Where Do I Begin (part one)

I Did It; I Admit It

I can't believe what I just did! I've been experimenting with design elements, fonts, colors, etc. on my blog, trying to get the look that fits where I am right now. At this point I think I'm ok, BUT I wanted to go over my page called Cat's Tale/A Bit About Helen, and as I was working away...I deleted it. Gone, kaput, no more, I have no draft, I didn't write on paper first. I'm an idiot, a numbskull; 

just a wee bit frustrated and angry with myself right now...

I think I will take old fashioned pen to paper and try to re-create what I had previously written. Hopefully it will be better, at least that's what I'm telling myself right now.

New Necklace for Debbie

 So, my post today is really about taking a pendant a friend gave me to design the necklace from which to hang it. The necklace and pendant were a gift from her children so she wants to keep it, but she does not like where the pendant hits her body, kind of an "awkward" place as she says. 

 So I have been gathering supplies, she pretty much gave me free reign...

("just don't spend $100" is pretty much all she said).

This is the pendant.

These are all the supplies I have gathered....

I've never had a challenge quite like this. Normally I would scour the jewelry isles at local craft stores, garage sale/thrift store items I have, trinkets I have collected, things people have given me because they know I design jewelry and are so generous to give me broken bits and pieces they have and I even repurpose old jewelry of my own, try different combinations until I'm happy with a finished piece. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. But good or bad, I never stop enjoying the process. So now my brain is in full gear (after some great new tea I discovered, Stash Chai White Tea)
and off I go to the kitchen table to create for Debbie.
Check back for the results....