I want to clarify a little bit from my failure post of the other day. Lots of people responded kindly with suggestions of structural changes, but I think what wasn’t clear to them (and that might be my fault for how I wrote it originally), is that this isn’t a structural problem. Yes, if you’re […]
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Please forgive all the to-do lists; somehow, I find it motivating and it’s helping me get through the set of things I need to do before the semester starts next week… (Pic — IKEA Kallax unit I assembled yesterday (only dropped it on my fingers once), because I was frustrated with what the shop had
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Went down to the shop and spent about two hours taking down Christmas and reorganizing — I’m going for more a wintry-with-spring-coming vibe for January. I’ll have Eliana put the Christmas (and autumn) items up in my online shop shortly, so watch for that post. And I’ve re-priced some of the items in the shop,
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One of the best parts of having the little shop is that it gives me a good reason to learn new things. I’ve been making lots of earrings the last few months, but this was the first time I made stud earrings. Which is not hard — I used E6000 glue to attach the backs,
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PLAN FOR TODAY: wake up, eat leftover rice and curry breakfast while watching new episode of Shetland (such a good show) (DONE) reschedule 9 a.m. meeting for 10 a.m. (DONE) drink tea and chat with Roshani on her drive in to work (DONE) prep for 10 a.m. meeting, working on publicity for my books (DONE)
Today was a tough day. I tend not to post much about tough days, because they often involve other people’s personal details that I’m not comfortable sharing. Not my story to tell. But then y’all get a skewed view of my life, so I’ll just say that I’d expected today to be back to regular
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I needed a sign for my Berwyn Sprout shop, and I have been very slow about it, but Kavi has now designed one for me. No critique, please — I like it, and also, I’ve already sent it to print. 🙂 Only praise! (We will likely refine it later, but for now, it’s set.) And
Happy with this experiment too — crystal resin paperweights / decorative objects, with dried panicle hydrangea from my garden. Pinky Winky hydrangea! Super-cute.
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Learning more about how to make these blooming resin flowers — I’m a little in love with them. This one is rose gold alcohol ink, white pigment paste, and rose gold leaf. I tried painting various different shades of gold on the back of the earlier ones, but even though it’s more work, I’ve think
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Working with resin can be kind of a pain — I can be clumsy, so I make a lot of mess which leads to a lot of challenging clean-up. But I love waking up to un-mold treasures the next morning — might all be worth it for that moment of surprised delight. (Resin keeps moving
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