Strawberry Points and Pale Blue Pods

This week I got a box of supplies that I had ordered from the Etsy shop, frill.

I bought 5 linen busts from her, to display and photograph my necklaces. I also bought some very pretty glass beads.

pale blue pods

Pretty pale blue vintage glass beads, paired with  sterling silver findings and chain.

strawberry points

Gorgeous vintage German mottled glass beads, paired with  sterling silver findings and chain.

I tried to photograph both pairs of earrings on my copper boxes, but was not happy with the results. I remembered how pretty Moosewood cookbook's recipes are, and voila... my earrings are displayed on the Moosewood Fudge Brownie recipe!! I am very pleased with how the photos turned out.

Lu is not having a good day. He is still eating and drinking but has taken to sleeping under our bed. Good days and bad days... he still likes lots of attention when he is awake.

Thanksgiving weekend. Mark and I are home alone. Whoo! Holidays aren't quite the same when there is not other family around. Hopefully we will get some yard and garden chores done this weekend.

Olive Chocolate Blueberries

My earrings for today, my little sanity....

I do love pearls! 

"olive chocolate blueberries"

Busy day for me today! How unusual...

I met with a friend for a hurried lunch before I had a chiro appointment. On to a financial seminar, then home for a quick dinner with Mark before he headed off to work a night shift. I went to check out a local enviro group who have asked me to become a board member, interesting group, I will consider it. Met my friend again and we watched a chick flick together, a treat.

The cat has had a couple of "good days". We all get so excited when he eats. All he chooses to eat are cat treats. Sunday he ate one, yesterday and today he ate almost 60 each day, whoohoo for Lu!! He is of course still sick, but he has life in him yet!

I am stalking a treasury on Etsy, so off I go so I don't miss it. Oh and to top off my evening I sold these earrings plus another pair of pearls!! Thank  you Maria!

Tutti Frutti Drops & Cocoa Plum Pods

I am taking time off from weaving, well, time off from from doing much of anything. I have tennis elbow and a sore in my left hand. Too much cutting of denim I think, overuse... and I was just getting started. 

It hasn't been a very good week. We went to the city with the cat earlier in the week. During a phone conversation with the vet the week before , he suggested we bring Lu in to have blood work and an xray of his head. He has massive tumors on his neck and throat, and is now having respiration problems. However, when the vet examined him, he said he could not sedate him for the tests as he would not survive it. Poor old cat, we stressed him out with a 6 hour drive, he hates traveling, for nothing really. We will enjoy his company until he is no longer enjoying life. He is a sweetheart of a cat! We love him to bits!!

So... my stuff... I have been taking photos of some jewelry I made for my last local craft show, to get it ready to list in my Etsy shop. I am not very good at photography, funny I studied it in college for three years, it was my minor, but it was mostly dark room work.

Tutti Frutti Drops

Gorgeous fruit coloured freshwater pearls paired with pretty copper findings! 

Cocoa Plum Pods

Earthy mauvey brown lampwork beads with a gorgeous periwinkle swirl, made by Gillianbeads, very talented Canadian lampwork glass artisan. I have paired the glass beads with rich brown freshwater pearls, and elongated copper kidney wires.