I apologize if you tried the link I had to Wire sculpture.com last month. apparently I forgot the .html at the end.

As promised, here are some new pictures of what I've been working on. some of the plain stones I bought are just so pretty it's hard to use them...I have to come up with a piece that does them justice, you know!

Anyway, here is the link to the wire sculpture tools I was talking about. While you are there, check out Dale Cougar Armstrong's book

Wirework: An Illustrated Guide to the Art of Wire Wrapping

It is well worth the price! I have a few variations I have done with projects in the book and I find the instructions are easy to follow, and the pictures are really helpful.

TTFN!

never a dull moment!

This weekend my daughter has another meet. The home meet is never my favorite, because we have to work it (last year my husband did video for all five sessions) and I put in hours making notebooks for them to sell.

At least this year he is only doing set up, and I am doing once session of selling at the leo store. I'm patiently (okay, impatiently!) for a shipment to come in so I can work on some birthstone sets. We have another meet next weekend too!

Is it really 2010?

I'm not sure where last year went, but it really flew by! I haven't updated my blog in a while...my hard drive crashed and we had to get a new computer. At any rate, I hope everyone had a nice Christmas.

Ours was green, although I think everyone else on the East Coast was buried in snow.

Well, now that the holidays have settled down I have been getting ready to work on some more jewelry for my etsy shop. I found this great website that has a free videos and wire wrapping patterns. They also have a very nice selection of supplies and beginner DVD courses available, as well as a great selection of tools.

As soon as I figure out how to get pictures into my new box, I will share some of my new work.

Happy new year!
Valarie

Here's another picture of Mushi mushi. Is he lovable, or what?

Meet Mushi-Mushi. Unfortunately, Cinders didn't get along with the dog...after she launched the 4th of many sneak attacks that left Jam bleeding, we decided she just had to go.

We took our dog to the shelter with us to pick out another cat, and Mushi was "the guy". He loves Jamie (we say he likes his women tall dark and hairy) and he loves to get attention (of course he has wanted attention at 3 AM the last two nights, what's up with that?) but so far he's a great cat.

Winter has finally arrived at our house. My dog acted like she needed to go out potty, but she just wanted to go have a good roll in the snow. I guess this weather just brings out her husky side.

what are you making for the holidays?

I admit, it's later than I think. Here's the thing though, I started my holiday planning early this year, so I'm not nearly as behind on my holiday crafting as I *usually* am for this time of year (Christmas is approaching like a speeding train though!)

I have mentioned a website called "you can make this" before, and I wanted to mention they are doing a series of videos of frugal and quick gift ideas (and maybe a little decorating too)

at any rate, you can find the website here, and the blog with the videos here. If you sign up for their newsletter they have a lot of fun free patterns too. I love the 18" doll sized patterns.

So there's my little infomercial about YCMT, If I can get my camera functioning, I will try to show some pictures of what I have been up to lately.

-Valarie