New Wine Bottle Toppers

Here are a few of my newest creations. It is so much fun to have a larger surface to decorate! I used stainless steel bottoms so they are very durable. This summer I gave these as wedding presents and I also gave them away to my entire family. People love them and I love making them!

Last Show of 2008 Already!

Wow, this year has really zoomed by. It seems like I just started a new season at the market and now it's time for my last show of 2008. I am having a customer appreciation sale from now until the end of December. 10% off EVERYTHING! Happy Holidays and Thank you so much for supporting me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bead Abundance

I have been super busy making many beads and a lot of jewelry to get ready for The Best of the Northwest this weekend. Right now Robbie is riveting beads for me. I even have some wine bottle stoppers, which are a completely new thing for me. They are really fun to make because I have so much more surface area to work on. So if you are in Seattle this weekend stop by and say hi! The show is at the Seattle Center Exhibition Center Friday-Sunday. I'm booth K-1.

Beautiful Fall Sunrise

I went out to retrieve my beads from the kiln this morning and this was the veiw from my studio. So pretty, and slightly eerie. It deffinately feels like fall!

All Clean!!!!!

I spent most of today cleaning my studio. I'm getting ready to be part of the artist studio tour that is happening this weekend. I love it when my studio is all nice and clean!

What a week!

Robbie has had some time off work since August, after injuring himself on his bike and having surgery. So for his last week off we made a last minute trip to Bend, Oregon. It is such a beautiful place, we can't wait to go back! We had so much fun.

We got back late Friday, and the next morning at six Robbie and the boys left for the Redline cup in Everett. It's a huge race with people from all over the west. Jasper won 1st place in his age group and Kai won 2nd in his! I am a very happy mom to some very happy boys!

Ok, now the kids are really back to school and I'm back to melting glass!!!!!

Back to School

Today was the first day ever that both Jasper and Kai were in school for a full day.  It hasn't really sunk in yet, how much time I am going to have to make my beads and jewelry!  

Today was also a day a dream came true!  9 & 1/2 years ago Robbie and I both started out making beads.  We always talked about how great it would be when we had two torches set up and could melt glass at the same time.  Well today was the day!  

Uptown Street Fair

This Saturday is the Uptown Street Fair! It's all day and will be alot of fun. There's a parade, yummy food, the farmers market and an arts and crafts fair! I'll be part of the crafts fair, which will be where the farmers market usually is. I made 23 pairs of earrings this week and have a few new adorable mini purple flower pendants too.

And I finally have a new computer! Yay!

Puget Sound Bead Festival

Our trip to Hawaii was wonderful. It really is paradise! We went snorkling, body surfing, and even tried surfing. We went swimming in the warm ocean and warm waterfall pools too. We ate lots of yummy fruit, bannana bread and fish tacos. It was soooooo relaxing. I feel refreshed and am full of new bead and jewelry ideas.

I made a last minute descison to have a booth at the Puget Sound Bead Festival. I've got some new beads inspired by Hawaii! The bead festival is the largest bead show on the west coast so if you love beads it's a great place!

Hawaii here I come!!!!

Woo Hoo!!!!!! I am SOOOOOOO excited. Thursday Robbie and I are going to Hawaii to celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary! I can hardly wait!

Turns out, my computer is done for! The mother board was broken so I need a whole new computer. Luckily my hard drive was saveable so I didn't loose any of my pictures or other important stuff, thankfully. Hopefully I'll have a new one soon after I get home, then I'll post some pictures of Hawaii. I really want to see a sea turtle while I'm snorkleing.

Bead and Button

My freind Andrea took some of my beads with her to the Bead and Button Show in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It runs until this Sunday. If you are in the area and love all things involving beads, GO!!! Someday I'll get to go too. My beads go more places than I do!!!!!!!

I really wanted to post a picture, but my computer is at the computer dr. I'm crossing my fingers that it's fixable, in the meantime I'm kinda enjoying life without a computer!

First Blog

Welcome to my first blog ever! Here are two clips of my sweet boys doing one of the things they do best! The first one is Kai doing a 180. He's only 5 and has been skiing for 2 seasons. He's a natural on skis. We got him some little twin tips. He goes faster backwards than I go forwards! Going forwards there is no way I can catch him. Luckily I ride with people who can! He's really sweet when it's just us two. We play follow the leader, he's the leader and he waits for me.
The second one is Jasper doing jumps. He's 10 and has been boarding for four seasons now and is quite the little ripper. His favorite thing to do is follow his dad in the powder through the trees. He stays right on his tail and amazes me with his abilities. Of course, I can't really keep up with them either. I can try though! And they wait. Thanks guys!