Just a couple more photos...

Thought you would like to see these photos also....Kelly    The first photo was taken about 2:30 last night and got even bigger as the night went on!  The county had to send out the Cat excavator to move the snow....the plows weren't strong enough...and didn't the guys love that! All that testosterone! And the third is my little metal flamingo with a little frostbite!  Hello to my friends in Florida!  I am thinking I may have to go out and make some snowmen!  Have fun, Kelly 

Snow, snow and more snow...

Hi everyone,

   I am still working on my ideas for the coming year, so not a lot to show....except snow!  For all my friends in Tucson, who are trying to come home after the bead show and my dad, who is laughing at the small amount we got....these images are for you....and everyone else, too!  I find it really funny that on our street that once the snow stops falling, the men come out in droves...driving their little snow plow lawn mower conversions! My husband even bought chains for the tires of his...but he has to shovel all the snow out of the way to be able to get the "plow" out of the garage! And of course, he left the shovel at the other end of the property for ease of clearing a path but then he had to clear a path with his body to get to the shovel!  One of the guys two doors down (our local cop) actually got a clear plastic shower curtain ensemble to go on top of his plow so he could stay warm!  I told Ed if he got one of those, I was going to add hot pink beaded fringe to the "roof line" and give it some style!  Anyway, for those of you snowed in, enjoy yourselves and for those of you in the sunshine, sorry!  Hope you enjoy the photos....Kelly

   The first photo is Ed taking a break....and the next is my little VW Bug hiding under a blanket of snow and then the third is Ed....giving in to his "Need for Speed!"....

and last but not least....

I thought I would round out the snow by including two more shots for an even half dozen...enjoy...

and two more.....

thought I would add two more....too much info in the photos to do more than that....K    the second photo is Morgan breathing while taking the shot...I think it looks pretty cool. I tried it but my breath never showed up....wonder what that means?

Lovely Snow....

Hi everyone,

   Well, I haven't been doing much to show you...mostly paperwork and trying to come up with new ways to enhance my business. I have decided to take off the whole year from shows and not worry about the economy too much. Although, I am missing Tucson...which is happening as I write....but the last couple of years while I was there, I missed the snow here, and I LOVE snow! So, it has been really nice for me to have had two snow storms already and a couple of more on the way...I would have missed them if I had gone to Tucson.  Morgan and I took some great photos early this morning, right after the snow stopped falling, around 4:30. And now, it is 3:45 in the afternoon and the snow is almost gone! Glad we took the photos, even if it was dark! I love the way the snow was outlining the branches and you can see how delicate they look. Then later when the sun tried to come out, the light made the branches even more delicate but you can see all the detail. Morgan and I are hoping for more snow this weekend so we can play with the camera some more.....don't know what I will do with the photos..maybe a wall mural?  Anyway, I hope you are having fun in the snow or the sun, depending on where you are and don't forget to play in the studio, Kelly

Third times the charm...?

Hi everyone,

   You would think by now that I would learn NOT to hit enter after typing in the title....but no!  Maybe more than one cuppa is called for!  I will be glad when computers learn to take dictation and type the words themselves!  

    Well, enough of that!  Now for the news....I was asked to be in Tonya's Master Muse program back in the fall but couldn't tell anyone!  Anyone who knows me, knows that I am really lousy about keeping secrets!  But I did keep the secret and now it is time to talk!  Tonya has launched the program with Anne Mitchell's clasp project and it looks really good! She has also re-done her blog page and it is very sleek looking!  Tonya sent half of us supplies with one challenge and the rest of us with (different?) supplies and a different challenge. We were also able to pick what kind of clay we wanted to work with...copper, bronze or silver....I got some silver, some nice stones and watch parts and the surprise item.....I don't know if I am allowed to tell the challenge behind my bead so you will just have to watch Tonya's site....mine is due in a couple of weeks but I don't know when Tonya will release it. We are each doing 6 projects....it will be interesting to see what we all make. And for those of you who will be at either Bead and Button or the PMC Conference in Perdue: you will be able to see what we have made, up close and personal. Tonya is going to put what we have made to date in a display of some kind....exciting, right?

   And now to show you what I have made in the last day or two....besides teaching Morgan embroidery...with lots of ribbons and beads.  I was also going to show you Morgan's first embroidery piece from when he was 6 years old, but he would rather I wait and show this new piece. He thinks it is more grown up and he is 19, after all...nuff said!  He picked out a piece of wrought iron detail to blow up and do and tomorrow we are going to make the pilgrimage to JoAnn's to get some more supplies.  I was doing another beaded bezel around one of my beads that has a fancy gold bezel of it's own with black opals set into the ring.  The center piece is one of the paper-porcelain pieces I made with Marsha Neal and then tinted with liquid polymer. This bead has all the things I love...porcelain, beads, PMC, polymer and beads and fro-fro and last, but not least...pearls! How can I go wrong?  I am thinking of using the Stuart Abelman side beads in the necklace part with the pearls.  I also have a couple of John Winter's hollow gold beads that I may also use. I think I need to make a clasp of some kind to finish it off.  Anyway, I am off to work on some beading of some kind...maybe Zen-beading on microsuede with one of my cabs....porcelain or PMC?   Hope you like the new piece...have fun in your studios, Kelly

   By the way, this piece is called "The Protector" ...he was cast in a mold that I made from an old Art Nouveau stamp case that a friend of mine let me borrow....Thanks, Shelia!  

and yet again....