The nephew wants a Big Ben cake for his birthday party tomorrow. It’s getting there…

Post something random or you’ll have an awful November.

October 15 is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. I’ve had 2 or 3 miscarriages. 2 were confirmed at 22 weeks and ~8 weeks gestation, and the third was likely although it was so early I didn’t take a pregnancy test. I don’t feel like talking about it much today, maybe another time.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to present Cottage Pie! At 10:08 PM. I have to wake up at 5:15. Send help. #BlueSkySupperClub

You never know what you’ll find at the wine store. Four bottles 10-year-old Tobin James Ballistic Zinfandel were forgotten on the bottom shelf and collecting dust when they were saved from their purgatory. The cork from the first bottle broke, but the wine itself tasted great! Cheers! 🍷🍷

I hate Facebook Reels and videos. You just doomscroll through them for HOURS and then you see THIS project and have to spend the next hour making a bunch of them knowing FULL WELL nobody’s gonna buy them. 🤦🏻‍♀️ (1/2)

In preparation for our big fall season, we’re retiring the Orchid necklaces and bracelets. Earrings will still be available in limited supply. Get yours now at www.skybluedesigns.com/product-cate... They won’t last long and will be retired around the middle to end of the month or when they sell out.

Aaahhhh back in my happy place. 😊 So far I’ve re-made a couple things and made second beads for orphans. Next up: making stripey cane for garlic beads. 🦓 🧄

Aaahhhh back in my happy place. 😊 So far I’ve re-made a couple things and made second beads for orphans. Next up: making stripey cane for garlic beads. 🦓 🧄

Yesterday I refreshed my booth at @marketstreetcreatives and someone suggested decorating the bottom. It looks like it cuts off at the ankles. I don’t want to use furniture because it’ll get kicked or irritate someone. So it would have to be something flat on the walls. Any suggestions???

While I’ve been recovering I’ve been working on doubling inventory. Again. (I just moved into a store.) Anyway, hubby and I are splitting shows for one day, then I have two holiday drop-off shows. I made this; then ran out of sterling silver headpins and ear wires. More on that later.

Getting to the end of our fresh, homegrown produce. Baby purple and yellow potatoes, golden squash and the chicken dish has our tomatoes and basil. Salad before with our tomatoes and bell peppers not pictured. Sigh. I may experiment with growing beets inside the house this winter. #blueskysupperclub

So I woke up this morning. Yay! Oh my goodness I hurt. My head is tender, but every muscle in my body is screaming from the fall… and hit. I’d say I’m surprised it didn’t do more damage to the rest of me, but my head took the brunt of it. 😑

Well this is a fun evening. After a long weekend show I fell in the shower and hit my head. Mike is here with me. I didn’t loose consciousness and I have full memory of the event, before and after. I don’t feel well but not vomiting. I have ice on it. (1/2)

We got home from a quick trip to Las Vegas to visit family, and these two went to Birdie Camp. Kiwi had a really good baf (two handed for the first time!) then slept on my shoulder for an hour. Popcorn wound up chilling on Kiwi’s cage, then later in her own cage. Now everybirdie is in bed. ⬇️

Attention friends in Las Vegas! This domestic breed king pigeon was accidentally brought to a wildlife rehab facility Saturday 9/20/2025. Are you missing your king pigeon? Please describe his or her unique feature, not shown. This is not a wild bird. Thank you! #lasvegas #kingpigeon #foundpigeon

Yay! This was a happy day for this big guy, and I helped too. Ok, so the robot carried him out to the site with the wildlife expert, but I hiked with them. 🥾 🥾 🌵

Kiwi couldn’t be outdone:

Kiwi loves having her bathroom bafs in the sink. Popcorn hasn’t figured that out yet, so she takes a baf in Kiwi’s tiny water dish. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Popcorn first:

GAH!!! I rarely get frustrated torching on my own but I damn near threw something when this sunflower didn’t do what I wanted it to do, two petals fell off, two others stuck together. The coin versions look terrible. Practice. I’ll do easy stuff the rest of the day. Bang ‘em out production. 🔥 😎

Going into the studio today for a rare Monday torching session. I need to bang out a bunch of easy beads for more $15 inventory and then do some single color birds, maybe a couple hummingbirds. What else??

Aurora alert!!! There are a few clouds in the area, but the pink is the real deal.

TIL I *like* Gruyère cheese! (Most homemade pickles and tomatoes already eaten sorry) #BlueskySupperClub

Immediately after brushing my teeth and while I was filling my weekly(mostly full) pill case the whole thing flipped into the sink. I was able to salvage most of it and ate the two very expensive Rx that were the worst dissolved. 🤢 The rest of the case is open on my night stand to hopefully dry out.

