I could lie.. and say this was my day .. but really the work I did seemed like play.. I went and helped my good friend Olivia get ready for her pottery show.. I was using a slab roller for those of you in the know about clay.. and those of you who are not.. its like a large rolling pin set to make a uniform thickness of clay.. kind of like sugar cookies..roll it out..cut out shapes.. then she goes and makes it "hers".. by putting in the details.. like lines and eyes and stuff.. like for her fish.. I also cut out some crosses.. hearts and stars.. and she showed me how she made beads from clay... very fascinating stuff for me.. I love to learn.. sooooooooooooo as we were getting finished up for the day she pulled out some beads.. some copper wire.. and some tools.. and was like.. "I am gonna knock out a couple of hair pins.. wanna keep me company?".. so on top of being a damn awesome potter.. she also is a jewelry maker.. so she gets out these cute lampwork beads she had made for this purpose.. they were all fish.. like little tropical glass fish.. I FELL IN LOVE with the yellow and lime green one (big surprise there huh?)so she goes on to make these hair pins out of 16 gauge copper wire.. some smaller copper wire that looks like thread almost.. I was thinking I could crochet it.. and we are just chatting away .. and she is asking me a few questions about how I might want the beads to hang etc..it felt good to give an honest opinion.. its nice when you can do that with another artist.. I mean its like they get you when no one else does.. soooo.. she finishes puts her things away and says "We are done for the day!" .. I was like woohooo!! and gathered my stuff .. headed to the door.. and as I was leaving.. (I didnt see her do this..she had palmed the hair pin with they yellow and lime fish) she hands me the pin.. and says "This is your pay for the day ".. I was in HEAVEN!! ... Let me tell you.. it doesnt take much to make me happy .. one little fish bead was something that made me happy.. she could have just given me the bead.. and of course I go there and help because I want to not because I want something.. sooooo.. I guess I have kept you all waiting far too long for this little picture.. so with out further ado .. my "fishstick"
How cute is that? and the little fish and bead trailers.. move when I walk.. OH YEAH!
SO.. I get home .. thinking how the day couldnt get much better but what do I find on the door? My Adagio Tea order..if you have not tried them out.. I suggest you do .. and if you want to try them out just comment or email me and I will email you a little gift certificate to use with them.. so here is what I bought.. and talk about both feet first.. Deneen raved about this tea.. so I bought a pound.. cause it WAS on sale!
With a touch of Splenda and some milk.. this tea is total heaven .. I was skeptical at first but after the raves and reviews .. I did it.. and I figured if I didnt like it .. it would make a hell of a RAOK!
THEN.. as if seriously I didnt think the day really could get better.. I opened the side door.. and there they lay .. MY FAVOURITE TARTLETS!!! How they got there? I have no clue.. BUT they were there.. so.. I brewed some tea.. and ate the whole box.. I am a pig.. I will admit it.. there are only 8 in there come on!
SO life is good here in the land of weird LOL.. Have a happy weekend .. I am gonna try to be better at posts (ha.. where have you heard that before? ) But seriously.. I am feeling better.. so that should make for more me here.. I am not sure if that is a good or bad thing..
I do wanna thank all my good friends who stuck by me thru all the craziness.. you know who you are.. I will just say .. good friends .. a shrink and drugs.. can fix anything.. well almost anything !
How cute is that? and the little fish and bead trailers.. move when I walk.. OH YEAH!
SO.. I get home .. thinking how the day couldnt get much better but what do I find on the door? My Adagio Tea order..if you have not tried them out.. I suggest you do .. and if you want to try them out just comment or email me and I will email you a little gift certificate to use with them.. so here is what I bought.. and talk about both feet first.. Deneen raved about this tea.. so I bought a pound.. cause it WAS on sale!
With a touch of Splenda and some milk.. this tea is total heaven .. I was skeptical at first but after the raves and reviews .. I did it.. and I figured if I didnt like it .. it would make a hell of a RAOK!
THEN.. as if seriously I didnt think the day really could get better.. I opened the side door.. and there they lay .. MY FAVOURITE TARTLETS!!! How they got there? I have no clue.. BUT they were there.. so.. I brewed some tea.. and ate the whole box.. I am a pig.. I will admit it.. there are only 8 in there come on!
SO life is good here in the land of weird LOL.. Have a happy weekend .. I am gonna try to be better at posts (ha.. where have you heard that before? ) But seriously.. I am feeling better.. so that should make for more me here.. I am not sure if that is a good or bad thing..
I do wanna thank all my good friends who stuck by me thru all the craziness.. you know who you are.. I will just say .. good friends .. a shrink and drugs.. can fix anything.. well almost anything !
9 Comments:
At 10:38 PM,
Deb said…
:) lovely hair pin! how cool that she made that especially for you!
i'm sorry i haven't been around to chatter with you. i am glad to hear that you are feeling better.
At 12:14 AM,
Burfica said…
that hair pin rocks!!! If I still had long hair I would be beggin for one. LOL
I am gonna order me some tea this weekend I hope. yayyyyyyy LOL
At 7:00 AM,
Deneen said…
Thank God you liked the tea. I mean come on Beth, ordering 1 lb of something on my say? You told me you have been recommended stuff before that tasted like shit when you got it, yet you still trusted my judgement. Definitely Deb hated it, but I think is rocks! Chocolate covered cherries with no guilt!!!
Glad you liked it cause I know I never would have heard the end of it!
At 8:50 AM,
Michele said…
Hi, Just stopping by to say thanks for stopping by. And look what I found . . . a witty, off-the-wall crochet chick with great taste in hair pins and tea. I'll have to give those tartlets a try.
Gotta say I love that you get all these great gifts left at your door. How does one arrange that exactly?! LOL
Thanks for making a great contribution to the blogging world!
At 3:43 PM,
~drew emborsky~ said…
What a cool day!! The hairpin is great too!! I got to help a potter do a raku firing once and it was such a great experience. Enjoy the tea & tartlets!!
At 8:30 AM,
Unknown said…
My hair is long..I think the pin would look great in it..not...lol..but it is very pretty..for real...the tea sounds interesting...my niece gave me some a friend of hers makes...she said it would help me sleep..sure tasted good..but I was still up till 3 am....lol...you sure are good with crafts.
Have a Blessed day Shuger
Op~
At 1:45 PM,
Dorko said…
Omgolly! I've always wanted to do what your friend does... have a place some where with my own Kiln... spend my time crafting away... playing with the clay... all day... (why am I suddenly rhyming, everything I say?...)
Cheerios2U
At 5:00 PM,
Pirate said…
I found you through my friend OPIE. I thought I was always being the smart one for having two olives. I never thought of three.
At 10:13 PM,
Unknown said…
Hello fellow Carolinian..how are things in the "sand hills"?...that area "IS" called the sand hills isn't it?...kinda cool here..but the warm is on the way..hooray!
I'm about ready to bust out for Harker's Island...was to go this week end..but there might be a problem..oh well..holiday is come up...right...
see ya...take care...just wanted to stop by and say "Hi Elizabeth"..."bye Elizabeth"...later
Op~
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