Blogging is like...

exercise or dieting. You know how
you go at it religiously and slowly you
drop a day or maybe two and then it
seems like you quit all together? That's
kind of the direction I see myself going in
lately, at least with my blogging. Or maybe
my life just got really boring and I don't
have much to talk about. Yeah, that's
it...I've become boring. I've been
waiting for the daffodils to push up and
bloom. And I have seen signs that this
could be happening.


Actually, I've purchased a couple of really
great beading books and have enjoyed
pouring over the pages. Lot's of inspiration
going on there. The two books I got are:

A Charming Exchange
by Kelly Snelling and Ruth Rae

Semiprecious Salvage
by Stephanie Lee

Love them both, but my real favorite is
The Semiprecious Salvage. I find myself
thumbing through it quite a bit and actually
reading (I know that sounds bad). Usually
I look at the pictures or jump right to the
directions. But Stephanie has little stories
written through out the book, like pages of
a journal. She has some very interesting
ideas for making found art items.

And last, but not least Nancy at the Rabbit Muse
is having a great sale in her Etsy shop. 25%
off everything till April 5th. That's no joke
either. I'm gonna roam around her shop and
see if there's something I might need. So hop
on over and see what she has, you won't be
sorry!

Color Splash, and Great News

While we were in Ann Arbor visiting my Aunt in the hospital.
I happened to look up a bead store that I thought we could
go take a peak at after visiting hours. It was kind of a nerve
soothing adventure, as hanging around the hospital
just drains everything out of you. And since the store was
just a mile down the road from the hospital I knew we
would be able to find it easily enough. The name of the store
is The Bead Gallery. Its located on East Liberty.
A really nice place with all kinds of good stuff.
I found double drilled wood, lots of springy colors and
lots of faceted things. They also have stones, pearls, crystals...
just everything you could want in a bead store. But........

What I really seem to have a craving for is the color red.
I can't get enough of it! I even bought a couple of red shirts.
The other day I stopped at our local bead shop and picked
up some things for my sister. I couldn't help but grab these
red seed beads and glass pearls, AND the cinnabar pieces.
It's that just a lovely red pile? Now I better
get busy and make me something before Valentine's Day.

There is good news about my Aunt.
She's coming home on Thursday. It was unbelievable
how fast they want you up and moving. The second day
she was sitting up in a chair and the day we left they had her
walking the halls. She had more stitches than the
Bride of Frankenstein and I don't say that to be funny.
It was a major reconstruction. And tonight they
removed the last of the drainage tubes and some
of the stitches. Still has the trachea tube,
but her breathing is great. They even had her blowing
in that little breathing apparatus through the trachea.
She will still be fed through a tube for the next month
at least till her jaw heals. Bless her little heart.
She is not gonna take this sitting down.