What's Going On ...

I kept looking at the beads as I'd make each one, thinking 'good lord, they don't look anything like the cool pic in the kit, I can't do this, I know my limits, I am not a freeform person'...I've taken enough wirework classes to know that I like order...but I just kept plugging away, figuring I would just toss the finished thing in a box if I hated it..or just salvage the crystals and melt the wire down at the smithing torch...BUT a funny thing happened...after I started to put those little twists in the wire, the beads started to settle down and behave...then I blackened them all and they looked like I dug them outta the dirt after 50 years...so I strung the whole thing up and threw it into the tumbler for about 45 minutes...when it came out, I washed it off and this was the finished piece - as Cartman would say 'awesome'...I love it now...even with the small tumbling shot still falling out of the beads this morning, its still a cool piece and I am ready to make another one! Well, I need more wire, but I have LOADS of crystals to make TONS more of these bad things...so if you're looking for something you don't have to be perfect with, this is the kit for you..

I had a GREAT time doing my semi-regular sushi dinner date with my buddy Jim last night...our SO's don't dig sushi like we do, so we are always getting together to munch the stuff, get caught up on our lives and just hang out...I used to work with Jim and realized last night that I've known him for 8 years...we both started at Catapult here in Austin the same week in 1998...we used to be on the 'entertainment committee' planning parties for the company and we made that place a rockin' good time...

This weekend is the big garden show, so I'll be looking for succulents for a really groovy hanging metal container that I've been eyeing for MONTHS...it wasn't for sale for a long time, and then it was, and I snatched it up the other day..but it needs some cacti or low maintenance plants...I also bought an airplant yesterday..I'll get some pics up of it all as soon as I can...woo!!