Happy New Year (a little late) :)

Hi all! Happy New Year! It is going to be a terrific year I just know it. I have lots of plans and goals that I will be working on this year and business expansion (hopefully) if I can get it all done.

Had a great Christmas with my family here and in Illinois. I don't get to go home often enough and sure wish that it wasn't so far away. I live in Utah and it is a two day drive to Illinois with my husband, our 80 lb springer spaniel Tuck (who insists on sitting on the passengers lap in the front seat the whole way), and our new kitty (who was a real trooper and rode in the backseat).

They are a lot of fun though, and kitty is getting friendlier every day and letting us pet him more and pick him up. His real name is Hissy if that tells you anything.

Had our alternator go out on our car about 50 miles from our destination in Illinois. What a pain in the butt. Mom had to come and bring us a battery so we could make it home.

We had a thunderstorm one night when we were there. We had lots of thunder and lightening and rain which melted all the ice. Strange weather. But I miss the thunderstorms. Tuck doesn't like them at all.

So now I am back to work and trying to get stuff done since we were gone. Our Christmas tree is still up. Hopefully this weekend we will put it away.

I haven't made any beads since before Christmas but I have a few that I haven't taken pictures of or listed yet. Maybe I will get to that in the morning. Check back to see.

My husband made some really cool wooden pandora beads that I need to list. I lined them in copper and they are really neat and original. I will try to get the picture of them up here as well.

Got to go back to work for now. More later! Pam

Pandora Bracelet

Here is my pandora bracelet. I recently bought some more silver spacers from www.susansheehan.net, she was having a wonderful sale and I got some great bargains. So when they got here I gathered up all the pandora beads that I had laying on my table that I haven't listed yet and said "MINE" and put them on my bracelet. I have worn it the last couple days and "I LIKE". So if you need some beads of your own, go see Susan and don't forget I make them too. :)

Copper Cored Beads - Practice :)

So here are the beads that I cored last night. The two on the right were the first ones and I cut the copper too short. The one in the center is pretty but I chipped it on one side - oops. The two on the right turned out good, they are just kind of wonky beads. That is why they were in the bead box and not on Etsy :). I really like the one in the next picture it is wonky but it is kinda growing on me. Might be good enough to wear around the house! LOL
The third bead is a close up of the one in the center in the first pic. It isn't real smooth but it would have potential to try that one again.
The last two beads are ones I am at this very moment listing on Etsy. So gooooooo buy them just as soon as you finish reading this. :)
It is kinda fun to do and not that hard. It requires hammering the beads several times of course to get the metal to bend. That is where the risk of chipping them comes in. Hopefully I can make more this weekend. Stay tuned! :)

Copper Core, Beads, Weeds, and a Holiday!

Hi. Happy Days of 47! It is a Utah state holiday. All I know is that I get the day off. But then again, work would probably be preferable to weeding the yard. I am going to go see The Dark Knight at the IMAX theatre this afternoon, so I am looking forward to that. My sweetie is going to Illinois for a few days to work on a building that we bought there. It needs cleaning etc, so we can rent the apartment upstairs. I think he is going to paint the front of it too. It is on the main street of town, a little place that I grew up. I wish that I could have gone too, but the plane ticket was too expensive. Sucks! Plus I have to work.
Well anyway, hopefully I can get a bunch of beads and stuff listed and made. I got the equipment yesterday to core beads. I am practicing with copper tubing and it is pretty easy and they are looking good. I just need some beads to core now. I practiced on a few rejects. Maybe later I will take a pic to show you. So here are a few things I listed yesterday.... HI MOM!
Oh and I babysat my grandson the other day for a couple hours and he is starting to walk. So cute. :)