Well Rested!

It is so nice to wake up after a long nights sleep and finally feel well rested.  I know this will not last long but for me, it's been years since I have felt this way and I am fully aware of how run down I am and how I must make a conscious effort to take care of myself!   There is still much to do to make changes in my "world" but last week was a great start!  ( I am leaving Hank out because this is my blog and because you will see enough of him in the photo's to follow! LOL) But he feels the same way!

We had a wonderful 4th of July celebration in the country with family with one absolutely fabulous day and one gross rainy one!  We have a leaky skylight at our new place which sits 18 feet above where Grandma likes to sleep.. I wish you could see an instant replay of Hank and I watching the skylight and staring down at Nani from our loft bedroom praying it did not begin to rain on her at 5am Sunday morning!  Its on our To-Do-List...I promise.

Ben, Nani and Mom having lunch on the porch!

Yes, this is a Maple Bacon Hot Fudge Sundae and it was really good!

We arrived at our place on Lake Ontario at 1am and it was "still there"..which may sound odd to you but for us just seeing that it survived the NY/Canadian Lake Effect Winters is a plus...The fact that everything was still on the walls was another plus as the winds can shimmy and shake our place like we never imagined it could!   And after a few hours of unpacking people, food and kitties we slept and slept and slept...  Actually it felt so good to sleep., we decided that this should be the main focus of our vacation and happy to say that it was.   We did get a chance to take out the boat and surprise-surprise it actually ran after two years sitting in the barn!  We went for bike rides, took out our peddle/paddle boat <--- (I never know which one it actually is..) saw old friends and thoroughly enjoyed our relax-cation!   

Hank - Waving from what is left of the LAST of the Dock at Shangri La

My View of the Bike Ride!

Lake Ontario at Pt. Peninsula, NY - The place of many good memories for us since 1997

Harpin' Hank on the Guitar floating behind Cherry Island
(he can't do much since his bike accident, but he can still play music for me!)

So, Well Rested I am back now, getting ready to organize and start re-listing in my ETSY Shop.  This Friday however I will be at the Bead & Glass Boutique for a trunk show and would love it if you would stop by if you are from the area!   Please click on the link for more information! TRUNK SHOW, Friday July 15th!

Hope to be blogging again soon!
Happy Creating,
Lisa

Yes, there was one photo of me! LOL.. just to prove I was there!

Back from Baltimore.... what's next?

This weekend I was an exhibitor at the Best Bead Show in Hunt Valley, Maryland.  It was so much fun to be with Joan of Joan Miller Porcelain and Alice of Succulent Glass!  We had alot of laughs that filled in the quiet times at the show.   Alice was a great hostess and it was so wonderful to stay at her home this weekend and I thank her and her husband Scott for their generosity and for the wonderful surprise Scott had waiting for us when we got home on Saturday night..... an Xbox Kinect.  What I had anticipated to be a cup of tea and head straight for my bedroom turned into hours of fun and lots of laughs.  Though I did not participate in as many events as Alice and Joan I am happy to say I represented Jersey well in the Boxing category. I have a wonderful video but I am not allowed to show it and have been told if I do, this could be my last blog post... so, since you would miss me.. I am keep that one for myself. ;)  Beaders... this game is certainly going to get you moving to make up for all the time we are sedentary doing what we love...its fun, but its healthy too! 

My Booth at Best Bead in Baltimore with Joan Miller on left in her booth!

Have you heard of SILVERSILK?  Well, as a jewelry maker I think you better get yourself some because this stuff is awesome!  I was first introduced to Silversilk 2 years ago at a bead show in NYC.  It was there that I met Becky Lemek Machinski (who is the nicest person, ever!!!!) who showed me this great product and though I had no idea what to do with it I totally dug all the great things she was doing with it.  This year at the Baltimore show Becky decided to use it with one of my porcelain domed cabs and we totally loved the result.  I wish I had a better photo of the piece she made but maybe with some coaxing she will send one to me-I did take a quickie pic using my cell of the piece she made for me using the same technique (glue, silversilk in 8 needle flat copper, a LPA Domed Porcelain Cab & Flower Mini, a lucite flower and a copper bead & copper findings) Anyway, for all you beaders who love my cabs but do not bead weave or bead embroidery...if you can use glue, you can make the nicest bezels and necklaces using Silversilk..it comes in a variety of colors and I think I bought all of them!!   Just remember for the domed cabs you have to use the FLAT Silversilk chain which comes in different width, photo shows: 8 Needle Flat (4.8mm)... looking at the website, I do not see any examples of it.. so over the next few days I am going to try to get some pictures for you to see.  Have no fear... its getting easier to use cabs everyday!  I also think covering the back of the cab in a coordinating fabric would be awesome.

SILVERSILK Premium Knitted Copper Wire, LPA Porcelain Domed Cab & Flower Mini, Lucite & Copper Findings

 Becky from SILVERSILK

So, other than gardening all day today I think I am going to un pack and try to make some sense of this messy house!  Til next time I leave you with some photo's from the show and wish you Happy Creating!

Andrew Thornton, some random shopper in the back and Me

Rashan Jones and Me (learning how to use my new phone)

Lisa