Category — Random

I felt like tinkering with jewelry today because painting takes more brain power than I cared to use. They are both sterling silver with gemstones. On the left, the bottom beads are topaz and the top are ametrine. On the right I’m not sure what the top beads are, they came from an assorted bead dish, but the bottom is coral. It’s kind of nuts how long I will spend picking out the beads and then making them. Productivity is definitely not the goal.

It’s only Saturday and I’ve already made lots of stuff this weekend. I made these earrings last night which are sterling silver, peruvian opal and some kind of agate, I think maybe carnelian. I just pulled a home made pizza out of the oven and I’m 90% done with a new painting that I will probably post tomorrow. This weekend is awesome, and there will be three whole days of it!

I have been taking a wheel throwing class at Claymakers in Durham for the last couple months. I really enjoyed it and will definitely be taking another one.

This is one of my top two favorites.

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I went to the Durham Farmers’ Market this morning and bought a pint of the most delicious black berries I have ever had in my life. They were so tasty I had to photograph some of them.

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