this is what i made my mom for mother's day...
the two pieces of wood were some random thing that i found at salvation army, drilled holes in it, then painted.
i used copper chain and wire pins along with carved stones in addition to garnet chips for the decorative parts.
pretty huh???
well prettyish.
come on, ya at least gotta give me pretty-ish.

oh, and i also made this:

and the bead store had their sale this week... so i got $140 worth of beads for $80...
now i just have to start trying to sell this stuff...

the countdown begins

this visa and passport thing is way more trouble than i remember it.
plus the pic they took of me makes me look like i am 50 years old.... that won't do.