Earthy ideas

Here are some of the new things I've been coming up with in the garage. Between the torch, the hammer, the drill, and the toxic chemicals I'm a dangerous woman!

Designs for the last week of July

Glass beads in rainbow colors











Yellow turquoise with Swarovski pearls











Crazy lace agate and moukaite











African turquoise and handmade (by me!) silver flourishes

Waiting on Ben

I had the pleasure of going to one of my husband's gigs Saturday night. No kids, no gig for me. Just going to listen and eat. The restaurant is Apsara, in Blue Ash, and if you live in Cincinnati area, you must check it out. It is the younger brother of Teak, in Mt. Adams. Thai food and sushi. Naturally, I ordered a beautiful assortment of sushi, since this was a rare chance for me. Yummy! I don't mean to take away from the band, which sounded great...a really nice mix of music fitting for a relaxed patio setting. Ben has written some good songs to add to the covers, and all of the band members are really talented. So let me endorse the band, Waiting on Ben, and the restaurant, Apsara. It was an all around good time!

Quiet

This is so weird. Husband's gone to a Reds game (Go Reds!), the older 2 are at a neighbor's baseball game, and my little Aaron fell asleep on the family room floor--wiped out after a day of swimming. I just can't deal with time! I'm getting all shifty and ADHD, if you will. It's nervousness over relaxation. What is wrong with me? I'm determined that, with practice, I will master this!

3 lily with large beads

Very cute! I like your design!

Pebble Beach. Crazy lace agate pebbles and accents of antique pewter, pearls, and shell.







Amazonite Meadow. Liquid silver and gold, with beautiful creamy green teardrops.










So simple to wear-blue goldstone and sterling drop. I've attached a sterling slide to this great navy blue stainless steel strand of five. The sterling closure is the best-just push and twist. This doesn't have a name yet.

Cracked Glass

As I'm staring at my great little glass crackle beads, I'm reminded of the cracked windows in this house. Only 8 years old, it's surprising to me that 2 of our windows have randomly, without help from the children, cracked. They already let in lots of frigid air, so with cracks I'm just not feeling too warm about them right now. The manufacturer doesn't sound surprised by this and does nothing to fix them! So sad. Now about 6 of the windows in our morning room (which is ALL windows) are showing condensation between the panes. I wonder if this is considered normal too?