Isn’t that T-shirt perfect for me?!! LOL… Just had to share while I had a moment!!
Here are some links I found for that beaded puffed crystal heart I posted about some time back. Note: I haven’t finished mine…I’m thinking of starting over with Tiger Tail as it’s not as “elusive” in my hands as the monofilament seems to be.
Many links…see what makes sense to you. It uses a right angle weave, so if this looks like jibberish, google right angle weave and play with that first. I think mine uses 72 Swarvorski crystals…will double check on that as well as the size.
http://jewelrymaking.allinfoabout.com/features/crystalheart.html
Just a photo, but it goes with the following instructions:
http://www.geocities.com/destrucsdeperles/aut1.html
http://www.geocities.com/destrucsdeperles/images/schemas/petitcoeur.jpg Which is in French, but visually makes the most sense…
This one is a bit different…
http://www.suzuranart.com/top_en.html
Okay, this might be easier for visual people…
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/severine.perles/excoeur.html another in French
(use babelfish to translate if interested: http://babelfish.altavista.com/ - Wow, was that cool!)
http://teach.craftworkshop.com/htm/bead/love.htm one in Japanese
LMK if you make one and which instructions seemed the best!
Sh@ron
Friday - Work - the usual. Martial Arts afterwards - but I only went to watch/take notes. Which was a good thing because it was all about “falling & sprawling”. Falling forward from a standing position. Rolling as if thrown. Good stuff to know. Bad stuff to practice on a bad shoulder. So I didn’t. Borrowed the Sensei’s book “The Book of Five Rings”
Saturday - attempted to do very little except relax, play and maintain. Did pretty good and got a lot accomplished. Went to the library with “A” who got some dinosaur books. Started a birthday brag book that will be finished tomorrow at Pop Pop Z’s 90th birthday party. Began trying to document at week in the life, in words and photos. Cleaned a bit. Played in Photoshop. Wiped the silver laptop and got it back up and running.
Sunday - A bit hectic getting everyone rounded up to head out for the birthday party, but we managed. It was really good spending time with family, eating lots of food, and catching up on all the news. After we got home, we basically parked in front of the TV, ordered a pizza (Adam treated - his birthday money) and watched Batman Begins. We really didn’t have the energy to do much else!
Oops, just noticed there’s a star missing from the front cover! Yikes…
Bought paint Tuesday night to re-do the dresser. Yeah, that didn’t take long, did it?! Also picked up the “missing” knob. I sleep better at night now because of that little guy.
MRI - inflammation of the bursa under the deltoid muscle. Rx: rest, ice and anti-inflamatory meds. Should be better in about 3 more weeks. Severe contusion internally due to 2 dislocations close together. Again rest…recovery period, about 3 months. And 2 labral tears which don’t require surgery but it may be recommended down the road. Arthroscopic surgery would also let them check for bone spurs or other “catches”, to check the wear/tear on the glenoid process and impingements. No tears in the rotator cuff. No fractures to any of the bones. Lifestyle modification was recommended - especially avoiding contact sports (sorry WNFL!). If surgery is done, there is a 6-month recovery period, followed by physical therapy. There may be some loss of mobility - specifically the anterior movement that causes the joint to dislocate - not really a bad thing overall. I return in 6 weeks to see how things are looking.
My laptop’s infected with some adware/malware/YUCK…will take a minute to get it off, but be assured it’s not contagious. Ticks me off that the anti-virus software didn’t pick it up, but no matter - I’m more stubborn! Idiots need to find a better use for their time and talents. Whatever. (will share some free & easy software/tools I use in case anyone’s interested).
Moving up on my to-do list…back up this computer! Look into some on-line storage/backup method and get a scheduled backup established. I’m pretty sure I’ve got an EHD just sitting around here…and I don’t think the first one I have is filled (though I’m almost certain it’s an organizational disaster!).
That’s about it folks. Busy, tired…you know, the usual Monday-Friday routine.
Sh@ron
PS - Ad-Aware didn’t fix it. Spybot totally missed it. Norton was clueless. SuperAntiSpyware nailed it and eliminated the problem quickly and the first time! Five Stars!
Promptly forgot what I was going to blog about because as I was looking for my login link on my “new” page - it’s no where to be found! I borrowed what I needed from Jenny and got here, but have now spaced out on what I was going to write! As soon as I go lay down in bed, after turning everything off, I’ll remember. Oh well…
8:15am Dr’s appointment for my shoulder. I’ll keep y’all posted! Night.
