Because I Needed It

Because I needed to remind myself of who I used to be and what I used to do, here is a repost of a video I made about some of the lampwork beads I used to make before I had to move to care for my parents:




I used to get lost in working hot glass. I used to spend hours making one bead. I used to be good at it. I used to have the skills and knowledge to know reactions, chemistry, temperatures, and how to do certain things. I used to make actual, gasp, money  at it.

It's been so many years now, if I ever do get to do it again, I'll have to relearn the basics. I'll have to retrain my hands to do what they used to do automatically. I'll have to spend a year building my business back up.

You have no idea how much I miss what I used to be and do.

Bead Video

After Laura introduced me to Animoto, I found I couldn't resist - just had to sign up. To learn how to use it, I made a Just For Fun Bead Video. Now I'll drive everyone crazy making videos.




Now I have to get my laptop to recognize my camera. I also learned, sigh, that my brand new cell phone doesn't have an interface for connecting to my computer. Of course, Verizon wants you to use a social photo site for storage, and use their software for uploading, and oh, yeah, have a data option on your contract. We'll work in getting a new USB cord for that camera. But that really irritates me about the cell phone.