I've been making jewelry but less productively than usual. And, disappointingly, the Chateau Dumas workshop did not fill up quite enough for me to give the week-long class this summer, along with veteran PMC teacher Janet Harriman. We're hoping to make it happen next summer, maybe with a few twists to appeal to the French and British, as well as Americans. We're going to add bronze clay for sure. Stay tuned for Chateau adventures 2012.
My biggest news, and the event that has rendered everything else pale by comparison, is the birth of my first grandchild, my darling little Clara Jean Danser who is now more than two months old. When I'm holding this newly minted human being with the silky skin and the sweet smell, the rest of my world falls away, and she completely fills the screen. What can I say? I've become another besotted, adoring grandmother who thinks her grandchild is the most beautiful and intelligent (yes, at about six weeks, Clara started smiling in response to our smiles) in the universe.
I'm working on a fingerprint pendant for Clara's mommy Shelley, my lovely daughter-in-law. I'll design the PMC pendant and inscribe Clara's name with a new lettering kit I ordered from Cool Tools, and then I'll get a fingerprint on another piece of clay to add to the base pendant. I'm still working out the design but I have the process down. I'll post a photo when it's finished.
Here is Clara at her two month birthday!
