This morning involved a rather fun adventure. I went gemstone shopping in NYC’s Diamond District. Now this is nothing new for me, except, I was working with a bigger budget as I have been commissioned to do three pieces for $300. My most expensive piece to date is $60. WooHoo! [...]
Yesterday I did something I rarely do. I went to the Upper East Side of Manhattan. One (of many) of New York’s greatest cultural institutions resides inconveniently uptown – The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Among the current special exhibitions going on right now, there is an exhibition of about 90 pieces of jewelry Alexander Calder [...]
Thing-A-Day has limited functionality now, but it is open for registration! I have registered as, unsurprisingly, ladylulu. Some things I have on tap:
Ikea clock makeover
Work on my book for Wee One
Learning Photoshop through digital collage
Have you registered yet?
After graduate school I was paid to tell nonprofit managers that they need to create a strategic plan for their organizations and their programs. I sung the gospel of planning. I loved planning. Still do, in theory.
Everything I have been reading on starting my own small craft business says I must create a business plan [...]
A lot of people ask me how I wound up being among the legion of crafty bloggers or how I got into jewelry making, and my answer is, “Thing A Day 2.” Last February I was determined to break out of my lackluster life rut. I heard about this great project called Thing A Day. [...]
I am a New York native who spent a few years living in Washington DC. My husband and I left to be closer to my family and to start our own little clan. We miss certain aspects of our DC life but I never missed motorcades and Chris Matthew’s loudmouth ruining more than [...]
My goodness I am busy and exhausted. I have a million and two things to do this week. In some sleep-deprived fervor Saturday night I came up with three new lariat designs.
This lariat simply ties and hangs long, long, long. (32″ end to end to be exactish. ) It is sterling silver, [...]
Like many people I know, I get the blues during the months of January and February. I kind of hibernate and throw mini-pity parties on a daily basis. I want to order Chinese food every night. Every night. I have not been blogging or reading blogs or journaling. I have not been sitting around listlessly [...]
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I have been busy working, planning, buying materials, and reading about working, planning, and buying. I have also been sleeping. I have been exhausted.
I chose a few words and phrases that jumped out at me from my first entry and did a little free thought/writing. It is not terribly impressive visually but that is not the point of this excecise. The point is to just go with my mood and thoughts and then to share those that I [...]
