After a rainy end to the day and (temporary?) diet restrictions for sesame, I came home and made a chicken, jalapeño, mac n cheese, and mozzarella pizza from scratch. #blueskysupperclub

And THIS, ladies and gentlepersons, is why I got the Red Max — TWISTIES!!! 🧬 🔥 😎

What do you call shepherds pie that’s made with ground turkey and rice? #blueskysupperclub

Hubby comes in from grilling chicken and announces, “It smells like pea in here.” Why, yes. Yes it does. #blueskysupperclub

Guess who has two thumbs and is *seriously* allergic to millet? 👍🏻THIS GIRL!!!👍🏻 😁 After an ambulance ride and 6 hours in the ED last night, I finally slept… for 4 hours. I’ll have to read food labels very carefully from now on, carry an epi-pen, and do something different (1/4)

Yesterday I watched an amazing glass blowing demonstration by charismaforu at Stoked CT and was just blown away by his skill, creativity, and willingness to discuss what he was doing and teach us about the process. Now I can’t sleep lol.

What do you eat when there’s no dinner plan? You raid the pantry and freezer! Salmon from Costco, rice and beans from A Dozen Cousins, and frozen peas. #BlueSkySupperClub

I won’t lie, today’s show was tough. Nearly an hour and a half away, lots of lookers, surrounded by pitch booths, chilly day. But a little girl for earrings for her first communion, another girl got a beautiful plumeria necklace and earring set, someone got a Czech glass spike necklace AND

My jar of bead release was getting a little clumpy on the bottom so I brought it home to stir it. I forgot it at home and ran out of dipped mandrels Monday. Oops! Instead of calling it a day I made twisties that actually turned out ok! It’s tough melting to the core on a Nortel Minor, but it worked.

I made another video/reel! A local radio station, WZBG in Torrington, made a radio ad (I collaborated on the copy) and is running it for four weeks. So I edited a little video I took of the booth when I restocked last week and put the radio ad on it. Ta-da!!! What do you think? 😁

Join The Parrot Club Tuesday for a talk on all the various ways parrots can injure themselves from toys and how to pick safe toys for our birdies! Ask for a Zoom link at [email protected]

I’m tired of pancakes, waffles, or eggs and bacon for breakfast, so I whipped up a crustless broccoli quiche #blueskysupperclub

Oh dear. She’s gone full cannibal. 😦

Beads from Murano have such a special quality with lots of extras. Some artists incorporate shiny silver, dazzling dichroic, or glowing goldstone. Others blow hollow beads that are light as a feather.

Me: A comma goes inside the final quotation mark when used as “scare quotes” to show irony. Him: It goes outside. Me: Inside. Him: Outside. Me: I have a bachelor’s degree in technical communication, and I learned the comma *always* goes inside question marks. Him: But it looks funny. 🧵

I just awoke from a dream where all the mets said they were wrong and were only getting 3-5” of snow. I was mad. Not because we weren’t getting snow but because after all this excitement if we get a whiff nobody will ever believe a meteorologist again. Then

I got the sweetest text from a customer today that just melted my heart: “Hello 😊 I have been meaning to contact you for a while. I wear my snowman crystal earrings very often! I really love them! Thank you ☺️ happy snow ☃️”

I’m sorry excuse me WHAT??? I said I wanted snow but whoah!

We have a new IT chick. She turned it off but forgot to turn it back on again.

Here's the video from Debbie Foster's talk to The Parrot Club on screaming, including advance information. Save the date for March 10 when we'll have a talk on injuries from toys! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uOW...

Do you have a parrot who screams? Learn all about screaming and how change behavior patterns with renowned bird behaviorist Debbie Foster and The Parrot Club tomorrow night (Tuesday) at 7 pm EST! Contact [email protected] for a Zoom link.

Well crap. You know how you’re supposed to soak salted cod to get the salt out (and rehydrate it)? Yeah, we didn’t. It was SAL-TY! Good thing we made extra broccoli and rice. So is there any way to save baked, un-soaked cod? #blueskysupperclub

I need someone to clean beads for me. This sucks. It sucks worse when they pile up and I think I’ll do them all in one go but it’s hundreds of them and help! 😭

Homemade baccala and bruschetta ciccheti tonight. Not the same as Venice but it'll do. Also I’m too tired to stand and eat it at the bar. #blueskysupperclub

All moved in!! I’m so Stoked! 😁

On its birthday, with one image, what’s your favorite DS9 episode? (I’m a TNG girl)

From all of us at Sky Blue Designs, HAPPY EVERYTHING!!! Love, Nicole, Mike, Popcorn, and Kiwi h/t @wkamaubell.bsky.social

Well folks, that’s it. I deactivated my accounts and deleted Twitter, or the shell that it once was anyway. Merry Christmas! 🐦

Another nibling birthday cake in the books! Strawberry cake with whipped icing and buttercream. The best reward was that the 3 year old recognized it immediately!

Woooo, ok all those fall/halloween @marketstreetcreatives and all the Arts Center East earrings are put away. That was a job and a half. Just in time to pick up more stuff from Higganum. 😅

I restocked my booth at @marketstreet.bsky.social today! Check them out at 100 Lawton St., Torrington, CT.

I’ve had two sales on the website today. Will you make it three? There’s even 15% off with coupon code SMALLSALE. www.skybluedesigns.com

Today is Small Business Saturday so I’m having a rare sale on the website. Use coupon code SMALLSALE at skybluedesigns.com for 15% off. Coupon is good through Dec. 1.

Earlier we had our Thanksgiving dinner preparation tradition — Mike doing the doodle doodle

Yesterday I was going out the door and absentmindedly put my hand back to catch it from slamming. Unfortunately the door was nearly closed, closing hard, and my finger got caught. Yeah it hurt. Then I looked at it.

Guess who is the proud owner of not one but TWO Thanksgiving Dinner “Inspired” Oreos? I don’t necessarily need to keep both of them… 😉

Hubby’s been sick with a cold since we got home from California. Tested negative for Covid, Flu A & B. He’s feeling better, but I don’t want to get it so I’ve been sleeping on the couch with the birds. I knew Popcorn cheeps in her sleep, but tonight she’s having a full on conversation with someone.

Crap crap crap crap crap I have to put away alllll the earrings from last weekend, pull inventory and label them to drop off at a show TOMORROW and I just got a box of pretties and there’s sooooo much I can do with these and aaaahhhh!!!! ⌛️⌛️⌛️

The 2025 Parrot Club Charity Auction For the Birds ends tomorrow evening! There are still items with no bids and a lot of bargains to be had! Here are a few items which still have no bids! Where are our lovebird and budgie peeps? #ParrotSky #FellowshipOfTheWing 32auctions.com/TPC25 theparrotclub.org

@tiellover.bsky.social and I had fun aurora chasing tonight in between sorting through auction items to get them ready for packing and shipping. Less than two days left! www.32auctions.com/TPC25?r=1&t=...

It's that time again! Going live tomorrow is the 2025 Parrot Club Charity Auction For the Birds! We have 263 items this year & a brand new charity section raising money & awareness for some of our favorite bird charities! #ParrotSky #Fellowshipofthewing www.32auctions.com/TPC25 www.theparrotclub.org

Nephew loved his Big Ben cake (giant stack of wafer cookies held together and coated with royal icing) and chowed down on it instead of the actual cake. (Please remember I’m *NOT* a baker or cake decorator, professional or otherwise. I do this just to have fun and see how far I can push my skills.)

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. 🦓 🧄