Wow...I think December has to be the quickest month in terms of passing you by; you spend all this time getting ready for it, shopping, putting up a tree, cleaning the house, and all of a sudden, it's January, you realized that there is so much that got put on the side-burner because of the December rush, and you have to figure out where to pick up from the point of leaving off. Unfortunately, this blog is one of those things that kind of fell by the wayside, waiting for someone to come pick it up, dust it off and give it a ride back into town.

Well, I'm back, baby!

The holiday season was a busy one for me. I had one more sale that I did, kind of spur-of-the-moment, so ran around and put together what I could for it. It went okay, as smaller craft sales do. Sales paid for my space, I made some extra $$, and got some work done while I was sitting there. The rest of December was a blur of get-togethers, shopping, panicking about what I still had to get, and visiting family. As this was my first Christmas living in Winnipeg, it made for a bit more time on the road, but it was all worth it. I have to be honest though; I was kind of happy to see the holidays go by, and know that life was getting back to normal.

Glass-wise, it was a good month. I got all of my special orders done and out in time, got a few gifts made, and then took the two weeks of Christmas and New Year's as "time off" from working down in the glass studio. D and I spent the better part of this past week getting the basement ready for renovations, so it was a lot of hauling bags of garbage and flattened cardboard boxes up the stairs. I also relocated my workspace to a different part of the basement, so that was kind of exciting. It's more or less set up now; I told D that I wanted to have my space workable for the start of the upcoming week, and it looks like it is ready to work in! There are still a few little piles of stuff to sort out, but overall I am back in business. I've got some new ideas for bowls and plates that I am anxious to get to work on, and I've got lots of new jewellery ideas as well.

Speaking of new stuff, here's a bracelet I made for my mom for her birthday in December...The band is made of a mixture of fine silver and sterling silver, and the "stone" is, of course, fused glass! Considering it was the first one that I ever tried, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I haven't decided if this is something that I am going to work into my repertoire, but it was a fun little project.





I also did some jewellery for friends of mine that got married in the Dominican over the holidays...Her bridesmaids wore them for the wedding, and I made her one as well, just for the memories...She seemed really happy with them, and it was nice to see some of my work in her wedding pictures; thanks Lauren! Although there were a few glitches along the way, as well as a major overhaul of the original design (the pendants were supposed to have a colour other than black in them, but it just wasn't working), they turned out really well, and everyone seemed pretty happy with them.


Now that life is more or less returning to normal, I'm getting back to work on new stuff for the upcoming season; I'll post as things turn out!

Happy New Year everyone! For those of you that I haven't seen in a while, I can't promise that we will get together in the next week or two, but the effort will definately be made!