Things I Did this Week
Posted by Sarah at March 13, 2010 12:16 AM 
Categories: Classes,General,Beads
Tags: beads spacers classes etsy life twitter ebay
Categories: Classes,General,Beads
Tags: beads spacers classes etsy life twitter ebay
1. I went to Jerusalem, but I believe we talked about that already. It had been a while.
2. I ate gold.
No, really. After the Old City, we went to the luxurious King David hotel for coffee. I couldn't resist ordering the lemon cream-caramel-pistachio cake. How could anyone resist anything that has lemon cream, caramel and pistachios in it?
So, when the cake arrived, I noticed it had gold flakes on top.
"Uh, waitress?"
"Yes?"
"My cake has gold on it."
"Yes, you can eat that."
"Oh. Okay."
Yes, I did spend a couple of moments contemplating scraping the gold off the cake into a napkin, discreetly shoving it into my pocketbook and using it in a bead, but I thought that might look tacky. The King David is a fancy place. For general knowledge, in case you happen to be in the area, the terrace is quite lovely. It is so peaceful and the air there is so nice and un-humid, it actually made me miss living in Jerusalem for a minute or two. I got over it though. Tel Aviv is really the best - noise, filth, humidity and all.
In case you were wondering, gold tastes like salt and eating it makes you feel very important.
3. I took Melanie Moertel's class. It was a lot of fun. It was actually the first time in a while that I felt I could just sit at a torch and enjoy making beads, without wondering if anyone is going to want to buy them or not. I should do that more often.
Melanie is such a sweet and fun person - getting to know her and hang out with her was a real treat.
4. I made an alien bead. (No, she's not a doll, she's not a fairy and she's not Pippi Longstocking. She's an alien. AN ALIEN. Seriously, people. She is green and she has antennae. How could she be Pippi Longstocking?)
I think I might make some more aliens, but I have a different idea for how to make them. We'll see.
I made some other beads in class too. Melanie's typical color schemes are different from mine, so it was fun to play around with that.
5. I made nine spacers on one mandrel.
Actually, today I made TEN spacers on one mandrel, but those are still in the kiln.
So, in the meantime, check this out:
6. Aside from those, I made 14,659 more spacers. Please bid on them. K?
I think tomorrow I might actually make beads that are not spacers, but I'm not sure yet. I'm kind of in the zone.
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8. Oh, speaking of Etsy - I finally fulfilled my life-long dream of making it to the front page! These beads were there on Sunday, while I was in class! Yeah!
9. I met some really weird people, but let's not go into that. (*winks at Melanie*)
10. I taught two classes of my own - one beginners', one Glass, Glitter and Gravity. I am so exhausted. It's been a long week.
11. I managed to do something to upset the computer gods, apparently. A few weeks ago my desktop monitor went completely berserk, and now it's my laptop monitor. There's a few rows of pixels at the bottom of the screen that keep flickering and it's incredibly annoying. I keep trying to ignore it but I can't. All I want is a normal computer I can work on. Is that too much to ask? Argh. Argh. Argh.
12. I've been keeping TheColorista up-to-date with lots of interesting and inspiring colorful links (and the occasional shameless self-promotion). If you're not following, you should!
I think now it is time to go watch some TV and relax.
See you soon!
Sarah, thank you for your sweet words. I had so much fun with you and Alain. I will miss you and we need to work on our idea *winks at Sarah*
Kiss and miss ya,
Mel
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9 spacers is pretty impressive. On a hothead - now that's amazing!
Also Sarah, I'm loving The Colorista tweets. Some great colourful diversions there - thank you!
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I love your alien girl! Definitely make more
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Yes! 10 on one mandrel.. you must have perfect form! lol
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