Made Lately

 Here are a couple of things I've thrown together recently! A bag of scrap leather bits has proved especially entertaining.

 It would be amazing to take a silver smithing class!

On the bright side

 Today is a little drippy and dreary, so I'm going to stay inside and knock some things off my million item stuff to make list!.

And pretend its the lovely summer a few years ago when these pictures were taken. 

 Its interesting to see how your perspective has changed with photography as time goes by, the particular things that catch your attention.

 And at the bottom, an awesome Matt and Kim song to brighten your day. They seem like so much fun to be around!

Uneasy Beauty

Circling in my head all this week- a cover of Bon Iver. Sad but lovely. I, and maybe most people,  have known people determined to self destruct no matter how they are loved. You can support someone, but you can never really carry them somewhere they don't wish to go.

Santa with a Kiln

DIY

 Coming up with gifts at Christmas always proves challenging for me. Any other time of the year, I can run across the perfect thing for someone, but I always end up giving it to them the first time they have a bad day.

 So this year I'm going to be working at a ceramics shop part time, and I plan to make everyone something personal there! I like the idea because its homemade, but not something flimsy they are afraid to use. (Its also not the terrifying orange marmalade I made last year. Shudder)

And its simpler to take what you know someone enjoys and add it to something they can use than to run across something in one category or the other.

For myself, a set of shot glasses with pen and ink like depictions of the scarier sea creatures.