Getting ready for the festivals.... and the HEAT!

So this is what I just ordered from Sharper Image.  With the humidity and heat I'm gearing up for I need everything that could possibly help!   You wear it around your neck.  It uses 1 AA battery and some bottled water, it seems a nicer addition compared to the normal sopping wet dew rag drenched in Florida water and its not very fashionable to have the drippy shirt look when talking to the customers... ewwwww!  Nasty feeling too!  But, when its 107 out your not really worried what your looking like, other than the melted look!  So, this is what I got, I'll give it a review shout once I've tried it out and tested it in REAL heat and Louisiana humidity!!!
Chow for now Diva's!

Working At Home



A beautiful lampwork glass bead focal by my favorite artist Laurie Geller is the focus of this sterling silver bangle braclet.

Refreshing the studio today

So I've decided to do a bit of winter freshening up the studio, before the family comes for Christmas, because everybody wants to see where I do my work.  I mainly think its because they want to see how much more beads I've added to the collection!  So, I've decided to give you a peek at the palace. Warning!  Its far from perfect but its functional.  The one thing I've finally discovered is the "stackable paper bins" I use for my bead storage boxes, they work awesome!!!  No more shuffling to get to the box on the bottom and worrying about them all tumbling over and beadtastrophy!  My husband built the work center, which was originally built for my sewing and computer area, but now its used for the creation station!  Here it is.

So there it is.  As you can see from the pics I have to share my beading studio with my music recording studio because that's where I keep the computer and I use Sonar recording software on my PC to do this.  I'm in the midst of recording my demo for my upcoming band project release early next year in 2011.  I've also had to move my picture cube to the balcony right outside of my work room, which I can't stand but hopefully I'll be able to change that as soon as the hubby builds a wall and puts a whole in another.  A soon hoped for expansion of the square office!  Then I can separate work area from computer, picture, recording area.

Hot, Cold, Hot, Cold

MAKE UP YOUR MIND WEATHER!!!

So I go to sleep, its 72 degrees, I wake up, I'm FREEZING!  From 72 to 45 in a night... welcome to the wonderful world of southern living.  But, I gotta say, its better than snow... its purty, but, its cold, I need time to acclimate!  And that's why lots of people down here are sick. Other than we've got to go to work instead of staying home and taking care of ourselves and keeping our disease to ourselves.  Luckily, last week, I was able to do just that.  Unfortunately I was sick but, I was able to stay in bed and be funky and pukey all by my lonesome and not make others feel as rotten as I did.  One week later and a bottle of liquid Echinacea, I'm feeling like my old crazy, non-stop, hyper-driven self!  Woohoo!  So, I created a few pretties today while I was enjoying not having to wipe my eyes and nose every 5 minutes.

This was one of my new leather creations, I used some distressing ink on the leather that I purchased from Michaels.  I bought this in smaller pieces because I'm just feeling the waters on these.  I did make 2 of these about a month ago and I sold them in a matter of minutes... they flew off of my tables and one of the customers who bought one came back for the other, which I'd already sold.  So I decided to make some more.  Hopefully they go as fast as the others! 

I'd also made a Nostalgia bracelet made with resin and prints I'd found of Iconic places we don't have and miss dearly here in New Orleans anymore. I used to love McKensies Buttermilk drops when I was a kid!!

Then I made this bracelet today from some cool Tim Holtz material and some of my own images here in good ole NOLA.

That's all I've got for today... Oh yeah!  Most importantly, my lil sweets Harmony learned how to ride her bike for the first time with no training wheels today!!  Check her out, she was soooo proud and excited! That's ma girl!!! Talk to "Ya'll" laterer!

The Diva has left the building

Thank you, thank you very much....

City of the Past

www.reddivadesign.com

So this is my new blog, hmmmm.  Something else to keep up within the busy schedule that I tend to keep.  But, I'm told, people want to see what I'm up to, whats new and whats to come.  I figured, I'd give it a shot.  

These are some of my newest babies.  I'm really enjoying the photo jewelry with the resin domed on top.  These really have that old city feel to them.  Anyone who's been here or lives here truly loves to represent their sentiment of this great old city. She just leaves a lasting impression on your heart.  I live here and when I go away for a bit, I really get homesick!  Its very strange for me. The love hate relationship I have with this town.  Its like salt and sugar and hot and cold water, truly either or, but always have to have them.  Always need my Nawlin's fix.  So, I hope you like them and I hope you'll add me to your blogger list cause theirs surely more to come.  I'm just starting, and I'm sure my blog will evolve into the crazy uncontainable personality that I really am!  Hope to see you again!