A Computer Dinosaur

Well, I was just perusing Blogspot's updates and I am here to tell you JUST how relieved I am to know that my atom feeds are improved.  I didn't even know they were hungry!   Come on now... how many of you REALLY knew your atom feeds were hungry? SEE?  It's not only me. Well, maybe it is.  It's tough being a computer dinosaur.  I work hard at it.  Matter of fact, I do believe I will be a computer trilobite.  They are WAY older than these upstart dinosaurs.  :D

So, it has been pretty quiet around here.  Hmmm, I lied.  It hasn't been quiet at all.  All kinds of people moved in with the old folks next door.  Actually, I think there are about 30 people in there.  All of them shouting at the top of their lungs in Tagalog.  All of them well over 60.  It's actually like being in a train station.  I have no idea who is really supposed to be the renter.  

And the people who were supposed to move into the end unit?  The owner waited until they had actually brought their truck full of furniture to the door before informing them that she had changed her mind and they couldn't move in.  I smell a giant huge Tyrannosaurus Rex-sized lawsuit coming.  I have dinosaurs on the brain.

And speaking of brains, my kitty Ipo needs a frontal lobotomy.  Ok, here is the cute cute kitty with this nice thick fur coat.  She lives in Hawaii where it is 87 degrees outside.  Where is she happily snoozing?  Yep, on top of the hot dryer.  Now, If I forced her to sleep there I'd get convicted of animal cruelty and thrown in the clink for 2 thousand years.  You'd think she was a cold blooded.... dinosaur!  Sorry.  

I'm going away to my clay table now.  I love Elaine's clay fabric so I am going to steal her idea and try it.  Go look at her clay fabric goodies.  Just gorgeous!  Perhaps I will make a clay fabric dinosaur!  :D

A Grand Site

I was just looking at Desiree's super tute for her Casablanca Beads.  They are just too pretty for words!  So, here is her site: Desired Creations at www.desiredcreations.com.  Beautiful stuff and super tutes!

Inclusions

Now, here is a fun thing.  I bought a new tool for quilling.  I have grand ideas that I will get back into quilling after a VERY long hiatus.  So, I thought if I clayed the handle I would get all excited about quilling again.  We will see.  

But the fun thing is I grated some crayons and put them in the translucent clay.  For the earrings, I folded the crayons inside two layers which gives kind of a Monet look.  The clay on the handle is the crayons sprinkled over the trans then run through the pasta machine.  If any of you decide to do the crayon thing, bake your creation on a file folder because I am here to say that crayons are just full of wax or grease or something.  And it melts all over the place.  I baked mine on a file folder and it worked great.  Of course I had to dump said file folder because it looked like someone had eaten french fries on it.  :D

Some New Backgrounds

Today I received some brand new background sheets upon which I will photograph my creations.  They are just fabulous!  Here are 3 shots of the same earrings on 3 different backgrounds.  Amazing how different they look, don't you think?