Here's another piece!

This one is called Heart of Stone. It's kind of silly, because the heart isn't actually stone, it is polymer clay. The beads in the necklace, however, are semi-precious stones. Oh well. If anybody thinks of a better name, I'm open to suggestions.

Latest Designs that Didn't Win

Okay, I'm trying not to be whiny. Just because I liked these designs doesn't mean everyone has too. However, I did hold off on posting these because they were under consideration elsewhere. Since it does not appear they are going to be used, I'll post them here over the next few days.

First, Spring Meadow. I really like this one- using the seed bead mix was inspired by one of the ladies I bead with every week, so thanks Jane! It looks really elegant but was suprisingly inexpensive to make.

Sod and other issues

Warning- no jewelry or polymer info contained in this post.

I laid sod today with my husband and daughter, and now my sciatic nerve is really unhappy with me, so I am fairly unhappy in general. However, we do have a nice patch of St. Augustine where we once had clover, so I guess it was worth it - a sentiment not shared by my daughter, who asked "What was wrong with the grass we had?" I could have pointed out that only Uncle Jay's cows eat clover, and they aren't here, but I suspect that would have been countered with an offer to either a) acquire a cow, or b) send the clover to Carthage, TX. Either way, she wouldn't have had to lay sod. However, it isn't the right kind of clover anyway.

Of course, she's not here at the moment, having chosen to spend the night at a friend's and come home late tomorrow. 

Happy Mother's Day (sigh)

Looking forward to July!

Definitely looking forward to July- I've got a great idea for a project to share at the International Polymer Clay Association retreat! I got a brand new pasta machine- thanks Mona! and am ready to show off my stuff. Christi Friesen will be there (note to self - bring much chocolate) and I am looking forward to it.

It's nice to have something to look forward to, since they just closed all the schools in our district for a week - 1 confirmed and several probable cases of H1N1, so everyone gets to stay home until the little buggies die on the surfaces.