Finally! Got a new necklace in my shop.

Wow.......I finally got a few new pieces in my Etsy shop.

It has been a struggle to get anything done this summer. Took three weeks to get new furnace and A/C installed. Vacation.......got sick awhile. Just glad to get a few pieces in there.

I am working on neck warmers now. In August......great, huh? Got that new air conditioning...guess I figured I could crochet!

Jenny

Creating by Brewing Beer!

Just wanted to share some good news. My husband and I entered our Milk Stout Beer in the Ohio State Fair Home Brew competition. We got the results Friday. We got a silver medal in the stout category. There were 26 entries in that category. There were 335 entries in all. That is an all time high for entries.

Not big on tooting my own horn, but we are pretty proud!

Jenny

I Made This

I decided to show a couple of neck scarves I made last year for two reasons. I needed something to post, because I am not finished with the jewelry I am working on at the moment.

And, I want to try and win a cool book on http://meetmeatmikes.blogspot.com/2009/07/free-things-friday-win-our-book.html.

I am going to be back in the swing of things soon on here, hopefully. My new furnace and a/c are almost done. That has been a slow process....ick.

I have almost all my rearranging of work spaces done. I am ready to create my butt off!

Jenny

Independence Day

Happy 4th of July everyone! It is great weather here. We are having a small cookout this evening. I hope everyone has a great day with loved ones!

Jenny

Been SO Busy!

I have been on two short vacations in May. One was to New York Institute of Technology for my daughter's graduation. She got her masters degree, after all these years. I am so proud of her! Got to see New York City for the first time! How exciting that was.

Then my husband and I went on a short three day trip last week. I am tired of vacation! How dumb is that?

I have been working on my work spaces for weeks. Reorganizing EVERYTHING I own. What a monumental task! I have three rooms I use, and more stuff than you can imagine. As soon as I get my camera back from my brother, I will put up some pictures. I can't wait to get it all done. Now that I am home, I might get it finished!

Painted Some Jewelry

I finally dug out some old wooden jewelry to paint. I separated the big hoops and made two different pairs of earrings from them.

The paper clay pieces, I am still working on. I haven't done anything but prime the wooden bangle. I will work on those this weekend, hopefully.

Blue Banana Dangles!

This is the top part of the old wooden hoops and some cool blue banana shapes from a vintage necklace. I like these a lot.

Hoops

These are the bottom part of the old hoop earrings. I love to splatter paint!

New Earrings

The hoops I splatter painted. The top part of the old hoops I used to make another pair of earrings. I painted them robin's egg blue. Then I used sparkly nail polish on them. I used parts of a funky old necklace that looked like blue bananas for the dangles.

I like both pairs!

Cleaned the Workspace!!

I am so happy! I got my work area newly organized, cleaned........ready to go! I am so very ready to start creating something........anything.

I just got back from a small vacation with my daughter and grandsons. We went to Georgia. It was colder than in Ohio. I got my taxes done, finally......that was doing me in. My father-in-law is doing pretty well on his chemo.......all is pretty good at the moment. I have no excuses for not getting something done.

My biggest problem now is what to start with......jewelry......painting.....sewing?

I will post something soon about "some" project. All you wonderful, artistic people keep me inspired at all times. Thanks so much.

Jenny