Jenna Appleton

caitie demands, caitie shall have :P

2009-09-16T11:21:00.006+10:00

I've been remarkably slack in taking photographs of Daniel in the last couple of months. Part of that is that I'm just too busy with exam and other stresses (free of the exam in fifteen days! hurrah!), part of it is some sort of weird grief-avoidance because I associate my camera with our little girl-kitty that was run over in May :(Select photos, when I have them, are usually posted over on my

Cabs, cabs and more cabs

2009-06-24T16:40:00.002+10:00

So, I bought a lot of cabochons last week when I went to Hong Kong.I wasn't planning on going at all this year, given that I have a baby and all, but with airfares so low due to the global financial crisis, and Ben agreeing to look after Daniel for the few days I was gone... I couldn't resist. However, Daniel's come down with a contagious kiddie virus that means that he can't go to daycare this

the floor...

2009-02-01T17:31:00.003+10:00

... I'm spending rather a lot of time on it lately.

Home Improvements

2009-01-26T17:36:00.002+10:00

Waved off Ben for a little while today; he's gone to the USA for work. We will miss him :)One thing that is kind of odd in my personality is that I always go on a slightly manic home-improvement crusade whenever Ben is gone for more than a couple of days. I get the urge to change things a couple of days before he goes and I start subconsciously looking for stuff to improve. Most of the time this

left holding the baby

2009-01-19T20:15:00.004+10:00

So, Ben's going to the USA for a little while later this month for work... leaving me 'alone' with Daniel overnight for the first time. It'll be several overnights really, since he's got to go to both NYC and the San Francisco bay area to work with people on this trip. We discussed it first, including whether we thought it would be a good idea for me and Daniel to tag along (expensive, since we'd

getting a handle on things

2009-01-12T18:13:00.004+10:00

I've not been keeping up with my blog (again). Here's most of the reason:This is Daniel. --->He was born shortly after lunch on November 2nd, weighing and measuring pretty much exactly on the median for male newborns. He came out with pretty much a full head of hair, and I'm going to have to give him his first haircut soon or it'll start poking him in the ears :PAs you might expect, much of my

not-really-holidays.

2008-09-26T19:17:00.002+10:00

Technically I'm now on maternity leave. w00t! I do have a couple of things I'd like to keep working on though and I'm not required to hand back my pass keys/network access just yet, so I'll probably potter around with the programming into next week or so. I'm really not a workaholic, but for some reason it's more fun when I have no obligation to do it :)I need to answer a bunch of people's

Cabochons

2008-09-19T11:41:00.004+10:00

I have a bit of a passion for collecting stones. Currently I'm fascinated with carved and faceted cabochons. I recently had a bit of spare cash and ordered a few cabs from a wholesale place. They've just arrived and already I'm contemplating my next order (/me rollseyes at self).A couple of these I've got more than I'll ever possibly use (ie the little prehnites - I wanted about 10, I had to

I didn't even have time to get a photo!

2008-09-17T19:19:00.004+10:00

Because I was ill for such a long time in July and August, I didn't get my exhibition piece finished for A&E Metal's annual 'Explorations' exhibition until about an hour before the submission deadline, and then hurtled over to their Marrickville office to submit the thing. The focal piece, I did get a photo of... that would be this one:I did quite a lot of gemmy beading in the actual necklace

personal goal of the day: take some photos

2008-09-17T08:00:00.005+10:00

While getting things ready for the show a couple of weekends back, it became painfully clear to me just how much finished jewellery is sitting up in the loft unphotographed and unlisted. I knew there was a fair bit - I really don't like to take photos and list stuff, I want to make items all the time! - but when the number of items gets into the (multiple) hundreds it's all a bit much.I figure

stones and rings

2008-09-16T16:03:00.003+10:00

I just finished making a ring for the first time in ages. I'm pretty slow at making rings when they have stones set into them - today's is ridiculously simple but it took me close to an hour and a half! Most of that was because I chose a piece of tubing for the setting that was a bit too thick in the wall and it took a lot of time and effort to actually set the stone :PBecause I haven't made

headdesk moment of the day

2008-09-15T11:05:00.002+10:00

So I ran out of disk space this morning on my primary hard drive. I ran around finding a few images to delete (mostly blurry ones of jewellery or kittehs - why I don't always clear the blurry ones immediately I don't know) but that didn't seem to help much if at all, and I couldn't figure out why for a while.The headdesk moment? I don't think I've cleared my "Recycle Bin" in probably a year.

energy!

