The Wigglebutt Blog

Ok... I am ready for spring. Anytime now. Really. It only took me 2 ½ hours to get to work this morning. An hour of that was spent getting myself out of a snow berm that I slid into.... in my own driveway:(  The other 1 ½ hours was spent creeping past the numerous vehicles off the road and various tow trucks and police cars along the 45 miles between my house and work.  That being said, in Alaska we still have better conditions this winter  than a lot of the lower 48, so I guess I shouldn't complain. This was my project for Week 9. It's another variation of a Nicole Hanna tutorial, I'm trying to add my own spin on the design. I have a ways to go but I'm getting better. I've spent the last two weeks building 3 different "soups" for this years Bead Soup Blog Party I just have a couple of things left to make and I will be ready to choose one to send when I find out who my partner is. I'm excited! ...

Gosh, I seem to really be the bloggy slacker. You would think I could at least keep up with one post per week. At least I have kept up with posting to the Project on time. So far☺   When I posted this to the project I still  wasn't sure how I wanted to string it. I think a beaded necklace would have been too much and when I tried plain leather cord it looked TOO plain, so I settled on this chain. It's now in the  shop . This was from a tutorial by the extremely talented Lisa Lynn Barth I have a long way to go with this technique. It's wiggly and wavy, but I still like the results☺ This bracelet was made following the tutorial exactly, but once I get the technique down, I have so many ideas of different directions to go with it! This one is in the shop here .

We are starting to see more and more daylight this time of year  and I was getting excited about getting everything prepared for planting seeds indoors for the garden this summer. I WAS excited until I did the math. We still have approximately 15 weeks before we can "safely" plant outdoors and since most of my seeds take  from 6 - 8 weeks to get ready to go outside, I still have 7 weeks before I can even start to plant.... Sigh..... Well, at least I have something to keep me busy until then☺  I am really loving chain maille   and micro-macrame. Both of these beauties are available in the shop . If you haven't checked out the new shop on the new site , you should. It's hip, it's cool, it's purty☺ Let me know what you think☺

Been keeping up with the projects but not with the blogging. It's OK. No one is perfect. We all  have room for improvement☺ This is what I finished for Week 4 The jury's still out on the color choices but they do match the colors in the focal bead  I do really like the section at the end.  So much so that I am in the process of making a pair of earrings to match that section☺ Overall I would have to say that I guess I am pretty pleased with the finished product.  I will have it in the store in the next day or two☺ While finishing this piece, I started playing with a chain maille pattern for a bracelet. For Christmas I got a whole set-up for making my own jump rings (Thanks Honey!!) So I have been playing around with the sizes and gauges and such with pre-made jump rings to see what I want to coil and cut. I like this pattern and I think I'm going to go two tone when I cut the jump rings, a combination of ...

It took me WAY longer than it should have, I'm sure, but the new website is up and running! I'm pretty tickled with it☺ If you have a free minute, I'd appreciate it if you would pop over and take a look. Wigglebutt Creations Let me know what you think☺ For the YOJP Week 3, I had something totally different in mind but I spent so much time figuring out domain transferring and website building that I did another wire wrapped pendant. This one is sea glass. It is a pretty simple wrap and it went relatively quickly so I was able to post it on time...just under the wire☺ (ha! see what I did there)

I am not "techy". At all. Seriously. Not. I have been asked by friends, family and customers if I  sell my "stuff" online. I do have an etsy store but I have never really sold anything from there. Partly because when I do have items listed I don't really promote them in any way, and partly because I don't really take the time to list very much (photographing, editing, uploading, adding descriptions, etc.) it's time consuming. I have a facebook business page, I'm up to 56 "likes"☺ I don't post to it on a regular basis like I should. I also have a website. It is horribly outdated and honestly, very unattractive~ as in UGLY. Honestly, having all of those different things in different places just added to the feeling that it was all just a real pain to maintain. Too much, too spread out. I finally decided to take the leap into the new and unfamiliar. I have spent pretty much all day yesterday and tod...

Did you know that 2013 is over??? Seriously...when did that happen and why did no one tell me!!?? The last few weeks of the year were kinda whirlwind~ish. Me and my Honey took a vacation.  Together.  Over the Thanksgiving holiday. (The last time we took a vacation together,  longer than a 3 day weekend, was in 1998. Yep. Really.) It was only a week, but it was wonderful☺ Once we got back it was time to do some canning,  baking and prepping for Christmas at home and a lot of catch up from the time off   and getting ready for year end stuff at work. Plus, I was a few weeks behind on my Year of Jewelry Project, (wha?? REALLY??   HaHaHa!!!) and I was determined to finish ALL of the projects. And dammit! I did☺ Instead of boring you with pics of each of the 8 projects I had to play catch up with, I just made this awesome collage☺ I did sign up for the 2014 Year of Jewelry Project . I WILL finish all 52 pro...