past lives

Sometimes, working al alone in my little studio- gets my mind wandering. Well, not sometimes- all the time! Today i happed to be listening to a FABULOUS album that my lovely son gal reccommemded to me: dream Theatre's :Scenes from a Memory. What an amazing cd. It is essentially a rck opera- a la The wall- about a guy who discovers through hypnotherapy- that is his past life he was a woman who was murdered- goes on about the period- the murder- and in the end it turns out the murderer was the psychiatrist also in another incarnation- and when he finds out he was discovered he kills the guy again!

Why? its not like he can go to the police and say the doctor killee him a a past life when he was also in a past life!

Anyway... great music- which got me pondering about past lives. I am generally a non believer in all things fanciful- but this sounds like fun to explore. i would love to be hypnotized- as long as i dont end up barking everytime i hear a bell or something like that.

So this is my past life regression ring. Why? because it was made during this album with toughts full of past lives:

A few more fun things were produced today during my long loud music work session- no one home but me and some cats and a very loud volume!

Ideas ideas Everywhere

I have so many ideas in my head- about everything! new designs- what to make for dinner- when to go to the gym- what to wear... I need to compartmentalize all my ideas- and the weird ones which have no clue to anything. Here are the top five of the day:

1. If you opened your bathroom window fron a steamy shower to a freezing cold winter- could you make a little thunderstorm?

2 when a sweater shrinks down to doll sized clothes- where does the old sweater material go to?

3. are there any messy cats? ones that dont obsessivly clean themselves and bury their business in the litter box...

4. if you forced a cow to taste your hamburger- would that be "cow'cannibilism"?

5. why arent there any Bowlcakes, or saucercakes- only cupcakes?

well, that's it for nonsense. On to the new jewels- which a client of mine always calls jewelry, and it always makes me smile. I feel like I have the hope diamond somewhere.

yummy shades of green gold and silver
a baby paw print- or deformed baby foot as my kids call it
Tammy's custom order- i love sugilite once again!
extremely cool paintbrush jasper- very japanese watercolor!

amazing ancient Roman silver coin in 18 karat gold. he has beard and ponytail!

And that's where my story ends today...

bring in the new

It is soooo nice to lighten up! My sale on Etsy was so freeing- time for all new ideas- new stones- new materials- what fun!! I started yesterday and have soooo many ideas swimming around- that I need to focus or end up sawing my fingers and dipping them in acid like today- So here are a few pics of what came about today... no time to sleep- need to keep going -but I guess I will take a short break- did have some yummy stir fried cauliflower for dinner...

Black diamond, gold and reticulated silver

ocean jasper and silver link bracelet
labradorite and silver ring

HUMONGOUS SALE

Every once in a while- I just need to clean house. Be it my closet- kitchen caninets or all of my jewelry. It is a great feeling to make way for the new. And I have so many ideas swimming around in my head, that they need a cluuer free environment to see the light of day.

So... because of that I am having a ridiculously huge sale for the next three days.

I want a clean slate so I can start fresh!!!!!

I do however have 2 new items that I truely love- here are some pics
This yummy pendant has chalcedony,coral, gold and silver

This insanely large Iceberg site in a new silver home with many strands of silver

By far, it is the craziest thing I have ever made!

So many ideas... time runs away...

Ive struck Gold!

Well maybe not struck gold- but for the first time I got my hands on some 22 karat gold to make a bracelet for a lovely customer- and yummmmmm- yu can not compare it to anything else. How will I ever look at 14 karat again? The color is so... well... GOLD! Not yellow- but really gold- rich and deep and amazing.

Now I get to make a ring for her with the same- I am so excited it is ridiculous!

A small amount goes a long way...

Having a little dinner party tomorrow night- and have forgotten what I used to cook. It seems all my mental eneragy goes into metal, instead of flour and butter and chicken- but I need to make a temporary switch and make something yummy- time to get out past Bon Apetit's and see what I can whip up- I have a feeling that a plate of silver filings wont do the trick...

Feel like having three courses based soley on peaches- but again- probably wont do the trick.

Although, if I had to pick 10 things i could eat for the next 5 years- and only those 10 thongs they would be: (calories dont count)

1. really good ripe peaches

2. chocolate chip cookie dough (so what! leave me alone)

3. Fettucini with a really good tomato basil sauce

4. popcorn

5. pad thai- (like in thailand- no where else)

6. cinnamon coffee cake with a lot of crumbs

7. a really good steak (need some protein to balance out the crap)

8. really crusty whole wheat bread with raisins

9. apples from the beginning of the season

10. chocolate covered rainins (not sure why- but goes with the popcorn for balance)

Now, I probably wont be presented with this opportunity, but i am ready if it ever comes up!

Cairo Cairo and more Cairo...

Back from Cairo. What an overwhelming place. A city of 20 million people with 5 million more each day coming into work. Possible the most insane place I have ever been. I though after India, nothing could surprise me- wrong! Rules don't exist- each time you cross a street- it seems like it will be the last moment of your life. There are street lights- but they havent worked in 10 years- cars dont use lights- there are no lanes and cross walks dont mean anything- gets your adrenaline going with every cross!

Cairo is almost a combination- in looks, of Paris mixed with Agraba (remember Alladin?)- never stopping, sleeping- the worlds trash on its streets- unbelievable poverty in places, but a preservation of phenomanol beauty in ancient art and culture.

In the center of the city is a cemetary- 20 kilometers square- each grave is a small masoleum- so it looks like a weird little town- BUT- the extremely poor have moved into these masoleums as houses, and now live there too- it is called "city of the dead"- extremely creepy, sad and full of crime and violence.

Unfortunately came back with some crippling stomache thing- after traveling time home of 14 hours- wanted to kill myself halfway through and get it over with- it hit after hour one on the bus! So here are some pics:

Gal and the Captain The famous Egyptian cotton

In the market- millions of lanterns

Unbelievable pita balancing

The three of us on a bridge over the nile

me and T and the Sphinx

The unbelievable sphinx

Tamir riding off into the desert

The quiet beauty of the desert

This is how i was dressed...

This is how i needed to be dressed... I was a little off...

The most crowded candy shop in the world!

check out the lasr sandwich- have no clue on the Viagra sandwich....

A bit extreme, don't you think?

All in all, an amazing experience. Will probably take me three days to recover from this stomache thing, but I imagine I will manage. Nice to seen green again, after such bleak deserts and heat. The heat never ends- there is no place to hide from it... that's life in the desert.

Egypt Awaits...

so- off to Cairo tonight! If it is anything like trying to get a visa- should be nothing short of an adventure. The Egyptian consulate was a hair shy of efficient- and that's stretching it. After sending me around the city to make copies of my forms, they told me to come next day to pick it up.
So, I arrived and was told to go buy stickers. Just that! What kind of stickers and for what- no clue. When I sked, I as told loudly "YOU ARE DISMISSED!
So I bought stickers- plain- not wth Sponge Bob and came back- apparently to write my name on the passport- Isuppose stickers are not in the consulate budget- Iasked when to pick it up- after asking 2 times and still not sure I WAS DISMISSED AGAIN!!!
In the end, we got out visas and are leaving tonight- staying over night in the desert in Israel, and getting to the border early tomorrow to try and figure out how to get the bus to Ciro- which is supposed to be a gorgeous 6 hour drive through the Sinai mountains!
Maybe fun and thrills at the border crossing await us- the Egyptian guard are always so delightful- maybe we should come with muffins...
But cairo sounds super cool and different, and after traveling through India- the "oh, what a dirty city" doesnt phase us.
So, back on Tuesday with stories and pictures galore... Bye