CHARMS BY LOIS

Saturday, May 9, 2020

It is a gorgeous day here in the Pacific Northwest with temperatures in the low to mid 80's. A bit too warm for my liking but around here, pandemic or not, people love heat. It is a pretty rare commodity. I am secretly sitting here and very jealous because stepson Eric has three inches of snow at his farm in Vermont. Snow! In May?! I love snow but after all this time home in pandemic quarantine, I might be ready for no snow days this coming winter.

I have loved most of being home during the pandemic. I have had an explosion of creativity and have done every thing in my studios that I could think of for fun. I actually did work and projects just for me, just because I wanted to. I will have to post pictures the next time of all the things I did do. Hint: Some of the crafts I did have not been worked on by me in over 27 years! I am new and old again!

The least fun part of the pandemic is missing being in my shop and my customers, employees and fellow business buddies. I miss all that camaraderie and social life! Almost starved for It. Soon. Soon. Soon.

My beautiful white lilac bush. A gift a bunch of years ago from Phil & Jacob.

Today I ventured out into the side yard as I wandered a path around the house to do some serious weeding. I may have late life allergies but gardening needs to be done, at least around here in fits and starts.

I am in the process of learning to schedule and make films in my shop and studio. Live action videos you can watch at a certain time to see what surprises and cool things I have in inventory. Like these beads.

Handsome blue rutilated quartz found in Tucson, A new stone! $ 19. each

I am also making new jewelry pieces with beads in my stash. Like visiting old friends to find beads I forgot I had purchased over these many decades. I mix them with my metal work and cast charms and have an adventure in design! Nothing like spreading out a bunch of beads and findings and tools and just going for it!