the making of things

greetings,

the past few days have been full of things. full of doing nothing, of getting crafty, of getting back to work.

tonight we are going to go to jeff and rhett mcgahee's house for new year's. i went and bought a new dress for a wee $25 to wear. fun! rhett was the lead singer for Custard Pie. jeff is a landscape architect.

these are the jeans i patched for jamie. i think it will give them about 5 more wears. they are ready to bust. i had my sewing machine fixed by a guy out on weaverville hwy. i got it back and spent $117 for the repair. wow! it still doesn't work. i am pissed. so i went over to The House of Fabrics to see if they did repair and told them about my previous repair guy and they just shook their heads and said he is NOT the man. so don't go out to weaverville hwy to get your sewing machine fixed, people.



my MOO cards came today! i love love love them! they are super cool and small and fun and just killer! i should have shown you what is on the back, but i forgot. basically just my name and my phone number and my website.


so, i cannot do a zigzag stitch, but i can do a straight stitch on my machine. i went and got some more wool sweaters to felt (or technically"full") and also washed some that debby got me at goodwill as well. when you intentionally wash wool sweaters, the fibers stick together and get closer and make a denser fabric. you can cut it without it unravelling. i went to barnes and noble and used it like a library to peruse some ideas for making things, and decided i should make some purses! i am super excited about it! here i have some purses ready to be sewn and a hat i made about 2 years ago the same way. this will be my winter project, and i can't wait!



i gave jamie a rocket for christmas that he and john asbury are going to go shoot off. it should go about 1200 feet in the air! they were going to shoot it off tomorrow, but it seems the weather is not amenable. perhaps the next day or saturday? we'll let you know if you want to come watch it!


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some things i've seen

greetings.

i saw in debby's Vanity Fair magazine a brief review of Walton Ford's recent book. i was lucky enough to get into an "art" discussion with this man back when i lived in NYC. Walton is a close friend of my friend David McManus. I remember embarrassing myself in the conversation. incredible work. You can read about him from PBS here or see more of his work for sale here.


i like this measuring jigger. see it and other cool things here.


some of this is really neat. i found this artist in Dwell magazine, but her website is neater than Dwell let on.

and this purse is super cool. wish i could remember where i found it. dern it.


i now have a link to my site on the Design Directory. Excellent.

it's been a busy week socializing with family. fun, food, wine...now i am pretty exhausted! and i am looking forward to getting back in the gym for the 1st time in a year or more. ugh. something must be done!

we are looking at more of this kind of behavior soon, but fortunately our houseguests have been fabulous and there is not much to do. i just really wanted to post this fun pic of jamie "hoovering".


i'll leave you with this last one. interesting. not sure who is holding baby krisna, but it rings a christian bell to me.


sometime in the future i will be able to translate this for you after studying my new Rosetta Stone for Hindi. and in the meantime, here is a last bit of transliteration for you of "see you later" in the devanagari script.

फेर्मेलेंगे!

hi there...just checking something

the times

we finally hung up our candle holders we got for our wedding from CB2. they are looking awesome! we put themin the corner of the dining room, and tonight we had dinner with jamie's mom debby, his brother matt, and debby's S.O. Larry. it was our 1st time with the candles and it felt great.



this is my pot o' metal i am planning on sending to the refiners. my sale went great, but this is where the leftovers ended up. i have to wait probably about another year before i have enough to send off to make it worth my money. when you refine material such as this, you do not get full price for the metal because of the labor involved in refining it. in addition, i will pay about $100 in fees.



i went and got some acupuncture yesterday. my friend kristin query is my doc and i highly recommend her to you guys in the area. if you are having some troubles, call her up and see what she can do. 828-712-7789



jamie and i had an early christmas with my folks the other night. we had a great time being with them and getting to chat it up. this will be my 1st christmas not being with them. though in a way i am sad, i am super excited to be with jamie's family!



i just finished a book today that all of you should read if you are looking for a fun quick delightful book. it is called "twilight" by stephenie meyer. man o man, go out and get it people!

excellent

i must give a heartfelt thanks to everyone who came out to my studio sale yesterday. it was a fabulous day! not only did i make somegreat money, but i also got to see LOTS of people i hadn't seen in a while.

here are some interesting items i found on this website called generate.concrete rings. for the couple. comes from the same mold.


candleholders. each one becomes individual with the wax "hair" that develops.

gold pills. so you can be quality on the inside.


light jewelry. love the idea.

check out this blog i found as well. design mind. i stole the link the gnr8 from this interesting blog.

fermelenge

dream

i took a nap yesterday and dreampt i was a pine cone. i didn't sleep very heavily. in my dream, the only part of my body that was asleep was the tips of my little wooden branches which were touching the sheets. it was a fun dream.

holiday preparations

not much going on this weekend. we've gone to several holiday parties and drank way too much red wine. wished clair a happy birthday last night. had a lovely day here at home cleaning and wrapping presents. jamie donned his annual christmas wrapping tape beard. what a delight!



my friend natasha wozniak has a new line of jewelry. some of it is posted in her blog. check it out, people, as it is wonderful stuff. www.studiojeweler.blogspot.com



i'm planning on having a studio sale Wednesday December 19. from 1-8pm. drop on by anytime during the day or evening for a snack, a drink, a chat, or some jewelry. i'm selling some of my older work at great prices. call for directions if you don't know: 828.216.8369

i've also been working on my jewelry images. learning and loving photoshop. here are a few new images of my new work.


i discovered a website today that makes personalized postcards and tiny business cards and stickers. i love it! i ordered a variety of business cards and stickers for Joanna Gollberg Jewelry Inc today. can't wait til they come!!! the cool thing is that you can upload your pics right from the internet and also do some neat and fun cropping on them. It's cheap, too! www.moo.com


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