Three Beautiful Things This Week - A Day Early!

Three Beautiful Things This Week was inspired by a wonderful blog that Clare writes called Three Beautiful Things. Everyday, Clare writes about 3 Beautiful Things that happen each day in her life. It's a wonderful blog! I can only hope to imitate her in a very small way.

(The photo is a sneak peek for the Challenge of Color Blog Hop organized by Erin Prais-Hintz who writes the one of the most inspiring blogs that I read: Treasures Found: Inspiration is Everywhere.
Stay tuned. The reveal and blog hop is tomorrow!)

1) I'm warmed by the memories of this last Thanksgiving. With the cloudy days of winter upon us, when I think of the fun we had, I smile. We had a great time!

2) Pixie is now "roo-ing" with me. She has always been uncomfortable when I "roo," but now, when I start to "roo," Pixie joins in the "roo." This is a big step for her! Pixie had a rough life in her early years, but I am so happy that now she is feeling more comfortable in her forever home.

3) Last night I put together 2 fun necklaces. I hope the recipients like them! The patina for my soldered bezels arrived yesterday. I'm looking forward to the fun of applying what I have been learning in my online class.

Woooo Hooooo! Look what Came in the Mail!!!

About a week ago, I discovered Andrew Thornton's blog. That Thurdsday,
Andrew had his regular Thursday blog give away.
I entered, and, I won!!!!!
Yahoo!
Today, the beads, made by Faith Davis Ferris, arrived.
Aren't they great?
Now, I have to decide how to use them.

Stay tuned.
More will follow later!

Thank you, Andrew.
Thank you, Faith!
I love my new beads!

Making Earrings for the Hospital Show on Thursday

My fingers are sore. I spent the afternoon making earrings for the jewelry show at the Immanuel St. Joseph's Hospital. The hospital auxiliary hosts this event, and it's a great time!

This event is held in the Atrium of the hospital, near the amazing gift shop there. There's a lot of traffic with people going in and out of the hospital, along with the staff from the hospital and clinic there.

This year, I decided to focus more on earrings than other items. These are mismatched discs that I made and, since the photo was taken, have turned these mismatched discs into asymmetrical earrings. I hope they will be good sellers at this event.



















These are some of my finished earrings. I love mixing wire with my lampwork beads.

















These are some of my favorite earrings. I love the colors from the Chalcedony beads, and I love the combination of the ivory and red glasses.

Hopefully, I will sell a lot of earrings on Thursday!