Bead Soup Party Preview

Of course my inspiration fairy comes and slaps me upside the head at 2 AM. I should be getting to bed because I have to me a mommy at 7AM.

But all the sudden I get that feeling that my heart just might burst if I do not follow where this is leading me now.

I know what I need to do with my soup, all the beads are talking to me at once telling me their story.

Then the next step. How do I construct my project? Its 2:30 and I really need to sleep, but I know this will be jumping up and down in my head like kids in a bouncy house until I figure out what to do.

I need a substantial structure to hold everything together. I am lucky that I found a roll of steel wire while rummaging in my bead boxes.

Ok now I am on a roll- its eight go to bed or stay up all night and work.

I choose sleep only because I will be less cranky in the morning as I push my daughter out the door and dive back into my beads.

Desk Disaster Friday

OK, I know its Sunday afternoon, not Friday, but if you will recall from my last Desk Disaster post I have CD (chronic disorganization). Its a syndrome. Don't judge.

I do want to report that I actually spent an hour cleaning this week. I set a timer. I

have my limits.

In all honesty a box of things got knocked down when I was letting the dog out. Assorted beads and bead paraphernalia went rolling across the floor which inspired a dose of stink eye from my husband. Don't get me started. He hardly has room to stink eye anybody. He doesn't even have a syndrome unless you count testosterone as an affliction, but I digress.

I did make some progress cutting through a small slice of chaos.

You can actually see "table" on my table.

I am gathering up many orphans and vagabonds and will have a giant sale when they are sorted.

Have you made any progress in your attempt to address your mess? or are you just going with the flow?

We have a flickr group! Post your mess!

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Soup Weather

We have been clobbered by snow and cold weather for so long it feels like I live in the frozen tundra.

It's soup weather for sure and I wanted to share the ingredients from my Bead Soup Partner the lovely and talented Amanda Cargill Austin of Sea Shore Glass.

In truth I received these beads over a week ago but between the snow days and my daughter home from school for a teachers mental health day, I have fallen behind once again. (not to mention they were camouflaged in the anarchy on my desk for a few days)

But I have been working.

This is the way to the studio

This is how I dress to load the kiln.

These are my feet walking out to the kiln.

This is the trail I leave.

It's definitely soup weather.