thirty three pounds...

of gadgets and goodies and chemicals (oh my!) are enroute to my front door from Albuquerque, New Mexico. The shipment will be here Monday. I have another sizeable shipment coming from Delaware too. Those supplies will be here sometime next week, probably Wednesday or Thursday. I am taking quotes for a logo hand stamp. Why, oh WHY, does it take so long to get a quote for a measley 7mm stamp together? They make these things all day everyday, one would imagine the figure could be calculated in a matter of minutes.

I have tight feeling in my chest...excitement and trepidation. I'm taking the plunge, head first, back into metalsmithing. I want to say "I think" at the end of that last sentence. But to say, "I think" is just leaving a back door open to sneak out of later. I will not be sneaking out, though, I will not be putting this on a back burner. I just spent a rather large amount of money on tools and equipment. I've been re-reading old jewelry making books. I've pulled out all my old tools and supplies from my college days. I've been kicking myself for not keeping in touch with my old jewelry making professor. I've been sketching out designs. I've been dreaming about miles of silver sheeting, strikers and torches, soldering blocks and pickle pots. I will be spending this weekend, GASP, cleaning out and organizing my actual studio...the studio that is currently a dumping ground for anything and everything we don't have a place for. I have to have a place that I can close a door and lock away all the chemicals and incediary prducts so that my boys (and the rest of the house) will be safe.

This will be exciting and certainly fun. But before the fun can begin, I have some staightening and, of course, some laundry to take care of.