Bead & Button Show Photos

I'm home!!! The B&B show was very exciting, it was fun to see everyone and meet all my wonderful customers and thank the lord; FANS of my work! I watched baby seagulls on my hotel roof everyday grow into bigger gray fluff balls, ate great Thai food and coconut ice cream, bought beads ( imagine that! ) and just worked myself to exhaustion. I will post some pictures and offer more details in upcoming posts. Oh, and my dog is beside herself with joy in seeing me and Jacob fessed up to the road rash on his arm from wrecking his bike! See, he is growing up too fast and almost overnight! ( Since I left a mere week ago; his feet have grown a full size to a 13 now! Adult size 13! Time for new shoes! )

I'm off!

This is the day. The work has to be done, the shipping accomplished, the suitcase packed, the goodbyes said. I am leaving today for a flight to Milwaukee tomorrow. ( Only someone who is living here knows what I mean by that statement! With the Hood Canal Bridge out - it is a very LONG journey to Seattle. ) I am excited, full of anxiety, hope and prayers for a safe journey. I may be able to blog from the road but I am not taking my laptop. When I am in a hotel room after a long work day; I like to use the time to draw, knit and veg ( make like a vegetable ) in front of the TV. I consider those evenings soul comforting and creative time. No interruptions. No tenants, no work issues, no preteens playing video games, no dog to be fed, garden to be watered, no chores calling me.

So wish me luck and a good show, a safe trip and I will bring back and post lots of pictures! Happy Trails!

These are new resin collages in my latest frames. They are all in white bronze rather than sterling which will keep the cost down significantly. I can really see this whole technique growing and becoming a miniature and wearable art form. I love doing the collage part and if the resin cures; they will make a B&B appearance. All my frames have spirals and my painter marks on the backs.

A sweet picture of my granddaughter, Maia Rose and her grandpa, my ex, Lew. Isn't she just the cutest child? She is 6 now and lives so very far away in Tennessee.I think of her all the time. Well off to the shop with me. One more day to " settle " things in there and then off to the Bead & Button show! Have a wonderful day! n

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