This Christmas season I participated in my first ever online "Secret Santa" game. I was assigned someone that had given no extra information. So I turned into "Stalker Santa" and looked her up online. I googled her name and came up with an interview she had given and finally some extra information so I could make something just for her. So I designed a bead to match her love for Stephen Kings' Dark Tower series and I also sent along some really incredible catnip for her two cats, Roland and Cuthbert, named after two of the characters in the books.

About that catnip... It was sitting in a sealed container, in a bag on top of the television, about 5' off of the floor. Our cat walked into the room an started sniffing the air. She then proceeded to jump up onto the narrow ledge beside the television and climbed up next to the bag with the yummy smell.

I put her back on the floor and gave her a little pinch from her own container :)

Happy Holidays!

In our neighborhood Santa comes to visit with a fire truck. The first year we lived here we came home to the fire truck and a bunch of guys all scattered up and down the side walk. My heart fell as I tried to figure out who was on fire. Of course there wasn't a fire just Santa :)
When Sparky naps he means it. I took about three pictures of him like this before the red light from my camera got to be too much. he snorted and moved to another spot. I felt sooo guilty~
Claude just opened his eyes and gave me a tired dog look lol... poor baby.
Gloria (glo is what we call her around here :) she is a french kiss snatcher pro. Bend down to tie a shoe and you better watch out because she'll give you a fast and sloppy kiss right on the lips.
I couldn't get a picture of Reba. She is camera shy and vacuum shy and stranger shy and just because you have been five hundred times doesn't mean you know her shy!! lol... seriously Sometimes I wonder what happened to her before we got her. She was just a puppy and we have only shown her love and kindness. She fears things and I have no explanation I am just glad she is in our house and not a less understanding and loving one. She is my "other girl" :)
Speaking of girls we have an unwelcome visit from the flu and my real girl is sick and sleeping on the couch. Poor sweetie, she is such a trooper. I hope she feels better in the morning. She hates missing school.

Big olive shaped hollows~ It has been sooo cold everywhere lately. Matt set up the heater in my shop last week so I can at least keep my buns warm while I work :) I have one more custom order to finish up this week and then I can relax a bit and just be creative for a couple of weeks.
I purchased the cutest snowpeople here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8435259 Glasscat is a fellow member of the EGA and I can vouch for her well made adorable and quickly shipped items. I just hope the recipient loves them as much as I do!!
Ready for Christmas? Matt and I are going to finish up this weekend I think (hope)
I seriously can't stand the mall and the crowds umm... ever not just at Christmas time.
i am an early up get in get out kind of shopper~
Have a Great Day!!!

A couple more of our spoon bracelets. This one is stamped "eternally yours" inside. I am sure that is the name of the pattern~ How romantic is that?And of course I saved the best for last but that is only my opinion. I will always have a "thing" for seaweed sparkle glass and its tiny bits of inner sparkle~ and the spoons on this one ahh... :)
Things only my camera can see!!! phhh See the bits of hemp fuzz on this bead? I have great vision and didn't notice them with my eyes until after I had taken the picture and loaded it for resizing etc...
The bead is lovely and I am really pleased with how it turned out. The other five pictures I took of it have no fuzz in them :)
Snow, no snow, then some more snow. We went for a walk this morning because it was snowing. I dropped everything, had my girl bundle up quickly and we walked in the falling snow. I try to make the most out of it because you never know how long it will last here. Usually it melts off fairly quickly in a day or two at most. I am not a fan of driving in it and usually just won't period. This morning I drove to the Post Office in a rush and left a package that has to be in the mail in the morning and that was it. Now looking out at the solid colored clouds I wonder if we will have more tonight. It sure looks like it. Another walk is in the making I think :)

New spoon bracelets are in stock now. I have been busy adding them to my shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=51507Tangerine~
Lilac and Teal~
Silver veined organic~Probably my fave :) Next to the green one I'll show later, oh and the one at the top!
I love these and should make myself a whole wardrobe of them :) they are one of the most comfortable and unobtrusive pieces of jewelry I have ever had the pleasure to wear.
More to see in the coming days!

More greyhounds~ I am working on adding these to Etsy so everyone can get their Christmas shopping done in a timely manner :)
The colors really pop in this glass when it is sculpted in the flame.

and I really love the green one! How come I am not out in the shop yet this morning? Wind and rain with potential power outtages. I don't want a kiln full of beads if the power goes out. So I am waiting a bit today before I go out and get started. I guess I can get caught up with the laundry while I am waiting. phhh... Where is the laundry fairy when I need one?

Have a great day and stay warm and dry wherever you are!

"Warning Battery Exhausted" Flashed up on the screen right before I was finished taking photos this morning. I have a lot to do and my battery is pretty exhausted lately as well. The weather has been blech!!! I still haven't asked Matt to set the heater up in my studio again so I have to bundle up when it is cold brrr... I went to see the Doc on Wednsday and she is testing my thyroid etc... because well my body and mind (eek!) have been doing some odd things for about the last six months and it was time for a check-up anyway. I am exhausted a lot of the time among other things and it sucks because I am usually busy with something or other...

Off to get motivated~ hmmm Coffee is my friend :)