Saturday, February 23, 2013

Busy Day at the Ranch

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Linda has received a lot of good comments her Original Disney Bracelet.  They love the different colors used in the wire wrap on the C-Koop pendent.  They also love the Teal choker for it.  It would be a great Choker – Necklace with a white blouse for a casual night on the town.

Well the weatherman said we would get a inch of snow today. He should have rephrased the forecast to say and inch an hour for 8 hours. The roads are like glass tonight and very slick. I found that out when I was out running an errand. I need his job and pay to be wrong at least 50% of the time. That would be a nice gig to have.

It was a bummer to have the snow during the day.  I wanted to ride my stud colt today.  I will wait till next week to ride him.

Linda finished my Amethyst Necklace today.  She made a 4 strand silk braid for the necklace . She also made the clasp for it.  The two pieces together are a great combination. Linda’s original design for  necklace was  great. Several people who saw it today really liked her design for the necklace, the clasp and handmade bale for the piece of Amethyst.

I worked on the pictures for the Art Fair application. I will finish up on the final 4 pictures for the submittal. The picture for the booth layout is one from the Art Fair we were at in December.

I did take a break from looking at pictures to taking pictures of the new pieces of jewelry that will go to the on-line stores.  I will start editing those pictures next week while Linda is in the hospital for her Hip Replacement. It will give me something to do during her surgery.

 PS-Linda says buy lots of Jewelry. That way she will have money to pay the hip replacement bills.

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Friday, February 22, 2013

Work Day at the Ranch

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Linda finished the “Disney Bracelet” last night as she joking calls it. The C-Kopp pendant with the multi colored abstract design is one of Linda’s most colorful designs. The Teal colored Viking Knit choker really compliments the pendant well. I have the pictures of the necklace to post up tonight.

The search for the photos to submit to the Art Fair is getting down to the last 100 or so photo’s. However with the new photos being taken may add to the list. We need to have them submitted by Monday evening.

I think the Ground Hog is of on the early Spring. We are supposed to get another 3 inches tonight.  We need the moisture after last year’s drought.  The lakes need the increased supply to  provide the farmers with water to grow their crops.

Well back to the photo search and editing.

PS-Linda says buy lots of Jewelry. That way she will have money to pay the hip replacement bills.

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Good Day to be Inside

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I am still going through the 500 plus photos to find 4 to be entered. Picking a photo can appear easy to find. However the editing of the photo to be show quality is where the work starts.  I have one folder of the ones that I couldn’t to edit them to show quality.  I wish we could enter more photos so I could show Linda’s jewelry design and crafting capabilities.  

The 4 inches of snow we had this morning turned out to be a surprise to most folks when they had to go to work this morning. The roads were slick and the snow didn’t let up till later.  This afternoon the weather turned to be nice sky blue afternoon. 

Linda is working on a multicolored wired wrapped pendant.  She is also doing a colored Viking Knit to be part of the necklace. Linda is joking that it is the Disney Necklace. As soon as she has the Viking Knit done and the pendent on it I will post up pictures hopefully tomorrow.

I have am still working on the dog training.  He has his good moments and then he has the 8 month old, 80 pound brain fart.  When he has the mind block he is definitely hard to handle.  I will say he is getting a little better on his manners.  Some days I don’t know who is winning.

Well back to the photo search and editing.

PS-Linda says buy lots of Jewelry. That way she will have money to pay the hip replacement bills.

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Art Fair Application

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ML Ranch Jewelry spent most of the day working on the Jackson Hole Art Fair application. We are working on getting the photo’s edited right. I have about 500 photo’s to go through to get the 4 we want.  We only get to submit 4 pieces of Jewelry and one of a booth setup.

The weather here today was cold, windy, and Snow showers. I thought the ground hog said spring was coming.  I think the wires got crossed on the weather. I hope it is better tomorrow so I can ride my colt after I finish the Jackson Hole Art Fair application.

I have continued on the dog training.  He has his good moments and then he has the 8 month old brain fart. When he has the mind block he is hard to handle. I will say he is getting better on his manners.

PS-Linda says buy lots of Jewelry. That way she will have money to pay the hip replacement bills.

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Viking Knit Day

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Linda is working on a Viking knit . The Viking knit will be used with a wire wrapped pendent.  The Knit is being done with Vintage Bronze. She at the present time is pulling the knit through the draw plate. The draw plate has holes in it of different diameters.  Linda just got done pulling it to the final diameter.  The Vintage Bronze is my favorite for using in the knit.

I also am working with my Lab pup on his manners. The electric hearing aid (ie-electric shock collar) is starting to get his attention and working wonders with him till today.  He had a brain lock up today. He did not want to respond to the shock collar.  I had to hit the panic button on the collar to finally get him to respond.  

I have been using the whistle along with hearing aid to tune his response and manners which today were in doubt.  I need him listening well by the time Linda comes home from the hospital after her hip replacement.

PS-Linda says buy lots of Jewelry. That way she will have money to pay the hip replacement bills.

Thanks for looking

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Monday, February 18, 2013

Easy Monday at the Ranch

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We spent the day getting chores done. Linda is working on a Viking knit . The Viking knit will be used with a wire wrapped pendent. The Knit is being done with Vintage Bronze. The Vintage Bronze is my favorite for using in the knit.

I wasn’t feeling real shiny today.I had body aches like I had the flu.  My MS shot last night got the best of me. This happens every so often on Monday’s. I put some more shavings in the stalls. They all got back in the stall tonight and rolled in the shavings. My stud colt will be laying down in the stall most of the night. He likes laying down in the stall.

I also am working with my Lab pup on his manners. The electric hearing aid (ie-electric shock collar) is starting to get his attention and working wonders with him. I have been using the whistle along with hearing aid to tune his response and manners. I need him listening well by the time Linda comes home from the hospital after her hip replacement.

PS-Linda says buy lots of Jewelry. That way she will have money to pay the hip replacement bills.







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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Slow weekend at ML Racnch Jewelry

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This weekend was slow one for us.  We worked on some new wire wrap jewelry.  I will post up some pictures hopefully tomorrow.  Linda is designing and crafting some other wire wrapped jewelry to start the week off.  The new design is interesting and will be a show piece.

I spent the weekend cleaning stalls and playing with the mules. The mules are interesting to work with. Mules are not like horses and you have to change the mindset when working with them. The Molly colt Rosie I am starting to do ground work with her.  I am going get to her ready to wear a packsaddle with light bags of misc. stuff.  I will lead her behind my Walker mare.  I am not sure if I want to lead her with the stud horse.

I also am working with my Lab pup. I need to make sure he has manners when Linda comes home after her hip replacement.  I don’t want him knocking Linda down.

We will be taking pic’s this week of new jewelry pieces.  Then we will do the usual touch on pic’s and add the copyright stamp to them.  Linda will work on the wording for each piece.  Then we will update the e-online stores with the new inventory.

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