Getting homework done ahead of trip

Sewing beads and buying supplies... must be winter. I was aware that that's what seasonal sellers do before, but now I live it. All summer you sell what you can, keeping up production in case big pieces sell. All winter you restock the portfolio to try to get ahead of the summer.

I also found another source for brass cuff blanks, new shapes! The cuff in the middle is one of the new ones, wider in the middle so I can use bigger cabs but narrow on the ends for comfort. I really like the new shape. The wavy one at the bottom is fun to work with, we'll see how that looks when it's sewn up. I really like the way the rose hip looks against the lighter blue, and of course light blue is a traditional background color.


Darn wires. One of the small views out my windows... I'll use this and a couple others to practice water color painting in preparation for painting Hawaiian views . I haven't used my water colors for ages, need to practice up!