Drive by blogging.

Well, I've made some progress with the loom. A checkerboard bracelet for now.
Doggie included for scale:

I've also made significant progress on the sparkly carrot. It really is a wonder.
Yeah, it is a beaded and sequined carrot.

And, for something completely random, this is a photo of a hallway where I work. One must pack a lunch just to walk from one end of it to the other.






I'm not feeling terribly creative right now, so that'll be all for the moment.

Mama and Papa Duck say Hey:

It was a dark and stormy night...

Seriously, it is a dark and stormy night, so my plan of experimenting with my precious metal clay and firing it has been blown all to heck.  Yes, the wind is blowing and it is cold.  So, instead of playing with clay I shall point myself in another direction and perhaps finish the bracelet I have been working on periodically for the past 2 weeks.  Here a bead, there a bead, everywhere a bead bead..... Oh, the musing of a frantic mind.  I am the other Patron Saint of this blog.

I got this bead pattern at my first bead festival.  I was a bead fest virgin until me and To Be Determined attended together.  Two days of nothing but beads - what more could a person ask for.   I haven't seen that much sparkle in one room since Liberace.  (Hey, that gives me an idea for a beading project)..... Our initial plan was to make our way around to all the booths to see what was there before buying.  As they say, the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry..... As might be expected, we proved that we were not exempt from that saying.  About 1/4 of the way through I had to stop and buy.  Alas, I digress - this is the almost completed bracelet from the bead fest.

The pictures do not do this bracelet justice - it is much more spectacular in person.  It is done with a square stitch, which I had never done before.  It is taking much longer to make the bracelet than I thought it would.  However, I think the effort is worth it!  This bracelet is so well made that it will probably never ever fall apart.  I'm thinking that my next venture will be to do this in black, white or gray, silver and pink - hey, a nice neon green might go well with the pink.  We'll see what state of mind I'm in when I decide to start the next one.  Until then - keep looking for that sparkle in life!  

In the beginning...

As I gather here today, unhindered by anything better to do at the moment, let me be the first for spew forth the first bit of Mezzo Presto Artistry. Behold, I am ONE of the Patron Saints of Mezzo Presto Artistry. Please hold your applause till the end.

In another attempt at art, I've created yet another item on the wee bead loom. I'm still having issues with finishing off the bracelet and putting on any sort of clasp.
I still have a few threads to weave in.

And, I give you deferred success. (Insert pic here) This thing WAS a bracelet, but some idiot didn't measure properly and the length was too short. Well, I guess it would have been okay, but I wasn't happy. Well, just imagine a zip top bag with a wad of Delica beads in it. I can't find the dang photo at the moment.

On to other delights. Knowing my loom prowess is worthy of an item that cost more than my first car, I purchased the following. This is as far as I've gotten with it.














I believe my next Mezzo Presto artistic endeavor will involve something organic and free form in nature. DO, hold your breath.