Sunday, May 22, 2011

Working hard....or hardly working.....

In spite of the fact that I continue to be a mostly 'absentee landlord' of this blog space...and contrary to the popular opinion that I have fallen off the face of the earth...I'm back for another hit and miss update. After 7 weeks tending to my mother as she recovered from her pelvic fractures, I continued my 'time out' while I joined my husband in the Palm Springs area where he has been working on a project for the past several weeks.
I brought along a smattering of my jewelry supplies, in case the mood struck me, but without a good camera and some motivation they stayed packed away in their suitcase--until I heard from Judy Carlson of Jujee beads with an invitation to participate again this spring in her Scuba Show at Long Beach. Intrigued, I agreed to try my hand after an all too long layoff...wondering if I still remembered what to do and how to do it.
Thanks to a pandora's box full of inspiring lampwork, I've been crazily creating for the last 10 days or so and having so much fun, I'm really sorry to be finished and ready to ship the finished designs back to her.
I'd almost forgotten how much I love playing with my little treasures. As you can see, I still don't have my best camera or editing program to show off my little designs to their best advantage...
but I still wanted to share with you a sample of my handiwork and say, I'm not finished forever. Although at the price of sterling silver these days, I'm mighty glad to have a sizable stash to draw from...and wondering how to ever restock when I run out! Everything here is off in the mail tomorrow.
and that's a good thing. We are leaving the desert the end of the week, so it's time to clean up, pack up and leave for the next adventure.
Here's hoping it doesn't take me so long to dig out my suitcase full of goodies again...but no promises, just taking it one day at a time.....

4 comments:

jelveh Designs said...

hey girl, glad to know your mom is feeling better...and yes I know too well the hit and miss blog posts as well myself...but in life we all have to do what we have to do and sometimes things have to be put on hold for other things...
glad you are back at it, you will never lose this talent, these are awesome...
Jelveh
Peace

Rickie said...

Thank you Jelveh---you are always the kindest, most encouraging, dear lady. I really appreciate you!

Pretty Things said...

To me, you are, and always will be, the Supreme Queen of the Best Charm Bracelets Ever.

Rickie said...

Ahh, Lori, you know how to make a gal feel good--thanks for your kind words. I loved strolling thru the Fairy Tale Swap reveal today--even though I think half of my comments got lost in cyber space somewhere. It was an eyecandy party for sure!