what i've been working on.

i wanted to post this yesterday, but it was such a looooong day. i got home from my part time job at 2:00 then worked on a website until about 5:30, washed the dishes, worked on the website more until about 7:30, printed shipping labels, packaged orders and didn't sit down to eat dinner and finally call it a day until just after 9:00. and the worst part is, i got some new stones yesterday, and i wasn't even able to play with them! that all changes today. once i finish posting this, it's stones, metal and hammers for me!

okay, so now that i'm almost finished posting this, and i've just finished eating my lunch (FINALLY!!!), i think i've sort of hit that 3:30 slump, and a nap sounds more appealing than jewelry-making. we'll see.

also, i love the questions you guys have been asking me for my next vlog post! i'm already getting nervous about doing it! i hope you're having a good week, and i hope it's warmer in your part of the world than it is here.

wanna know all my secrets?

that's right, i'm ready to spill (well, for the most part)! a few times before i've done posts with answers to any of your questions, and since i've gotten some new followers and commenters (thank you, thank you, thank you, comments make me happier than you can imagine) i figured i'd do it again. but, there's one thing that will be different this time around. since so many people who watched my incredibly awkward first ever vlog wanted me to do another, i figured that since i'm not sure what else i'd vlog about, i'd answer your questions! i'll plan to do the vlog one day next week when chris isn't home so i won't feel like quite as much of a fool sitting and talking into a camera!

also, i was talking to my sweet friend brittan this morning, and she echoed what i knew, the last video, even after seven takes, still didn't sound exactly like the regular me. i'll work on that for the next one so my true southern accent comes out. apparently it's camera shy or something, i don't know.

i hope you had a good weekend, and i can't wait to read the comments with your questions!

from film, with love.

because i love film so much, and i love sharing and seeing film pictures, i've decided to try and post a few film pictures maybe once a week. i had two rolls of film from two different cameras developed on thursday, and i knew i was in for a surprise. one of the rolls was taken last august when i was in san francisco and carmel, ca, but since i have six rolls of film from that trip, i don't know what's what! the other roll i took with my vintage olympus pen ee half frame camera, and i'm still really learning on that one. i have so much fun with it, and it's always so exciting getting those pictures developed!

the third picture is my favorite. i love how from frame to frame the colors and light leaks can change! ahhhh, i'm smitten with film. do you have any film pictures on your blog or flickr? i finally brought my flickr page back to life and hope to add mostly film pictures.

i'm turning into a granny and i'm not even 30.

you remember yesterday how i told you that i wanted to share my latest project? well, i've really been having fun with it, but i do realize that it probably makes me seem like such a granny to get so much joy and satisfaction from crocheting. i mean, seriously, my dad called last saturday and asked what i was doing. when i told his i was crocheting, he said, "CROCHETING?!?!?" and laughed. i guess it is kind of funny because the stereotypical crocheter (is that even a word?) is double my age or more. but what can i say? i like it. be that as it may, here's what i've been crocheting...

those bottles are old, not just knock-offs! the house where chris' grandpa grew up is, sadly, caving in, but we walked down to it a few weekends ago and i got a few old bottles from the parts that didn't threaten to collapse and take me along with them. i don't know that i'll use all three, but i like having one out though for a flower vase! and speaking of flowers, chris came in on tuesday afternoon after a hike through the woods with a handful of flowers! now i feel bad about saying such nasty things about him. i kid!

wishlist wednesday!

i almost forgot that today was wednesday and i was about to show you my latest obsession/project (no, it isn't jewelry-related), but that'll have to wait until tomorrow! my friend cal can tell you, i've been design crazy lately and i've been doing way too much design sponge archive stalking. maybe it's the changing of seasons, or maybe it's because this is my new thing, but all i want to do lately is redecorate - myself and my house! i've even said something to chris about painting a room or two...which was met with silence and a blank stare. anyway, here are a few things i'd love for said redecorating spree!

you can find these beauties here (from the top): colleen jordan - i especially love this and would hang it by the window at my kitchen sink rather than wear it as a necklace, thief and bandit, flux glass, super duper things, yomemimo, the wood doctor.

today's the last nice day until this weekend, so it's about time i go outside and visit my old friend the trampoline. i hope you're having a great week so far!