DH and I quietly rolled into 2019 with a new family member. Meet Giorgana … or Georgie, for short! She’s 5 months old, and such a sweetheart! The bulldog gang, along with the rest of the crew have already bonded… And Chloe likes to ‘mother’ her! And, I’m cleaning and reorganizing the studio, with a …
Category: crafts, family, non-glass ... dogs Tags: birthday cards, bulldogs, card making, computer struggles, ER nurse, Georgie, Neapolitan Mastiff, New Year, stamping, studio reorganizing, temporary fix
I got home from work Sunday morning (12/31/17) to find my studio furnace had died, literally exploding within itself. Fortunately, the damage was to the furnace only. My studio was a brisk 49 degrees, and the water lines didn’t freeze. Goodbye 2017 and goodbye furnace. As we roll into the 2nd day of 2018, I …
Category: custom orders, fused glass, non-glass ... dogs, non-glass ... ER nurse, non-glass ... life Tags: ant ornament, Chloe, christmas, English Bulldog, furnace explosion, glass, Neapoltian Mastiff, New Year, puppies, Rotunda, sisters
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 counting, including this turquoise and red beauty); New pendants almost ready for bails … And a partridge in …
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I knew it would be a strange weekend, based on the too-big-moon (NOT full, but still TOO large for my county), but – WOW! It was busy volume-wise, (Cold and Flu!) but I have NEVER taken care of so many ‘non-existent’ chief complaints: “I HAD a migraine, but it’s gone now”; “I had abdominal pain …
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