Happy Holidays

Happy holidays everyone. I hope all of you had a good time spending the holidays however you did....

All is calm...

The day has come, I am off!!!! Yeah, I have really looked forward to this moment and am ready for Christmas. Are you?

Tomorrow I am preparing dinner for my sister and her partner, and our good friends and their kids. Christmas day is John's family. I am looking forward to it!!

Lunar eclipse

Are you getting up this night? It is the winter solstice and also a lunar eclipse. The last time these 2 events coincided was according to some in 1638 and others say in 1545! A long time ago for sure...

It happens rarely and will not occur again in our life time. So set your alarm!

A total lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth and moon are almost exactly in line, with the moon and sun on opposite sides of our home planet.

The alignment will cause the full moon to appear much dimmer than usual, but sunlight passing through the Earth's atmosphere will give the lunar surface a deep reddish hue at dawn.

Christmas Spirit...

It is not taking me long this year to get in the Christmas spirit. Holly Jolly is one thing that helps. While the number of visitors left something to be desired this year, it was fun to hang out with the gang. The following day I had my little Christmas get together with my side of the family. That too has become a tradition and I just love it. Now I am working on getting my shopping list done and then it will be the 25th. Time does fly when you are having fun!

Tomorrow's Holly Jolly Sale

Well, my inventory is good and my back is sore! I worked hard to have some great pieces for tomorrow's sale and so I hope to see you there. It will be great. We have 8 vendors in total with very unique items that will make great gifts for your friends and family for Christmas. Come and visit! Extraordinary Holly Jolly Christmas sale

Holly Jolly preview!

Just a quick preview of one of my pieces for Holly Jolly!

Two worlds apart.....

This past week we were in Mexico and spent a glorious 7 days in the sun and warm weather. We did a bit of sight seeing and visited Coba, an ancient Mayan ruin and also a little Mayan town. For the rest we ate, slept, walked on the beach and laughed. A great time with some great friends. And then you are back in your own world, with snow and cold weather. I decided to dive in and to get into the Christmas spirit, so went out into the snow and bought our tree!

 

And now on to Holly Jolly, our extraordinary sale, next Saturday!!!

A day with friends

This is what happens when you spend a day with friends with similar interests. Many things happen. Inspiration, laughter, stories, some getting fixed..... I had a fun time and look forward to the next get together.

Extraordinary Holly Jolly Christmas Sale

It is that time of the year again. Christmas is approaching and therefore also our annual Extraordinary Holly Jolly Christmas sale.

This Christmas Sale will take place on Saturday December 11th 2010, 10 am till 3 pm

at the Zion Church Cultural Centre, 1650 Finch Avenue East,

 (on the north side of Finch Avenue East, one block east of Don Mills Road OR two blocks west of the DVP/404)

Complete your Christmas shopping and buy beautiful, one-of-a-kind pieces from vendors, several of whom only showcase their art at this show. All items are hand made and you will be able to present your family and friends with some beautiful, unusual and unique presents.

I hope you can make it!!

Copper play

I decided to play with some pieces of copper and some wire. See what happened...?

Fog

I flew home from Montreal today where the
weather was stunning. Sunny, beautiful, 12 degrees and when we got to Toronto, we actually watched, from the plane, the fog move in. It was like a Sci-Fi movie.  See the escarpment? And then it is all clouds.....

Truly amazing...

Free videos

Just thought I'd share this site with you where you can access many jewelry making videos for free:

http://www.eksuccessbrands.com/joleesjewels/creative/videos.htm

Enjoy!!

Now it's a set!

I couldn't help myself. The bronze bracelet needed a necklace and earrings to match... Here they are! I think I am becoming a bronze junkie. It is quite different from silver to work with. The metal is harder, doesn't fire but colours beautifully when you heat it. It looks like brass when you first start, but then takes on golden colours when you put a torch to it.

Sidetracked

While I was looking for my wire to finish a viking knit chain for my choker, I came across bronze wire I had bought. I couldn't resist and this is what happened. Don't you just love the bronze colour...?!

Best of both

My friend came up with a great suggestion. Make it a convertible necklace and make it so you could use either one! She is so smart ;)
So I am going to try. Stay tuned....