I might be crafty but it's not on the sly...

I started the fish mobile the other night and then came to the awful conclusion that I needed yet more fish of in between sizes to use as counterweights. After ordering even more fish, I took apart what work I had done. I absolutely refuse to build this mobile until I have all parts in my possession. This is an ongoing issue of mine. It breaks me to look at an unfinished project while waiting for the supplies that will finish it. As this shows some kind of organization, it doesn't bother me as much as it bothers other people who are waiting to see the finished product. You will play by my rules bitches!! and all that some such bunkum. The metal strips need to be bent. How do you bend metal perfectly? I'm still trying to figure this out. I know someone with a machine that bends metal but there is more to it than the bending you know?

All the fish are bad ass but the lamp work ones are a possible personal favorite. It's either them or the stone fish. When you consider that they allow the words "stone" and "fish" in the same sentence, you can see why I have labeled them "very cool". That and because they are indisputably very cool. I might need some more of the cloisonne fish. I only have 16 of the little guys. I don't know if that equals them needing friends or makes them the to cool for school fish being the only ones made of metal? They also drove before getting their license. They're kind of in a league of their own. It's not even like they need the back up.

You have no idea how many fish beads there are out there. Do a search, it's something. What I want to know is who pays $60 for a glass fish and what do they do with it? Discuss.

Ooo! My hummingbird feeder stoppers finally got here. In preparation I constructed a holder for the bottle out of beads. It's supposed to look like a flower with a yellow center, red petals and green leaves. I was a little bummed that it isn't dead center but once I thought about it, I like the idea so much I might have them all off center from now on. It's all about less chance of the dreaded drip my friends. I'm not all that happy with the overall finished product it to be honest. I just don't like how the design looks now that it's together. It looked way different in my head. I'm going to see if I can somehow make smaller flowers and have them all connect to one another and have that be the holder. You'll see it once it's done. As of right now I am ripping off ideas from my favorite catalog. They want me to pay over $1k for something I can make for under $10. If I can make it, they can suck it. That might be my new motto. Here's the unsatisfactory hummingbird feeder holder:

Also, just because I think this ended up better than expected... I'll leave you with my latest piece of jewelry. It's going into one of the Christmas presents and I am banking on a certain someone not reading this blog...