the Akamai Knitter

Saturday was my little bead show and while I had a grand time hanging out with friends I hadn’t seen in about 10 years, sales weren’t all that spectacular. It was a very small and private show, so I didn’t go in it with high expectations. (I was a bad blogger and I forgot my camera.)

Despite the low expectations, I’m still a little disappointed by the lack of sales. Insecurity has always been a strong point with me. I really am trying not to let it bring me down though and as soon as my camera battery recharges, there will be a big update to the shop.

Even though I have a more then good enough inventory of jewelry, I can’t seem to stop with the jewelry making. Last night I decided to try a tutorial from the Beading Daily website.

nameless bracelet

I about killed my hands working with half hard wire instead of the dead soft wire that the project called for, but I have a ton of the stuff on hand and I’m determined to use it up. I think I’m going to come up with something else for it in the future though. The tool marks on this piece are terrible and it will probably need to spend a long while in the rock tumbler to make it pretty. And really? I need my hands.

Sammy continues to grow. There was a time when he was able to curl up on top of this cat condo and have room to spare. Not so much these days.

growing sammy

Happy Monday everyone! I hope all you Americans had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I hope the rest of you had a fantastic weekend!