People ask how I make so many earrings. Please enjoy watching me making 23 pairs of earrings in half an hour. 🛠️💎

Good morning! Mike is back in Monroe for the Apple Festival - Monroe, CT. Most of the vendors are here and ready to see everyone. Our hearts go out to those who had difficulties yesterday, and we hope to see you on the road soon. ❤️

Here's the link for the video of the excellent Parrot Club talk about the Reintroduction of the Vinaceous Amazon! #ParrotSky youtu.be/Hje53PPjMcM?...

Hubby took me seriously when I said I wanted a pile of corn (from Corning, NY) and zucchini (some of the last from the garden) for dinner. (We had leftover pasta too) #blueskysupperclub

My mom has a long-standing tradition of painting every holiday. Every holiday she has to paint something — kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, closets, windowsills… something’s gonna get paint. Mom’s down for the count with Covid (in another state so not from us) so I would like to present: the deck.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present my kitchen table 🤣

What’s the difference between a cupcake and a muffin? You can’t have a cupcake for breakfast. #blueskysupperclub

Some of the pics seemed washed out so I redid them. What do you think? Swarovski crystal beads with sterling silver findings and ear wires. DM if you’d like some. 😊

Okay! Earrings made, photographed, and edited. Soooo many more to photograph and edit tomorrow, but 28 is a decent start.

Home grown zucchini and squash, fresh baked rolls, corn from Corning (NY), whipped potatoes, and chicken — and I can’t taste it very much (a little, but not much). 🙄 #blueskysupperclub Covid edition

Wow, ok, I don’t know what got me but I have some serious sinus gunk and PND that’s making me cough and gag. Also sore throat and achy joints, but I do not have a fever. Rising in a car for 6 hrs with two birds hours didn’t help (yeah, I’m allergic). Flonase made it worse. It all started last night

Hey, I made it to Day 3 before having a complete meltdown! 😆 I got frustrated with the bird making instructions, I haven’t been sleeping well, and I just lost it for a good 5 minutes. I think I’ll take a Benadryl tonight. 🤪

This BnB is AMAZING… except for the rock hard bed that’s painful to sleep on. And the moose head over the bed. (This is Mortimer, aka Morty.) At least it’s not a horse head *in* the bed. 😱 🧵 1/4

Wooooo I’m tired. After a LOT of technical setbacks (leaking hose, leaking quick connect, messed up ports in torch) I finally pulled my first leaf cane. The stem cane was a little problematic falling off the punty and then cracking, but I got a halfway decent pull on that one. Also…

Wowww this Airbnb bed is rock hard! I have an hour left to sleep before a huge day, and I’m not sure that I can. Trying to sleep on top of the down comforter now but there’s no other blanket.

This is Kirby, my first Super Parakeet 😍

I’m in Corning, NY to take another bead making class, this time on sculptural beads by Kim Fields, beginning tomorrow. Tonight I went out to dinner — Thai green curry, sticky rice, and hot sake. When I got here only parallel parking was available. But there was a car behind me.

So much going on right now. I’m leaving for Corning Sunday for a week long glass making class. When I get home I’m moving into a store, which means making new jewelry, earring cards, finishing the display pieces (eeek!!) making signs, input inventory into their database… aaaand now I can’t sleep.

Sunday I’m leaving for The Studio @ Corning and need something to listen to on the 4+ hour drive. Not interested in fiction. Recently I read We Refuse — Kellie Carter Jackson, Things I Overheard while Talking to Myself — Alan Alda, How the Word is Passed — Clint Smith, and James — Percival Everett.

Aaahhhh back to work! 😍🔥

Proof of concept for earring cards on picture frames is done. I’m using SoftFlex crimped on either end with crimp tubes on thumbtacks. Unfortunately the MDF is too hard and is bending the brass tack, but so far so good! I won’t add a backing on the frames, though. It’ll just hang on the wallpaper.

So my idea is to turn random picture frames into displays. Each frame will have a different collection — my beads on sterling with Swarovski crystals, my beads on stainless steel and Czech glass, vintage Swarovski focals, etc. Step 1. Remove all the glass. 🪟 🖼️ 🔨

Whoah. I just signed a contract with a local artist co-op with over 100 booths. Other people’s booths are suuuuper creative and professional, and I’m over here trying to figure out how NOT to make it look like a grid of earrings on a cork board. Believe it or not 1/2

Name that mise en place #blueskysupperclub

The aftermath: Day 1 after the end of blueberry season. Scrambled eggs with cheese, pancakes with Hardiblue blueberries, and Jersey blueberries on the side. #blueskysupperclub

Where are my tv/movie soundtrack people? Can anyone identify the song that starts at 7:43 of this video? (It’s not the Star Trek IV song, the one after.) share.google/8f9XT6LObjMp...