*Turquoise Treasures Collection* Family Photos

A while back, I posted about some of my work in progress... 

Particularly, a collection of "Turquoise Treasures"

Here are some follow-up photos of some of the finished jewelry pieces

All of the sterling silver wire work is done by me, 

formed and hammered by hand...

which are *both* very *joyful* for me... 

The forming of the wire is kind of meditative... 

and the gentle hammering is kind of empowering!!

Hmmm... Perhaps I will post some photos of the PROCESS soon...  

That might be nice to share!!

  

Testing Photos Placement

Testing photo placement... 

I'd like this photo to be centered on the page...

And I'm hoping that when I PUBLISH the page, it will be...

Centered, that is... 

Fingers crossed... 

Yesterday, when I posted here, the photos posted too.

The whole blog post was posted twice, somehow, but the photos were there!

I was so excited because recently I've had some issues with 

photos not coming out of my camera... (which is another story on it's own)

So, yesterday, after much effort 

(and reading the camera book... that was the effort!)

I was soooooo excited that the photos I took came out...

and I posted them here, at my blog...

So... today, when I looked at the page here again, 

there were NO photos showing from yesterday!!

Just a big outline of what would have been a photo there... 

On *both* spots that I had photos posted yesterday.

hmmm...

So, I re-posted them. But they didn't center. 

I tried and I re-tried, but still they would not center. 

Flush left.

That's all...

So, I published it anyway... 

And now I'm testing it. 

Trying to center *these* photos, to see if it will work. 

The photos (above and below) are taken of some beads and

projects that are on my studio tables right now. 

I've been doing a *lot* of organizing and de-cluttering lately...

Which I plan to share more about (here) in the future.

In the meantime, here's a couple of quickly shot glimpses of my 

* Creating *Space* for Joy !! *

Happy 7-9-11 Day !!

Today, the date is 7-9-11, which is fascinating to me!!

Three consecutive *odd* numbers...

I remember just over 2 years ago, the date was 5-7-9, which I realized would probably happen only *once* in my lifetime, and it was sooooo cool to be actually on *my* birthday!!

So, in honor of today, I *knew* I wanted to blog about it... After all, *somebody* should be celebrating this unique date...

Curiously, today I decided to *google* the digits 7 9 11

...and I read about this being the "Oddest Day of the Year" and about a man in California who is *really* celebrating!! (check it out with this link)

http://weirdnews.aol.com/2011/07/09/oddest-day-of-year-is-july-9-2011_n_893543.html

The article also points out that this is only one of *6* dates

this CENTURY that features six consecutive odd numbers.

Very cool. And very *odd* indeed.

(**wink!**)

P.S Here's a photo in honor of that special day just over two years ago...