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
We were at Harvest Fest in Brighton this Saturday. A great day – with beautiful weather, lots of folks and too little sleep for me. (Note the frumpy, less-than-welcoming, pained look on the face of ‘the artist’ in the corner … oops!) Still, a great show for us … and I’ll work on my facial …
Category: fused glass, non-glass ... dogs, non-glass ... ER nurse Tags: art show, blood moon, CH Neo's, chainmaille, Clayton Hill, crashing, ER nurse, fused glas studio, harvest fest, kumihimo, Neapolitan Mastiff puppies, preparing for a show, super moon lunar eclipse, too little sleep, viral crud, Yorkie puppies
The twins turned 18 years old yesterday. Yep, the BABIES! While I realize as a parent, my job is never really over – and, the twins still have their senior year of high school to navigate … But, can I just say – HOT DIGGITY DOG! I win!!! No one is pregnant, in jail, on …
Category: jewelry making, non-glass ... life Tags: babies and adults, extended family, family growing up, jewelry making, kids birthdays, kumihimo, kumihimo necklace, Neapolitan Mastiff, summer bum, sunshine
Holy Cow! I am coming out the rainbow-unicorn-end of the URI CRUD that has been plaguing my county forEVER! I have a new appreciation for anyone that has a headache – or any pain – that ibuprofen cannot conquer (or at least TOUCH!) … My saving grace? I take diphenhydramine (Benadryl) just about every day. …
Category: crafts, jewelry making, non-glass ... dogs, non-glass ... ER nurse, non-glass ... life Tags: adorable pups, beaded fish, beautiful photographs, Benadryl is the key, bracelets, Clayton Hill, ER nurse stories, head ache, holiday weekend, kumihimo, lilacs and butterflies, Neapolitan Mastiff puppies, old barn photos, summer colds, summer sunsets, super nurse healing powers, URI, WWU
And I am a crack craft addict. Now that I’ve admitted it, I can show you what I made: I have another couple of bracelets on the (kumihimo) disks, along with a watch idea. I’m waiting for a few chain mail supplies to arrive … and, I think I want to play with 11/0 …
Category: crafts, non-glass ... life Tags: aging, busy hands, chain maille, Clayton Hill Studio, craft-fix, creating in the studio, family, glass beads, jewelry making, kumihimo, sarcasm, seed beads, sick kids
Tough ER nursing weekend … I was in in charge (yeah, BAD idea) with lots of summer folks (volume – fortunately NOT acuity – PRAISE JESUS!) … Thank Goodness for some great staff, but I don’t like changing hats that frequently. Add too many bodies to count (patients PLUS their ‘posse’) – all wanting water, …
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And, still a BRAT! But for the grace of God … I could have lost my studio last Friday. I had a kiln malfunction (I believe a relay got STUCK), and while I slept, and then worked – my kiln was running full-steam ahead for some 17+ hours. It took 4 days to air-out the …
Category: Chainmaille, fused glass, jewelry making, non-glass ... dogs, non-glass ... ER nurse, non-glass ... life Tags: 3rd shift, beading, bracelets, brat, busy mom, chain mail, ER nurse, father's day, fused glass malfunction, grateful, insomnia, Jen Ken kiln, jewelry making, kumihimo, Neapolitan Mastiff puppies, near-miss, overtime. wine making, production kiln
That’s my excuse, anyway. I’m scouring, learning and obsessing over jewelry making again. (In the non-fused glass, non-chain-maille sort of way …) This means I have a new wholesale account with yet another company … (Um, no actual purchases yet, just a lot of dreaming. It’s good to be prepared!) Yep, I know. I need …
Category: crafts, embossing, fused glass, jewelry making, non-glass ... dogs, non-glass ... life Tags: 11/0 seed beads, behind schedule, busy, chores, Clayton Hill Neo, cork bracelet, crystal, dapping, dichroic glass, earrings, fused glass jewelry, hobbies, insomnia, kumihimo, learning, metal embossing, Neapolitan Mastiff puppies, sarcasm, sea glass jewelry, swarovski, to-do lists, Yorkies
The way that a third-shift nurse, mom, MAGICIAN feels when she crosses that marathon work-tour finish line with all pieces successfully juggled/managed. Sure … at the final 20 minute push-point, it meant maintaining a 1:1 behavior-medicine watch, while acclimating a new team member, triage-assessing/documenting on our next cardiac patient AND greeting/briefing day shift staff … So, …
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Sure it does … Or it makes me a Magatama-Master … Or, maybe just mulish and crazy! But – after reloading those darn 8 strings some 32 times … I win! Thank goodness for QUICK projects!!! [Snarl!] So, those tiny little buggers have to be loaded onto the cord (read: string!) in a specific, single-file …
Category: crafts Tags: beading, christmas, fused glass studio, glass bracelet, jewelry, kumihimo, magatama beads, mule, quick projects, sarcasm, stubborn, what I did this week, wreath
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