Distractions......

Have so much that I want to do today in the studio. I have several ideas rattling around in my head that I need to turn into beads & jewelry....before they get lost in there!

But........Ike has me distracted. I have lots of family & friends that could be in his path. The fact that the "professionals" have it narrowed down to the whole Texas coast doesn't help! I realize that it's difficult to predict where the storm will hit, but these massive evacuations that have become the way that they are handling storms aren't good in the long run. All the people who evacuate and nothing happens will make many pay less attention to the warning next time and not listen when they should. I think the storm will hit closer to Houston than what they're predicting at the moment.....but that's just my uneducated unofficial rock dweller view of it. If I was in Houston, I'd be hitting the roads today....but that's just me.

So......I'm a bit distracted..... but once I get in there, it'll be easier to focus on the beads.

Today is my favorite girl's birthday! It's going to be a cupcake kind of day at school!!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YA'....HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YA'!!! (that's part of a song that they sing down here that she likes) She has lots of fun jewelry coming her way! HAPPY BIRTHDAY PICKY!!!

Hope everyone has a great Thursday!

BE BOLD, EAT BIRTHDAY CAKE, WEAR ART!!!

Starfish........

It is Wednesday, the breeze is back, the sun is up and life is good in the islands!!!

Everyone on the Texas coast needs to keep an eye on Ike! That is a big storm!

The return of the breeze has cooled things down and heated up the creative energy in the studio. I can't wait to get in there this morning. I can't wait to fire up the torch. Have a couple of custom Halloween necklaces to make the beads for today and then maybe some more starfish.

Here's one of the things that I've done with some of the starfish beads that I made last week. I want to do a bracelet to match it with maybe a couple strands of seed beads and a big starfish, kind of a cuff look to it. I see it in my head...now to get it out!!!!

Made some black & white starfish that are just too cute! This necklace with black & white starfish on black seed beads or black stone chips.....cute, cute, cute!

These same starfish beads with Sterling Silver links & a few Swarovski Brand Crystals between them creates a completely different look! Love it too!

Trying to make a free form palm tree beads that are sturdy enough to stand up to wear but doesn't end up looking like a pile of poop. Haven't gotten that one worked out just yet...definitely still in the poop stage!


Wii update......What do you say to a man when he says "I could have a heart attack right now and still beat you"? Well, if I tell you, they'll tag me as NOT family friendly! I can tell you that mixed into the response was the phrase "prove it".

Have a great Wednesday everyone!!!!

BE BOLD, EAT CAKE, WEAR ART!!!

Something New......

While the wii monkey wasn't controlling my life.....I did manage to start playing with a new design.

It's just an adjustable silver bangle with a big glass starfish on it. It looks nice layered with other bangles and some of the little pearl bracelets like I posted several weeks ago.

I'm also working on some custom work....when the monkey will let me! damn that wii monkey!


BE BOLD, FEED THE WII MONKEY, WEAR ART!!!

I Am Ashamed!!!!

Some of you are starting to email me to see why I haven't posted since the weekend...

I might as well come clean. I have an addiction. Yes, I admit it. I have a serious addiction and it is effecting my ability to blog.

Yes......I have the Wii monkey on my back! I admit it. I have been playing with my new Wii when I usually blog.

The Wii monkey is wicked! It lures you in and then won't let you go! You have to beat your last score....more importantly you have to beat the flippin' man in his underwear telling you that you read the green wrong! FYI, in the golf game, if you hit the ball into the water hazard or out of bounds for 10 times in a row, you get a nasty little box that says "10+ give up"!!!! Give up????? What does it mean give up???????

You do not tell a sweating, angry woman who has hit 10 virtual golf balls into a virtual water hazard to "give up" while a man in his underwear smirks! It just is not done!!!! If I was sure that the American Express replacement guarantee would replace the thing, I'd make it think "give up"!!!!!!!!

And if that wasn't bad enough........seriously...if that wasn't enough.....the stupid thing told me that I was 81 in wii years!!!!!! I took it's stupid fitness test without reading the instructions (I tend to not read directions) or going through the training and it told me I was 81 in wii years!!!!

