Summer's Wrapping Up

This was maybe a 15 pound turtle at the fair. I loved him!

Like the turtle at the Jefferson County Fair this month, as he slowly moved around in his outdoor pen with his much bigger buddy turtles, I feel the slower days of August are moving on and I am thinking of settling down to work on my winter projects. You know, the dark early evenings that make me want to turn on television and knit or needlepoint or draw or whatever, as the sound keeps me company. This might be the winter I finish the big needlepoint project I have started or finish that afghan before climate change makes wool afghans obsolete. I could accomplish a lot and really stretch those wings of creativity so we, and you, will just have to wait to see what I come up with. Stay tuned!


I am not having any luck right now with posting more pictures here so I am going to quickly list our upcoming classes for the early fall with more to be added as we hear about what you would like to learn. As always, private instruction is available at $ 30 an hour. Just call or email.

September 24th - Basic Bead Stringing.

October 8th - Rosary Making Workshop

October 15th - Beaded Leather Bracelet Cuff

All details are on our home page at our website - www.wynwoods.com

Samples are made and in the shop so come on in and talk class, as in take a class this fall!

Gazooks and Yegads Doodads!!

How did it happen that today is already the 11th of August?  Summer has taken a leap forward and is just plain old rushing by. The business part of me wants it to continue forever because visitors are in town and the shop is hopping. The other part of me longs for fall and cooler days, late afternoon sun and cozy evenings to do craft work, whether it be beading, drawing or knitting.

This week my new metal room should be getting finished up inside. Karston is coming to finish framing out the windows and doing a little touch up painting. I will have it set up to be able to cut, polish, fire, solder and do just about anything else I want with metal. Pictures will just have to come later.

I will say that the brief few hours of rain yesterday felt good and I think everything is recharged. No more dog days of August for at least a couple of afternoons! I swear, within minutes of the rain really coming down; my yarn perked up and began to turn green! I see mowing in my future.

A friend sent this to me and I love it! Collect Shiny Things! That's me!!

My honey bunny and me. Still smiling after nearly 25 years of selling beads, yarn & jewelry! 

So as summer draws to an end and September is just around the corner, I leave you with one of my favorite recent adventures. Watching, studying and photographing the small and giant tortoises at the Jefferson County Fair. They were incredibly smarter than I ever gave them credit for and moved pretty quickly. This was a little guy. The biggest one weighed 215 pounds!

Fell in adoration with the big turtles at the local country fair. I could have watched them for hours!

On that happy turtle note, I will say have a great rest of summer and see you all soon in the shop. Bead on, collect shiny things, make stuff and be creative most of all!