondie and babes are settling into a nice routine of ‘life on the outside’ … and pups are growing BY THE MINUTE! Fortunately for …
Category: fused glass, non-glass ... dogs, non-glass ... life Tags: bullseye glass, Clayton Hill Neo, ClaytonHill Xena, delivery day, ER nurse, fused glass, no longer producing certain colors, no studio time, pups, snow in Michigan, snow storms, Uroboros, Zeus
Cheesy, I know … But – I’m happy! I have all three kilns ROCKIN’ (Hummmm … Click … CLACK!!!)! I’m getting some custom items moving along … [Plus – a few future badge reels I’d like to dedicate to all ‘Nurses who boycott The View/JB/WG’ … SNARL!] Finally got around to photographing some shop listings …
Category: fused glass, kumihimo Tags: back on the horse, boycott Joyce Behar, Boycott The View, boycott Whoopi Goldberg, bracelets, Christmas preparations, cleaning, cremation jewelry, custom orders, dichroic glass, dog love gifts, ER nurse, fused glass, glass jewelry, glass studio, kumihimo, melted bottles, memorial glass, nurse stethoscope, organizing, ornaments, playing in the studio, responsibilities and committments, scenic layering, Stella Got Her Groove Back
I became a little obsessed today. I know, I know … What’s new?!? It actually started several months ago when I saw a picture posted on FB. One that had been altered via photo-editing software. Today, I tracked that app down; figured out how to make it work in this 99.2% android home; move pics …
Category: fused glass, photo editing Tags: Cally, Clayton Hill Studio, experiments, frit painting, fused glass, glass painting, ideas, pet portraits, photo manipulation, stubborn, twins, water color, waterlogue, Zeus
Holiday weekends sure are busy! But overall good! I have highlights: We have puppies! (Of course it meant a long sleepless period … but look at those faces!!!) Momma Izz (Isabella) is doing great, eating and sleeping like a champ and her pups are growing before my eyes. (And, we will catch up on sleep …
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A crummy weekend work-tour; a mandatory in-service that outlines dreaded documentation changes coming my way*. Add lots of angry kiln-Gods in the studio recently, and it sure would be easy to feel blue. Nope, I’ve got a date with my youngest daughter. Yep … A wild night out on the town – or, plans to take …
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Prep work done … AND surrounded by half of my ‘Dwarf Clan’ (the Yorkies … all seizure-free and healthy – Thank You Very Much!!!) … Here’s ‘Buubbby’ (Chauncey), with his much-loved/hoarded dental bone! Callie, Nora and ‘Meems’ (Mimi) are sleeping [with one eye open] on the studio couch, watching over me (and the bone) while I …
Category: fused glass, non-glass ... dogs Tags: bottle slumping, chauncey, crackle glass, devit spray, fused glass, glass ornaments, happy, jewelry ideas, kiln firings, powder wafers, seizure-free, Yorkies
I’m waiting for my kiln to finish (6+ hours to go), but so far, my ‘speriment’ is working. I doubt she’ll fuse all the way to what I’ve envisionded, but … maybe – because she’s fired face-down with Wissmach Luminescent … We’ll see. It’s no replacement for No Days Wafer Sheet … but, it does keep …
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Spring Cleaning … Also known as: What to do when you are avoiding grown-up responsibilities (although, I DID get my nursing competencies done … and – hey, I have 6 [count THEM … S-I-X !!!] more DAYS until taxes are DUE! … It’s called procrastination, people – EMBRACE IT!!!) … So … I can’t be …
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So, long story short … we still watch Swamp People here at Clayton Hill (… and we still haven’t done any gator-hunting, and we’re STILL big Landry fans!). This week, DH (actually) said HE would like someone to call him Nunke (however, he is way TOO OLD to be getting any new nieces and nephews!) …
Category: fused glass, non-glass ... life Tags: broken crown, Cast Away, daughter, DH, ER nurse mom, fused glass, glass art studio, healing, hot air balloon, ice skate to tooth, injury, neapolitan mastiff art, nunke, odontophobia, stencils, sugar skull, Swamp People, tom hanks, vinyl decals, vinyl plotter, wilson, wine bottling, wine making
My youngest daughter came to visit me at work this weekend. Not exactly in a manner I would have hoped for … but I was able to help care for her AND be her Mom. She got hurt at her job*. Multiple x-rays, stitches and one long microscopic surgery later, and my private-duty patient (and …
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