Three Minutes and Happy New Year

I have to leave in about 3 minutes to get to an appointment, but wanted to stop in and wish everyone a very Happy New Year - yeah ok, so the month is almost half over - what can I say!  May we all have a blessed, prosperous, wonderful year in every way possible! 
My computer remains stranded in Colorado - not sure when I will be getting it - but I try to get on the computer at the "business center" at the apt complex at least 3 times a week. I just don't always have time to visit everywhere I'd like to, but do know all of you at TST, HAF, ArtFire, Twitter, and blog friends,  etc are missed!!! Oops gotta go!

HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!!!

HELP PLEASE

I still don't have my computer up and running so yes, I haven't been around lately, but right now things are a little desperate. 
I don't want to go into a lot of details, but the short of it is, my daughter is about to be evicted from her apt - and if she is, her 10 mo old baby and 10 year old son will likely end up in foster care - it's really a stupid long thing - but basically her  soon to be ex who lives in a $2000.00 mo apt all of a sudden decided to not give her any child support - she's pretty much used up her local agencies last month for rent, but we need to get this months and hopefully January covered until the divorce goes through the court makes the A _ _ pay her so if you can afford even a few bucks to go buy something from me or to donate something, it will be greatly appreciated.  CPS got involved in their live in Oct when she went over to his apt to get a few bucks to go buy the baby a  hoodie and they got in an arguement and then the cops wouldn't let her call her friend to pick up the kids, it's really a mess - she's a good mom and these kids don't deserve to go into foster care because this guy is a jerk. 
She doesn't need clothes or toys for the kids, she needs money to pay rent.  She's been looking for a job, but has had a hard time finding something since she really can't work at night or weekends as she doesn't have anyone to take care of the kids at those times, she lives in Colorado, and I live in NM or I'd take care of the kids for her. 
My paypal account is under lisianblue@gmail.com and my shop is http://www.artfire.com/users/lisianblue

Thank you so very much and have a blessed day and holiday.

ALMOST IN TEARS

I have to make this short - in the midst of trying to get everything packed - loading up the truck this sunday, leaving Monday - my computer crashed - big time - as in there is no data left on it - or well maybe I should word that differently - tried uploading Vista - but it won't boot up - and doing so also formatted the disc which basically erased everything - a whole lot of pics - there were some really awesome pictures on there that I won't be able to duplicate - but the ones I am so sad about are the ones of my kiddos - can't redo those - can't go back in time to recapture them -
I KNOW that I should have backed up the files - it was on my list of things to do this week! hahahahaha - so all I can say is - if you haven't backed up your files - do so.
Here's the other problem, I bought my computer 3 yrs ago, it was a store demo and for some reason I didn't get a disc with it! so I am off to try to get a disc from  the company and see if I can at least do something with  it!
so, I gotta get back to packing - take care of  yourself, have a wonderful day, and I'll be back off and on!

Fortunately this was on the HAF blog site - but super reduced - going to try to enlarge it somehow eventually! but I had a whole series of about 8 of this tree that was frozen - this may be the only pic I will be able to salvage of them!

Love ya all!

Serendipity

The moving process continues - after it was off for a bit.  Hours away from loading up the truck the end of July, everything fell apart - no truck, people couldn't come due to the new time caused by the truck being returned to the dealer late..........................So, I'm settling back into my apt,  bought a screen door, a ceiling fan, and went into the apt office several times to request the door and fan be installed, and inquired about my new lease................2 weeks later the fan was still sitting on my living room floor, I had installed the screen door, and the lease had not been signed because, well I don't know, the young woman who was in charge of doing the leases never called me to let me know it was done.  Meanwhile I found out I will probably need to have surgery on my right shoulder due to a tendon tear where it attaches, and my daughter, asked me once again to move to Colorado Springs..........................................and only because the lease had not been signed, I'm able to do so.  Items that have been packed, unpacked, packed, unpacked, are now being packed again.  Fortunately, not everything went through the packing, unpacking, packing, unpacking - but I had quite a bit unpacked from the July fall out.  Every time things got packed, or unpacked I seemed to get  more organized, more things went other places, and so the packing process has been easier this time around.   Then, my daughter called me last week and asked me to come up to Colorado for about a week to help her out, and then we would go back to Alb. pack me up and return to Co.   She just moved a few months ago and is still trying to get her place together - but all my stuff including me will have to be here until Oct 1 when I can get a place of my own.
After my early morning arrival on Sat, I took a short nap and later in the day we journeyed over to Manitou Springs where a music festival was occurring - a number of  artisans had booths and so we wandered around these for a bit before heading off to the brick and mortar stores.

