My helper

I just wanted to share a picture of my wonderful computer helper! I guess it's better than when he lays across both wrists while I am using the keyboard!

I disturbed him with the camera!! Sorry Larry.

Larry is my cat! He likes me best... just my luck! Mark found him about 10 years ago locked in a garage. Larry was all ears and feet with LONG legs. I knew he would be a BIG cat. His big ears were full of ear mites! yuck! We got rid of the mites. I think he is still growing! Larry weighs in at about 22 pounds! But don't forget what a little guy he is!

finished with the blue bracelet

Well I finished with the blue free form peyote bracelet tonight! I think it looks pretty good. But why wouldn't I think that? My blood is on that bracelet. But it is really fun to see how it comes together, the gold loops were a surprise. I thought I would use white but the gold just seemed right. Then I thought I had more blue beads, but couldn't find what I was looking for so I made do with what I could find. The closure bead looks like it would have been the inspiration for the whole piece but is really was a last thought. I was going to use the big faceted blue bead as the closure but the other one seemed right again. Mark said he thought the blue closure was the first bead I chose. Jokes on him!! ~~~ It's always fun what happens. more pictures to follow....
The closure bead that looks like it was the inspiration but nooooooooo. I liked the blue #6s....
Kinda fuzzy, but I am happy with the loop closure!

Where does inspiration come from, a MUSE??

I have such a hard time with inspiration! Who doesn't? Where does inspiration come from? I wonder where the "really" creative people get their inspiration...a muse? Where can one get a muse? What form does the muse take? This is what I could find on muses... the kind that weren't a band from England, who probably don't play my kind of music. Here is what I found http://www.pantheon.org/.

I guess muses don't hang around my dining room. They might even avoid Kansas. Because I am lacking major inspiration right now! Everything I do seems a little boring. Especially when I look at the blogs of others.... Oh well I shall keep looking. Back to my day job.......

first day

I want to be more creative!! I want to create more pretty things! I have been working on a blue beaded bracelet. I wanted it to be more free form than it has turned out, but that's OK.
This is my work space for right now. I actually have a sun room that I use for a studio but it is in disrepair right now! I need to make some order there but where to start??!!
The blue beaded bracelet. I like it better in real life that in pictures!

This is my corner stash of stuff to use to make beaded and wire jewelery.

Wanda, the assistant that lays under my feet while I create! She wonders why I step on her when she is under my feet, go figure!

I guess what I really want is to be creative in an organized space....is it possible?