Finished!

I am hoping now I will finally have some more time for creativity!

Jewelry designs

Here is are two finished pairs of earrings and the start of a turquoise necklace. The pair to the right is weathered copper rings with blue-green and brownish lampwork drops added.  I bought the beads etc at One Stop Bead Shop in Dublin.  I also made my daughter a matching pair, but they are in Jamaica with her.

The second pair is sterling silver chains with mother of pearl drops. This actually was a rescued pair, I lost one of the earrings on a business trip, and so took the one that was left apart and made two.  I like the original pair better, but Coldwater Creek did not have them anymore and I didn't want to toss the one I had left. Finally this is a necklace that I am working on, with weathered copper chains and turquoise disks.  It will have dangling charms also, made of Swaroski, turquoise chips, charms etc.


On another note, I haven't been here yet, but found this brochure about a restored Frank Lloyd Wright home in Springfield, OH.  The Westcott House   This is definitely something I need to go tour.

Jewelry and Sunday

Today I spent the afternoon, since my homework assignments are not posted yet for the week, organizing my studio and creating some jewelry. Will post pictures soon!

I've decided that I really need to get serious about this blog and update it!

I'm totally hooked on spinning now. I got the wheel last fall, and didn't have a lot of time to really start spinning, but last week, I finally started. I'm addicted, it is even more relaxing than knitting, and the sound of the wheel is actually meditative. So here are a few pictures ! The first few show some koolaid dyed roving, in reds, white and burgundy tones. The basket is some roving I bought at the fiber festival that Young's Dairy farm sponsors in the fall.

The Franklin Park Conservatory

During all of this, I did get a chance to go down and see the Orchid Garden at the Franklin Park Conservatory. I find it so relaxing and rejuvenating to walk thru the various biospheres and the Palm House. Though I do not docent there right now, too much to do with college work, I still find it well worth the effort to go down there several times a season. Here are a few pictures!
The colors on this one remind me of the Temptations scarf I am making now with the Noro Silk Garden sock yarn, in the reds. Though one thinks at first the yarn is predominately red, there is quite a bit of green and pink to it.

What I have been up to

Well, the 1st part of the year totally got away from me. My son and future daughter in law had picked August 8th as their wedding day, with the thought that my daughter, who would be serving in the Peace Corp by then, would be able to come back for the wedding. On Feb 15th, they announced that they would get married in March instead. I'm thinking, oh 6 more months to get ready, that will work........no Mom we mean March 2009 on the 8th. AAAAAAAAHHHH.. but this way my daughter could be at her brother's wedding since she leaves after that for the Peace Corp. So in three weeks time, in between tests, term papers and finals, we planned a beautiful wedding, 4 bridesmaids, flower girl and ring bearer, found a church, I altered 3 bridesmaids dresses, remade the flower girl dress, the basket, the veil, and my dear friend created a beautiful cake. The wedding was beautiful, the bride beautiful, the groom estatic, and I was not totally exhausted. During this too, 1/2 of my department at work was laid off, so a little more stress was added. But it all worked and that is what counts!