LATELY

I haven't updated in awhile, because I've been super busy, out of town, and violently ill! (Not in that order.) Three weeks ago I found myself standing in the bathroom completely bewildered as I threw up EVERYTHING ON THE PLANET, then spent the next week with a cold. Since then I visited up in Sacramento with Malvina and Sam (and ate gourmet grilled cheese from a food truck on the side of the road) and visited down in LA with Sarah and her family (and went to the Los Angeles Zoo! and took a nap – and saw my old friend Rhoda from high school for the first time since 2002!)

Since then I've been to Ikea, sliced my hand open and done a ton of laundry!

My life, it is glamorous!

Speaking of glamour, here is a prototype of bridesmaids jewelry and headpiece I may or may not make for Malvina's wedding, set in a historic former speakeasy:

I hope the girls like it, we'll see. I kind of want to go with a twenties/art deco/flapper theme, but just slightly – don't want to go overboard. The jewelry will be pink since we pretty much decided to go with black dresses and pink accents.

I have some other ideas as well (they have an art deco themed collection of jewelry parts at Michael's right now) but I just haven't had time to work on anything.

This weekend is the Bay Area Bead Extravanaganza, and so Janelle and I are headed out to that. I am getting a holiday bonus randomly early so I will have a little extra money to spend.