Gosh! It’s Saturday.
This week I tried to focus on a schwack of custom work I’ve had on my plate for a couple of months now and it was really difficult. I tried to work Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday but found it impossible to settle into a rhythm in my studio. I’ve pondered on this quite a bit and have come to believe it’s because I was feeling hugely overstimulated and needed a few days to decompress from the hurry of the past few weeks. With the end of fire season we have had a tidal wave of people in our home at all hours of the day. Pair that with my wonderful girlfriends who stop in frequently and I was feeling pressed and stressed for some peace and quiet. I ignored my phone all week long (which isn’t much different than usual), I didn’t do much computer work, I took some hot baths in the evenings and read through my mountain of Lapidary Journals. Again.
As it would happen, I hit my stride on Thursday and finished up most of the custom work that needed desperate doing. Of course, Mister Pinkerton was present for moral support and a chinny rub.
Isn’t he getting enormous? We’ve put him on a diet. Well. RW has put him on a diet. I still sneak him treats. That’s why he loves me best.
Here’s a quick view of a handful of goodies I finished this week:
Two are custom orders and the other two are for the update on Tuesday. I hope you don’t all have candy hangovers on Tuesday. Which reminds me, what are you doing for Halloween?!! RW and I are headed across town to the Fussleman household where we shall gallivant about in costumes, eat some tasty food, and hand out bonbons to the little’uns. I don’t know what we are dressing up as yet. I suppose I should make some sort of plan.
RW is very good with costumes. Whilst in New Zealand he managed to rig up a horse and rider costume from scratch. It was very impressive. He was always impressive back then. He’s always impressive now as well. Kristen will testify to his costume-a-bility. You should have seen his pirate costume in 2001. Picture him fresh off a Seeley Montana fire crew in a piraty peach shirt unbuttoned to his waist and billowing in the New Zealand breeze. SWOON.
I’d tell you about the rest of the costume but all I can remember is that unbuttoned shirt.
Oh. And some huge clip on gold hoop earrings.
I tell you, it’s not easy on the blood pressure to be married to something so bodacious.
Alright. I’m off to do my packaging and shipping
and coffeeing and cleaning and cooking and shopping.
SMOOCH,
The Plume
Sounds like big fun awaits tonight: sending you copious amounts of love from California 🙂
xoxoxo
Allison
Thanks toots! Love you back:)
This blog post makes me smile. I love that you took a few days off for yourself. If I had the time, I'd do that too, just to get some new fresh ideas. I love the pictures you post of your cat. He's such a handsome boy. I feel like he and my cat would get along well. Plus, my cat has a huge flabby belly, so I doubt you'd feel bad about Pinky's weight then. Haha!
Anyway, enjoy your weekend! Is it snowy there? It's finally brisk and cold here, I love it. Take care!
<3
Jilly Bean;) you always make me smile. Have a hooting good time tonight and be safe…Hugs, Sal
I'm off to carmel-apple-hangover-land a.k.a. Booklings Manor where we will get all crafty and boozy and consume Red Dye No. 40 and talk about how much we wish you were there too.
p.s. One of my favorite costumes of BC's was the year he dressed as Where's Waldo. Can't you picture it!
p.s.s. That tree piece. Swoon goes my heart.
p.s.s. Oh oh and does Pinkerton have the full-on Fat Hang yet???
p.s.s.s.-to-the-twentieth-power – Love you tons Missy. And I love using (and abusing) post script.
we call that a doo-lap around here, lovelyUmber(we do not have one, just the cats but after tonite maybe).
I am out the door(really? no I am here being late per usual)to a pumpkin carving thingy, I should be there RIGHT NOW but I am here. Why? because I LOVE you guys!! such a fun social the Noisy Plume is! Have a good time peoples…We will hand out candy for 1.5 hours tonite and then, the shades are pulled and we adults will enjoy ourselves…….the neighbour kids love me because I am weird with so many cats so of course we will don ears and tails. Happy Saturday to all!
Jillian, you are an architect of art. All pieces are well made and just so pleasing to the eye!!!
There's nothing like feeling so free in the zone while watching solder flow so perfectly…you know?!?!?!
Great new pieces, as usual. Can't wait to hear what you guys dressed up as. I went trick-or-treating with my little one, both of us dressed up as witches. I put a picture of the cuteness on my blog 🙂
Ah chi , sometimes you just have to let it flow and when the creative juices are ready it is marvelous!
Thanks for these lovely comments chickies!
I ended up dressing as the color pink. Miss Taddy sent me a fantastic pink feather hat that I needed to wear out on the town — or at least to a dinner party…pink feathers galore…..yes please.
I ate too many jelly babies (or whatever you call them in this country) and laughed a lot over a fancy schmancy dinner…..
It was actually a terribly spooky Halloween evening here — a bright moon, moody clouds and screeching wind. Lovely! I do love a sinister night every now and again!
XO
I'm with RW on the kitty diet. Got to nip it now otherwise you will end up with kitties like ours: THE MASTERS OF ROTUNDNESS!
GUFFAW!!!
MASTER OF ROTUNDNESSSSSSSSssssss!
HA. Well, Pinky is headed that way, though he doesn't have a full on udder yet. We're actually sending him home with a friend who has a mouse issue in his abode….ew…I hate mice. I think Pinky likes them though and hopefully he'll get a bit of exercise while on the hunt!
Nice, put that cat to work. Ours are only for decorative purposes.