A few from the day, before I get home and collapse.
Around lunch time, we had a visitor:
Just a baby, but he’s going to be HUGE when he grows up. Grows up someplace else…when one of the guys (probably Dan) catches him and takes him someplace more hospitable where women don’t scream and chase them with brooms.
From last night:
More later…maybe. Have to go by Fed Ex on the way before I head home. I’m beat!
Like the new look? I’m still editing the stylesheet to make the fonts bigger so everyone can easily read the content. Hugs!!
Sh@ron
Let’s say the wireless keyboard and mouse work MUCH better when the receiver is on the desktop, not on the floor back behind the computer tower/desk. Also, thank goodness the power went out for several hours (thunderstorms?) on an October evening in Florida and not noon in July. That leftover cheeseburger hamburger helper warmed up the next night isn’t half bad when you haven’t eaten in almost 12 hours. I’ve threatened to seriously (okay, not really) punish the teenager(s) who eat all my crunchy Cheetos. Chocolate IS it’s own food group. Dogs make great vacuum cleaners. Cats aren’t much good for anything except attacking your feet in the middle of the night when they decide it’s time to play.
Tonight in our jewelry class we made several styles of earring wires and finished several pairs of earrings. I didn’t think I’d get as much satisfaction out of making “just earrings”, but I did. We even got to use sterling silver wire to make some fairly good sized hoops - 2″ maybe? I’m not a “big-hoop-earring” girl, but that could change! They’re light, catch the light and so easy to make. I’ll make some regular ear wires with the silver I have left. So, yes…look for more photos, probably tomorrow. We also got our beaded copper bangle bracelets back after tumbling. I like mine, though it’s a little big - same size as my first one really. Next week is our last class - our final project is a necklace in copper. We all got a bunch of wire to take home and get a head start on making components for it and to decide if we want to use any beads in our design.
That’s about all the exciting news I have…think I’ll head to bed, read a bit and drift off. Night!
Sh@ron
The dresser is mostly done. It’s not perfect, but for the $5 I initially spent on it at the thrift store it’s done “enough”. It is solid wood but it’s not an heirloom by any means. I couldn’t put my hands on the drawer pulls like I’d wanted to, so I found ones I really likes at Lowe’s. They’re a heavy brushed silver beaded knob. Unfortunately, I only wound up with 7 of them when I got home! The 8th was a white porcelain knob that I wasn’t sure if I liked but was using it to compare sizes and somehow it made it homestead of another silver know. Dang it. Another trip out. And a “mostly” finished dresser. The differences in the white paint on the body of the dresser and the drawer fronts is kind of bothering me too…I’m not sure if it’s enough to motivate me to paint the rest of the dresser or not. At this point, I’m thinking not. Maybe a swipe of some kind of antiquing gel all over to blend it all. Next though, put all my clothes back in.
And the dressform! Much better…and I’m 100 times happier with it now. Amazing what a bit of spray paint will do for ya! Oh, and your nails/manicure too. Oops. Just a bit of overspray…I think it’ll come off in the shower with a bit of scrubbing. Can’t wait to hang it - finally!
Like the photo frames? I made some up for Jenny this afternoon, so I thought I’d test them out. I’ll make new ones for myself…but I wanted to see how they looked online.
Off to do some web designing. Need to work on the navigation, a nap and the ball game. Happy Sunday!
Sh@ron
Kind of a quiet one now that A’s friends have gone home. But I’m cleaning/rearranging the kitchen and my bedroom. The kitchen is relatively clean - it had been a disaster because the dishwasher was having issues with cleaning my dishes. It’s fixed now and after 2 loads, I know have clean dishes in my cupboards! Hurray. Hate dirty dishes in my sink and around the counters. Anyway, I’m not liking the new arrangement (mircrowave next to the stove - no counter space next to the stove now), so I will probably put it back the way it was - it worked better for me and the way I cook. I’ve been putting off doing my room because of my shoulder, but had a burst of energy so I just went with it. Just put the bed on the opposite wall so I can see the TV that sits on top of the armoire better. Not that I watch tv much, but sometimes A has a show he wants to watch at the same time I do. And frankly, it was bugging me. And if you know me, you know how THAT goes! LOL
It’s “world card-making day” today…so, I might make up a few cards. I have some birthday’s coming up that I should make them for. Or I might just play in the paper and glue to do a mini-album (See CZ’s blog post from a couple days ago!). Or do something digitally. Which means I should just do something to spiffy up this blog…I have the files downloaded, I have the instructions. Just need to get them out. That and about 1,000 other things!
