a morning bike ride.

This is one of my favorite routes.

I ride it often.

I took these pictures at the end of the summer....not that long ago.

Is it just me or are you just as excited for the coming season?

Everything is changing colors here...yellows, reds and multiple hues of orange.

The air is fresh, the sun is out and my pumpkins and mums are warming themselves on my front porch.

The only thing I am beginning to mourn is our near-daily evening bike rides.

They have transitioned to a mid-day bike sprint in the sun....the dark is coming so early now.

Time to go downstairs and finish those multiple unfinished projects that have been calling my name.

The boys just left to the zoo so I am going to relish some much needed alone time in the studio today!

And how about a little cosmic love to start off this Wednesday??

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Okay, who are we kidding?
I'll take this in one huge dose....time to blast it the studio.

And yep.
I'm going to shake it, too :)



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Nightdreaming....

I should be asleep right now....but instead I'm thinking about packing my family in my pocket and running away on this:
(I found this lovely on etsy, of course!)


...and going here:



Doesn't it sound like a good plan? :)

coffee and rain

We had a change of pace today...instead of our normal Sunday morning bike rides, we decided to walk to a local coffee shop.

That coffee is about the size of my head :) ....and it was good.

It was a lazy morning. We just drank coffee, while the kids played. It was very nice.

In the afternoon I listed my new rings and my husband and I discussed my display for the fair. We are still trying to figure out what I need and exactly how I want the setup to look like. This is our first time so everything is still such an unknown. There are a few things we still have to get....and the fair is two weeks away!! Not gonna panic....not gonna panic.....

Later, we went for our normal bike ride post-dinner.

It rained for a tiny bit while we were riding. The air smelled so, so wonderful!

I love the summer rains....growing up in the desert, monsoon season was always the best time of the year for me.

Now that I have my little camera back I am able to take it along with me everywhere again.

Back to work early tomorrow morning.....I'm off to bed. goodnight!

Not so lazy Sunday...

We spent the morning riding our bikes around the gazillion paths of Louisville. We have a bike trailer for the kiddies and because of the abundance of parks along these paths we stopped at three of them during our ride. We have had so much rain here that there is still so many wildflowers in bloom. This makes for beautiful scenery.

We got home and after lunch I sat down to do some work. I decided against putting this amber on a beaded chain because it seemed to need its own spotlight. I am going to list it after this post.

This was my workspace this afternoon. I am all over the house when I work. I work mainly of course in my workshop, but when it comes to computer work and beading, I end up setting down in multiple areas.

My husband meanwhile is working in the garage, setting up my new canopy for the fair in September. We put it up so that we could decide on sign sizes for our setup. There is so much more than I realized that goes into setting up a booth at a fair. Luckily my husband is helping with the bulk of this...I need as much time as possible for making enough wares to fill those tables!

So for energy we downed these:

I consume many, many of these a week. Don't be turned off by its green color thanks to a heaping amount of spinach...this smoothie is actually delicious!!

I also am working on a lot of new designs that I can't wait to get started on this week. I was sketching in my notebook much of this afternoon in between everything else.

Okay I am off to list and get in some etsy-inspiration!