Mother's Day Commissioned Work

A Mother's Day necklace for my doctor's daughter. Her son's name is Oliver.
This one is for Lisa's mom.
The M and M is for Mike and Missy, and the S is for their daughter, Shelby.
Hammered copper initial necklace.

More photos of recent work.

How do I spend my "free time?"

Some projects I've been working on lately. This bracelet was made for my doctor's daughter, her new son's name is Oliver. I accidentally goofed up the words to the song "You Are My Sunshine," but I think it's OK because I'd rather be happy "every day" rather than just "when skies are gray." This cuff-style bracelet is pretty dang cool, if I do say so myself!
This bracelet was made for my doctor's wife, Sherry. She said she loves stars and to do something with stars. Here's my offering to starry nights everywhere. This one, too, was awfully fun to make.
This was a "thing" that I started making back in December for a friend's birthday. I'm not sure what it really is, I thought at one time that it could be a key chain. But now, I think it's just a big metal thing. She wants me to turn it into a bracelet, and so I'll try. We'll see how it turns out.
My new mantra. "Let come what may, and love it." This is from a fabulous conference talk that just makes sense to me. Stuff happens. We can accept it and embrace it, or we can choose to be really miserable. I wear this necklace most days and truly love it. The copper has developed a warm, rich, natural patina that makes me love it even more.
This necklace was for my sister, Kim, on her 40th birthday in February. The letters are her children's initials. I will have to eventually mail this to her, since my kid's names don't start with any of these letters. I always seem to be a day late, or something . . .

Goodies for Garden House gallery

ID Bracelet - Who Are You?

Been stamping a bit lately. The thing I like about stamping is that it is so immediate. No waiting 12 hours for the kiln to cool down. I can just sit down for 20 minutes (OK, so maybe it takes a bit more time than that) or so and work on a project and clean it up fast when it's time to move on to the next thing. I love, love, love the glass. But it just takes sooooo long. Silver stamping has been a fun distraction until more time opens up for glass. This is a photo of my ID Bracelet. I stamped out all the hats I wear, all my titles, or ways I describe myself. Here we have: daughter, eternal companion, lover, conservaionist, recycling freak, artist, mother, tree hugger, friend, hiking fool, sister, superhero. My friend, Tawny, pointed out that I'm missing a few. I'll just have to keep adding on . . .

Spinneys for Tia's Sisters

Made these spinneys as an experiment. The big wheel of glass actually spins. They're so cool! I want one! My friend, Tia, bought these for her sisters as birthday presents. Guess I'll have to find some time to make more.

Zoe's Flower

Made this necklace for Zoe. It matches nearly everything she wears. Somehow it got broken . . . probably fell on the tile floor or something. I managed to stick it back in the kiln and repair it. Now it's good as new!

Waiting

Just sitting here waiting for kids to get home from school. One of these days, I'm gunna get this whole blog thing figured out, post some great pics, and try this new experiment of actually selling stuff online (as opposed to just buying stuff on line).