what the heck?

Okay I officially a cold air wussy... it gets under 60 and I am freezing! I have lived in FL too long! I get used to living in bare feet, the rest I can take or leave(okay kinda), but bare feet to me, are just a natural state.

In other things going on... my supply shop is at 1,363 sales since Feb. All I can say to that is WOW! And I better get to work making findings! ;)

I started carding earrings up last night and in theory my hang method works, but now I am thinking that hanging them by the ear wires might not be such a good idea if people are bending them at all taking them off the display... so back to the drawing board on that one. This is why I am not applying to any shows until I get my display done and set up right, that and the fact that the ones I wanna apply for want pics of your display, but that is good, it's making me actually set the stuff up and see how it looks, functions, sets up, and breaks down. The faster the setup and break down the better!

Besides it's been a month since I ordered silver, and it's about that time AGAIN! Geez, I ordered ten ounces last month! Oh well, supply orders and new jewelry use it up! I gotta save some more moolah to buy more, lets hope my last day of 2008 is a good sales day, then I can order tomorrow. The price is creeping up again it seems, just a bit, but it still hurts at the checkout!


So it's the last day of the year 2008. When I was younger, I never even thought about what I'd be like or life would be like now, I didn't even think I'd make it this far... so yeah.

I am seriously craving to play music again... so I think 2009, I am going to come out of my hiatus, play some music, hopefully record some too. I need to get ME some gear, so this time, there's nothing left alone in the recordings if the track is flat, or wrong in whatever way. Besides, I have had this idea in my head for years for my next CD, and I think the time for it is coming... I need to get it out. One of those things that will no leave me alone, like a lot of my jewelry designs. Yeah the creative mind is haunted with designs, ideas, things we must create to get out of our heads. I think that is a lot of where the drive comes from, a creatively induced type of madness. There truly is a fine line between madness and genius... Just look at some of the greatest artists, if you look at the person, most will find there is some kind of madness as well, to whatever degree. This is why artsy types tend to befriend each other, because our minds work differently from others, and I find that in close relationships of whatever form, that difference from non creative types is noticeable. People are creatures of habit, and we seek what is most like us, so it only makes sense that creative people would form friendships... this last year has been a year of major growth for me as an artist... my craft of jewelry is something I totally love, and seem to have a knack for. This year I have taught myself, how to solder, fuse, set stones, make settings, re size rings, make all kinds of findings, use a hammer to make a plain piece of wire into something beautiful, stamp metal, and a myriad of other things I learn with all this time in my studio, making things, trying things, and just basically having a ball... I started a supply shop that is now a steady flow of cash... I am sure of my jewelry skills and that I am ready to do shows now, I can see it in my mind, something I could not totally see before, even though I knew it was coming at some point. SO yeah 2008 has been quite a year... a whirlwind of all kinds of stuff going on, changing, growing, learning, and having fun at it most of the time.