Saturday night I was sipping wine and dorking around with my beads when I did a mental inventory of whom I had to "gift" with a "creation." I know that giving away these things for free will shoot me in the foot if I ever decide to open my own internet shop, but having a list of giftees helps me to sit down more and experiment. I sent a quick FB message to coworker K and asked her, "If you were to receive a totally free bracelet, what color would you want?" "Pink or teal!" she replied. I ...
Stupid Beading Tricks: Adventures in Polymer Clay
Have you ever seen polymer clay beads? They're absolutely beautiful! And there is NO shortage of tutorials online that show you how EASY it is to make your OWN beads! Make my OWN beads? Okay! Which is how I found myself with three blocks of Sculpey clay and a free afternoon. I took 1/4 of each package (chocolate, turquoise, pearl) and rolled them into long rolls, called canes. Then what you're supposed to do is cut the original cane into thirds, fourths, fifths (or whatever), combine them ...
Stupid jewelry tricks: Chainmaille bracelet & wire wring
aka "Stupid beading tricks with no beads." I've been in a long dry streak, creativity-wise. I have drawers full of jewelry making components and no idea what to do with them. I get caught up looking at other jewelry for hours, then completely choke and not make any of my own. I don't know if I think I can't create anything stylish or attractive or what, but it was really getting me down. I'd put beads and findings together and hate what I came up with So I decided to put the beads away and ...
Political post fallout
Heh. Write some political stuff and everyone comes to play! ;) In short, yes, I'll vote for Kerry, but I still wish he'd stop harping on the tax cut when it's obvious that not just the uber-wealthy benefited. End of topic for now.Let's get back to the light and fluffy. But I can't talk much about work anymore...someone at work (I'm not sure who) reads my site and reports to a higher-higher-up when I talk about my job. So if I was doing really well and making some goals, I couldn't say so here. ...
