My friend Jonathan Short has a shop in town called Junk Monkey. He has all kinds of things there, antiques, chocolate, original oil paintings, reworked and vintage jewelry. All kinds of things to enjoy. Please stop by and see him when you come through Oakridge. Jonathan is very knowledgeable about jewelry...I ask him questions all the time. He is my information resource for remaking jewelry, and I am currently making myself University of Oregon jewelry...yellow and green. I have collected used jewelry to take apart for my project. My bracelet is going to be fashioned with the idea of this one...not as many beads...maybe 1/3 of this beauty. He sells on Ebay, and on his website, Junk Monkey. There is going to be an Antique Fair coming this summer, and I plan to be there too.

Updates on this very rainy day

I thought that maybe it is time to update you about some of my projects that I have posted.

• I have managed to relearn knitting.  I am making mistakes as I am practicing. I purchased some needles at the thrift store, and some yarn to practice with. I just keep knitting until I am doing it right. I found free knitting patterns at All Free Knitting.
• Cooking for Hubby has ceased, he is on an extreme diet.
• My fingernails are looking terrific with the OPI nail products. I recommend the products, they are working for me. I not doing much dish washing...and that makes a big improvement.
• I found that Michaels art and craft store carries a line of craft paint that works well on leather and plastics. Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylics. 
• I am practicing with my camera. 
• I am finishing some sewing projects! Yeah...happy about that one.
• I am working on the cleaning out stuff and tossing it or giving it away.
• Planning for a family gathering on Jan 28th.
• Planning for house guests coming for the weekend.
• I got a new drivers license today, with a new photo. Oregon is making us prove our citizenship with Passports, and SSN verification.
• I stopped by my friend Jonathan's shop Junk Monkey. He is so talented, and remakes old jewelry into beautiful one-of-a-kind pieces.  I wanted to learn how he puts the items together. I want to make myself an Oregon Ducks bracelet from odds and ends, into a unique, personalized, wow, I did that myself.