10/2/10

I won't be updating this page as it is easier to update Facebook.  Please check there for the latest info.  And, if all you really care about is the latest glass bling, check out my Etsy store. Thanks!  Teresa

1/23/09

Three months since my last update!  Argh.  Can you tell that I really don't like to update my site?  Sorry about that.  I know that you are all just waiting with bated breath for every detail from my so exciting life!  Ha!  Anyhow, I'm sick.  Got the stomach flu from my grandaughter.  So, since I can't really do anything more than ginger ale and the little girl's room, I thought I would come in here and update my blog!

I'm currently working on my schedule for 2009 and hope to have at least a rough draft up by this weekend.  I will let you know that I plan to do the New Mexico Challenge show in Santa Fe on the plaza, and the art fair in Durango Colorado, the Arts and Crafts fair at La Cueva High School, and the Calvary Chapel Christmas art fair.  I'm sure there will be others.  I also plan to do a couple of studio open houses where I will give flameworking demos and have super special discounts for attendees.  And, possibly a North Valley art fair in my yard later in the summer or fall.  Oh, I almost forgot, I now have several of my jewelry pieces, my hairstix and knitting needles at Ziggy and Zoe's in Nob Hill.  It's right behind Kelly's on Central.   My beads and cabochons are here at my home studio and online in my etsy shop.

Thanks for stopping by!  Please drop me a line, I love to hear from customers, friends and family!  I hope you have a great weekend!  And I hope you don't catch what I've got!!

10/10/08

• Well I can't sleep so I think I will take this early morning quiet time to update my blog.  I know, I know, "About time!"  Sorry it takes me so long.  I always seem to have something more pressing to do.
• The summer went fast, it is already October which means Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque.  We are having great weather this year!  The Balloon Fiesta runs the 1st two weekends of October, and we usually have some kind of weather situation that interferrs with the festivities.  This year we had rain on one day and had to cancel the launch.  But every other day has been fantastic.  See below for pics I shot yesterday morning from my back yard!  We live very near the balloon fiesta grounds so the balloons usually fly right over our home if the wind is blowing the right way.
• We went to Tucson last month for the 1st Annual Flame Off.  Rashan, a fellow glass artist in  Albuquerque talked me into entering the competition.  I didn't win but it was a great experience and I learned a lot!  You can see what I and the other competitors made on the Crystal Myths web site.  After the competition, they held a silent auction and sold all the pieces that were made.  1/2 of the sale was donated to the Sonoran School of Glass Art in Tucson and the other 1/2 was given to the artist.  I made a set of beads rather than one large focal.  I didn't think they were all that good.  But I received a check so someone must have liked them!
• We also had Amara's 2nd birthday party in August.  We took her to the zoo and then we had a picnic lunch at Christina's Grandma's house.  Amara had a great time.  We got her a kids play laptop.  She loved it.  see pics below.
• We also did the Art Show in Durango.  That was a really nice show in a beautiful little town!  We will plan to do that show again.  We took a week of vacation after the show and went camping in Colorado in the Womenuchi wilderness.  Gorgeous!  We had a full week of just us laying in the hammock, hiking, laying in the hammock, etc!  It was so nice!
• For the last 2 weeks I have been off my home healthcare job because Leslie was approved for a stay in the Rehab hospital.  She is doing great there!  So, I have been spending my time in the studio making new beads and working on taking photos for my online store.  I've been trying to load at least 2 new beads or sets into my store every day.  However, I would much rather make beads that list them, so, I may never catch up!
• I was accepted to the La Cueva show again this year.  It is the only other show I have scheduled before the end of the year.  If you have Christmas presents you want to get and you can't come to that show, please contact me and I can do a private showing just for you and your friends!  Or, you can come by my studio for a free demo.  I also have some of my art at a new gallery in town, The Wooden Cow.  It's a new gallery in the Mossman Center on Montgomery next to the Nob Hill Gallery. (if you go to the Wooden Cow, I wouldn't take my kids--there is some nude art that you may not want your kids to see.)
• Starting next week.  I will move from part-time babysitter to full-time babysitter.  Christina begins a new job and they want her to work full-time.  So, my schedule will be a little tighter, but I will have so much fun playing with and teaching Amara!  So, enough with all the news, without further ado, here are the pics!

1st Annual World Flame-Off	Wayne on the new quilt his mom made
Amara working on her motorcycle	A trip to Dixon's Apple's
Amara is the only one brave enough to get into Cochiti Lake	Winding down for bedtime
"I'm not sure what you are talking about"	"you see, this is how it works Grandpa!"
Ah, hammock in the mountain in the trees!  I'm in heaven	Maybe we should have brought 2 hammocks
Birthday at the zoo!	Booth at Durango show
hot air balloons over our house	Amara and her Great Grandma Senaida on her birthday
Opening her birthday presents	oops, she found a binky somewhere!
taking a break from the zoo in the shade	Are you going to sing Happy Birthday to me?

