More Auctions!!

More Auctions up on eBay!
Hi guys! Its taken me longer to get everything listed because I have been so busy. I will try to list a few pieces every other day or so. And I will have that nice big Lampwork Bead Auction up this weekend. I need more sun to take photos of them all. Its been kind of gloomy and very cold here lately. Hope all is going well now go bid!

First Auction up on eBay!!!

Hi guys! My first SALE Bracelet is up on eBay:
~::Orange Marmalade::~
I caved and its only a 0.99 starting price. Snatch this puppy up before its too late!! I will have everything listed by Sunday night and will send out a Newsletter update then. What are you waiting for go get bidding...

Sale, Sale, Sale =)

Hi guys! I have been in such a creative slump that I have decided to make a change. I will be placing up for auction a huge group of Lampwork Beads that I have been collecting for a few years now. As well as a huge number of listings of clearence priced Jewelry. Now let me explain my reason for doing this: I have had these beads for so long that I just cannot find the right design for them. So I am going to start fresh. Grant it I am not selling off my entire collection! I could never do that. All of these beads and pieces are amazing, but I think they would do better in a new home. I haven't designed anything in a few months now and its been wearing on me heavily. I hope to have all of my auctions up by the weekend. This would be a great time to get all of that Holiday shopping done...

Aging Gracefully...

I came across this photo a few days ago. This was the last photo taken of our "Sadie" she passed away four days later from cancer. It has been almost two months since she passed away, but I still can't bring myself to finish her memorial page on my site. I did start it last week though. She looked pretty good for having a heart problem, one eye, and having terrible arthritis.

I am in another creative block. Well I have been in one for awhile now. I'm expecting a huge delivery of Lampwork beads and new wire goodies in the next few weeks. Hopefully that will spark my inner artsy self! As much as I hate to do this I have to go pull every ones Rabies certificates for our Kennel Licence. Something I have been putting off! Enjoy your day =)

Randy Pausch...

I was greatly saddened this morning when I went to check my daily blogs to find that Randy Pausch had passed away this morning from pancreatic cancer. He is the man behind the famed book and lecture, "The Last Lecture". He has been fighting this disease for two years now. i was esspecially drawn to him when I first saw him on Oprah when he gave his Last Lecture to her audience. This was shortly before my uncle who was 48 died of pancreatic cancer also. His book sits on my bedside which I re-read almost everynight. The world has lost a truly amazing person, but he left behind an amazing legacy by sharing his wisdom with us. Below are a few wonderful memorials about Randy and a link to his blog update page which dipicts his battle with cancer.

Carnegie Mellon University

Another from Carnegie Mellon

Randy's Blog

Yet another Publication...

Hi guys! Well I just recieved my advanced copies of Step By Step Wire Jewelry's Summer Issue!!! It is filled with great projects. I just love seeing all of the great new ideas, it gets new ideas floating around in my head too...

The instructions to "African Queen" is featured on page 23 & 24. The Chain Maille design combines two great chains, Rosettes and Parallel Chain. It turned out great! Everyone needs to go grap up tons of copies.

In design news, I am hoping in the next few weeks to have some new designs up. I am going to experiment with fusing Fine Silver... Lots of very bold colorful designs coming. One new series will be called "Color Blocks".

Long Time...

Hi everybody! Man its been a month since I have posted here. Things have been hectic. On the Jewelry front I do have a Bracelet ready for its picture to be taken. Its in fabulous retro colors that I know everyone will love. Other than that piece I haven't been able to really make anything else come to life. I have douzens of designs but everytime I sit down they all seem less than perfect when I try to lay them out. I needed a little creative break from designing. In the next month I do hope to debut some great new designs. Well I am spending my day off washing doggies including the very first real bath for the babies that are now 5 1/2 weeks old! Time flies. I also have to take some new pictures of them too. And they also need names. Generally I have my babies all named by now but I just cannot come up with anything that I like. Well I have to run I just wanted to check in and let everyone know that I am still here!!!