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reach up you never know how high you ll go yes this year off from all the stresses of craft show after craft show after craft show helped me grow often in ways i hadn t planned or didn t expect i m looking forward to 2011 and i hope you ll join me at my main blog pretty things to join me in my coming adventures posted by pretty things at 3 39 pm 43 comments labels bead blogs beading blogs jewelry blogs sunday november 21 2010 some things i ve learned it s ok to be behind in an online class stephanie lee homesteader s metalsmithing it s wonderful to embrace a new art form but realize i have to wait until after the christmas rush of shows and internet loading and year end tax preparation to fully explore it enamel beads i made in barbara lewis class glass waiting to be made into beads in my lampwork studio it s ok to curl up in bed with a good book and then take a long nap check out the books i ve read at goodreads com it s an incredible freeing feeling to find inner peace a wonderful quotation in front of a paperweight i made thank you for being here thank you for reading lori anderson creates jewelry for lori anderson designs and also writes the blog pretty things she s also a contributor to art bead scene posted by pretty things at 1 08 pm 14 comments labels bead blogs beading blogs craft blogs enameling beads first lampwork beads things i ve learned wednesday october 27 2010 enameling beads with barbara lewis this weekend i took another painting with fire class with barbara lewis i d taken the class previously but as with most classes i usually have to take it twice to really get it and let it sink in one of the things i love about taking classes is getting to meet fellow jewelry makers and bloggers it s so much fun to put a face to the words you know sometimes my world is so small over here on the eastern shore sitting at my work bench and computer so it s wonderful to get out anyway this time i really feel like i got it i hit the bead in the right part of the flame covered it well in enamel and actually ended up with usable beads at the end of the day i m pretty darned pleased with these they aren t perfect but they ll absolutely serve my purpose of making a necklace for myself i was also sufficiently inspired enough to buy a bunch of enamels and start dreaming up some ideas i also learned some new techniques in this class such as making tricolor beads and how to make bi color beads hard to tell the colors on the bi color beads because believe it or not those were harder for me than the tricolor but you get the idea and then i went to town on covering regular color with transparent colors to get some really pretty vintage esque colors all in all a very productive class and a day well spent lori anderson creates jewelry for lori anderson designs and also writes the blog pretty things she s also a contributor to art bead scene posted by pretty things at 1 03 pm 30 comments labels barbara lewis bead blogs beading blogs craft blogs enameling beads interview with lori anderson torch enameling thursday october 21 2010 two more classes for the year i have two more classes scheduled for the year the first one is a re take of barbara lewis painting with fire torch enameling class i ve taken this class before but true to form i rushed a bit too much trying to make all the beads she offered and boy does she give us a lot of beads to play with this time i plan to take my time and really pay attention to how the torch works with the enamel and focus on getting good coats of enamel on each bead the class is this saturday yay in annapolis md and i ll get to meet some bloggers i ve met online doesn t get much better than that beads by barbara lewis available at her etsy shop my next class will be my first online course this one with stephanie lee of semiprecious salvage fame my friend cindy wimmer took the last homesteader s metalsmithing course and thought i might like it so i signed up for the second round it s an entirely new style of metalsmithing than i ve taken previously so i m eager to see how i ll use what i learn and that will about do it for my learning for the year i ll be doing a nice long wrap up of the year at the end of december to see how i ve fared did i actually accomplish what i set out to do did i learn anything new did i learn something i didn t expect to learn stay tuned for class photos lori anderson creates jewelry for lori anderson designs and also writes the blog pretty things she s also a contributor to art bead scene posted by pretty things at 10 08 am 9 comments labels barbara lewis bead blogs enameling class lori anderson designs metalsmithing classes stephanie lee monday october 11 2010 getting branded and saving the earth since i launched the new web site with the new logo i ve been busy getting new branding materials together stickers signage postcards that sort of thing i ve even had t shirts done i always like to wear my t shirt when i m setting up my booth for a craft show but what i m really grooving on are the tote bags for groceries which i ve mentioned before and the sigg water bottles i m going to be using both of these as promotional items throughout the year and i like that they promote recycling at shows i m noticing a lot of people bringing in their own shopping bags so i ve not had to hand out as much plastic and having a nice water bottle is such a good idea i created these items at cafe press my shop is here and if you re in business you can create your own marketing materials there as well it s one more step to setting yourself apart from the rest lori anderson creates jewelry for lori anderson designs and also writes the blog pretty things she s also a contributor to art bead scene posted by pretty things at 2 56 pm 9 comments labels bead blogs friday october 8 2010 i m writing a book i just got the final word a few days ago and it s not quite sunk in yet but i m writing a beading book this is a huge accomplishment to check off my list of things i ve always wanted to do in my jewelry career read more about it by clicking here posted by pretty things at 8 13 pm 7 comments labels bead blogs sunday october 3 2010 another mile stone the new web site another mile stone for this year has been accomplished at long last my new web site www lorianderson net the launch was largely successful with only a few glitches found afterward that couldn t have been found until after going live and they re being worked on i also have to purchase another package to flesh out the check out giving customers the space to write in comments tell me where they found me and the like overall i m really really please although i was apprehensive at first i contracted quirky bird to not only build the web site but to give me a new logo for a total rebranding i felt i was at the point in my career six years later where i needed to get serious and become when i first saw the proposed web site i was afraid it looked too cartoonish so i asked my best buddy cindy wimmer what her opinion was without telling her what i thought she loved it i was worried that the look wouldn t be cohesive but it s grown on me and now i like it i like the slide show which i can change and the blocks at the bottom with seasonal jewelry which i can also change and already have the company also gave me a crash course in seo and how to write decent ad copy and got me hooked up with a professional credit card processor for the site in all i had about five