2008-09-10T16:45:00.002+10:00

I think I've had more energy for each of the last two days than I've had any day in the previous three months. I don't know what's changed - I'm certainly no less encumbered by the preggo belly, I still have heartburn for hours every afternoon/evening, I still need ten hours' sleep or more - but my waking hours seem much brighter ^_^I've always been the sort of person that thrives on deadlines.

the festival etc

2008-09-08T08:23:00.002+10:00

- festival -I had a lot of fun doing the Marrickville Street Festival with Sam and Mel yesterday. Thankyou to both of you for making it such a great day! I think our stall looked fabulous :)While I didn't have an overly successful day financially at the Fair, I'm really very happy that I went and participated. I'm feeling vastly more organised because of it, and it was valuable to see the

Nearly there with the shopping cart...

2008-09-05T13:40:00.003+10:00

Last night proved relatively fruitful in my quest to customise my Zen Cart installation, hurrah!I've had fun installing a grid layout mod for the categories (super easy compared to OSCommerce, I have to say) and doing minor tweaks on the stylesheet to get things to 'look right'. I'm also very happy with my decision to move hosting services a couple of months back, as the new host's control panel

Thursday night non-shenanigans

2008-09-04T18:17:00.003+10:00

My husband has some work dinner thing on tonight so I have a bunch of time to myself. I'm using it to work on my website shopping cart, and then I'm going to bed early.I've just had pizza delivered... not something we do often, but I don't really feel like using all my energy tonight cooking for one (and a half?) ^_^ I'm really enjoying that Pizza Hut here now has online ordering, and that I can

Pregnancy and all that

2008-09-02T13:26:00.002+10:00

I often think while I'm going about my day that 'I should blog that!' and I rarely do... as evidenced by my lack of posting in this thing."so, what are you up to?"Right now?I'm currently on lunch break from my day job... which I'm currently performing from home. I seem to have contracted pretty much every bug going around this past winter, and being constantly ill for over six weeks plus getting

Uploads

2008-05-30T15:50:00.003+10:00

I'm starting to list the things in the destash list over in my Etsy store (littleappleton). If there's something you wanted that I haven't yet listed, please send me a message :)(Note that some things will have an extra $ or two over the price in the list below to cover PayPal/Etsy fees; I didn't calculate these in when I did the price list)thanks! - j

almost there!

2008-05-24T14:17:00.003+10:00

I'm still unpacking up in the loft. Things are generally taking twice as long as I expect! Alicia hangs out with me all the time up here in the new loft studio. Sometimes she even comes up here and calls for me, and tells me off when I come up the stairs for taking so long. I've never had a cat that talks to me so much before :)I'm back at work three days per week, which is restricting my loft

new house! (post-and-run)

2008-04-03T13:32:00.002+10:00

... and I'm off to get the settlement cheques done now... I can't wait to get the keys tomorrow! :)

What's going down, and the destash list

2008-03-27T08:17:00.008+10:00

*destash list updated 29th March*Just a quick update of what's happening around here for the next month or so... I'm thinking I might look as though I've fallen off the face of the earth for a little while so I'll warn people in advance :)I'm currently studying for a couple of exams toward my actuarial qualification... I find these *hard*, and they're on the 8th and 16th of April. (If you're

Sydney Airport, and our experience there

2008-03-10T17:01:00.004+10:00

I'm kind of disgusted by the way that Sydney Airport is set out lately.There's very little space for people to pick up travellers and nowhere for them to stop and wait... if your passenger isn't there when you come around to pick them up, you are moved on. While I don't have any issues with this - terminal-front space is at a premium - I do take issue that there's nowhere for them to stop and

feeling behind :P

2008-03-07T18:11:00.003+10:00

I didn't get to make a ring today, despite it being Friday :(I spent half my morning organising stuff and at the laundromat (we don't have a washing machine in our tiny apartment). I've also packed and sent all outstanding parcels, which was quite a few... sometimes I'm quicker, today I was slow.I came home early to bundle up the kittehs and take them to kitty boarding at the local vet's. We're

Cat prickles

2008-03-06T13:15:00.002+10:00

So, I just bathed my two cats. This is a pretty rare occurrence; I only do it when I think they really, really need it. This occasion is because they keep picking up fleas on their infrequent trips outside, and despite regular doses of selamectin (Revolution is the shelf name), which is supposed to eliminate both the fleas, and their eggs and larvae in the environment, they can't seem to shake

