Sara Shawl almost done!

So the biggest news I have is that I have finally started the beading portion of the Sara Shawl. It's lovely, and I have some more beads, and a charm to put on it before it's done, but here are the latest pics of it. I am hoping to get it totally done this weekend.

It looks a little bit crooked up there on the stand because I had a helper. I can't believe we start week 52 this week! It does not feel like she's a year old! It's flown.

I've also done a couple of other projects this week. One was a chocolate brown strand of pearls wound around copper chain and rhinestones, with a wire wrapped copper watch at the bottom. It was from a class and I am not entirely happy with how it was done so you won't be seeeing it til I've adjusted to my specifications. :)

Tonight I did a gorgeous copper necklace using pink, heart and flower shaped lampworked beads and swarovski crystals in rose and green, and sort of a moonstone color. It has matching earrings. I'll take pics when the sun is up tomorrow, in the natural light.

I've been getting a lot of joy from the jewelry making. I remember a point in time when I was about 18 when I had really wanted to start my own business making jewelry with paper beads and whatever else I could find. My family totally shot me down, told me it would never work. I had wanted to call it Windscry Designs. Funny enough, here I am 21 years later, disabled, in a new phase of my life, and husband and I are opening jewelry company of the same name! I can't work all the time but once I am actually able to finish something and get it up on etsy, it's great. I don't even necessarily care how fast it sells, I am just so happy one of my creations is out there and someone is appreciating it!! It's sort of like having creativity in a bottle for 20 years and suddenly it all comes gushing out. It's a rush. Funnily enough, I come from a family that has many successful artists so I am not sure why I was told it would never work for me, but here I am.

For all of you with fibromyalgia out there, remember: at some point you will get to the butterfly phase. When you get there you'll know. It's not that the pain goes away, but you find ways to work your life around it, and that is that. If you have toxic people in your life get them out! Find your way through the dark and out of the cocoon, and blossom.