  We came to a booth with some repurposed vintage pieces,  a delightful mix of vintage/steampunk,  some wirewrapping and  their creator, Valerie.  ONe piece in particular really caught my daughters eye, and although it was a reasonable $36. it was still more than either of us felt like we could spend - since my move will have to be paid for soon - the more we talked to Valerie, and she commented on the pendant I was wearing I then asked her if she didn't sell the necklace is she would be willing to tuck it away and perhaps we could do a trade later.  She picked up the necklace and handed it to me with the agreement that I create a piece similar to the one I was wearing in different colors.  Oh yeah, Valerie already knew I am in the process of moving, so getting this piece created may not happen for a month (or more), but was fine with that.  I am honored that she trusts me to keep my end of the bargain so that my daughter could have something special in her sort of crazy world right now! Thank you Valerie!! 

All pieces shown are by Valerie from her etsy shop Roses Creativity

One of my my favorites is this "The Key to Reds" necklace - believe me the picture does not do this cool necklace justice!  I'm  actually kind of surprised to see it's still available.
I'm still in a bit of shock that this woman just handed me the necklace with compassion for my daughter, I mean seriously, I could be someone who won't make good on the swap, but I will, in fact, I can hardly wait to create her pendant...............but everything is 400 miles & days away  - and once we get to Alb, it's going to be all about packing - with moments of creativity.

Serendipity - indeed!

Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by. Please go visit Roses Creativity too!! :)

Moving, Moving, Moving

My apologies if I haven't been by as of late, I'm frantically packing and trying to get moved.  It's a little, no it's very unsettling to be moving away again!  Last time I left Albuquerque or the area was in 1982, so it feels very strange to be picking up and moving at this stage of the game.   But, I am hoping it is a very good thing - Hopefully I will be around off and on for the next few weeks even tho my shops will still be in "vacation mode" .  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

HAF BLOG RING FEATURED ARTIST T.RUSK4U

Although Teresa's first crafting love was sewing, she has become obsessed with making jewelry and enjoys the whole process, from choosing the materials and designing one of her very pretty pieces of jewelry.   Looking to expand her skills by learning new techniques, Teresa enjoys designing and creating quality handmade jewelry for the budget conscious woman in styles from classic to contemporary.  She currently lives in Hillsborough NC with her husband and 2 rescue dogs, while her 2 grown children live elsewhere.

You can find Teresa's wonderful jewelry creations at these places
T.Rusk4U Etsy
T.Rusk4U HAFshop
and her blog

Gray Scales Pendant Necklace is a sweet and unique pendant. 

I just had to include this Santa Fe Surprise Necklace.  I'd have those cool curly wire pieces all over the place, but these are so nicely done.

Whimsical Wire Wrapped Moss Green Stone, and who said fun can't be pretty too!

So, I gotta say it again - I love checking out at all the unique handmade jewelry on these venues, created by such nice and talented people - and you can go shopping in your pj's - or nothing at all in this heat! lo

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

HAF BLOG RING FEATURED ARTIST LTD BEADS & JEWELRY

Joan, creator of LTD Beads & Jewelry found herself out of a job and so she returned to a childhood love - rocks - to relieve the stress. Well, not just any rocks, but pretty rocks, the kind you put into a necklace or earrings, along with a few beads. LTD Beads and Jewelry came to life as she kept returning to two things she loves, rocks and jewelry. With many years of graphic design experience, Joan does have a great eye for design as shown in her wonderful creations.

With a shops on ecrater , Artfire, and Bonanzle, you can take your pick whre to buy one of her finely crafted jewelry pieces.

Or to find out a little more about Joan and LTD Beads and Jewelry, you can also visit her blog

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.