Mist

2008-03-02T06:55:00.003+10:00

It's Sunday morning and I'm sitting at my desk in the front room (what we call the non-bedroom room in this apartment) and looking out the window. Oscar and Alicia are sitting on the sill and looking out the window with me. It's raining a fine mist outside and it's looking a little grey out there; it's actually the sort of weather I like best ^_^Ben's dad flew down yesterday afternoon to help us

Fridays

2008-03-01T12:20:00.002+10:00

I find that I seem to get all of my weekly 'business' out of the way by lunchtime on Fridays. I don't know what it is, but on every other day I procrastinate and end up doing everything I need to at 4pm :PThe last two Fridays, I have wanted to make a ring in the afternoon. Last week I wanted to make something with a rivet, this week I wanted to tube-set a stone (my first attempt at this was

I've been tagged!

2008-02-27T16:14:00.003+10:00

Yazmin of A Pretty Rock has tagged me!Here are the tagging rules:1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.Er, I'm not sure that I know seven people

tights for larger ladies

2008-02-22T07:57:00.003+10:00

I've been looking in local stores for a while for some footless tights. Apparently, in the hosiery section, you don't exist if you're above the line joining (5'10" and 110lb) with (5'1" and 160lb). Unfortunately, I'm quite some way above this line, mostly due to being 5'8" and having a silhouette that is remarkably un-stick-like.I've turned to searching online to try and resolve this issue. I was

Swallowing torpedoes, and more

2008-02-21T18:01:00.006+10:00

I've got these multivitamin tablets that I take daily - I recently changed brands because the old ones really didn't have a pleasant aftertaste at all.Why do multivitamins have to be as large as an intercontinental missile? The new ones are fully one inch long, and round like little fat torpedoes. :PAfter struggling those down today (;-), I focused my attention on the bench. I wanted to make post

Roller printing

2008-02-20T13:40:00.005+10:00

I went to an etching class two weeks ago, and it rocked. I'm still waiting on a catalogue from which I can order chemicals to etch silver... and then (bright spark) I remembered that I could etch brass with what I have and then use that to rollprint with the rolling mill onto silver. Yay! The discs below were roll-printed with a piece of etched brass like the pendant I photo'd the other day.I'm

Periodic Update

2008-02-15T13:21:00.005+10:00

I'm kind of stunned that it's the middle of February already.January was spent in a lot of contemplation. It rained a lot here and so we didn't get out all that much.In comparison, February has been rather busy. I went and did two wonderful days of classes at http://brymfull-design-studio.com/ with Barbara last week, learning a little of how to etch and enamel metals. I've played a little with

MadeIt love - pseudo-review

2007-12-11T13:15:00.000+10:00

I've just recently started putting stuff on MadeIt. MadeIt only permits Australian sellers but caters to international buyers on a seller-by-seller basis (I ship internationally, of course!).I'm finding it quite nice for me so far - I've sold items already, despite the fact that the site is quite small, and my first item sold while I only had two items on the whole site. It is a bit of a bummer

exams and other developments

2007-12-07T16:02:00.000+10:00

My results from the September exams came back this morning. Yes, it really does take them over nine weeks to give us the results - I find it's best to try and forget about them altogether after I've sat the papers (well, until they send a *helpful* reminder email four days before result release and get me all worked up again, hahaha).I'm a happy camper - I passed all three papers I sat. I'd

learning.

2007-11-10T16:32:00.001+10:00

I had my first serious muck-around with Adobe Illustrator last night. I'm in love... my aim was to have some motifs I designed in vector-graphics form so that I can resize and print them at will (so my designs are a little more repeatable).I put together some simple motifs last night and pierced out a piece this afternoon:This was a lot of fun, and I hope to do more of this type of thing soon :)I

getting back to basics

2007-11-09T06:23:00.000+10:00

I haven't made many simple smithed pieces in a while... it's been nice getting back to them the last few days.I bought close to an ounce of 19ga wire for earwires last week, and it's almost gone already. This makes me strangely happy... probably because it means I need to go buy more metal, and I loves me some metal shopping :) I also organised my pearl drawer - it was all just jumbled in there

