C’est la vie!

Great scott! Life has been busy this week!
I had an awesome day in the studio yesterday and was able to get a few pieces finished with a few more on deck for completion this afternoon.
But I have something kind of important to tell you. I was very sad yesterday — I have perhaps been sad for most of my life. But yesterday something very special happened.

This guy arrived. The postman put a mailer in my hands and when I opened it up, all I could see was magenta magenta magenta (my favorite color). When I opened the package further, I found a faux fox, knitted stole.
HOLY COW!

Granted. It is very weird. Which is why I like it so well. Additionally, it had me at hello.
Thanks Mona! Believe it or not, I really love it (so does RW). And now my faux fox stole has completed me and I will live a glad life for the rest of my days on Earth.

Well. That was ridiculously melodramatic but I know no other way of behaving or conveying myself (it comes so darn naturally). I’ll snap some photos when I’m next wrapped up in foxy, in the snow and howling wind. I’m sure you’ll appreciate the curiosity much more then! If you already appreciate the curiosity of this scarf, you can find it and many like it, HERE. Happy oggling!
And now, 7Up!

These guys will all be part of the Etsy shop update tomorrow. This group features a saddle ring, claddagh ring, a couple sets of earrings, a turquoise ring (bordering on larimar coloration), a necklace featuring a bezel set, hand pierced enamel disc fired right here in my kiln at Plume Gables (set in the confines of a shadowbox wall). Auspicious. Lastly I finished a large prudent man agate pendant. The stone comes from the Prudent Man Claim here in Idaho and is an amazing agate that resembles Idaho, high desert landscape in amazing hues of teal, pink, grey, brown and red. Additionally, there are highly translucent portions of agate in the cabochon so when it’s held up to the light the individual sage shaped plumes in the stone really pop. Just gorgeous.
Alright, I’m off to grocery shop, snaggle a latte and then settle into a few happy hours of making, out in my studio. We’ve got a gorgeous Idaho blue sky here today, barely a breeze and the white of frost on the trees and grass has already been consumed by the sun. I’ve got wings on my heels! A happy heart! I hope you’re well, I love you so.
XO
PLUME

Comments

  1. Melissa-Ann says

    HAHA!
    That was so wonderful. I loved that funny post. It cheered me up this morning
    I love your "melodramatic-ness".

  2. thebearaffair says

    Another day made happy by The Life and Times of the Plume:) We spent yesterday at Bryce, enjoying the beauty of Zion today and on to the Grand Canyon tomorrow. What an exquisite trilogy these canyons in our land are!! We've enjoyed the Tetons, Yellowstone and everything in between (with the exception of the Plume:()……This has been the most beautiful and perfect vacation one could ever want – right here in our very own USA. Next trip will include Canada:) Hugs and have a wonderful foxy day my dear Plume.

  3. Upon the receival of a magenta fox – her life was complete. This opens up a whole new world of answers for my melancholy, perhaps there is a felted green owl or a burnt umber squirrel fashioned from an upcycled sweater roaming about somewhere out there waiting to fill my heart with joy. I have a feeling I will know it when I see it. Excited to see what you cook up in your kiln along with all of the other beauties on parade tomorrow. I'm brewing some fresh pumpkin spice coffee and snagging a snickerdoodle out of the cookie jar, and then its back to work for me.

  4. OHmyGOSH! Do the foxy-fox-making folks have an etsy shop?? If so, I've had one of their items on my wishlist for a long time. (If not, then there is a shop that makes items that are VERY similar…hmmm). Anyway, that fox looks so adorable draped around your shoulders. 🙂
    Have a beautiful day, lady!
    XO

  5. sensitiveartist says

    "…snaggle a latte and then settle into a few happy hours of making out in my studio."

    I think I read that "making out" part wrong the first time with no pause between "making" and "out". It cracked me up a little bit.

    🙂

  6. The Noisy Plume: says

    GUFFAW!!! Well, RW will be home at 5:30………

  7. MrsLittleJeans says

    OMG, what's that fox doing around your neck?

    And the collection shown tells me that I must stand guard tomorrow too…oy vey (is that what they say).

    xoxo

  8. The Noisy Plume: says

    You PUT it there MLJ!!!
    I love you for it:)

  9. MrsLittleJeans says

    ; )

  10. Sunny Rising Leather says

    I love youuuuu!!!! Soon you shall have boots 🙂

    xoxoxox,
    A

  11. another reason to love cool days with snow. what FUN!!

    (and for the nth time, i wish i wasn't stuck in class on shop-update days… blargle)

    hugs from the motherland 🙂

  12. Ann from Montana says

    I read it "making out" also … possibly a freudian slip :)!

    I am confused, though – magenta or purple or both?

  13. Awww. You had a touch of the gloomies. I am glad you now have your new stole to cuddle!
    🙂

  14. Nancy*McKay says

    …well you're in magenta fox & i'm in amethyst today… and friday…we be some lucky ladies…

  15. Fashionably Adorned says

    Hey~ I haven't followed your blog for long, but I'm glad I found it… you entrigue me!! your writing is so beautiful, seems you have a natural talent!! your foxy is lovely, a little pet to keep you warm!

  16. making out in your studio! sheesh and golly gee;) lovely post as always. ya better get crackin'…I think 'someone' is waiting for you with his very sexiest eyes…in your studio!

  17. Willow Branch says

    Love the stole!!! It's very PC. Can't wait to see your pretties up close tomorrow.

    Pam

  18. Are those ginormous hoopy loopy earrings? LOVE them!

    And the magenta fox is splendid!

  19. CarolynArtist says

    Drama!!! Hey that is a cute cute fox 🙂
    Your latest works look firey and beautiful!

  20. Linda Minou says

    I too read "making out" but then re-read it out loud in my head and it made more sense…

    Foxy Loxy…