{"id":848,"date":"2011-02-12T10:43:52","date_gmt":"2011-02-12T18:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/?p=848"},"modified":"2011-02-12T10:43:52","modified_gmt":"2011-02-12T18:43:52","slug":"on-a-high-line-on-a-high-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/on-a-high-line-on-a-high-line\/","title":{"rendered":"On a high line, on a high line"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a long week. Various and assorted disasters awaited me at work (a simultaneous water leak AND gas leak in the same place! Hurrah!) and frankly I couldn’t wait for the weekend to get here, since it’s the first weekend in three, maybe four weeks that I’ve actually been home.<\/p>\n

I’ve been futzing around with the cabochons I got online, using the Jewel-It glue, which really seems to create a good bond; I’ve tried prying off the things I’ve glued once everything has set, and I haven’t been able to move them, so that’s good! I would recommend using that glue, then. And I’ve been busy:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I’ve worn the top ring around, it’s quite nice, and I love the color. I just glued the two little white roses this morning – they will be earrings, but they need a day to set. And I haven’t decided what I will do with the large pendant with the ivory cabochon. It’s very nice, just not sure what I will incorporate with it. I’m definitely interested in keeping this going, I will just have to find more filigrees to glue stuff to. I got a few things at U Bead It last weekend (the oval containers you see in the top ring that the cab is set in).<\/p>\n

I stopped at Michael’s sometime during the week and saw to my annoyance (heh) that they had a load of new things, including a new display showcasing turquoise, which is just my total weakness and I wound up getting some dangles – just turquoise enamel on metal parts, but there were some other nice actual rock pieces that I will snatch up when everything is on sale, as it inevitably will be. I made these earrings with some of the dangles:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>These earrings are actually completely from Michael’s, so you can see what kind of cool stuff you can make from supplies purchased at big box stores. I already had the earring wires (my favorite – they are the “perfect” wires from the general findings section at Michael’s, I rarely have a problem with them falling out of my ears) the chandelier components, and the jump rings. I debated hanging something from the middle of the chandelier but liked how they looked bare more so I left it alone.<\/p>\n

So today I don’t have much going on – I was going to go to Winco, but honestly I just want to stay home and veg, since I haven’t been able to do that in weeks. I might go make some rice and have chili beans and rice for an early lunch. That sounds really pretty delicious, actually.<\/p>\n

Next weekend is STITCHES WEST and I am very stoked. I have been going steadily to this convention since 2005 (I missed in 2006 as I had just started working for Xerox in San Antonio – the year before I cut classes for two days and flew out for it, haha) and I’m excited for this year for no other reason than: I HAVEN’T BOUGHT YARN IN LIKE FOREVER WAITING FOR THIS DAY. Aside from a random Knit Picks order a few months ago and some sweet sweet Christmas yarn, I have been very good about holding off. In fact, I was a block away from Rumplestiltskin in Sac last weekend (at Waffle Square, enjoying a Bacon Waffle) and I didn’t go in. That’s hardcore, my peeps.<\/p>\n

(I did, however, make Margie go to Bead Fetish downtown, hahaha.)<\/p>\n

Anyway, so I am trying to finish my Brandywine shawl before I go – hopefully I will make good progress this weekend working on it. I need to finish it by Tuesday or Wednesday so I can block it. It’s about 2\/3-3\/4 done. I worked on it a lot last night while watching Fringe and Supernatural.<\/p>\n

And with that, my rice maker is calling me…<\/p>\n