Focus...Focus...

[erulissedances]

I finally have decided what I am making for smaller holiday gifts. They aren't as elaborate as last year's beaded holiday stars, but still are taking longer to make than I had originally intended. I wanted something that would take about an hour, maybe two hours to make, but these are closer to 3-4 hours. But, that's still better than the 8+ hours that last year's stars took. Now I just need to fit some beading time into my writing and editing time.

I have a friend (fellow author) going in for surgery tomorrow, and another friend who has a dear family member going in for some tests today, so any thoughts that could be spared for these two people would be appreciated.

And I think I'll continue working with my pens and my computerized image machine for the interior sentiment on my cards on Wednesday. I'll work on that and get that going, because I want to spend the next times working on the decorating. I have all sorts of new equipment I purchased this summer that I want to be able to use on my cards. We'll see what actually will happen...it's a crap shoot. I'll toss ideas in the air and see what comes down as viable. At least I'm playing with creativity...just not with my glasswork :-) Have a wonderfully creative week ahead of you!

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[idleleaves]

Hiiiiiiii. ♥ Hope you don't mind that I friended you - I found you here through elleth and la_samtyr (I'm IdleLeaves on LJ). I'm just another garden-variety Tolkien fangirl, but a crafter, too. Mostly fibrecraft, with or without beads knitted in. Heh.

[erulissedances]

No problem, happy to have another friend. I'm Engarian on LJ and if you're not a friend of mine there, you may want to click there also.

As for fibrecraft, I spin and weave, although I firmly believe that a knitted or crocheted item just isn't complete without beads :-)

- Erulisse (one L)

[idleleaves]

I'm just getting into beaded knitting, but it's so addictive. And hooray for spinning and weaving! I do both, too - I know plenty of knitters on LJ/DW but precisely nobody else who spins and weaves (mine is a rigid heddle loom).

Just added you on LJ, too. =)

[erulissedances]

Excellent! I have a small rigid heddle loom and a frame loom for some silk that I spun more than 10 years ago but still need to finish weaving up (yes...I get involved in stuff...). Beads are necessary. I run a store that specializes in beads, we have 1000's of seed beads of all sizes and a lot of bead knitters/crocheters among our customers. Great fun! I look forward to getting to know you over time.

- Erulisse (one L)

[idleleaves]

Oh, wow. I'm convinced that bead and/or fibrecraft stores are small slices of heaven, really. Must be amazing in there. =D

I look forward to it as well. ♥

[erulissedances]

You can get a look at my store in Google Maps, there are lots of pictures there. Just look up Stormcloud Trading Co in Saint Paul, Minnesota (USA) to get a look.

- Erulisse (one L)

[idleleaves]

What a beautiful shop. *_____* So many beads and pretty things!