Smithing ramble

2007-11-07T19:40:00.000+10:00

My new studio, while still kind of in progress, is about 90% set up to go. I'm still putting things away...... particularly on the bench on the right, which is a pigsty. I need to find some way to organise wire and sheet metal effectively. I've got a roller-chair disassembled in a box in my car, waiting for me to have the guts to carry it up the stairs. It's only about a 40-45lb box, but it's

Daylight Saving

2007-10-31T10:14:00.000+10:00

Daylight Savings time started here in Sydney on Sunday.I actually really really like daylight savings time... partly because I wake up with the sun, and partly because I feel safer leaving the office when it's still light (kind of hard to do in winter when sunset is around 5pm!). Yesterday I left the office/studio at 6:30pm, picked up a little grocery, and it was still light when I arrived at

Organisation

2007-10-26T13:55:00.000+10:00

I've been spending a fair amount of time getting organised in the new space (and catching up on orders etc) this week. Now that I have more room to spread them out, ahem, I see that there are a *lot* of beads here.For instance, I've uncovered twenty-two colours of 8mm faceted Czech glass wheels, most of which I have probably > 250 of. (What was I thinking?)The space is starting to look dreamy

Family week

2007-10-23T15:51:00.000+10:00

I've been away for a week and a bit - I got home yesterday, but I was pretty tired :PMy nephew turned one on the 13th and there was a sweet little party in the afternoon. It was nifty that it was the same weekend as the wedding we were going to in Brisbane - otherwise we probably wouldn't have been able to go, distance-wise.We went to a lovely wedding on the 14th, that was pretty neat ^_^ I

Cat antics, and why I can't leave the windows open

2007-10-11T07:14:00.000+10:00

Our two kitties like very much to sit on the windowsills with the windows open. They'll cry if the window is shut and they want to be up there - actually, Oscar is crying about that very thing right now. There's room for them to sit on the inside of the window, but that's just not good enough... spoiled kittehs :PI'm feeling kind of sad that now I have something else that I have to tell them 'no'

Postal service vs. Etsy

2007-10-09T20:11:00.001+10:00

I bought more things than usual from Etsy last month. Part of this was the power of procrastination and partly that I wanted loads of fun stuff to play with after my exams were over :)I don't know what happened with the post, but things I ordered around the 17th-20th of September all arrived today - from different states in the USA - when things I ordered on the 24th and 25th arrived the middle

New studio, part 2

2007-10-08T15:55:00.000+10:00

Lease is signed, deposit made, I have keys! I start moving in furniture tomorrow.It's not all neat and pretty like a serviced office, but I like it that way. 3.6m ceilings (almost 12')... lots of light. I can't wait to move in here ^_^

Space, glorious space

2007-10-08T12:12:00.000+10:00

I've got two copies of a commercial lease in my hands... I'm about to read them and sign them and pay bond etc. I'm hoping to start moving furniture this afternoon, although I'm unlikely to move tools etc for a week or two.Why am I moving the studio? Well... 7.5 square metres of floorspace just wasn't enough for all the things I want to do. The new room has a lot more space than that and plenty

Mourning a supplier :(

2007-10-06T10:00:00.000+10:00

I'm sure it's no secret that I like buying beads. I'm not prejudiced against very many beads at all ;-)For the last year or more I've been buying much of my Swarovski crystal beads from http://astralbeads.com. I liked that their pack sizes were small, but still assortable if you were buying lots of colours at once so that the price was good. Since their shipping to me was $20, I would usually

Glass

2007-10-05T13:34:00.000+10:00

I miss my lampwork torch.I recently found somewhere that hires theirs out in four-hour blocks; but they're closed for holidays from today until around about when I leave for two weeks in the USA. So, I guess no glasswork for at least another month. (sigh!)I wouldn't normally be so sad about this, but I ordered glass in from the USA last week (I haven't ordered glass in well over a year, and

Studio Remix

2007-10-05T12:17:00.000+10:00

My studio is, perpetually, a mess. I'm pretty much incapable of keeping anything tidy; and to be honest I don't know that I like things impeccable, because there's something about a modicum of clutter that I find inspiring. However, when the studio starts to look like I've been burgled, that's probably not conducive to good work ^_^ (this image is from three weeks ago. It actually got a little

Over!

