A faux whine
Some days I really get tired of trying ... last Friday was one of those days. I had another interview in SF and it went as I expected. With that said, I did choose the long shot it would turn out differently ... I am not complaining, I am just tired.
I did take advantage of a few hours of free time in SF (half a dozen shots on flickr) before meeting Mom back at the Oakland BART station. I took a walk down to the Ferry Building, then back to the Powell Street Cable Car turnaround, (the cable car operator smiled at me while I took these pics. aw. I miss SF!) then into San Francisco Centre (part of Westfield Mall now) to look for some earrings ..
Earrings ... I wanted some dangle earrings for an event last Saturday, you know, the kind of event one has to put on a dress. It has been many years since I looked for earrings. I have a few pairs of earrings. I do not know where most of them are, and if I find them, none of them would be right. I visited (in two different cities) - Nordstorm Rack, TJ Maxx, Target, Nordstorm, Something Silver, Bloomingdales, and Macy's. I failed to find what I want at the price I want. What to do? MAKE THEM MYSELF of course... and J encouraged!
Last time I was unemployed, I took up beading (mostly seed bead weaving). I did not have a digital camera then, no photos, so sad :( I gifted lariats from Art of Antique Beading and various earrings/broch from Japanese beading books, and a purse for my friend's wedding (the only photo I have of my bead work courtesy of J and her squishy cat).
On Saturday I went to my favorite local bead store. I spent a long time there and came home with 6" of ss chain, 48 ss disk, 2 ss posts ... I dug out my beading tools and an hour later I have sparkley dangley earrings! I ended up with french wires (in stash). They turned out exactly the way I imagined and at the right price too.
Oh! And I also finished a slouchy beret (ravelry link) on the trip too. Not too bad of a few days. Time to drag myself back up and keep trying ... even if I am tired.
Comments
Meatballs, dangle earrings, beaded purse, knitted beret. Are you doing a craft marathon!
I hope you win.
Posted by: Merrilymarylee | December 7, 2009 4:08 PM