Gail's Tales...and Jewelry Design

I did a little bronze work Friday and Saturday. I had a bit left from a 200g pack and wanted to use it up so I made some pendants and a few ...

Lou and I went to the Avon Summer Market. It was held in a park on Lake Erie with a mix of artists and antiques. It was fun. The weather was...

Check this out.......kaleidoscope app for Photoshop... We were playing with a similar app on Cathy's i-phone in Sunday. Pat said there...

You better not cry ...Better not pout... I'm telling you why.... Obama is coming to town. He will be in Cleveland on Thursday and will ...

I haven't been making anything new...catching up on household chores. I feel out of sync and unbalanced.....it's been like that sinc...

So nice not to have a show....and not to have a show until the Fall. But I have a lot of work here in the house. Lou was in Wisconsin this...

so much went undone while I did the shows. Now I have to catch up. My living room is still a disaster area my boxes all over the place. I do...

but it was a good show. Here's my new tent. I stayed cozy and dry during the storms on Saturday. This was the first show I've done w...

When you surgeon botches your boob job......you might want to rethink wearing clothing that shows every little goose bump. My old tent is on...

This one was busy. I'm still getting ready for next weekend's show at Cain Park so Friday I worked on jewelry almost all day. Good...

Call the pilot...tell him to fuel up the jet. We can celebrate Bastille Day in Paris. Call the concierge to open up the apartment. Tell the...

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...