Today is the first day of the rest of my life...as a blogger!

I have finally taken the first step into the online abyss.  Yes..to me the internet worls is an abyss.  I am an artist and I have been creating jewelry for 9 or 10 years.  The past 2 or 3 years I have focused on bead embroifered jewelry and off loom beading techniques.  I am currently a member of the Artist Collaborative Gallery in Old Sac California.  Actually, I am the newly elected president of this collaborative.  How I got to be president...........I am not surprised as I always seem to be saving the ship!  What I see in my involvement with the gallery is that alot of artists never push themselves out of their comfort zones and when we start that attempt to sell out work we become even more restricted..because we want to sell our work.  We want to sell our work and buy more stuff to make more stuff and thus we artists never really become rich until we are dead..lol!  But it is all in good fun and self discovery.

Like many other artists, I'm sure, I go to bed every nite extremely spent and as soon as my head hit the pillow my mind starts to swimming in creative thoughts.  I have such a strong urge to push myself farther with my jewelry pieces.  I am totally in love with crystals!  Shiny, colorful iridescent little gems they are! I want to mix theses gems with rough metals and soft, supple leather...........interpetations of life...water, mountains life....that is how I see these materials.  I am so intense about thing, aren't I !  Hmm, mustn't take myself too seriously as them the fun will disolve.

I have 2 wonderful kids and a fantastic husband.  My life revolves around theirs.  This blog shall be a diary of my art and whatever else passes my day.  I have no idea how to blog...post photos, add links. change the format. etc.  So today I begin my adventures in blogging.....along with new attempt in more sculpural beading and continued advancement in bead embroidery.  This should be fun.  Wish much success!