The Chatter Box 1/08-3/08

I've put some Sea Pod pendants up in my Etsy store.  I may have a few more in a week or so.

I spend so much time on Etsy now that I thought I'd feature a cool shop every so often.  This is SuZanna Anna and she calls these Match Blox.  Check out her Etsy store, she has all kinds of these and I think they are super cool!  Once my glass studio is really done I'd like to put some of these on the side wall.

Spring is really trying to take a hold over here but I just know we're getting faked out as usual and we'll get another cold spell.  I'm ready for some warm weather to stick around.

Been getting Wally ready for the Portland show and while he's gone I "get" to do taxes.  Oh what fun.

Just trying to pack up and get everything ready for the IN show this weekend. 

 I made this bead over a month ago and decided to actually keep it for myself.  I finally wire wrapped it today and it's so nice to be able to wear one of my beads!  I may do a few more in the future and put them up on my Etsy site.  That way those people that have no jewelry making skills can buy one all ready to wear on a necklace. 

Just got the current issue of RSM and Beeswax is nicely featured in Brigitta's faux postage tutorial.  Brigitta and I have been waiting a long time for it to get published and it was well worth the wait!  You can see the full tutorial with downloadable templates here.  Also, don't miss Brigitta's website.

I have a few new images but I need to work on quite a few more before I do a release.  I have to admit that it's been so nice here that it's made me a bit lazy.  At least the kind of lazy that you don't want to sit in a dark room behind a computer.  The Lantern Fairies on the right is one of the handful I've done.

Well the Grapevine show went rather well except for some comical moments due to the new credit card machine and also when the ink cartridge of my adding machine got jammed inside the thing.  Boy I'm out of "show" practice.  I got to meet three RSC folks and also three other bead artists from the lampwork forum I'm on.  It's always nice to finally meet people in real life after getting to know them on line.  I'm finally all caught up with orders and I actually got some bead making in too...which was really another order.

I leave tomorrow morning for the Grapevine, TX show.  I thought I'd show my first eBay auction in a few months.  This bead goes up Saturday night.  It's probably my favorite of the "Sea Series" beads I've made.  I've been holding onto it for a couple of months because I just love looking at it.

The storms here yesterday were pretty crazy.  The winds were the worst I've ever been in.  We survived with no damage but the neighbor's had some trees fall on their house.  These are pictures of the other lot next to us.  There's no house on this property, just some sheds and this barn.  It fell like a house of cards and the only thing holding it up now are the vehicles inside.  Of course you can tell it really wasn't the best built structure!