Gail's Tales...and Jewelry Design

I don't know why I haven't shared this one earlier. I love Susan Lomuto's website... Daily Art Muse . She updates it daily with ...

I finally got my hardcopy. Choices, choices.....although I know a few classes I won't be taking. Yes I still have a small chip on my s...

I have a thing for found object art. Although I don't make it much, I am really drawn in by it. That's probably why I love Kazmer ...

I went through all my jewelry books today and have a number I am putting up for sale. If you want to buy one, drop me an e-mail ( moonriverb...

I'm sitting here nursing a cold that mercilessly attacked me yesterday. I have been feeling lonely for Paris. Sometimes a place just g...

Rachael and Matty are coming over on Tuesday night and I spent the evening cleaning up the living room and kitchen. Lou and I are pack rats....

I stumbled upon Metal Clay Academy a couple days ago. I spent a couple of hours on it just browsing around. Every page has links on the sid...

I am really a monochromatic person...just look in my closet and you will see a majority of black. Working in metal is perfect for me because...

The farm where I grew up had a number of barns. There was one that seemed absolutely huge to me. It had a tin roof and I loved being out the...

A big thanks to Elaine for listing my site on her blog today. She is from Chicago....a city that I love...and linked to my posts from Nove...

If you are squeamish...don't read this. My day job is at a hospital...Cleveland Clinic is ranked the 4th best hospital in the nation. T...

Lou and I decided to buy ourselves a Wii for Christmas. We played with his brother's Wii Wii :0 and had a blast so that is our presen...

more animals Love this...I growl at Lou all the time and ever since Paris I give him a Parisian growl.....Le Grrrrrr. He picks on me until I...

and not the type I like. I love to get e-mails from family and friends, but in the past 2 weeks I have gotten tons of e-mails from any busi...

The Cleveland Handmade group is having a last minute show on Saturday evening....stop by and see all the great handmade items. Giving handma...

More things are posted on Etsy .... more to come. I've joined the Etsy Cleveland Street Team . It is a group of artists from the Clevela...

and neither does greed, politics and bureaucracy. Last year Cris and I took a class from quite possibly the worst teacher I have ever had. ...

Taken at Vivo in Chicago. These were so cool. When I looked up the website for this restaurant I discovered that there is a Vivo in Clev...

I have a few pieces of the bronze on Etsy ....more to come. It seems to take forever to take pictures, edit, and post. But I will chug alo...

Check out this photo....it is real but has been manipulated to look like it is a miniature model. For more go to here .

So yesterday during lunch all I could see was Sue's ginormous backside. By Sue....I mean Sue the T. Rex at Chicago's Field Museum. ...

Every time I am in Chicago I take a picture of the lions in front of the Art Institute. They were all covered in snow this time. A view of ...

I spent the day at the Art Institute of Chicago. What a great place. I always spend time here when I come to Chicago. I didn't go see my...

why they call it the Windy City. We got here yesterday and it is the only day that we had to spend together. So we walked around...saw this ...

to all of you. We spent the day at George and Sue's house. Sue cooked an amazing meal for about 20 people. All Lou's kids were there...

I have used up all my vacation time at work and need to work out a deal with my boss to use some of my 2009 vacation so I can go to Chicago ...

I'm done with shows for the year and it feels great. I have the next 6 months to play...create new texture sheets, design new pieces, re...

Some of the earrings I prepped for Sunday's show. Her name is Athena. I didn't name her. A very nice gentleman who was at the By Han...

I'm getting ready for Sunday. I am doing a one-day show at Landerhaven. It benefits the Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital....spec...