luxe

i have been a bad blogger. bad. my mom visited over the weekend, so i had my hands full, but it was a nice visit with nothing bad to speak of. go figure! my mom wanted a wire crochet bracelet (and necklace) so i did the bracelet whilst she was here. she went to the bead store with me to pick out beads. i still need to do the necklace. i got my wire and was stunned at how amazingly soft the wire is. the softened stuff is called “dead soft” and i actually need to get the thicker stuff for a bit more structural integrity. but i was really glad that it was so easy to work with. and did i mention fun?

so, now that i need nice beads, i really prefer the gem chips for the crochet because they sit well, and i need sometimes a few hundred for one piece of jewelry, i have decided to make some paper beads to work with. i have loads of paper. and you can use wallpaper or magazines or whatever. origami paper. tissue paper. and glue. that is really it. although there is all taht stuff about the embossing powder…ooooh! so wanna know how to do it? i found a ton of sites, most of them have some gorgeous photos of the beads on them. really gorgeous paper beads that look like glass, wanna go to paper university?(i think i went there…)this one is hilarious because it is 2 great-grannies, one who is 91, in the directions and you can see their crafty old lady hands, which is very inspiring. i hope i am just as crafty till the end. they tell you how to use church bulletins. of course. and there are photos of the grannies. rock! and then this one that has a different method that might be a bit easier, in fairness, as well as using embossing powder to make them look like glass, so i may need to go buy some to-morrow.

i used the fancy new camera today. it is a joy. i love it. hey fuji finepix! i have a GOOD camera now! kiss my ass! i hope your lens falls off. again. anyway, the LED screen is so clear and nice, and there are so many features including a manual mode that is actually…manual! you can control the shutter speed, take photos in really low light, it has a super fast shutter speed for action shots, a really really nice zoom. oh new sony camera, i love you so. you are so fun to take photos with. my tripod is lonely because you work so well by yourself. how do i love my sony cybershot, let me count the ways…

i spun 4 bobbins of yarn and plied 3 of them, carded some crazy batts and spun em up. fun. i have a bunch on luxe that have been on there for a while, i am not sure if they look crappy in the photos, but they are really fun to spin. they make a crazy yarn with no work at all. i will skein it and take photos to-morrow.

whilst reading a really crappy women’s magazine at the salon, i found a perfume sample for J-lo’s new perfume called….LUXE! woah! and it actually smells really fruity and nice. i try to smell as fruity as possible at all times. i may be forced to pick it up. even jake thought it smelled nice. i am not a flowery perfume kinda gal. i get migraines from lots of fragrances, but fruity things tend to be safe.

i feel like such a crap blogger these days. i don’t feel like i have much to say. not much drama. and i haven’t even been on the internet much, other than to check mail, etc. i have orders to fill, so i have been just keeping busy.

and i can’t figure out what i did with my cell phone. i had it this morning. now…no clue. story of my life.

xo,
n.