So I haven't posted because I had to read the flippin' directions so that I could bring down my wii years!!!! And I did!!! But it still isn't very good!!!! Those stupid baseballs come at you FAST!!!

I'm not dead.......and neither is the Wii.......yet.

I'll do better on my posting....it's rough having a wii monkey on your back! I wonder if there is rehab for wii......or maybe it is an illness and I would qualify for disability??? hmmm....I should research that....but the wii monkey is calling me......so many things to do....so little time that the wii is off.....

Next I want the wii fit.....I want to do the yoga...bet I can wipe that smirk off his face if we are doing wii yoga! I'll make him think read the green......

BE BOLD, PLAY WII, WEAR ART!!!!

Surprise!!!!

Felt like a new look this morning!

Oh this is great!!! When I wake up and decide I have to have a change instead of looking for the scissors and hacking on my hair...yes, I am bad about cutting my own hair from time to time. Sometimes it works out OK....sometimes not so OK...... I can just click a button and poof!!!! A whole new look!!!! No waiting for it to grow out!!!!!!!

OK....bead news flash here.......I have a black cat bead that I'll photograph later and post.......he was the first black cat I attempted. You tell me what he looks like he is doing. LOL!!!

It's Friday!!!! Since I work at home, the day of the week doesn't matter much....but it's ingrained in me to love Friday because it's the end of the "normal" work week...."normal"....yeah, I'm not sure I should be allowed to use that word.

It's Friday,the sun is up and the blog has a new look, life is good in the Caribbean!!!

BE BOLD, EAT CHEAP YELLOW MUSTARD, WEAR ART!!!

Witch's Boot.......

Didn't get the witches boot finished yet. Think it will be a pendant.

Down below the last pic is of one of the clasp that I made. What could be better than a candy corn clasp???

Fun stuff!!! Keeps the mind off the hurricanes whizzing by! We've been lucky and hopefully our luck will hold out. There is no evacuating when you live on a rock in the ocean. Nope, no place to evacuate to. No way to get there if there was. You just toss all the patio furniture into the pool, tie down anything that you can't toss in, check your supplies, close the shutters and hope for he best.

The one thing that we do well when it comes to hurricanes is, that we cut off all the power before the storm hits. There are no fires caused by the downed power lines or exploding transformers. The mainland should cut the power! The fires that Gustov caused wouldn't have happened if the power had not been on. The hospitals, radio stations, emergency services all go on generators and we sit in the dark and wait, listening to our battery powered radios.

Really glad that we've missed that fun so far this year....really glad! Sorry that anyone else has to go through it, but very happy that we've dodged the bullet.

Duct tape, Off, Fix-A-Flat, bolt cutters, a come along (if you don't know what one is, you've never had to move a tree off anything!) and a chain saw.....my favorite things in my hurricane kit!

Boooooooo!

Jumbies In the Studio....

I don't know if it's the heat or the hurricanes blowing by....but the Jumbies have taken over the studio.

I haven't made a single bead that is like anything I usually make. It all started with someone asking me to make some little girlie dress bead charms and evolved. The little girlie dress beads led to cupcakes...arrows...crazy hearts.....candy corn....starfish & fishlips.

The Jumbies have taken over the studio!!! Jumbies are a Caribbean thing, short definition...spirits.

Think it's the Jumbies keeping all the storms north of us. So if they want to hang out in the studio and make me make crazy things, they can stay! Looks like they have kept Ike north of us and that is one wicked storm!!! Coastal people, keep an eye on that one!

Hope everyone has a great Thursday!

Boop-Boop & Friends.....

Holy fish lips!

I've been playing with fire today. I started out making a couple of little tiny cupcakes with sprinkles...moved on to some crazy arrows, then started making starfish and finally a hollow fish with big honkin' fish lips.

Raul the Wonder Cat.....

I want Raul's life!

Just hanging out in the flamboyant tree watching his humans scurry about.

Life is good if you are the king.....


BE BOLD, EAT CAKE, WEAR ART!!!