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I never would have made it as a frontiersman, or woman. This day to day stuff is kicking my butt! However, I was determined to make a Thing for today. Not sure if I should have taken on this endeavor, I have a feeling that I would have been better off photographing my loaf of bread, or cereal bars that I cooked. But noooooo…that just wasn’t good enough for me. So in my deliriously tired state, I threw together something. Call it a ‘collaboration on Spring’ or ’simple desperation’.

Earrings, again. I wanted to put some pastel beads with these leaves to evoke thoughts of budding flowers. But after I threaded and looped the pink beads on silver pins, I realized I didn’t have the proper size silver rings to hook the leaves. I was too tired to attempt making my own loops, or using eyepins, so I said screw it, I’ll combine metals. So the chain was switched out to the brass, using brass jump rings, along with the silver pins in the pink beads and silver ear wires. I could have saved the pink dangles and remade a set using brass pins, but alas…I didn’t think of until just now, and if I had done so, how would the transition to silver earwires work? I only have silver….Anyway, I’ll just keep rambling if I don’t shut up now…

It’s obviously too dark for my clothesline photography, so I used a mirror to further complicate things

I DID get a cute photo of my boys today

I wasn’t sure I’d have something visible to post today. I skipped my normal crafty time when The Baby took his nap this morning and did some much needed home-maker type stuff. Laundry, dishes, etc. Scrubbed my bathroom sink and the toilet. I really should have done the shower as well but hey, let’s not get overly ambitious. Poor Daddy would have come home from work and left again, thinking he was in the wrong house.

But I do have a date planned this afternoon with the First Grader, hence my rush to get other things done. We do this occasionally, but we are long overdue. Daddy and The Baby went with us on Hooky day, so today it’s just us. We are going to see Spiderwick, grab some food and maybe hit a store or two. Hey, there’s an AC Moore right next to the theater! Hmmmm…
So we’ll go meet Daddy at work when his shift is done, give him The Baby and we’ll take off for our grand adventure.

Anyway…back to my thing. The Baby actually went BACK TO SLEEP after he woke up from his early morning nap. This is a rare occurrence. It took it as a sign from above that I should sift through the pile of beads and findings that are covering one end of the dining room table. And voila. I found some glass discs onto which I had already looped a headpin. Grabbed some chain, a handful of brass dangles and circles and jump rings and here you go.

Today’s instrument is a recurved brass horn with a plastic reed made from a drinking straw from these instructions. It looks so pretty, but it’s my solemn duty to inform you that it sounds like this.

thinking about peace. paz. here is a lil brass fish i picked up long long time ago. so i got some of those noodles (again)  from the 60s - (sand). got moonstone (clouds) and these others remind of the sea & sky and the fishy…peace peace

But Baby slept just long enough for me to put this puppy together. Who told him that 30 minutes is adequate napping? And at 8am no less…start sleeping in, Baby! 8 is too early for a nap. Sheesh. *yawn*

This is actually one of my favorites. I made one for myself over the summer and since then the brass has oxidized and it has a more ‘earthy’ look, not so gold and shiny looking. And the solder marks on the rings fade into the coloring better. But this new one will soon look nice and old

Now it’s time to hang some diapers out on that line. And wash some dishes. Make the bed. Sweep the floors. I’d scrub the floors if I were really good, but I’m not that good so I’ll just sweep them.