2007-10-03T20:01:00.000+10:00

Exams finished for another semester... sweet, sweet partings :) Results don't come out until December 7th, so I'm going to forget about exams entirely for a while.I bought some 18K yellow gold today... just a leeeeetle bit, to see if I like working with it. Too bad a leeeetle bit still costs a hundred bucks :PI didn't get a rolling mill today after all... the store I'd chosen didn't stock the

on the eve

2007-10-02T09:26:00.000+10:00

Last exam = tomorrow. I'm still having issues trying to study for it :P I feel like I'm in a holding pattern until it's over ^_^Our annual bonuses got paid from work today which is seriously awesome timing! I really wanted to get a rolling mill for texturing and shaping metal this week, and now I can afford to, which is awesome. So tomorrow I'm driving to the exam so that I can drive to the tool

stuff!

2007-10-01T06:56:00.000+10:00

So, it's been a while ^_^ I think I might be a crown princess of blog abandonment, seriously!Here's the short version of events of the last six months...* exams in April. These were terrible! Worst exams ever, entirely my fault for not being prepared enough. (want to see the exam papers I sat? They're here: http://www.actuaries.org.uk/files/pdf/pastpapers/2007apr/ct1x_a07.pdfand http://

Furkids

2007-02-24T17:50:00.000+10:00

I'll get some pics to follow up when it's actually light enough ^_^We went out today and came home with a kitten from the RSPCA. He's white with black patches and his name is Oscar, and he seems to really enjoy his new home - he's trying to sleep in our bed right now after all the excitement of discovery, but there's thunder going on and it keeps waking him. He's over four months old, but he's a

...exams, squee!

2007-02-05T19:58:00.000+10:00

So, some of you know that I'm undertaking exams to be an actuary. I'm not very far along yet, having only done one semester.I've just taken my first look at one particular subject tonight. The subject is effectively in two parts, as is the exam paper. This exam is generally considered a difficult one, with a pass rate often sitting at about 1/3 of the people enrolled in the course.I looked at a

where did January go?

2007-02-03T07:19:00.000+10:00

Seriously. What happened?I can't believe I've been in my new 'home' for nearly five weeks. At the same time, it feels like I've lived here forever :) There are a couple of loose ends to tie up with my old place (cancelling the gas and phone over there would be a good start, methinks!).I think that part of why I'm feeling that January fell by the wayside is because I don't feel like I've had a

packing up my life, and I learned a few things.

2006-12-28T18:43:00.000+10:00

... although I don't know how long I will hold onto these lessons ;)Firstly.I have too. much. stuff.I think this was brought home to me while packing up the kitchen - before I even touched my wardrobe or my crafting room. There's this little cupboard above the microwave slot in our kitchen, and since the microwave's shelf is at the same height as the bottom of a regular over-benchtop cupboard,

the penultimate

2006-12-21T19:26:00.000+10:00

so, today was the second-to-last day at work in the current office.I'm sure the farewell morning tea tomorrow would be much more difficult for me if *either* of the other two people in my team could make it. One's on holidays and the other has a meeting in another building on the other side of town. Also, since tomorrow is the last working day before Christmas, half the department is taking

The life and times of.

2006-12-01T07:11:00.000+10:00

I'm not sure how I feel about change. It's exciting, but I think it's also appropriate to mourn for the past.I'm getting a transfer from my current office in Brisbane to the Sydney office at Christmas. This means I have three weeks left at work, and three days of that are at other locations. I'm sad to go, I really enjoy working with and around these people. I'll still be working in the same team

Things I'd like to list on Etsy,...

2006-11-15T06:40:00.000+10:00

...but can't, because it won't let me this morning :(I really wanted to show off some of the things I'd made... after the enforced Etsy hiatus I'm feeling a bit disconnected. Since I can't list, I'm posting here. Thanks for looking!These are things I managed to get photographed over the weekend - there are more, but it's overcast today so I can't get a good shot to save myself ^_^ I've had fun

I must remember my camera.

2006-09-16T21:22:00.000+10:00

So we're off tomorrow for a week of beady goodness. I have printed all of my itinerary stuff and have my show pass and my passport so I am good to go. I have packed last years' invoices so I know who I want to go back to. I've established spending limits with my husband in case I want to borrow from savings to spend a little more. I just haven't packed any clothes yet (smiles).I didn't get a

Stuffs

2006-09-15T07:19:00.000+10:00

It's Friday morning and I'm waiting for water to boil so I can cook up some fresh ravioli for breakfast. I wouldn't normally eat ravioli for breakfast... but since we're going away next week I'm trying to use up what I have ^_^Random musings...I really do like my job, even though I've been tired and cranky at nights this week and I really need some physio after spending stupid amounts of time

don't dream it's over

2006-09-10T19:19:00.000+10:00

So, it's Sunday night. The weekend is over, barring a long bath and a good book ^_^I've had fun making some new things - some of which I've uploaded to Etsy already, many that I haven't. I find it hard to sit here and list more than about 10 things at one time, so I'll do some more in mornings and evenings through the week.At last year's gem show, I bought one strand of faceted New Jade slabs...

