Another necklace for me

I'm sure I'll get lots of wear out of these in Mount Vernon after I retire. Not. I wish this picture turned out better as the beads are really pretty.

The color of the sweater looks good on me.

I think I'm done for the day. The carnitas are bubbling away on the stove and smell delicious. I think I am going to pass on the homemade tortillas!

A quick shout out to Shel. In the midst of all my creating I did laundry and took a detergent container that was down to the dribs and set it upside down on the laundry room counter. Didn't realize that the top was loose! Just when I hit the wall tired and wanted to sit down for awhile, I looked over on the counter and saw a pool of liquid detergent swirling around three of the frames I had resting there. Shel had just come in from shoveling the snow in the driveway. He didn't hesitate but started cleaning up the mess. I told him most men would have said, "wow, what a mess, honey" and headed for the basement and the football game. He's not most men.

Necklace instead of painting

Spent time putting away stash that I bought last weekend. By the time I got that done I was too tired to pull out the painting gear so I made two necklaces. Here's the first. I designed this one to match a coat sweater I bought recently. I love pairing primitive beads with some bling. I think it looks classy...until you realize what the black "ascot" is in the picture. I try.

One more

Paintings that didn't fit on the gallery shelf

Martha weekend--part three

I also made a piece of jewelry on Saturday. I bought a simple deep-purple cardigan sweater trimmed in teal a couple weeks ago. I've been noodling with a necklace design and wanted to try a lasso closure. I really like the way this turned out and wish I were better at taking pictures!

Woke up to a beautiful snowfall--about 3 fluffy inches. The sky is bright blue. It's the kind of day that really makes me appreciate this house and all the wonderful windows. I feel like I am in the middle of a winter wonderland, but I'm warm and dry. Cleaned out the freezer and inventoried the stores early this AM. I made some pickled vegetables before Shel was even up. They will go on the pork carnitas I will make later. I'm going to try my hand with homemade tortillas. I know; who would make homemade tortillas? Obviously, the same person that makes homemade crackers! Been cooking up more than just crackers. Made Shel some biscuits and gravy for breakfast after he came in from an hour romp in the snow with Wilson.

I am going to paint today! Decided on a subject for today's painting--a meadow/mountain landscape. Shel's question to me was, "what are we going to do with all these paintings?" Good question! I'm also beginning to wonder about the jewelry and even the food. I started creating things at home to compensate for so much of my work being intangible. However, what does one do with the tangibles that are stacking up?

Martha weekend--part two

Right side of gallery shelf

I didn't make the tin ceiling tile on the far right. It hides electronics.

Martha weekend

I nested and created this weekend. It started with my making homemade crackers on Friday nite. Who makes crackers??? Obviously, I do. On Saturday, I intended to paint, but spent the morning shuffling thru reference photos and old paintings that never got framed. I remembered buying several frames one time when Michael's had a killer sale so I dug them out of hiding. I went shopping for standard, pre-cut mats and ended up mounting several paintings and setting up a gallery shelf on the stair landing. The picture below is of the left side of the shelf.

I was busy this weekend and don't know how to post multiple pictures in one post so this post will continue...

Happy 65th to my BFF

Now that's a high res photo thanks to Dan! I know it will look nicer on her tho!

Ready for the Mexican cruise

Susie is heading for the Mexican Riviera with three amigos. She asked for a necklace to match the bracelet I made awhile ago. Hope she likes it!