Lyrics: “The Wrong Way”

“The Wrong Way”

I feel good
I feel fine
like I could do
anything I want to
I feel high

You make me want to
Give up my poetry
Writing down my feelings makes me so sad
I got problems
Baby don’t I know it
But when I’m with you they don’t seem so bad

I feel good
I feel fine
like I could do
anything I want to
I feel high

I used to feel like
I was falling apart
Every day I prayed for the strength to run away
Now nothing’s changed
Baby it’s still dark
But when I’m with you I can bear to stay

I feel good
I feel fine
like I could do
anything I want to
I feel high

I spent days
Baby I spent nights
Scared to look in the mirror for fear of what I’d find
Now when I’m afraid
I just push it aside
I don’t ever need to worry with you in my mind

I feel good
I feel fine
Wrapped up tight in your sweet cocoon
Feel like I could do
Anything I’d want to
If I could only find something worth doing

A world like a dream
That’s what you give me
The sweetest dream that I can just float through
Don’t ever leave
Make me go back to living
Don’t ever leave me, I’m addicted to you

_____

Roses Necklace

This uses a similar method to the faux malachite necklace I made last year, but with slices of a rose cane instead of a malachite cane. The spacers are rose quartz rounds. Looks a little Asian, I think. I made some matching drop earrings as well.

Big Beads

Since big bead necklaces seem pretty popular this season, I tried making some big beads.

The color is just leaf green sculpey plus some gold sculpey, about 3 parts green to 1 part gold. To make each big bead, I formed the sculpey over a styrofoam peanut. That makes the beads light enough to be comfortable. The beads are about 1 inch long.

I ran out of my colors, so I was only able to make 5 beads instead of a full necklace worth of beads. So I strung them with wood spacers and tortoise/amber color mix seed beads (size 11). I am hoping that the seed beads resemble a thick chain.

One warning with the styrofoam peanut method is that it can be a little difficult to restring the beads after baking. Since the channel isn’t solid (instead the beads are ‘hollow’ / filled with foam), the stringing cord/wire tends to get a little lost inside. The foam helps guide it a little, but not as much as a solid bead.

Sodalite Donut Necklace

Another gemstone necklace. I have been experimenting with necklaces that require more costly supplies, but take less time to make. Sculpey is cheap but it always takes me 2+ hours to make a necklace. Stringing gemstone beads takes less than an hour.

I got the supplies for this sodalite necklace from http://fusionbeads.com/. It’s a favorite of mine because of the free shipping on any order and because you can order components singly (e.g. buy only 1 clasp instead of a pack of clasps). That makes it great for trying new designs.

Shopping list for this necklace set:

3mm Montana Blue Fire Polished Round 50 pieces	1.37
2×2mm Sterling Crimp Bead 4 piece	0.28
40mm Sodalite Donut 1 piece	3.99
4mm Sodalite 16 inch strand	4.49
6×4mm Sodalite Rice 16 inch strand	6.49
24×6.3mm Sterling Squiggle Donut Bail 1 piece	2.73
20×7mm Silver Plated Magnetic Clasp 2 piece	3.84
Total	$23.19

This is for two necklaces also – they can be worn as a set or worn alone.

Sodalite Donut Necklace

Cord Necklaces

While shopping for jewelry supplies, I came across a project idea for a simple cord necklace: http://www.fusionbeads.com/inspiration/inspiration_detail.php?ipid=1568

I made two variations – a pink cord with aventurine and a celtic knot charm for ladies, and a black cord with African jade and a spiral charm for men. At least I think the black one looks manly. The African jade looks more rock-like and less shiny and gem-like than the aventurine, even though they turned out to be similar in color. When the black one is worn, the slider knots are visible too.

Not-So-Manly Beads

Since it’s hard for me to determine designs what will look manly before I finish them, I made several sample beads for my male friend to evaluate. The ones that were not manly, or not good for him, I made into elastic bracelets for myself.

Men’s Beaded Necklaces

A male friend asked me if I could make some beaded necklaces for him. It’s hard for me to determine designs what will look manly before I finish them. These are the two that he liked. One is made of blue green color-blend beads. The other is made of dark red, brown, and bronze striped beads.

Monogram Coasters

I developed a floral-looking design with the initials CG, and had a set of felt coasters made from the design.
I used Ponoko to make the coasters. Ponoko is a service that will laser-cut a variety of materials from user-submitted designs. http://www.ponoko.com/

I was a little disappointed that the CG letters look so obvious; I had hoped that you’d have to “look twice” to see the monogram in the floral design, but that is not the case.

Four Coasters

Four Coasters With A Glass

Two Coasters With A Glass

A Single Coaster

A Kitchen Chat

What’s new, Eugene?

Well. What’s new. Hm. Oh! Here is news: Today is Thursday. First Thursday of this week.

Also the last.

That’s right! That’s TWO news! … Another news: it is very cold.

Signature Prints

Lately I have been interested in signature prints and monogram designs. I see them on purses everywhere. I’m working on signature print and monogram designs based on my own TLCG letters. Here are some examples of the printed purses I’ve noticed:

Aigner

Coach

DKNY

Dooney & Burke

Fendi

Gucci

Guess

Ralph Lauren

Tommy Hilfiger