people working on the site since january the web site would have been launched in the summer if it weren t for my migraines getting in the way i had a huge hand in doing a lot of the back end so i would be very familiar with how to change things down the road and not be beholden to paying an hourly rate to the developers the company also created all my print media including this postcard again they gave me the psd file so i can make complete changes to it i love this because many companies give you a finished file that cannot be tampered with all in all i m quite pleased yes it was very expensive but it was worth it it s been a long time coming i m waiting now for my booth sign and am looking for small chinese lanterns for my booth i already have large ones but haven t quite figured out how to use them i ve also printed up t shirts as well as tote bags for customers that have bought a gazillion things from me and brought in a lot of customers but they can also be purchased here so one of the items on my artist s year off list can be absolutely checked off lori anderson creates jewelry for lori anderson designs and also writes the blog pretty things she s also a contributor to art bead scene posted by pretty things at 2 02 pm 12 comments labels bead blogs cafe press store lori anderson designs quirky bird friday september 24 2010 private school the story continues first i want to thank all of you so very much for all your stories and suggestions and advice i ve taken them all to heart and have talked to my husband about them and thought long and hard about things earlier in the week rick and i had our school visit and interview and we were enchanted by the school we got to see the classroom zack would be in and a girl that zack went to preschool with would be in the same class they were good friends so that s such a great bonus we also got his class schedule and it s got so much more emphasis on art and music and computer skills than he s getting now plus ample time for recess to blow the cobwebs out yesterday was zack s assessment tests and tour and when i picked him up i asked him what his thoughts were he loved it and was ready to go today we got the call he s in so tuesday he starts i feel like i m in a whirlwind time will tell if this is truly the right decision but my gut tells me it is the class size is small the headmaster is visible and hands on and the opportunities and teaching methods are up zack s alley all anyone wants for the children is the best they can give them of themselves and of the world i know i m already giving zack the best of me now i hope i m giving him the best schooling opportunity who knows where this will take him lori anderson creates jewelry for lori anderson designs and also writes the blog pretty things she s also a contributor to art bead scene posted by pretty things at 11 47 am 28 comments labels bead blogs public shool versus private school monday september 20 2010 a clarification i wanted to make a clarification to this post when i said my time would be crunched i didn t mean my time with zack right now i don t make any jewelry when he s home unless it s jewelry we make together and he does have an eye for color my first job is being a mom what i meant was my time to make jewelry while my son was at school would be crunched and my point to that was making jewelry was what would make the money to pay for his schooling and it was a catch 22 i didn t mean i was upset that my time alone or my time for working was shortened not at all i mean look at this face who wouldn t want to play endless games of uno with him instead of making jewelry posted by pretty things at 10 30 am 5 comments labels bead blogs saturday september 18 2010 a new focus jewelry education and finding a balance this is long so grab a coffee i d love and appreciate your feedback at the end recent events in our lives here at home have made me take a good long look at my job as a jewelry designer how i operate my business what hours i keep even how i market my jewelry has all now come under scrutiny being a jewelry designer is my full time job until now though the money that i ve made has either been put back into the business or used to finance the extras in our household like remodeling jobs and new appliances it s paid for my lampwork studio workshops and bead buying trips in other words i haven t had too much stress over my bottom line my booth at an outdoor show now however things have changed my son zachary is seven and just entered 2nd grade at our public school he s so smart and that s not just a proud mama talking last year he was blessed with an amazing teacher who had a wonderful way of teaching and the children learned about science and math using hands on methods and their reading levels were pushed to where zack left 1st grade reading at an end of 2nd grade beginning of 3rd grade level over the summer his reading really sky rocketed and we kept a summer reading list the kidlet read 21 chapter books some were pretty big hardbacks and many he read twice so he actually read more and we worked on worksheets from a summer bridge program i bought we ve had him in museums since he was two so he s naturally curious his own word to describe himself and he s just a sponge ready to learn zack on the left at eco camp now that he s entered 2nd grade though i ve realized that what i saw in 1st grade was the drastic jump from the fun and play days of kindergarten to the settle down to business of 1st grade i also realized that teachers are only allowed to do what they re allowed to do zack s 2nd grade teacher is a sweet caring woman who has been nothing but kind her communication with me has been exemplary i have no problems there whatsoever my problem is with the public school s education to say that zack is bored would be an understatement part of zack s homework i put that in quotes because well if you saw the homework is to read a book of his choice for 15 minutes each day i have to make zack turn out his bedroom light after he s been reading for two hours zack at two and a half since zack was in preschool rick and i have tossed around the idea of putting zack in private school we were really really torn we didn t have the first clue what to do we had friends who had children in all three schools the public school the private but affordable catholic school and the expensive private school we finally decided to put him in public school because we figured kindergarten was kindergarten pretty much wherever you went but now after loooong conversations and agonies between the choices i even considered home schooling something i never thought i d be able to do i made a phone call to the expensive private school my thought was to apply for 3rd grade oh wait the admissions office said we have one slot left for this year s 2nd grade and i took that as a sign so here we are waiting for our first interview on tuesday with a child who is over the moon about the prospect of changing schools and herein lies the reason for the title a new focus i will be the one paying the tuition at first blush this is totally doable the timing is great because i have four large craft shows coming up and along with holiday web site sales they will more than cover the cost but then the tuition bill comes around again in the spring and there is only one show on the books for the spring and that will in no way cover the cost so for the past few nights i ve lain in bed rethinking how to run my business how to mana...