oh dear

Oh my dears, I have not been up to date with you all. The holidays just flew by. LTC did quite well. Very exciting.

Now the past few weeks I've been attempting to master different bead weaving techniques. Below are two that I worked on yesterday.

One thing I'd like to do is get more input from my readers. My my question of the day: Whats your favorite color combo?

Post-xmas

So far I have not been doing well with my 3 entries a week. :( This week I spent less time beading and making art, and more time cooking for the holiday's. I did cook up a whole xmas dinner, all on my own which was fun...but left me exhausted. Everyone that received some LTC jewelry this holiday went crazy for it. It was reassuring to hear that it was a hit.

Some good news on the business side of LTC, I do have a store that has expressed interested in selling my jewelry... more to come on that if it goes threw. (Fingers crossed)

Memory wire

My newest obsession is memory wire. Memory wire is amazing. I happen to really love it because I have unusually small wrists and most bracelets don't fit me. I also have a hard time clasping a bracelet together. Memory wire remembers the fit of your wrist and there is no clasps to mess with. Pretty cool hu?

on a personal note

The holidays are supposed to be about cheer, bringing people together, seeing those we haven't seen in a while... sadly so much of the holidays is not cheer, but argument, fighting, hurt feelings, and exclusion. For me, holidays end up being those negative feelings. This year I started to see an upside to the holidays because I've been getting a lot of support from friends and family about my art. Sadly, it can all be destroyed when the one(s) you love and want to be with don't want to be with you in the same manner.

Sorry for the rainy downpour its just whats on my mind this night.

happy

Battling with the downs in life I've realized I'm very content. People don't understand my issues with a normal job. They tell me work is work and its not supposed to be fun or be easy but for me its near impossible. I shut down. When I had to stop working I wasn't sure I'd be able to even make a penny to help myself.

This last few months have really taught me to get back to what I'm good at and what I love. I'm back to babysitting special needs children and doing my art. I don't make much, in fact I'm living paycheck to paycheck (so to say since I don't actually get a paycheck). But I am happy, waking up in the morning isn't something I dread (unless its unusually early) and I even look forward to my day.

Yes work isn't usually fun, but I think when your doing what your good at and what you love everything else falls into place.

13

Lucky number 13. That is how many items I sold in November 2011. That may not sound like a lot. In-fact it sounds pretty lame, but for me that is huge. I went from being an artist that sold maybe 7 things a year to 13 things in one month. That show growth and man is that exciting. I can't wait to see where December takes me.

International!

I am officially an international artist. I sold my first international item! A mug I made in 2010 is going down under. I think its extra funny that its going to Australia because my sister is living there, but on the other side from the sale.