• Wow, I really let time pass since my last update (not really my fault, I was having technical difficulties with accessing the files on my web server...blah, blah, blah).  I have lots of updates but it is one in the morning and I have to work tomorrow.  So, I'm just popping in to say that I have entered a new post to my spiritual blog.  It is the first chapter of my first book.  I would love it if you would read it and let me know your honest opinion along with any constructive criticism.
• Check back soon for an update on my latest adventures and pictures of my granddaughter (she will be 2 this month).

• Happy Father's Day to all the dads!  It's been over a month since I updated my blog.  Now that doesn't mean that I've been lazin' around doin' nothin'.  I was busy getting ready for my first show of the season, New Mexico Challenge in Santa Fe on the Plaza.  We had a nice spot with lots of shade.  However, I still managed to get a sun burn.  It was a lot of fun.  We had guy next to us who made and sold Native American flutes.  So, we got to hear flute music all weekend.  It was nice.
• I update my myspace page more regularly than this page.  I guess because all the familia is over there and I check in there regularly to see what everyone is up to.  I have it set to private, but just request me as a friend and I will approve you.  I had some weird guy buggin' me there, so I had to set it to private.
• I've had several sales in my Etsy store.  That is so cool.  I even got a picture from a jewelry artist showing me what she created from a bead, Ivory Pools, that she bought in my Etsy Store.  Here's what she created and a link to her web site.

	Kelley Pounds is the jewelry artist.  You can check out her art in her Etsy store.  Thanks for the picture Kelley.  You did a fabulous job on the design and wire work!
Here is a photo of my booth in Santa Fe.  The first photo was Saturday's set up.  Then we changed it on Sunday so we could sit on the other side of the booth and not be so much in the sun.
	Here is a pic of Amara.  She's getting to be so big.  I get her on Mondays and Wednesdays this semester.  She's saying more and more words and is developing her own unique personality.  She is unbelievably good!

• Happy Mother's Day to all the moms!  I had a nice mother's day.  Christina and Amara came over, we BBQ'd and watched Mary Poppins!  It was a very relaxing day!  Also, I talked to my mom who was up in Oregon with her boyfriend (who I did not know about).  She told me that she is getting married.  What?!?!  She sounds happy.  I talked to him for a second and he sounds like a nice guy!  I'm happy for her!  Christina and I have both been praying for a mate for her!  Woo Hoo!  I love answered prayers!  (hopefully he doesn't run when he sees what a pack rat she is!  LOL!)
• I've been making knitting needle tops and wine stoppers.  I've also been adding new listings to my Etsy store.  I really need to get busy and make jewelry for the show in Santa Fe next month.
• The show at the Arts Alliance Gallery was good.  I sold several bead sets and focal beads.  My new tumbled hollows were very well received!  I guess I need to make more of those!
• I got accepted to the Durango Art Show in August.  I also am trying out for the Tucson Bead show in September.  Not sure of the cost of that one yet--it may be out of my price range.  I would like to go to the Tucson show though because they are holding an international flame off!  Fun!  Also there will be a ton of demos which are always cool.
• Can you believe the price of gas and diesel????!!!!   Not sure if we will be able to drive anywhere this year!  Ah well, it could always be worse!
• The garden is partially planted.  The tomato plants are in and the peas.  I still need to plant a cherry tomato plant, the eggplant, squash, onions and peppers

• I have been crazy busy making beads, jewelry and usable items.  My next show is in June on the Santa Fe Plaza and I want to be sure to have plenty of new designs to choose from.  Here are some of my wine stoppers that I have been creating.  I really like this style (without the center post and top nob). 

• Wow!  Well I guess it has been a while since I wrote something in my blog.  I have been a busy girl.  Mostly hanging out with Leslie which has been so good for me.  I really enjoy being with her.  There is something to be said for a woman who always smiles despite the rebellion of her body!
• She's on vacation now in Florida.  I miss her.  And then she's off to El Salvadore to a homeopathic clinic that treats cancer patients.  She is currently cancer free.  But they do have experience with the side effect/syndrome that she has (you can read more about that on her page).  So, we are praying that they will make great improvements in her motor skills.  Her brother lives there and she will be there for 3 weeks.  So between Florida and El Salvadore, she will be gone for about 4 weeks.
• Yesterday I spent about 8 hours in the studio at the torch and I felt really creative and productive!  I also spent time creating a brochure to jump start my in-state advertising and hopefully get some local wholesale accounts for my art.  Today I spent about 3 hours in the studio and several hours working on my etsy store. Amara is here now, so I am babysitting until about 8 tonight.
• So, I am keeping myself busy.  I have a few orders that I am working on filling.  Some wine stoppers and some bead sets.  But mostly I am just playing with colors and designs--finding my groove and exploring some grooves I didn't know I had.  LOL!
• I hope you have a great week!  And, if you are in the area and would like to come by Friday around 6pm, I am having a Pampered Chef party.  Just call me and I will give you directions!  505.730.0556.  Also, here are some Amara pictures from Easter.  The last two are of her totally wired and tuckered out from all the candy she ate.  She just went and got a pillow and laid down on the floor in the middle of us.  But her legs are moving so fast that they are just a blur.  Poor thing!

