Nightmare Before Christmas?
Over the years I would become irritated at retailers decorating their stores for Christmas long before the season. In my mind, the start of holiday shopping season is the day after Thanksgiving. Magically the stores were transformed into a winter wonderland sprinkled with red and green. I was delighted to see the turn of the retail season. Ready to go out and spend my hard earned dollars on my family and friends.This year I was shocked, when on September 15th, I went to my local mall to find that Macy's has already set up their Christmas store. It seems that every year the "Christmas rush" gets earlier and

A Clean Studio
Well I did it, I finally cleaned my studio. So many artists work better in a chaotic studio, but I'm not like that at all. I prefer everything to have a place and everything to be in it's place. My creative energy flows so much better that way. I guess it's just more familiar for me to know where everything is when I need to find it. But with that said, my studio is about to undergo a transformation. My husband and I have been planning and plotting a new studio set up and I think we finally have it planned out. I can't wait for it to be done, I will finally have a place for everything! :)

Beads of Courage at Aanraku Glass Shop
Yesterday I attended the Beads of Courage Fund Raiser at Aanraku Glass Studio in San Mateo. It was a good day, lots of people came out to support the cause. In this photo you can see many of the glass bead makers busy at their torches making beads for the kids. Later in the day, they were going to have a Bead Toss set to Beatle's music. Each bead maker works on their bead during the song, once the song is finished, Sharon Peters of Smart Ass Glass, gives the word and the bead is handed off to the bead maker next to you to work on the bead. At the end of the next song the bead is handed off again creating

Fun Busy Weekend Ahead
This weekend is going to be a busy one, but a lot of fun.Friday night my husband and I have been invited to a work function for him at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, which is located in Golden Gate Park. We visited the Academy of Sciences a couple of years ago in it's temporary building, which wasn't bad, just a bit crowded and the displays were limited. But none-the-less we had a great time and got to see the Titanic e