Falling behind and catching up.

Well, we're at 33 weeks but I never got around to posting the pictures we took at 31 weeks or 32 weeks. This has inspired a frightening conclusion: I've spent my whole adult life running 10-15 minutes late, so once I have a kid it'll probably be more like 20-30. I really don't want to be that person. I really don't. Where do those minutes go? To last-minute bathroom breaks, running back to the cupboard because you forgot snacks, strapping the kid in the car seat and then having to take them out to change a diaper because you don't want them sitting in poo for a 45-minute car ride...


And where have these weeks gone? Mostly to planning showers, shopping for baby room goods, and putting my suddenly swollen feet up.


Meanwhile, I've accumulated several projects that various people have asked me to do and successfully let them stew on the shelf for...I'm embarrassed to say...months. I guess you don't stew things on a shelf. They were put on the back burner. There. But as birth looms nearer, some instinct is telling me I can't have obligations plaguing my conscience! I must scrape extraneous tasks off my plate! So I've matted three pictures, repaired four pieces of jewelry, and made two new necklaces I've been meaning to get to.


This one has large green jasper beads courtesy of my mom.

Next: repairing sweaters and making baby-room pillows (because, you know - they always tell you to give an infant plenty of pillows).

The good stuff

These are the most elegant pieces I have. They are all sterling and mix glass beads with crystals.


One of my favorites, on me. Lots of different blue crystals and tiny sterling rings that slide over small sections of the bracelet.


Another of my favorites, on me. Pearls with smoke crystals.

More bracelets

These beads really are opaque baby-blue. I think this bracelet is awesome and can't believe it hasn't sold in the SEVERAL years since I made it. It took forever to make and I just want someone to love it. It's funny that I've made all these things and never wear jewelry. Almost never. On special occasions I have some things I've made.


These are memory wire bracelets that wrap around the wrist. I sold one at the Dodge show and I hope it's being enjoyed.


Now we're into reds/purples/blacks. I love red. It's spicy.


There's a few here for the Red Hat ladies.


Can't go wrong with black.

Bracelets galore

Ok, so these aren't the greatest pictures, but I wanted to post my current stock so if anyone out there wanted more details or to purchase anything, they'd be able to see what I have.


A couple in the oranges. I love orange and crave it in my life, which is weird, I know, but there you have it. I love to eat all kinds of orange food. Great meals can be made from grilled cheese, carrots, and bar-b-que chips. The one with the boot charm is hessonite stone cubes.


I love lampwork beads. They're the quirky ones on the double-stranded bracelet that look like they have pimples.


I do a lot in blues. I guess it is, as they say, a peaceful color.


More blues. Most of my jewelry is made of glass beads and base metal. I generally try to note if the case is otherwise.


And still more blues. The top one is sterling and the middle one includes some stones (the large, rectangular beads).