plants and cats

This week I finally made a terrarium. My houseplant collection has grown significantly over the last few weeks. I figured it was about time to finally make all of my terrarium dreams come true. It was more annoying to make than I thought, even with the large opening in the vase I used.

Whenever I photograph jewelry for the shop, I end up getting distracting and taking photos of the kitties instead. Warning: this post has a billion photos in it (that's probably more fun than words anyway). No photos of Stella though (the other kitty) :(

Oh, and the jewelry. I guess I should share that.

I also got a dresser from the Salvation Army for the living room last week. Oh, and that poodle. It was $1.99 at the Goodwill... how could I not?

I plan on painting the dresser. I like it as it is, but it just doesn't go right with the room. You can see the paint swatches that I have on it, I'm thinking about a dark, emerald-ish green or a light to medium blue shade. I won't paint it until I narrow it down. These decisions take time.

looking outward

It's been an emotionally overwhelming week, but good things are ahead. I kept the door open for the kitties to sit in today. I need to get some photos of the other two soon. These two are always getting into things, so they are always in my photos.

around

Taking more photos today to update the whole shop (whew!). The cats are always trying to get involved. Today, Ryan and Jan did a little impromptu photo shoot. What a couple of clowns!

And you know Gus had to make an appearance. Such a ham.

I did some thrifting yesterday. I had terrible luck until I decided to head to the last place (Goodwill), which is where I found these awesome brick tumblers! I'll try to post again on the other things I got sometime later this week.

Hi

I'm starting this blog for a few reasons. I'd like a place to put photos of images that really don't belong on my Facebook page, my Etsy shop, or Pinterest. During the day, I work from home and take a lot of photos of my kitties, our home renovations, decorating ideas, recipes, behind the scenes of my jewelry shop, etc. I also find so many great things from other artists and I'd like to share those too. I've never been good about keeping up with a blog but I'm hoping that now that I work full time making jewelry, that will change.