Shop Update Today! (pssst. eggs are included!)

Here are pics of all the sets going in the shop in just under two hours!

And these sets of eggs are also going in the shop.  :)

This week has flown.  It feels like today should be Friday.  I made close to 250 beads in just three days.  I got close to 250 beads all cleaned in just three days!  The boy child finished a diorama of the Piedmont that is due tomorrow.  The girl child finished reading her first real chapter book after starting it last week.  Two of my photos got published in a Minneapolis magazine which you can read about here.  And I rid our bathroom of a nasty stink that was lingering for a few days after I found a dead snake underneath Todd's sock bin in our bathroom (thanks Jezzie).  All in all, a rather productive week!

I hope your week is going just as swimmingly!

Happy Monday!

This was another weekend of celebrations for us.  Besides disbelieving we just hit our 11th anniversary and have been together for thirteen years, we also celebrated our youngling turning seven years old.  Apparently you wear your pants on your head when you turn seven.

She chose carrot cake for her candle holder and I made a double decker of it in a heart shape for her.  I'm not sure what she wished for and will have to ask her later.  I'm betting it was not anywhere close to her brother's wish last weekend to not be aggravated the rest of the birthday by his little sister.

So many wonderful folks scooped up the batches of eggs last week that now there are only six sets left in the shop.  If you like any of the colors schemes, go grab them now.  Tomorrow they will be pulled from the shop to be re-arranged. 

Kids are off to school and the animals have been fed.  Even though there is a dishwasher full of clean dishes waiting to be put away, it will wait some more.  I'm running off to my torch.  I was so enchanted last week with the the transparent speckles on eggs that I feel the need to make some sets of rounds that could coordinate with the eggs or be just as great on their own.

I hope you have a fabulous week!

Eggs Going into the Shop Today!

Wow!  I have over 50 eggs that have been split up into 18 little groups that will be going into my shop at 2pm EDT this afternoon.  I let my kids have fun deciding on the color combos and groups, so we have only one group of two...the rest will all be fraternal triplets.  Some of the eggs have randomly unique spots or a dusting of speckles on their bottoms....those will have additional pics in the listings.  There are a handful of etched eggs scattered throughout these batches.

See you at 2pm!

Tuesday Eggs

Here are the nine little eggs that came out of my kiln last night.  I now have over 50 eggs to group up in sets of twos and threes for an update tomorrow.  Come back tomorrow morning for pics of those sets.

I am having fun with the kids this week.  We are playing outside, going to the library and straightening up the house (way past due in so many rooms/closets!).

More Eggs

The weekend flew by quickly as we celebrated our boy child's ninth birthday.  Many grandparents filled the house, as did an aunt and a few friends who spent the night.  Monday blurred into the weekend as the kids are home from school this week and we had three dental appointments yesterday.  Two of us got a thumbs up and the third needs to go back on Thursday for three fillings.  :(

Here are beads that came out of the kiln on Thursday and Friday nights.  I made another nine eggs this morning that should be coming out of the kiln soon.  I'm hoping to have in between 50-60 eggs to put into the shop on Thursday.  Based on that poll up there on the right, it seems that sets of two or three eggs are the most wanted.  So that's what I will do.

I'll start grouping the eggs together tomorrow to show the twins and triplets that will be listed together in the shop on Thursday.

TGIF!

My days have new meaning to me now.  Fridays used to mean that the work week was almost over and I would have two very short days to rush and get the house straightened up, grocery shopping completed, laundry done and maybe a little time to relax with my kids and husband if I was lucky.  

Now Friday is my last day to rush and getting everything done around the house that I need to get done so the weekend can be much more laid back with my family.  I have steadily been working at cleaning off my desk and my torch table in my office/studio.  As of this morning, my torch table is completely free of all junk and everything that should have never been set there in the first place.  It just needs to be wiped down to get rid of all the dust.  And a sizeable amount of real estate is now visible on my desk top.  It feels so good to finally be reclaiming my office and studio from all the clutter!

These are all of the eggs that came out of the kiln last night.  There are twenty four new bebes and I am LOVING them!  Aren't they delicious?  More are in my kiln now, but I'm not sure if I will get more torch time today.  I have errands to run....namely spending time at the elementary school.  The boy child turns nine this weekend and I will be surprising him at lunch time with a special cookie cake to share with his classmates.  And a little later, I will be reading to the girl child's classroom.

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend and are enjoying the autumn temps that have been blowing in over this last week.  I am enjoying having all the windows open in the house and NOT running the air conditioning!!

p.s.  there is one set of eggs left in my shop waiting for a good home  :)

p.p.s.  I have added a poll up there on the right to see how many eggs you all think should be listed together.  Tell me what you think is the perfect number!

Eggs!

I pulled nine eggs out of my kiln last night and did a happy dance.  I knew right away that I could not etch them because I just love them as they are being all shiny.  These four sets of eggs will be going in the shop at 2pm EDT today, as well as all of the other beads I have shown you this week.

These were already etched and I love them, too.

But these are my favorites.  I might have to pull the listing if they don't get snatched.  I think I need more time with these babies.

TGIF tomorrow!