Happy Birthday!

Today is my Hunnibunni's birthday. He wants to go eat pancakes. I have NO idea where to find pancakes. This will be fun. Maybe I can make him a clay pancakes and fake him out? (WEG)

Pens and Moose Poop

Hi! Well, everyone knows I was never going to make pens. That was until I started selling them. :D So, here are my 2 latest ones. I think they are already sold, too. Yippee!

And this silly bracelet is because my friend Melissa, in Alaska, threatened to make me moose poop earrings. Really. Girl was gonna go out and collect moose poop. :D I politely declined so the clever girl *stole* my avatar and made this dandy cane that exactly matches it! I don't know how people make these intricate canes. I'm lucky if I can make a bull's eye. I love my bracelet! And I just happened to have some of that cool orange clay left so I made some earrings and used a brass goody from www.brassbouquet.com. They have tons of cool stuff on that site! And the owner Jill is a sweetheart.

So, without further ado....

Snuggies and Marble

The other day we went shopping. There is a new Target here so we went there looking for... I can't remember what. Anyway, as we were strolling around I spotted Snuggies on a shelf. Hah! I wanted a Snuggie as I get cold easily. So, my darling hunnibunni says... go ahead, get one. I did just that. When we got it gone, I tried it on. Instant Druid! Now, I am 5'9. I put on the Snuggie and had about 7 inches of it dragging on the floor while there wasn't that much of it to go around me. The sleeves are about 4 feet long. Looks like the Middle Ages. All I need now is one of those 3 foot pointy hats with a gauzy veil hanging from it. And I can run around getting the Vapors and calling, Forsooth! And pearls. Gotta have pearls if you are going to be a vaporish, forsoothing princess.

I think if I were on my couch and put the Snuggie on the way it shows in pictures, I wouldn't need it to wrap around me. But did I do that? No. I put it on like a coat. Don't do this. They are made with this extra fabric around the shoulders. Very weird.

So, yesterday it was hot and humid so I turned on our air conditioner while I waited for my client to arrive. Then I sat down to read. My chair is right under the a/c vent and I was freezing so I thinks... Self... go get your new Druid Drape! I does and I puts it on. Very Snuggieable. It was warm and soft and both kitties came to see what new weirdness I was up to. Ipo followed me around the house wondering what this thing was dragging on the floor. I as tempted to use my new Druid powers to turn her into a toad. :D

But, I digress. After we left Target, we decided to go to Stone World to look at stone for counter tops. We are getting ready to renovate our master bath. Stone World has this big yard in the back of their store with about 13 zillion tons of various stones from around the world. It is all out in the blazing sun and naturally, everything is covered in dust from the fabrication they do.

So, we wander around looking at various pieces of granite and marble. I spot one piece of gorgeous stone. It is this apricot colored marbleized onyx. It is just beautiful but I can only see a corner of it as 20 tons of other stones sit up against it. I ask if we can see it. Sure. The guy scurries off to get his fork lift with a thingy hanging from it. He maneuvers this up to the onyx, hooks the dangling thingy to the onyx and lifts it out and swings it around so we can see it. I love it! As I am expounding on how much I love it, a huge crack appears, runs through the onyx and a huge chunk breaks off. Oh NO! :( So much for my onyx counter tops. I is sad. :(

So, we walk around looking some more. Brian finds another corner piece of something that looks great. This time it's marble with distinct apricot coloring. Again we ask Mr Thingy Machine to pull it out. He does. It does NOT break and it's just lovely. Italian marble. Of course it's sturdy! Just think how long all those Roman buildings and statures have been sitting there! Our new counter top will last for millenia! We are all excited and are promised an estimate.

We toddle home all happy. The estimate is still not here. Cross your fingers, ok? I will put on my Druid Drape and sit down before we open it. :D

Another Blog

Hi Everybody!

