Odds and ends, stuff to share

It's been too long since I posted.  I just got busy/sidetracked and now I have a lot to catch up on!  First of all, I want to share my own personal new look!

 If you are in the Facebook art teachers group, you've already seen these photos.  I've decided that being a little old blue-haired lady no longer needs to have the negative connotation that it used to.  Wonder what color I'll do next!  I'm wishing this color wasn't going to fade, but unfortunately it will.  I just washed it for the first time and I already see a bit of a difference.  :(

Second - the results of my giveaway, which somehow I never posted.  Two winners were randomly selected from the entries, and were contacted and received necklaces in the mail.  Down the road I may pick a few more!  Here's who won:  longtime blog reader Christie now has the necklace pictured on the left.  Christie's terrific blog is called Fine Lines.  Another regular blog reader Janel, who blogs at Teaching van Gogh...Lend Me an Ear?  received the necklace on the right.

Third - my Pacon projects!  In a post earlier this month (you can find it here), I told you how I got involved designing a project for Pacon using a new type of black paper, and in typical fashion I came up with three lessons rather than one.  And they are now all posted on the Pacon website!!!   Here are direct links to all three of them: 

Designing Negative Space

 Getting Buggy! Create a Creepy-Crawly Floral Still Life Collage

Wacky Woven Flying Carpets

And fourth - a little family share - my son's rock band, The Functionals, played a 'gig' at the Hard Rock Cafe in Boston last weekend.  His bandmates are all long-time friends of his, and we know them/their girlfriends/their families all quite well.  So it was fun to see all of the families show up to this gig, as well as their  many co-workers who came to listen and show their support as well.  My son is the bass player, on the right. 

 

 My son's mostly female co-workers at Corinthian Events all showed up in these shirts they had made before leaving the office on Friday (really, just Sharpie on white duct tape, stuck on shirts).  They gave these to me and my husband to model (photo below).  Don't worry, my husband is NOT assaulting me in this photo, he's just turned awkwardly to show the back of his shirt.  I think it is so adorable that my son's co-workers like him so much! 

That's it for now.  Hopefully you won't have to wait so long for another post from me.  Thanks for being patient!

A little bloggy giveaway!

 

A while back, I expressed my desire for my blog to hit the big round number of 1000 followers.  In response, my readers reminded me that Google Friend Connect is sort of passé, and that many people are now following me through Blogloving or some other reader, and that I probably have a lot more readers than I know.  And I suppose that's true, so I decided not to fret over the almost-round number.  But few days ago I discovered that, while I wasn't paying attention, my numbers had been slowly, quietly creeping up, and I actually had passed my goal of 1000 followers on Google without even noticing!  Right now have reached the grand total of 1002.

So to say thank you to my loyal followers, I'm going to have little giveaway.  If you read my blog a lot, you know that I love to make jewelry, way more than I ever, ever, ever could or would wear.  So I'm going to give away a necklace, possible a necklace/earring set, or maybe even two, and maybe a couple of pairs of earrings as well.  Don't get too excited - I'm not giving away my PMC (precious metal clay) jewelry - that stuff is ridiculously expensive to make and is all MINE.  This stuff is more colorful and fun, but does not include precious metals.  The photos on this post are a sampling of what I have.  While the only earrings pictured here are parts of sets, my collection also consists of many fun individual pairs of earrings, particularly right for someone who likes a dash of color.

Here's what you need to do if you want to take a chance on this giveaway:

• First of all, if you don't already follow this blog, become a follower.  
• Then, once you are a follower (or if you already were one in the first place) leave a comment.  In the comment you need to tell me the following:
• An email address to contact you if you win.  (Please feel free to write out the 'dot' and 'at' to avoid spam.  I'll figure it out.)
• Favorite color schemes/color families for jewelry, including metal preferences (silver, gold, copper toned, etc)
• Size and style preferences, such as big and chunky or light and delicate?  Prefer longer or shorter or any length? Ears pierced?  Funky or conservative?

• Also: If there is any piece pictured on this post that particularly suits your taste, please point it out, as it is possible that something pictured here might be what is sent, and if you win, I definitely want you to like and wear what you receive!

• Leave your comment no later than midnight one week from today, Thursday, June 5th.  A name (or maybe even  two or three) will be selected at random and the winner will be announced on the blog and also contacted via email for mailing information.  If you do not leave an email contact, you are not eligible to win.

 

 Thank you for being loyal readers of my admittedly sometimes quite random blog!  You are the best!