Musings

2006-09-09T20:52:00.000+10:00

Sometimes, I really love people! :)I had a great time this afternoon/evening with my husband's family (for a baby shower + aftermath) and a large portion of this is that they often have the same dry and twisted sense of humour that I do.I wonder if you really could burn yourself through wearing many many Swarovski crystals outside in the blazing sun? (I'm fairly sure that most of the cuts are

One weekend

2006-09-08T21:00:00.000+10:00

Exams over until next April, with no results out until November... so I'm going to kick my heels up a little this weekend, among the frequent bouts of sleeping for recovery!I'm already winnowing through my current inventory of stone and pearls to discover what I will want most of... and getting sidetracked when I place unlikely colours side-by-side. I made a couple of pairs of small linear

Let's see how long I last this time (grin)

2006-09-07T18:07:00.000+10:00

I am not a good blogger. I'm sure you realise that ^_^I think I failed my exam today, it really will depend on what they set the pass mark to... and I have another one tomorrow, and I'm not feeling very inspired about it right now :PAnyway... what I *am* excited about at the moment (and trying not to be until at least tomorrow afternoon!) is my annual supplies-buying trip. We leave in 10 days.

Time - is awesome

2006-07-05T06:36:00.000+10:00

I'm pretty busy this week... as those who've visited my Etsy shop may already see from the utter lack of new listings :

AWOL weekend

2006-06-28T06:50:00.000+10:00

So... I ended up in Brisbane this weekend when I'd planned and booked for Sydney. Basically... heavy fog in Sydney caused hubby to get his international flight diverted here - where he ended up stranded. Not really a problem, except that we had to pay to get him home on Monday, and I had to forfeit my Friday night flight to Sydney (as Virgin doesn't accept changes for any reason less than 24

Random stuff

2006-06-22T06:55:00.000+10:00

So I chickened out and dressed up a bit for the course yesterday... not a lot, and mostly because I remembered that I was going to dinner with work colleagues afterwards and didn't know the dress code for the restaurant. =)I had a couple enquiries about wholesaling over the last couple of days, from people in a couple of different countries - will keep you posted if it goes anywhere, and give a

Dress sense, 'me' style

2006-06-20T21:46:00.000+10:00

I'm going to a training course tomorrow at work - I hope it's plain clothes rather than business clothes, because that's what I'm going to be wearing ;) I'm very much a no-nonsense, casual dresser - collared T's, cargos and sandals, no makeup and little jewellery... except for earrings. I'm often seen in my favourite beaten+oxidised, 4" pair of sterling disc+ring earrings, or something similarly

Here's a little something you may or may not know!

2006-06-20T07:10:00.000+10:00

The picture I've attached today is of one of a pair of earrings that I made as an option for a custom order... the earring itself is all goldfill and Swarovski crystal.(Aside: I was completely ecstatic on receiving my first 14K/20 goldfill metal sheet for making stuff with!)Note the two loose beads in the top right of the pic. These are 24K Balinese vermeil - vermeil is a gold plate over a

Maybe...

2006-06-19T18:33:00.000+10:00

... I shouldn't have tried to watch any of the soccer last night. The game was at 2am - I woke up a few minutes in and watched bits of the first half, then went back to sleep. I am inordinately tired for that little break though!I'll be trying to post a couple items later tonight... including this one:Tiger Ebony, freshwater pearl and Swarovski crystal sterling silver cluster pendant, on 3-strand

The Grand Opening

2006-06-18T16:11:00.000+10:00

Meh. I wanted a blog and heard chirpings that it might be a feature looked at in Etsy's new version, but people, I can't wait any longer! ^_^My aim for this blog is to have somewhere to post random ramblings about stuff. Ideally, I want to post comments each time I upload something new to Etsy. Let's see if that *actually* happens! Welcome to my journey.It's Sunday afternoon and I have to go and