Positively Charming Things

I have to give huge kudos to a handful of my coworkers.  When we started our project I think we had well over 2300 tasks to tackle.  As of when I logged out of my work computer this evening, there were less than 1000 tasks left. I will be glad when this is over, I've had ideas brewing in my head for things to work on, and I signed up for a membership at beadsandbeading.com so that I can learn a few techniques with polymer clay that I don't know how to do yet, and I'd really like to get started…

I'm taking a bit of a break tonight from the day job work, since I did extras yesterday and will do a few extra tomorrow to make up for it.  So since I have a little time for myself tonight, I figure I should at least post the Crazy Train rider for today and tomorrow, which is Lovely Things. There is such a wide variety of offerings at this studio, it's hard to know where to start.  Jewelry, sewn items, cards, paintings, crocheted and knitted items...tooth fairy pillows - so cute!! it just…

Relatively speaking. Kind of. This pertains to my full time day job. Short story, we're salaried. As thus, if our company wanted to make us work 16 hour days with no compensation other than our regular pay and a clap on the back, they could. The edict is to do "this task" by "this date". On paper, it is probably doable, IF everyone does a little every day, including weekends (so, I'm talking maybe 1-3 hrs a day, seven days a week, five weeks straight - on our own personal time). And most likely…

The Shops with Less than (10) Sales guild's Featured Studio the week of March 8, is VABeachQuilter, our hardworking guild master. She has SOOOOOO many items in her shop, it's very difficult to pick out a few to feature here.  Nevertheless... here are five: Just a very small sample of the many items she has available in her studio.  Please go give her a visit today!

The ArtFire Crazy Train rider for March 7-8 is Acadienne.  She lives in Tucson, AZ and knits, crochets and embroiders her wares in her studio. Acadienne has a wide variety of items available in her shop.  From hardanger bookmarks and Christmas ornaments, to hand knitted & crochet socks, dishcloths & washcloths, shawls, scarves, kitchen towels sets and gift baskets. This is just a small sample of what she has to offer, so go give her a visit today to see what else she has!

I wasn't able to participate this time 'round, but head on over to my guild's blog to take a look at the pieces of those who did participate. They did great!

The 'Spotlight' studio for Shops with Less than (10) Sales this week, is Tali's Creations. The rapid cart for her studio will be over on the right sidebar so if you see something you like, be sure to click on it to be taken to her shop.

Hi everyone.  The featured studio for "Shops with less than (10) sales" guild is Krystallized, hailing from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The artisan at this studio makes generous use of Swarovski crystals - so sparkly! Just a small sample from her studio of what she has to offer - please go pay Krystallized a visit!

The first ArtFire Crazy Train rider for March, for the 1st and 2nd, is Designs of Avalon. Athena, who lives in New York, originally started out making jewelry, but has since switched gears to a new medium that I think is pretty ingenious, and I'll just say, the woman has some patience for sure! She still has some jewelry items available in her studio, though, so I'll show a couple of those, and then end with an item from her new medium. First, a pair of earrings made with Chrysocolla gemstone. …