Yay - Hooray!!

Happy Birthday to me! :D

(I had to wait a whole year to post this. I had it ready to go, and I dropped the ball last year. It's okay, though. This pic never loses it's edge!)

I got 2 pairs of new glasses today! I've been all over the place this week, organizing my life. I've been to the doctor, packing, organizing. I found a whole BUNCH of mold in my closet next to my air conditioning unit. It's this humid weather, you can never quite get the moisture out of the nooks. It's been one thing after another.

So tomorrow I am doing what I please. :D I got a new purse for my birthday. It's a Nine West red purse, pretty and plain. Then I added some beaded chain to dress it up. It's so cute!

I'm going to make a matching pair of earrings and a necklace.






Moses doesn't like us taking pictures anymore. When I started taking pictures of the purse, he got jealous and wanted me to take his picture with the purse. Silly cat!

Tomorrow night (on the 15th) Raffy and I are going to Benihana for a full spread. I can't wait!

Time for a Post

Hey Rach. I read your comment and yes, it is definitely easier to buy the premade links! Even better, I don't need to weld them. I can just use the pliers to close them shut, and it's done. Raffy told me he saw a cold welder I could use if I wanted that people use on computer parts. The tip only heats up when it comes in contact with metal. I may go that route when I get better materials to work with.

Right now I'm using Nickel plated things for practice. Raffy helped me put together a spreadsheet as a pricing guide, so I can accurately price my things. The most expensive thing I made was a necklace for $3.48, so I'm going to charge $7.00 for it. I just want my hobby to pay for itself, I don't want a huge markup, unless it's like sterling silver or gold.

I think that eBay is a good place to go, and I looked up the indoor swap meet here- it's $10 to rent a table for Saturday. When it gets closer to the holidays, I'll look into that, but I really don't know how much people go to swap meets here. I'll go to check it out before I spend any money on that, because eBay is free, as far as I know...

I thought of you today Rach, because I was using the eliptical machine for the first time today. I went about 10 minutes, and my heart rate was like 170, so I finished the last 20 minutes on the treadmill. I'm glad that I'm getting better at working out, and someday I'll be able to go longer!

Yay Leah!!!

I'm taking my birthday week off. One week to work, then I'm taking the 11th - 15th off. For me. For Games! For packing! For whatever I want to do! That is my present to me.

I feel like beading now. I'll post again next week. Take care!