I woke up this morning to find a lovely email from Cindi who has the fun blog called Clay It Again. It's a super blog with lots of fun stuff. Cindi features different artists form the craft world... not just clay. This time *I* got the lucky spot! Oh boy! So, please go read Cindi's blog. I have to go get the link. I'm such a doof I thought I could keep this page open and go to my book mark page. Silly me. So, now I have to finish this THEN go get her link. I'll never learn. Sigh........... But, when I come back, Cindi's link will be over there>>>>>>> under Polymer Clay Friends. :D

Wine And Garlic

Or, as my friend Pat calls it... Garlic and Vin. Hmmm, I seem to have lots of friends who love wine and garlic. Ok, I got sidetracked... wow, something new. :(

So, tonight we are going to our friend's home for dindin. They are lovely people and lots of fun. They also have this terrific... chandelier? light? hanging thing that gives off luminous rays. It is in a recessed portion of their ceiling. They call it, "The Garlic" . Why? you might ask? Well, they call it that because it looks like a giant mutated garlic! Really. It looks like 3 heads/bulbs of garlic hanging from their ceiling. It's a scream. It is also HUGE!

This appears to be a giant change of subject but it all ties in. I promise. :) I ordered some cool goodies from Boston Clay Works. Great place! One of the things I ordered were some wine stoppers. So, they came and I couldn't wait to clay them. I did this and one came out looking exactly like The Garlic! YeeHAH! What a perfect Hostess Present, no? I just can't wait to present The Garlic for The Garlic. They will laugh and we will enjoy it whilst we imbibe our "fruit of the vine". See? Wine and vin! The only problem I see is this: just exactly WHO has left over wine? And, more importantly, WHY? :D

The orange stopper is the one that looks like The Garlic... even though their light is ...well... garlic colored.

More Kitty Pictures and Fun Stuff From Friends

Our kitties are just so cute. I don't know how they do it... they just keep being cute. So, here are pictures I took today. And some cool stuff from Chris, in Scotland and Gilly, in Australia. Isn't the internet great? :D Chris made this really cool "Ocean" pendant. It had a hole which I made bigger. I just happened to have this beautiful crystal rhinestone and some resin. As Chris would say... "Et voila!" Came out super, didn't it? And funny how that silk ribbon was the perfect color! Hee. I just know Chris wants it back now. NOOOOO!!!! :D

Then Gilly, in Australia, sent me this cool Aussie Opal pendant. I love this! It didn't have any way to hang it, though. So I took some black Art Wire and wrapped it so I could wear it. A little wire, a little Fimo gloss.... perfect! Thanks, Mate! :D

And the raspberry heart I made from the resin that was left over from those big hoops in another post here. I embellished it with wire wrapping and fun beads and I love how it came out!

Customer Service or Not

Ok, Today I asked my friend Chris about soldering. She sent me a site that had some good information. Well, I read the stuff but still didn't know if what I wanted was actually do-able. So, I emailed then and asked. Then I asked what they had that I could buy if what I wanted to do was workable.

I get this response from a nice woman who tells me, 'Well, I don't know anything about soldering but the person who does know is so-and-so but she's at lunch. Why don't you call her?" Then proceeds to give me the estimated time of Lunch Lady's return. And, if that doesn't work then I can call Customer Service. And..."I hope this helps". Really? HELP? She's kidding, right? How can this possible be of HELP?

If she were my employee she'd be in the unemployment line tomorrow. Maybe I'm missing something but isn't the whole idea of Customer Service to HELP customers? Telling them you don't know and to call when Lunch Lady gets back is NOT remotely helpful. Does this person not know how to forward an email to Lunch Lady so SHE can answer my questions? NOOOO! *I* Have to figure out the time difference and call them. Seeing as I most likely will NOT be calling them, do any of you have the answer?

I was thinking I could get a small soldering iron so I could touch the joins of jump rings. Is this something I can do? I know I can buy soldered closed jumps but... can I do it myself? If so, what do I need? Anyone know? Do you know without calling Lunch Lady?
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