I'm Home

I'm home in my own house, with my own cat and my own computer!  Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......

Tomorrow I'll try to get back to normal.

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Baby's Asleep

The baby was up most of the night so Mommy and Daddy went to work very sleepy and I have a few minutes to argue with this darn computer while he naps.   This  Granny will be glad to get home!  Sawyer is a darling little boy.  I'm just too darn old for this!  Besides, I am having withdrawals from my beading.  I didn't try to bring any along.  I would have needed a suitcase just for the beads and I still would have forgotten half of what I needed.

I did get to a very nice, very expensive bead store near by.  If I were rich as I'd like to be, I would have come home with a ton of stuff.  That did NOT happen!  I did find some glass pearls the size I used in the Victorian Splendor set a while back.  They were on sale and I can make quite a few pair out of a string.  Be on the outlook for lavender, black, light pink and light green in the future.  I need to find a cheaper store though!  They had such lovely pretties at a very dear price.  It just killed me to have to leave them behind.

I did find a great tool I have been looking for.  I had seen it on the Internet, but only mentioned and not for sale.  Up until now I have been sitting with a magnifying glass and files to get burrs out of earring wires I made myself.  This handy dandy little tool I found will file them to a rounded end.  It should make life a lot easier. 

Nap time is nearly over.  I had better get back to being Grandma.  

Hard to Blog This Week

Hi Folks,

    Just want to stick in a note to tell you all it is nearly impossible for me to blog this week.   The computer I ended up using at my son's is old and slow and I can't upload pictures.  I will be home on Sunday so I will get back to normal on Monday.  I hate being without my computer!

Sandy

We're Off

We are off in a while to take care of our Grandson for a week while his other Grandparents are in Florida.  Just found out his Pap-pap is in the hospital down there!  Poor guy, they think he has pneumonia.  Some vacation....   Hope he's better soon.  At least he can be warm while he's sick.   It's so cold and damp here. 

There will not be much beading going on for the next week.  I will probably have withdrawls.  I am only taking along the wire to make some of my crystal trees.  I knew if I tried to take beading I not only would have to pack a suitcase just for beads, I'd forget half of what I needed!   There is a wonderful bead store near my son's place.  I'm getting there one way or another this week.

I will try to post a picture or two of Sawyer.  He's not as pretty as my beads, but he's a whole lot cuter!

Just For Fun

Today we pack and get the house ready for our trip.  That means a grumpy day with the Hubby so I thought I'd start out the day with a bit of fun.  

My self challenge may be over, but my list of jewelry goes on!  These lovely ladies are not new creations.   They have been around a while.  I think they are hystarical and wanted to share something completely different than what I have been lately.  I call them Tillly and Milly but you can call them anything you'd like!

Fun and Fancy Faces - Pierced Earrings

I received these two lovely ladies in a grab bag of goodies. I was so pleased! Trouble is, I am not sure what they are made of. It is one of two things. They are either polymer clay, or erasers. I am leaning towards the clay. Either way, they , along with two Turquoise stone beads, turned into a terrific pair of earrings.

Dandle approximately 1 1/2 inches or 40 mm.

Silver plated French ear wires.

An Item A Day - Day 30

It's day 30, and the last day of my self challenge.  Can you believe I made it?  30 days straight with a new item every day.  Sure wish I could say I've sold them all! LOL  Oh well, it's been fun.  I have a ton of new stuff on Etsy and ready for Cross Roads when we open in May.   Tomorrow starts my "vacation".  I will still be working, just not at home.  Grandpa and I are off to baby-sit our Grandson while his other grandparents are on vacation in sunny Florida.  I will be taking along some projects AND there is a terrific bead store near where my kids live!   There are some perks to this trip besides getting to be Granny for a week!

Today's item is a remake of one of my favorite styles.  Vintage faux pearls salvaged from an old necklace make it special.  I hate throwing anything away that can be given new life!  I'm still trying to figure out what I can make from all the empty coffee whitener bottles we collect.   Can't make jewelry out of them.  Or can I????

Victorian Splendor Faux Pearl Earrings in Blue - Recycled Vintage

Recycled vintage white glass pearls are the focal point of these Victorian style earrings.

10 mm pearls mounted with antique gold tone filigree "petals". Blue color matched Swarovski crystals sparkle on both the top and the bottom.

Hanging from Gold plated ear wires French ear wires. 

Dangle length is 1 1/8" or 27 mm.