by Jeanette on January 5, 2012
Wishing everyone a Very Happy New Year!
My new year started off by receiving a phone call Monday morning from my breeder in Tennessee telling me that my puppy was on it’s way to Charlotte, NC and hoped this meeting point would be a better alternative than driving to Tennessee. It was, but I had to leave within the next hour to meet the couple who was returning home to Charlotte, NC from Tennessee with their puppy and mine! I hung up the phone, told my mom who is visiting for the holidays, we are going on a road trip..NOW.
We threw essentials in a suitcase, I kissed the husband and kids goodbye, and we were off! What should have been a 7 hour drive turned into a 10 hour drive due to weather conditions, but finally arrived at 10:30pm to collect my sweet pup..
This sweet puppy is a soft-coated wheaten terrier and as he matures, his coat will turn a wheat/white color. We adopted our first Wheaten, Cabot, 11 years ago who unexpectedly passed away on Mother’s Day. I can’t even tell you how devastated I was, but those who are pet owners know the gut wrenching pain of loosing a pet. I still miss him dearly…
Our family looks forward to opening our hearts to our new addition with open arms. Though this is a jewelry blog, I am certain you will occasionally see more photos of this sweet puppy, who does not have a name at the moment…
This weekend I will be teaching my first class for 2012 at the Reston Community Center outside of Washington, DC. If you live in the area and would like to take the class, we still have some seats available:) Have a great weekend!
by Jeanette on December 17, 2011
MY BLOG IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Hello everyone! I hope everyone has been enjoying the holiday season! It’s been a while since I have updated my blog and I am happy to share with you today the holiday ornament exchange that I participated in. Sally Russick, with Wire Worked, matched us up with a partner for the exchange, and I was partnered with Tamara Soper from Handcrafted Baubles. I enjoy working on petite projects such as bezels, pendants, earrings, and charms, and creating a handcrafted ornament falls right into this category.
I was very excited when Tamara’s packaged arrived. At first, I didn’t know it was her package, but thought it was a package of beads that I had ordered a short while ago, and put the package aside. After a few days, something was tugging at me to look at the package again, and when I did, I noticed it was my package from Tamara! I quickly and excitedly opened the package and unwrapped a beautiful beaded ornament with colors of gold, clear crystal and pears. It truly was a beautiful ornament that would sparkle from the lights reflection. Thank you, Tamara, it hangs on my tree, front and center, and I will always cherish it. Happy Holidays to you!! (Unfortunately, my photo does not do this beautiful ornament justice).
And for my ornament to Tamara, I created a soldered glass pendant. The pewter bird charm hanging from the bottom of the charm was created by mamacita. She creates lovely pewter charms and her bird charms are my favorite! And I was to discover, after Tamara received my ornament that she had a “thing” for birds, I was so happy to hear this. Wishing everyone a very happy holiday, and a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year! Underneath the image below is the list of other participants!
Please visit the participants in the Holiday Ornament Swap:
Erin Prais-Hintz and Alice Peterson
Sally Russick and Kim Hora
Susan Kennedy and Kathleen Lange Klik
Patty Gasparino and Cindy Wimmer
Hope Smitherman and Melissa Meman
Jennifer L. Justman and Sandi Volpe
Jenny Davies-Reazor and Christine Altimiller
*Rebecca Anderson and Jen Velasquez
Jeanette Blix Ryan and Tamara Soper
Holly Westfall and Mallory Hoffman
