Carnival Miracle Cruise, Beads, Family and Flowers

I haven't been very good about posting pictures this year at all. We have had a good year. Went on a Carnival cruise in March to the Southern Caribbean. What a beautiful place. I want to definitely go there again. We went to Grand Turk, La Romana, Aruba and Curacao. Wow! Snorkeled off a Catamaran in Aruba and the beaches were awesome. The ship was great as well. Spent time with friends and relaxed! Next cruise is on the Carnival Magic - can't wait for that but I guess I have to. Sad.
Anyway. Haven't done a whole lot in the lampworking area this year. I have been knitting a lot and actually making things for me. I am knitting my first sweater as we speak. It will be interesting to see if it turns out. I have been knitting lace scarves and shawls etc. Love it! Oh and as you can see mittens. Those were fun. We spend a lot of time on the weekends doing yard work. Ugh! The irises were really pretty this year. These are specially grown by Cory - a friend of ours. They are waaaayyyyyyyy prettier than what you get at the store. I have more pics I need to send to him as well. Never enough time. So that is all for now.... Have a great June!

A lot of catching up to do 8)

It has been a busy summer. We did the usual yard work and running around the valley that we do every weekend. We also went back to Illinois and put a roof on one of our houses and visited with family etc. I am soooo ready for a vacation. We will be going in the not so distant future on our next cruise. The Carnival Dream! I can't wait. I have tried to make beads and list them but lately my work schedule is a pain in the rear.. I work days and nights both and it just messes me up enough that I have become pretty lazy. I still make the beads but listing them is sometimes just too much work. I have been knitting a lot lately. Making bags and mittens and cowls etc. The bags that I make have beads on them so round and round I go. I guess today will be a good day to try and make the beads for the bags that I need to get finished for Christmas. I have jury duty this week so that should be interesting if I get called at all. I have to call every day after 5 to see if I go in for the next day and if not then I have to go to work. I restarted my shop on Artfire so go check out what I have on there. Some of it will be the same stuff on Etsy. I just want to see if it will sell better in another place. I canceled my 1000Markets shop. They sold out to something called Bonanza that looked like yard sale crap so I didn't want to go there so I am listing that stuff - jewelry mostly- on Etsy as well. I will close with a few pictures..... :)