hard-wear

when Woz came over last weekend, we experimented. i had HM bring me some stuff from the store and this is what i made.

this bracelet was made from 2" S-hooks and copper wire. pretty cool looking, huh?

busy busy busy

i've recruited Woz to help me on putting some stuff together for the bike shop. we worked on alot last nite and will be doing more tonite. it all looks very good. we kinda got a little side-tracked because HM brought home a few things from the store and we started working with that. a new line of Hardwear (get it? Hardware, Hardwear) jewelry (serious ADD kicking in, here). OMG my bracelet looks so gooood! well, it will look good once i finish it. i'll put a picture up later.

tonite, i'm going to measure the space J (bike shop owner) is giving me so HM can put together a little display thing for me. the rest of the nite will be spent finishing up those bracelets and possibly cleaning bike chains, if i have time.

wow, it's gonna be a busy weekend. i'm really gonna miss my husband.

lack of updates

i wish i could blame it on marriage and our lack of "a life", but i really can't. we're always doing something. hence, the lack of updates. Since we left Indianapolis, our weekends have been pretty full.

Memorial day weekend was full of visitors from Witchita, Kansas. Andrea and Carl came to visit after their fun-filled weekend at the Polka Fest in Ennis, TX. we took them to the shack and they'll never be the same again. of course i have pictures that i haven't uploaded yet, but here are a few from Andrea's camera.

last weekend was kind of filled with "catching up" on things. we stayed around the house, i worked on some jewelry. i actually have a bunch of orders for one necklace i wore to work. yay! i need to make a bunch of those this weekend.

probably on Sunday since Addie is coming in this weekend. this time she's bringing David and Javier back and we're going to Johnson Space Center. i have no idea what's there now. i haven't been since i was a wee child.

good news on the jewelry front. like i said before, i have orders for the one necklace... BUT, i've also been working on a line of "bike" jewelry. bracelets, etc. made from recycled bike parts and such. i took them to a bike shop down the road and he loved them! he wants me to make a display and gave me two shelves to put them on in his store. very cool! now i just need to make the display AND more bike jewelry. wheeee! excited and a little freaked out at the same time. i'm not expecting to be the Cash Money Millionaire or anything it's just kinda cool that somebody else thinks your stuff is cool. cool enough to want to sell it in their shop.


i know you're wondering how i'm going to get this all done with Addie in town and going to NASA and and there's no way i could do it ALL on Sunday. well, i'm making her help. and since she's been traveling all week she won't want to do anything else.... yeah, cuz that NEVER happens when she visits me.... !!! and since she's making me pick her up from frikkin INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT!!! SHE OWES ME. AND DINNER AIN'T CUTTIN' IT THIS TIME.

go 'stros!

SBW wanted Astros earrings. they came out really cool. don't even ask for a pair of your own. they were a beeyoch to make!

good thing Journeyman wasn't on last nite

i made this last nite and sold it already. $25 for necklace and earring set! i am getting good!!

weekend update/recap

friday - went to Sweet Cheeks to decorate for the big party this weekend. lights everywhere!! we have three huge tables to hold all the food and libations. we have plates and bowls and serving dishes and enough cups for a few more parties.

we did all that and crashed early. too early it seems. Woz was over helping us and when she got home, there was a problem. apparently her schitzo neighbor has developed a little crush on her and left a rose in front of her door. she was a little freaked out, to say the least. i got the first call, but after that, i went into the other room to sleep and the boys (HM and BA) were already passed out. i didn't get the next two calls. i feel bad that we didn't hear the phones and she felt like crap, i'm sure, thinking her friends weren't there for her. she's okay now. still a bit freaked out since she sees him across the way, every day. she also did not pick up the rose and it was gone the next day. fuh-reeek-y!

saturday - after drama filled evening, BA and i went to breakfast and hung out for a bit. after that, all i did was make bracelets. BA was a little upset that i started without him. seriously.


the rest of the nite, the boys made fire and i made bracelets.

sunday - clean house day! well, after the grocery store excursion and a run into town, we did a little cleaning; i vacuumed, HM shampooed. then, i made more bracelets. which is cool, cuz i've sold three, just today. at $20 bucks a pop! sweet deal, eh?

until next time, i'm sweet t and you're not.

p.s. i also made this over the weekend. vimeo user/friend, AA, told me her favorite color combination was yellow, red, and orange. i put this together with her in mind.

thank god ugly bettty was a re-run

so last nite i went to a jewelry party one of my neighbors was having. i've been in the neighborhood two years now and barely know anyone on the street. i figured this was an opportunity to meet some folks.

so i go over there and there's lots of stuff. some really cool stuff, some really nice stuff, and some really expensive stuff! good god, man! they wanted $80 for a necklace made with the same stuff i have at home. i thumbed through the catalog and noticed that i could actually make half the stuff in there. i just have a really hard time paying that much money for something i know i could do myself. i've got the tools, i've got the knowledge... hell yeah, i can do it!

one lady, that i knew already, picked up a bracelet she wanted but it was a "set". a set of something like eight bracelets that were really all just on a stretch band. who needs eight frikkin bands on their wrist? apparently, not her. she said that was too much and would only wear three at a time, at the most. plus, it was $38 for the "set". i saw her disappointment and told her, "i could totally make that for you". though i don't have the exact same stones, i have some in the same color and silver beads to lace thru, just like it. she'll have her bracelet and everyone will be happier for it. =)