Meeting with The Boss....

in the swamps of Jersey aka Giants Stadium. If you've read my blog for a bit then you will be able to figure that one out! So, I won't be posting or doing any Entrecard drops until Monday. On that note, I have decided to leave you with some eye candy until I get back. These are a few new items I've been working on lately. Funny thing about the first pair of earrings is when I showed them to the husband he says "They aren't very even". Ummm yeah that was kinda the point. They are meant to be random swirls of silver and rose wire.

More rose wire with a 4mm rose Swarovski bicone dangling at the bottom.

Lucite flower earrings in red with a handmade ear wire in sterling silver.

Hammered copper wire swirls.


I'm planning on adding quite a few items to my Artfire shop since they are having a promotion during the month of October for anyone who has a Basic Account, you can list as many items as you'd like over the normal 12 you are allowed. For FREE! I figure I'll take advantage even though I haven't sold a thing on there yet maybe if I add more items then I'll have more of a chance. I know that lately I've read over on the Etsy forums that a lot of people are closing their shops on Artfire because of lack of sales. It's worth giving it a few weeks and if still nothing then I can always list/relist over on Etsy.

Hope everyone has a great weekend and I'll see ya Monday!

New Treasures and an Award

I've been trying to create a bit more rather than sit on the computer or in front of the tv all the time. The above pendant was one that I had actually started probably about 4-5 months ago. It was all done except for the bail which I finally got off my lazy butt and finished this past weekend. It wasn't like it was difficult either. This was a complete departure for me as far as the colors I used in it. I admit it, I like pink (the brighter, the better), orange, turquoise, purple and green but it has to be neon green. For this pendant I used a Swarovski Rivoli which is called Sahara but in layman's terms, it's green with golds and browns depending on which way you move it. The smaller Swarovski bicones around the edge are Colorado Topaz and Smoked Topaz Light and I used gold seed beads. Gold is not a color or metal I wear at all, other than my wedding band and a pair of opal earrings I wear all the time and the only reason I wear the earrings is because my dad went to Australia when I was about 12 and brought back 3 pairs of opals which he had made into earrings for my mother, one of his sisters and me (no wonder my sister hates me..lol). I have to say that I was quite happy with how it came out seeing as I'm not used to working with this combination of colors.

I also managed to get a few more cabochons made and wrapped one so far. Now, when I was done with this one I was pretty happy with how it turned out. That balloon soon burst when I showed it to my husband and he says "It looks like a Christmas Tree". Then again, I could take it as a compliment....right? You'd think after 20 years of marriage I should know better than to expect him to NOT say something like that. Don't worry, I'm used to it and just laughed it off just like he does when I say something about sports that he thinks it's ridiculous. I did have to get the opinion of my friend Jennifer as to whether it was too much at the top and luckily she lied like a good friend should and said it looked fine! I've got more wire on the way to me so I'm hoping to get a few more done and maybe do a few other wire projects.


Well, as I was in the middle of this post, writing about my great award from PJ who has a great blog that I love to read here....my darn Firefox crashed! Must be telling me something! So, PJ I apologize but I am not going to pass it on but I will tell you the 7 things I love (if I can remember them lol).

1. My Husband - Yes, it's sloppy and obvious but he is my best friend as well as all the other things that go along with being a husband. I couldn't have wished for a better partner in life.
2. Music - Yes of course, The Boss comes first in this category but he isn't the only one. Music means so much to me.
3. Creating - It's a part of me that I lost along the way in life and found again.
4. Travel - My travels have shaped me as a person. It has meant more for me to stand looking up at the Sistine Chapel or view the Sydney Harbour Bridge in person rather than to read about them in books or online.
5. Sports - Watching (in person, preferably) NOT playing!
6. Nature - It's just so darn cool and amazing.
7. Animals - Mostly dogs but all animals. If I'm ever down, all I have to do is watch Animal Planet and I am instantly cheered up.

So, as I say, I was in the process of getting blogs I wanted to give this award to which was a task in itself since there are so many out there that I really enjoy and then the darn browser crashed. Luckily most of this post was saved. That will teach me to save it every once in a while rather than just keep on typing. Needless to say, I hope all of you out there enjoy my blog half as much as I enjoy reading yours. Actually, consider yourselves ALL tagged with this award!!

Tramps Like Us....

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Kansas City, MO Aug 24/08
Originally uploaded by SlyMarton

I was recently tagged by Pink Pooch Designs (great blog and gorgeous jewelry) with a Kreativ Blogger Award. Basically you have to list 7 things you love. I decided that I would focus on one thing I love because it is relevant right now (for me at least). I've always loved music and it's always been something very important to me. Some of my best memories of my teenage years was sitting in my bedroom listening to all my records. Most of you who have read some of my posts know that I'm unemployed and so many of Bruce's songs are about feeling desperate or in a bind (so to speak) which right now actually makes me feel better to listen to.

Last Friday, my husband and I drove down to Glendale (Phoenix), Arizona to go and see Bruce and the E Street Band. Yes, the bills and rent were paid and I've been eating a lot of soup and noodles just so we could go (sacrifices must be made). That is how important it is for me to see The Boss. They have this system for people who have general admission tickets, you get to the arena between 2-5pm and get a wristband with a number on it. At about 5.30 you line up and a guy tells you how many are allowed in the "pit" for that nights show. Friday it was 400 and then they call a number and the first 400 after that number get in. The number was 161 and our numbers were 315 and 316 so we were in. Ok, so we weren't as close as we were in the above pic but still pretty darn close. That is why I used that photo. It was taken last year in Kansas City and if you look at the bottom where the Security guy is, to the right is a redhead and a guy in a black t-shirt....that's us. Now, I may never get that close again but I'm sure as heck gonna try every chance I get.

Without music in my life I probably would never have done the things I've done or become the person that I am or I might very well have not even been here at all. This is why I love music so much and why it has meant what it has to me throughout my life...it has made me feel alive. So as Bruce would say......

IS THERE ANYBODY ALIVE OUT THERE?????