Saturday, June 2, 2012

I Heart Macro - Drips and Drops

So I set out to capture the spider and their intricate web that has taken up residence on our back deck...


...and then Emma started dribbling my glass of water down the deck railing, and I decided to try and capture a water drop.  It's even harder than capturing a spider web - thank goodness for digital cameras - this is the best of about 60 shots :-)









Layla passed the time eating worms and other back patio delicacies...I love when her forehead scrunches up like this!


Check out all the macro goodness here:

studio waterstone

Friday, June 1, 2012

Mojito Winner!

Hello all - we're having a garage sale tomorrow...and ALF was rescued from the "sell" pile.  Do you remember the TV show ALF?  He was a mascot of sorts early in my husband's flying career so there was no way he could go in the sell pile.  Thanks to free streaming on Amazon Prime I could easily show the kids where this weird fuzzy doll came from.  So without further ado....




Boot~C over at Mamma's Got To Doodle - YOU ARE THE WINNER!

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Cocktail Hour Blog Hop



Amy over at Copper Diem is a HOOT! She had a brilliant idea late one night - sign up for her hop - she will assign a cocktail - and we create something.  In her words: "Google the cocktail, and use the ingredients, image, color, season it's usually enjoyed, era it became famous, or whatever else to inspire any piece of jewelry."  So, in my case I need to add a few words, "...any piece of jewelry or ingredients for making jewelry sometime in the future."

My cocktail is the Mojito - I haven't ever had a mojito, but the recipes here, here and even the diet one here all sound amazing and not too difficult.

I had in mind the swirls of mint green, clear bubbly, and white of the clouds that form in ice in mind, and grabbed some glass, turned on the kiln, and had some fun.


This one is my favorite...

Since I didn't get these made into jewelry (in fact they came out of the kiln this morning) I would like to give them to YOU!  Leave a comment and I'll draw a name on June 1st.  And definitely check out all the others that are playing along...

Hostess: Copper Diem







Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Bead Table Wednesday - Finally Done!

I've been talking incessantly about my wedding jewelry project and I finally finished everything and mailed them this week.  But first some background... I met my friend April when we were both deployed to Iraq.  April is full of energy, fun, and unequivocally an expert in her field.  It's hard to believe that it's been a couple years since we were assigned together, but we keep in touch.  I was very excited to hear about her engagement a couple months ago, and sent her a Facebook message boldly volunteering my services to make jewelry for her wedding.  It turns out she had already messaged me through my Beads For Busy Girls page, but it got overlooked in the conversion to timeline.  The e-mails and snail mails flew back and forth and we settled on inspiration designs from the pages of the Fire Mountain Gems catalog - plus or minus this or that part, and colors changed to match the fuchsia bridesmaid dresses. (BTW - I will never be able to spell fuchsia correctly without spell check)

As soon as I finished April's necklace and earrings I wanted to get them in the mail right away (April has been incredibly patient) so the pictures are a little sketchy...




The rest I finished up this weekend and mailed to her Monday.  This bridesmaid set is for a dress with a high neckline - the chain is long so it doesn't interfere.  



These two necklaces are for the two bridesmaid dresses that have a halter neck.



And the final two necklaces are for strapless dresses.  I made the pattern of links different on each one.



The earrings for these four necklaces are kind of mix and match.





I've got to admit, by the time I got to bracelets I was running out of steam (and fuchsia crystals) so I suggested to April we go with something simpler that the girls could wear more often after the wedding.