It's funny how I hear nearly everyone I know complaining about how crowded all the shopping venues are at this time of the year. I am lucky I guess since I always get to go out first thing in the mornings when the malls and stores are still quite empty.
Yesterday I went out and did my shopping. Well the shopping I had to do for things that are not handmade by myself or others. You know, socks and underwear.... shoes etc. Anyway the stores were very empty. I mentioned it to my fiance at dinner last night and added that perhaps more people were shopping online or for handmade items. He quckly reassured me that the times he has had to venture out were a veritable nightmare of frantic shoppers and pushy people. Lucky me I guess!
Now about glass work. Here is a piece I just put up for sale. A lovely necklace. I have been working on an entire series of these linked necklaces getting ready for Tucson this year.
You can find this one in my Etsy shop.
I woke up dreaming very early this morning, 5:30am and was very excited about my dream. You see, I was dreaming of a new glass series. So this morning finds me at the torch working out the details. Perhaps next week I will have it ready to preview to the world.
Besides working on the new piece, my day brings a lot of production work. I have a wonderful little bead that is one of my best sellers and over the course of the next 3 days I need to make about 350 of them to get ready for Tucson. Yes it does get monotinous at times however, I am listening to "Stardust" the book, right now and that is helping pass the time.
When its over, I will flip on one of the shopping channels and try to keep up to date on coming fashions and colors for next season. I find that the easiest way to do my research.
Well off to work for me!
Happy Holidays
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