Ooh, shiny stuff

We have had the grandson living with us since the end of June.  Whew, it's been a roller coaster.  We all have had to make adjustments in attitude, routines and expectations.  We are finally gelling together.  I feel like the grandson and I are forming a real bond, we laugh, hold hands and play games with each other.  And, I think it's deepening the bond between Craig and me, we have come together as a team to make this work out.  It's actually kind of a vulnerable feeling for me to really have to depend on someone else as much as I depend on Craig now.

I had a "summer day" from work and got some primo "me time", a rare luxury lately.

I put together some little, shiny objects

these are a gift for a professional coach I've been working with lately.  She really helped me push my boundaries and tackle something that has always made my stomach twist a little just thinking about my frustration with the situation.    So, for her; "Sunset at Red Rocks"

I picked a few glass colors that seemed to go with bronze wire and forced myself to stick to that palate until all the glass was used up.  The point was 2-fold, first I tend to overbuy glass (it's just all so shiny and pretty colors), and secondly I want to use the beautiful bronze wire I got from WickwireJewelry.

I couldn't resist wrapping these tiger beads this way, "Caged Tiger"