Fun in the snow in Indiana!

I am loving all of the snow that we got here in Indiana the last few days! The students probably think I am crazy!!!!! It snowed all day yesterday, it was beautiful........ to me anyways!

Angie, one of the students, took this photo when she got home....... where she lived they had mostly ice. It is really pretty though...... thanks Angie for the photos!

Here is the nice studio set-up at Inspired Fire. These are the students from the first class! What a great group of people here........ they have a wonderful organization...... I believe they have about 75 members and sounds like they get together quite often.......

Well today was nice and sunny....... but....... snow is in the forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday, and of course that makes me very happy!!!!!!

Teaching in Indiana

I just arrived in Indiana tonight! I will be teaching 3 2-day classes for ISLAGA at Inspired Fire Studios.

Barbara and her husband were nice enough to pick me up in Indianapolis and drive me up to Lafayette. Thank you Barbara!

We stopped by the studio on the way to the hotel and it is an awesome studio! I am really looking forward to teaching there. I will do my best with taking photos...... I still haven't posted the ones from last weekends class..... I have been trying to recover from the dreaded Tucson crud!

OK that's all for now......... I miss you sweetie!!!!!!!

Clean Studio!

It is so nice to have a clean studio! I am teaching a Masters Class this weekend and my studio was a mess from getting ready for the Tucson show!
This is the bead making half of the studio. Each bead making station has its own ventilation system. This is a system that Whit designed. It works great, especially when fuming with silver or gold!

This half of the studio is where I do all of my silver work. I have 3 of Jim Moore Bead Riveting machines set up, a great buffer with ventilation, a foredom and lots more silversmithing tools!

I will try to remember to take some photos during the class and of the students beads...... if they don't mind!

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!
My great friend Kathy D painted me this beautiful painting to add to my "Alala" collection! This one has Alala standing on a heart. Thank you Kathy!!!!
Alala means Raven or Crow in Hawaiian. There are few if any left in Hawaii.

Whit bought me some great jewelers files that I had been wanting!
Thanks Sweetie!

Towanda's Happy!

Towanda is one happy cat today....... Whit got her some fresh wheat grass!
She looks so proud.......

Nice to be home......

We arrived home last night and let me tell ya Towanda was so happy to have us back! She wouldn't leave my side all night and all day today. The show was great. Now I have to prepare my studio for one of my Master Classes this weekend. These classes have been filling up very fast so I have already scheduled some for the winter months......

The dates are:

November 7 - 9
November 14 - 16 and
December 5 - 7

You can get info on them here.......

One More Day!

We are almost done! The show has been great..... A lot of friends stopped by tonight to say hello on our late night. It is so nice to see all of our friends here.
Whit and I went to Catalina State Park and went for a nice hike there. Our friend Star watched the booth for us so we could go....... thank you Star!!!!!

Here are some photos from our hike and one of me and Dave Butts (AKA pantie boy)!