IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHERS

This has been a tough week.  Woke up Monday with a sore throat, headache and no voice.  Thought I had a cold but it turns out it was all sinus and the headache just kept getting worse.  It's been 5 days now and I still don't have much of a voice.  I sound like Andy Devine for those of you old enough to remember Wild Bill Hickok and his side kick Jingles who had an incredibly strange, raspy voice.  My husband hasn't exactly been complaining that I haven't been talking much :0).
In the meantime, my 96 year old friend ordered more earrings so when I wasn't sleeping or playing with the cat I was making earrings.  I finished 20 pair in 2 days so I did pretty good.  Now I have to stay awake long enough to pack them up and mail them.

Here's my IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHERS.

These are just a few of the ones I made.  I'm still not comfortable with the camera and the macro and I was too lazy to set up my photo box so I just took these pictures on my desk.

Thanks to Tina Holden, I ordered a gizmo for my camera called Little Big Shot.  It's a device you put on your digital camera's so you can take really close macro clear pictures. 

Check out this website http://littlebigshot.blogspot.com /  his videos are incredible.  I can't wait to get mine so I'll be able to take some really good pictures.  Dave promised me I would be a happy girl when I got this.  I have the feeling he knows what he's talking about.

WAIT FOR ME WILD BILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CAT IN THE HAT AND EARRING IN THE EAR

I saw this picture of a Cat in the Hat and have been trying to find one.  I wonder if someone wore this to the Royal Wedding???????????  I sure would like one but I want a gold tiger cat in mine.

EARRING IN AND BEHIND THE EAR

I'm still making earrings for my 96 year old friend in the nursing home in Wisconsin.  She requested a two part earring with snow flakes.  I used Penny Jo Couch's mold with the snow flake and put glitter on this one.  The snow flake is glued to a post and the earring backing has beads on it.  I have to make some for myself, I really like them.

I'll post more when I get them done.  I think these would look great with the Cat in the Hat hat. 

SHE WILL SPARKLE PLENTY

My 96 year old friend Jane is the classiest woman I've ever met.  She's been in a nursing home now for about a year.  I've known her since I was 5.  Her nephew and I were sweethearts in first grade and I won't even tell you how long ago that was.

Jane worked in a shoe store and a high end gift store for almost 60 years.  I visited her in the gift store and she talked me into buying my first ever Gucci purse.  I wore that purse for 3 years.  I loved it.  I digress again.  Jane gets dressed to the nines everyday as I mentioned in a previous blog.  I talked to her this morning and she said it's really exciting in the nursing home now because the nurses and the aides come in to see what earrings she is wearing every day.  She was so excited with the last bunch I sent her.  She said "I SPARKLE PLENTY".  I asked if she needed any other color and she wouldn't tell me but as we finished our conversation she said she would love a pair of pearl and silver earrings.  She is so funny.  She said it was no hurry.  She forgets she's 96.  She really tickles me.  When I have a problem and don't know what to do, I call Jane.  She always leads me down the right path.

She was beautiful when she was young and is still very stately.  These pearl earrings went out in the mail to her today.

White Pearls

Black Pearls

Green Pearls

The polymer clay swirl bead in the picture with the earrings was made with:

this cane.  I sanded it starting at 320 grit and went up to 3000.  It was buffed on a high speed buffer and for those of you who don't know much about buffing, it's not hard but you have to remember to shut your buffer off every couple minutes to let the buffer pads cool down.  If you don't, the hot pads can distort your clay because of the heat.  Been there, done that.

NEW CANE

I love making canes, they don't always come out the way I expected them to.  I made this one yesterday.

Then I cut it in half and doubled it.

I made some cabochons with the cane.  They have been sanded with 320 and 400 grit.  I have a ways to go yet.

With the leftovers, I'm making beads to make a necklace and bracelet.

I taught this cane yesterday in a little polymer clay group that we have that meets at our beading club.  I forgot to take pictures of everyone's pendants when they were done.  They turned out beautiful.  I really like this cane, I want to try it in different colors.

Have a claying good time.  As Rose would say "When you're claying your Playing".

Goodnight my dear Booboo.  Is there Catnip in Heaven?