Dragonsglass

This weekend we have been busily putting our little “kingdoms” in order. I have spent most of my time bringing in and getting the living spaces back to order. The great room is all done and we have some very happy kids….as this picture shows.

Karen has been working madly on getting the old office turned into her office and music studio room. I took pictures of the guest room that will soon become my new clay room too. These are taken before much of anything is in the room.

So….there you have it. Day one of the great clay room birth. That was yesterday. Today we went and picked up a desk and storage cupboard for in there. that will be my job tomorrow. putting those together and starting to figure out where I want to put everything. Of course I will have to work around the bed and the ironing board. Of course I will be reminded of all the ironing I have to do (the shirts hanging in the closet….I keep hoping for the ironing fairy to take care of that for me…but alas) until I get the closet door back on. Then it will be the “out of sight, out of mind” going on. And now…I think I will imitate my cats and collapse for a while.

The flooring is going down! So far they have the great room almost completed and then comes the hallway and the guest room (which will be my clay room too). I dug my camera out from the box I packed it in and will get pictures posted soon. I know you ALL want to see this in progress eh?

Is on!. Tomorrow the flooring starts going in. this means today the studio gets totally packed up and moved into either the kitchen, back patio or garage. Then one last room of carpeting to rip out. I also have to move the sectional sofa out and get the last remnant of carpeting from under it. Back? what back? I don’t need no steenkin back!

On a happier note, we had our Relay for Life this weekend (24 hour walk to raise funds for the American Cancer Society) Our Relay, here in Bakersfield, is the second largest in the whole US, the largest in California, and a training site for other relay committees. As of last count we raised over 1.7 million, with money still coming in. The final tally will be at the end of August. I am so very proud of our community and the big companies that match and sponser our event.

I had a table full of creations, many by myself and others donated by my friend Moe, from Hawaii. She sent a box of necklaces and earrings and other things for me to sell to help raise money. I went with a large box of items and came home with a very tiny box. I raised an additional $160 selling these small items.

I promise, dadragon will be back creating within the next couple of weeks. Until then, I will fold wax paper cranes. Happy claying to you all.

Being tagged as a blogger is a bit different than the childhood game of tag, being tagged as a blogger is more of a call out to say, “I read your blog, and I like it.” Much better than being tagged as a kid

The rules:
1. Place the name of the person and URL on your blog.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write seven things about yourself.
4. Name seven of your favorite blogs.
5. Send an email letting those bloggers know they have been tagged.

Favorite Blogs:
1. Judy Dunn. A creative and forward looking artist.
2. Libby Mills. A very creative metalsmith and polymer clay artist.
3. Naama Zamir. An Israel artist who creates amazing Judaica art
4. DrMom aka Toby. A dear friend who focuses her blog on Jewish artist. A polymer clay artist in her own right.
5. Barbara Fajardo. A dear friend who creates the most amazing art.
6. Jenn Dorion. A multi-talented artist I am proud to call friend.
7. Janice Arbarbanel. Janice does amazing things with paint, crackle and clay!

Seven things about me:
1. I worked as a paramedic for 25 years
2. I live with my partner of 11 years and a houseful of wonderful fur, feathered, and finned children
3. I ride a beautiful purple motorcycle, Ame’ (short for Amethyst Wings)
4. I went to high school with Bill Gates and sold my yearbook with his picture in it for $700
5. I was born and raised in the Seattle area, but live in Bakersfield California now.
6.My first art love is stained glass. I learned how to work with glass as a stress reliever from my job as a paramedic.
7. I read from the Torah last May for my Adult B’nai Mitzvah.

We found out that it shipped on Friday which means it is even MORE imperative to get the decluttering done! We have filled a dumpster to over flowing and I will schedule pickup and dump tomorrow then round two of filling begins. this time it will get the icky old carpet and padding, plus whatever else we manage to find.

between pulling carpeting and de-cluttering I have been stripping and painting cabinets. they look pretty darn good if I say so myself. Now we are waiting for the hinges to get in so we will finally ahve matching hinges and pulls. I took Thursday and friday off from all that stuff to rest my back and find some clay to beat. I am also under a deadline to get the afghan throw done for Relay For Life which is next saturday. I have 24 more squares to make and then need to put it together, wash and block it. Wheeeeeeeeeee

I did manage to get 6 pendants bases done and will add the next step tomorrow and three more cranes folded and baked. I hope I have enough stuff to raise a ton of money at RFL. Might have to spend a bit more time in the clayroom to get more cranes finished.

K and I talked about the two rooms (office and guest/music/clay room) over lunch today. It is decided that since I don’t use the office much any more she will take it over for her computer and music room. I will get the guest room for my clay supplies. I willbe adding some cabinetry under the window and put a nice counter top down for a combination area….part for the clay surface and part for the sewing machine. The printer scanner will also go in there with the PC I don’t use very much….so I CAN clay and check my email if I want to. This will also allow me to set up the web cam again and do demos if I want. We are both excited about this new room split. *dance**dance*

ok…off to taping off and more painting.