They Call Me Mum

God.  Someone just smack me and take away my computer.  I managed to delete all my old entries.  I can access the archives, but not the actual entries.  I’m going to try tomorrow to fix it.

So, last night while watching the excellent Veronica Mars and the pretty good Lost, I made a necklace. I was going to make the nice one, with the more round, smoother pearls, but I need either a bead reamer or finer beading needles. Majorly frustrating. So, instead I used the rice shaped pearls, and tried [...]

While I’ve been stewing, disappointed and angry, over a situation (actually, more than one situation) that I have no control over, I’ve taken up beading. Last night I started and finished a simple beaded bracelet. It’s made with 4mm freshwater pearls, 4 mm garnet (possibly dyed) beads, and 2mm sterling silver spacer beads with a [...]

You know what I really hate? I mean really hate? Having someone deliberately lie to me. Little white lies are one thing, I mean how else are you supposed to answer “does this dress make me look fat”? But, when you ask a point blank question, and get a lie in return? That’s unacceptable. I’ve [...]

Here is a random collection of sewing type links.  I’ve made it through the “M’s”, checking for dead links.  I’ll update later when I make it through the rest of the list. www.100sewinglinks.com www.adriannes.com www.afabricoasis.com www.asg.org/ www.atlantathread.com www.aurorasilk.com www.baerfabrics.com www.banksvilledesignerfabrics.com www.bblackandsons.com www.beaconfabric.com www.beading.com www.bramakers.com www.calontirtrim.com/index.htm www.candlelightvalleyfabrics.com www.cheeptrims.com www.cjpatterns.com www.classactfabrics.com www.clotilde.com www.delectablemountain.com www.denverfabrics.com www.designerfabrics.ca www.dharmatrading.com www.discountfabricsusa.com [...]