My Beauty Queen

 Today I spent most the day getting Emily (my beautiful 8 yr old) ready for the school pageant. She looked so good, walked like a model, and smiled her pearly whites at the judges the whole time. She won most photogenic, audience sweetheart, and QUEEN!!! I am so proud of her. This was her first pageant. I will have to find more. I was hesitate to let her even do the pageant cause of all the negativity, hurt feelings, and the whole "judging the outer appearance" thing. But it really built up the little girls confidence. It was so sweet.

Cool lamp shades!

 Back in the fall I became obsessed with making lamps shades. I started by surfing the net to see what was out there. I then ventured into as many stores as I could checking out the shades they had. Late one night (this is usually when the creativity bug bites me) I started playing with my wire and a lamp shade was born.  This is when my lovely shades came to life. They are made of wire intertwined with acrylic and glass beads. You should see the shadows they cast. They are funky and fun.

        My first shade was one that could be hung from the ceiling with the cord attached. (It reminds me of the kind of lamp you saw in the 70's. You know ones that people would hang in the corner of a room that had no lights). At my art shows I hung it from the top of my tent. People would come by and say how much they love my chandelier. YEAH!!!! I then started to make shades that could go on any lamp.  I take customs orders, so let me know what style and color I can make for you.

Happy New Year---New Blog!!! Yeah

Actually I have tried to start a blog since 2009. How sad is that. I had 2 posts that were 2 years apart. WOW. This year will be different. Blogging is one of my new year resolutions. So, you see it is the end of Jan when I start to work on that resolution. OH well, at least I am getting started.

January has been very busy for me. I was so swamped this fall with all the shows I do and Christmas. I was busy all the time and loved it. January is usually my down time. I have had several internet sales including one large order of crosses for a Bible study retreat in Dallas, TX. Here is a pic of the large cross they are using as a backdrop.

I have been creating new items as per custom orders. YEAH!!! I made wire jewelry stands for the Glo Salon and Spa in Paragould, AR. I am still in the process of making one more large one for them. And as usual, I forgot to take pictures of them. I will take some pics at the salon to post later. I am also making a mobile for a baby crib. How exciting huh. I have never made either of those items. Creating new items brings joy to my soul. Don't get me wrong, I still love making my crosses. But I love stretching my creativity to help a persons ideas come to life in wire.