Gail's Tales...and Jewelry Design

So the adjuster can't make it out to look at the damages until next Monday. We have to wait to have any repairs done until after he gra...

We've filed a claim with the insurance company about the damage to the house. The roofers have been out and put a tarp up over that par...

might be a good idea on HGTV (Thanks Elaine :)), but not a good idea when mother nature decides to blow 60 mph winds through a 200 year old ...

sometimes you're the food...... see more Lolcats and funny pictures We all have those days...or weeks when life puts us at the bottom of...

from the last show. The house is scattered with all my stuff. The dining room table is covered with all my tools. What a mess. It's not ...

Glad the show is over. I did well considering the traffic was down. Last year there seemed to be so many more people. Could have been the...

I set up the tent in the rain but it wasn't so bad. Once up I do all my setup under the tent so I didn't get too wet. But while I ...

The boxes are packed and ready to go. Tomorrow morning Lou and I will set up the tent. He has a meeting he has to go to first and then we wi...

I should be going through my boxes and packing for the show on Friday but I'm sitting here like a vegetable. I stayed up till 2AM this m...

Art by the Falls went very well. The weather was great and my sales were on par with last year. I think people are still buying but being mo...

I wish I could go to bed now...but I need to put some earrings together. I ran out of time to make chains for some of the pendants so I sat...

The tent is up, tables are set, decorations hung.... I'll be there Saturday at 8AM to set up the jewelry...the show goes from 10 to 7. ...

I was really uptight at work today. I was sitting at my desk and could hardly breathe. I am so behind at work and I will be off Friday to s...

Wow....that week flew by and I am exhausted. My normal week is very busy during the day but I have time in the evening to decompress. I am t...

Today Cris and I took a day off to see a little of Milwaukee. We found a bead store...yes we went in and shopped. You never know where you a...

The time just flies when you are here and eye-ball deep into your classes. The second day of the Dancik/Duhamel class was great. We put our ...

We had a good day. Today was the first day of a two day class with Robert Dancik and Louise Duhamel. It a great project that combines metal ...

Long drive to Milwaukee...7 hours. Getting around Chicago is always painful. If someone could only come up with a way to get to Milwaukee wi...

I am still fascinated by the colors of the bronze when it comes out of the kiln. All this stuff came from the same load. I had 3 layers. The...

I can't believe I will be heading to Milwaukee on Saturday. How did this come up so fast. I have a ton of things to do between now and...

At our guild meeting a couple of weeks ago we played with tear aways. Here are some pictures... Here I am playing with the polymer clay whi...

with assembly. Have you ever noticed...you do or find something you like and you work it until you're either sick of it or it evolves i...

see more Lolcats and funny pictures I am having a very happy day today. Lou asked me if I wanted to do something....NOPE. I don't want...

Wow...one grant went out today. 5 copies...300 pages each. The other one will go out tomorrow and will be of a similar size. It's bee...

I'm so behind on just about everything. Work is killing me. We are putting together $20 million in grants that are due at the NIH on Tue...

A while back I posted some pictures that I created on Scribbler . I finally have some finshed pieces that were made with those images. These...

Could be because my toaster oven runs hot.....about 25 degrees hot. Since I'm doing a tear away demo for the Guild tomorrow I thought I ...

Lou ran into someone we hadn't seen in a long time....from when we worked at a different hospital. In their discussion, she asked if I ...

moar funny pictures See that face....that's me at work. We are working on two very large grants and everyone is tense. But this face was...

Close to my Mom's house is a farm that has a couple of Highland cattle on it...or what I refer to as Fluffy Cows. They are so cute....I ...