One of those 1,000 things (that I’ve been meaning to do for a couple years now) is to repaint/refinish the front of this dresser. It worked at first (yes, I know the sponge painting on it is so-so ignore the crayon marks, etc.) because I did have lavender in my room. But now…I’ve redone the room in neutral, all-white shabby and vary the colors with the seasons (though in Florida there only seem to be 2 - HOT and not-so-hot!)- it’s long-past time to change. So, I’m taking off the hardware, sanding painting over the fronts, painting them, distressing and adding different hardware. I have white porcelain knobs and a celery green “cut glass look” acrylic. I’ll try them both and see which I like better. If I can find them! Here’s the BEFORE:
The other project I have in mind is to re-spray the dress form wall piece I bought this spring. It was ivory. I sprayed it an aqua blue for my studio. Ugh. Now, I’m going to paint it black. And probably put it in my room with my mini-dress form collection (on the not-going-to-be-ugly-forever dresser).
Dressform BEFORE:
Yes, those are my antique camera and movie camera collections. Not all cameras are in the cabinet as I have a few more to add to them, but I’m going to need to clean out the bottom shelf and separate the collections - they are growing! What you don’t see on the top shelf of the inside cabinet is my Willow Tree figures collection. Interestingly enough…Jenny got me started collecting all these things! Willow Tree, cameras (okay, the movie/video cameras were my idea from her idea), the dress forms. Other than that I collect quilts (quilt tops, quilt blocks, etc. they don’t have to be finished quilts!), glass insulators, and Heartwood Creek/Jim Shore figures (found an angel at the thrift store for $1 - that’s usually how this collecting thing starts) - I love how he incorporates quilt blocks into the dresses or clothing of the figure.
Well, the drawer fronts have 2 coats on them and they’re drying, so I’m going to rummage around and see what drawer pulls I can find. Wish me luck!
Sh@ron
It’s really not a big deal, but being on the computer all day at work 5 days a week, then 18+ more hours on the weekends doing this website it is just hard to want to blog, add photos, and change the template for the blog. BUT I’m going to try. I’m getting kind of burnt out so I’m going to do “different” things on the computer and hopefully that will help take the edge off. Fortunately, I’m not having any problems with my wrists/forearms or even my shoulder for that matter. Yeah! Speaking of shoulder - just an update - I had the MRI on Wednesday. A open MRI, but I’m not claustrophobic so it was no big deal…dozed off and on through it all. I have an appointment Weds AM to get the results and map out what my treatment will be. Will keep you posted.
Now for photos…Yay!! First one…T and his GF T (this is just 3 days after his accident):
A on his birthday Weds this week:
The antiqued copper bracelet/bangles I made - first one has a fancy “swan” clasp, the second more simple. Both have jump rings to either add charms or just for the jingle sound:
I picked up a tumbler to finish my own pieces…just need a few other supplies and I think I may start taking orders! Next week earrings, then our final project is a necklace. The Intermediate class will start a week or two after this one ends. Need to remember to ask how much in materials is needed for these items so I can start pricing out sterling silver in place of the copper.
Couple more. Still with me? Isn’t this better than all that text?!
Yellow belt, earned at the end of August (I started in May of this year) - in between shoulder dislocations! Last Friday, we tested again and I now have a blue stripe on my belt. I’m going to try and see about getting someone to take pictures for me when I test for orange belt in November. Hopefully, I’ll be in the Black Belt Club and will have a really different belt.
And finally…one to make you go “awwww”. These 2 seriously do like each other, just not this much. The cat (Sammy - the instigator) thinks he’s a dog…the dog (Copper) knows better and will tolerate it for a few seconds then he’s out of there! Of course, the dog thinks he’s people… the other cat (Smokey) is the only one who embraces his cathood.
Okay, everyone, that’s about it for me. A’s got some guys over so I’m going to stay busy here in the kitchen so I can eavesdrop and pretend I’m tuning them out - except when they get too noisy/rowdy. Enjoy…leave some love if you like…I do enjoy the positive and encouraging words y’all take the time to write.
Sh@ron