• Happy February!  Can you believe that we've already spent a month of this new year!  Amazing.  Well, we were supposed to be leaving for Tucson today for the bead shows down there.  However, we decided to save the money and the time and not go.  My main justification for going was to spend my gift certificates to buy glass from Frantz.  However, I called them to see if they would accept my gift certificates in Tucson, and they won't.  ARRRGGGHHH!  Oh well, saved me some money I guess!
• I'm currently in the process of applying for the shows I plan on doing this year.  I just found out that I was accepted into the Santa Fe show I applied for. Yay!!!  My computer is acting up and my cd burner is not working correctly so I've not been able to burn discs to apply for the other shows.  I have an appt with Apple this afternoon to have it looked at.  Hopefully it will get fixed and I can submit the rest of my applications on Saturday.  Check out my schedule page to see what I am planning for the year.
• Christina's taking classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays this semester.  So I'm babysitting Amara on those days from 3-8 pm.   Yesterday she fell in the kitchen and banged her head on a cabinet door.  Now she has a bruise on her forehead.  I hate it when she gets hurt, especially when she is in my care.
• I'm also working part time with my friend Leslie.  She has cancer and a syndrome that has attacked her nervous system and makes it difficult for her to get around.  So I go to her house in Placitas 4 - 5 days a week and help with cooking, take her to appointments and keep her company.  We read a lot.  You can check out her caring bridge page here.
• I've not been in the studio as much as I would like.  I have several orders to fill and I plan to get them finished this weekend (since I'm not going to Tucson -- boo hoo!).  Also I plan to get busy taking pictures of everything and get it posted into my etsy store.
• Oh yeah, big news!  My brother James is going to audition for NBC's Nashville Star on February 21st!  Woo Hoo!  I hope he goes all the way.  You can check out his singing on Bix and SingSnap.
• Happy Friday everyone!

• Wow!  2008?  A new year, a fresh start, new opportunities, new adventures...I don't know about you, but I am excited.
• I'm working on my schedule of shows, classes and vacation for 2008.  I'm sure I should have worked on it months ago...but, better late than never!  I have decided to attend the bead shows in Tucson Arizona again this year.  I'm looking forward to meeting some of the other artists that I've only talked to online.  If I'm lucky I may be the new proud owner of a Kimberly Seahorse and a Smiley Heart (hear's hoping, wishing and praying!).  Wayne is planning on going with me.  You can check out my schedule on the Schedule page.  
• I'm still working on orders from December, but I hope to have those completed sometime next week.  A couple of orders for beads and an order for a charm bracelet. 
• Since I redesigned my web-site last year, I did not repost the information about my charities.  I give 20% of every sale to help homeless and run-away youth and single moms in New Mexico.  Thanks to my fantastic customers I was able to help support a single mom and provide new bedding for the local teen shelter in Albuquerque!  Thank you all for your support!  I hope you enjoyed my creations as much as I enjoyed creating them.

• Christmas the day is over, but Christmas is not quite over.  We still have another Christmas at Wayne's folk's in Carlsbad.  We'll be going down there next weekend to celebrate with them.
• Christmas was pretty quiet for us this year.  Christmas Eve Christina and Amara came over, had dinner and opened presents.  Then Christmas morning Wayne and I opened our presents to each other and the presents from my mom and brother that were sent from Idaho.  We spent the rest of the day sitting around watching tv.  I started working on a crocheted lap blanket in a stitch that I've been meaning to learn.  I forgot that someone had given me the pattern until I was cleaning out one of the drawers in my studio on Friday.  Anyway, we had leftovers and watched re-runs all day.  I don't think I've sat that still in ages.  My hips actually hurt from sitting for so long!  LOL!
• Amara got a new crib for Christmas.  So Wayne and I went over to her place today to set it up.  The crib she was in was a very small one made more for a new born and she has begun to escape from it.   So, this new regular size crib is just in time.  
• New Years plan are the same as last year.  Wayne's work, GPS, is taking us all to Tamaya Resort for their New Year's bash.  Great food and entertainment by the Pink Flamingos.  We had a great time last year and we are looking forward to it again.  Last year there was 2 feet of snow on the ground so we stayed inside.  But this year they guys are going to golf and maybe we'll go for a horese back ride.  I'm going to get a message which I really need.  My neck and shoulders are very tight from all the crocheting I've been doing.
• And, amazingly enough, I have finally listed some finished pieces in my etsy shop!
• Happy new year to all and I pray that 2008 brings you hope and joy!