May flowers

Work is going swimmingly these days. My boss went away for a while and you know what they say... when the cat's away the mice will wrap everything on his desk in aluminum foil. Helping to do this was quite rewarding -- I'd heard stories of foil-wrapped dorm rooms and so forth, but never actually gotten to see it done. So I'm delighted to share the very pink results with you:



As you might guess, the new arrival is a baby girl. :)

Also, here are some earrings I made last night, out of pieces of other earrings I didn't like so well. Before you go giving me points for being a good recessionista, I should confess that this got me thinking about earrings, and so yesterday I went out and spent $30 on a pair of new ones as well. This was more just about having fun making things, which is a kind of fun that can be had with many, many media, leaving nothing terribly special about jewelry-making. Wires and pliers do offer a lot in the way of fast gratification though, and every year or so I find myself having a little spree like this one.