In an effort to help aid those suffering from the recent and devastating weather in the southern US, my studio, Fools and Jewels, will be donating 50% of ALL sales betwen now and May 15th to the American Red Cross.  It is my sincere hope that this money will go to help ease the pain and suffering and help rebuild in those areas that were destroyed ( Read more... )

Wow.  There was snow north of us last night.... like a blizzard.... white conditions.  And right now, it's 35 degrees outside and there are wind gusts of 50+mph..... I'm dead serious ( Read more... )

Glad our concert is done and it went just fine.  I had to use three student substitutes for kids who were not there.  But they all jumped right in and did fine ( Read more... )

I am currently sitting in a hotel room in Newton Kansas with Sharon (Lee's mother) and some of the dogs that are being shown this weekend.  She showed Wynton yesterday for the first time and... well.... one of his testicles, which were both there on Monday, is hiding and he was disqualified.  So..... not sure if he'll show the rest of the weekend.

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So, I blog on blogger as well as here.  This tends to be my personal journal whereas my blogger is my more public journal and tends to be geared towards my jewelry stuff.  On Blogger, I follow a number of other blogs for various reasons.  Makes for excellent reading material throughout my day.  At any rate, one of them I follow is called Etsy Bitch ( Read more... )

I really have been creting pieces at a mad speed this week.  And enjoying the hell out of it too.  So, I am going to share.  I am also feling the itch to get up in the studio and torch a little so be on the look out for more lampwork beads by me.
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I have been very busy making new jewelry pieces.  The muse walked in and just dort of sat down and started talking and poof!  New pieces are popping out left and right.
( Fruits of my labor )

I have discovered that I am prefering cake and cupcakes without frosting more and more each day.  Not sure how or when or why this is occurring but it's true.  It's like when I was a kid and I wanted ketchup with everything.  If a food is good, it doesn't need all that extra junk ( Read more... )

Seriously... when kids are REALLY into something.... especially something slightly silly.... it is a treat to just sit and watch.  I played a song they learned a few weeks ago called the Dinosaur Dance.  I had a few minutes left of class time to fill up and wanted to test their memories. Oh my lord.  That was entertaining to watch and listen to ( Read more... )

1.) Clean bathroom ( Read more... )