Mt. Rainier and Lenticular Clouds - Dec. 2008 copyright: JMM

November 10, 2014

Motivation: I Lacks It

It's been so hard for me to get motivated to make jewelry and stuff for the upcoming craft shows.  My craft table is so packed with stuff that there's no room for me to spread out with all my beads.  I finally broke down and set up the second card table and took everything out.  Keep in mind, most of what's on this table was purchased when I still lived in Washington and bags of old, broken & unwanted jewelry were gave me.

So I have a table full of beads plus plastic boxes (seen on the floor under the table).

Here's Sagan, helping me after I set up the table.

What a sweet face.  He'd just had his fall bath and was so fluffy & soft.

We had such a nice fall that it's really been hard to get back to being inside and making the same old stuff, vs. wanting to try out new crafts.  Plus I was busy carving pumpkins and roasting seeds.  And another horribly time consuming chore is having my name changed on everything.  I should've started it back in September but I put it off. Finally forced myself to the DMV for the new license and registration.  Since the closest one is in Plymouth, I had to get up early and get up there by 7:45 and I was still about 15th back in line when they opened at 8. Luckily they were moving people through quickly, so I was back on the road for home by 8:30.  Of course everyone wants copies of things and don't get me started on the hell that is changing your name on Paypal.  I just did this a couple of years ago and now I get to do it again.

I have been trying to figure out how many miles I've walked since winter ended.  I remember my first longish walk in April, my back, feet legs and hips were aching after reaching the end of my street.  Now I'm regularly doing miles at a time, esp. on the Canal.  My sneakers are worn out too.  Time for a new pair of those.  Just from looking at my pictures, it looks like I walked just over 100 miles since April.  That's a lot, esp. for me, a confirmed exercise hater.

Finally forced myself to start making jewelry and having the beads all spread out has made designing so much easier.  I really love doing it so I don't understand why I couldn't get motivated.  Michelle did the wire wrapped beach glass pendant on this one, and I added the necklace part to it.  I did quite a few necklaces, some bracelets and earrings but my pics didn't come out too good!  I was in a hurry to shoot them and they ended up kinda blurry at the top and bottom.


Here's another 'never again' project.  Shells and glass stuck on a styrofoam ball.  This took over a week to finish because the styrofoam glue takes so long to dry.  The shells are from Sanibel Island in Florida, which friends brought back for me.


November 2 was Fall Back Day; my fave!  We had a wicked storm too. Started the day before with torrential rain and high winds.  The poopies were sticking close together, as they are not fans of storms.


All hell broke loose after about 2:30 AM on Sunday, 11/2, with rain and wind.  I was very grateful that Russell made sure the generator was all charged up and ready to use in case the power went out, which, fortunately, it didn't.  I got up at 8 and promptly set the clocks back to 7, and busied myself packing away the Halloween decorations and putting up the Thanksgiving ones.  When I looked outside around noon, I could not believe what I was seeing.  Snow. Just a tad early.  The temperature plummeted to the mid 30s, I caved in and turned on the heat in the house, and I had to break out the winter coat and boots to take the dogs out.

It prompted me to write this on my car.

But by day's end, the snow and wind had stopped, the cold remained but the setting sun lit up the tree tops.



I am sooooo not ready for winter!!

12 comments:

  1. Ahhh nothing like a clean dog. I'm not ready for winter either. I love the shell ball. It reminds me of some shell wreaths I have seen. Makes me want to have a beach themed Christmas tree. Your necklaces are fabulous. I hope your bead muse comes for a nice long visit.

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    1. Thank you! I'm taking my other dog for her grooming today. She's not gonna be happy about that. lol

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  2. You never cease to amaze me with your creative talents. Nice job with the photography. This post was like a story in photos. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

    Lee
    Tossing It Out

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  3. Ready or not, your creative juices are obviously still flowing :0)

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    1. I hit the wall today. I can't remember how many necklaces I made since I shot the pic of the beads on the table, but I'm out of inspiration and too tired to continue on so I cleaned them all up! I still have to put price tags on the ornaments and that's it.

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  4. JoJo, you are sooo talented. Your work is amazing and beautiful. Your pups are the cutest. I want to hug them!

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    1. Awww thank you so much!!! :) I hope the patrons of the craft shows feel that way! lol Sagan would LOVE it if you hugged him and doted on him. He is such a lovebug. He makes a pest out of himself when people are over, constantly bugging them for pets and snuggles.

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  5. I like your necklaces!! And the shell balls! Could you believe we had a dusting last week!! Yikes!!!

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    1. Thanks! My stuff's not near as gorgeous as yours! I was not happy about that dusting....I am dreading this winter.

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  6. Your craft room is like triple the size of my mother-in-law's craft room. I want my own craft room, but I'd probably bury myself with washi tapes. LOL

    Sonnia

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    1. It's really a small room....it's just packed to the gills with stuff. I still have boxes of supplies that I have no room to unpack. I just go through them from time to time to see what's in there! I know there's one full of rubber stamps.

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