Get Ready for the Weekend Top Ten Metal Shops

After Dan's battle with a grinder (he didn't win the battle, either) he is not doing much metalwork which is leaving me with a yen for good metal...and him with a to do list that keeps growing. Here's a list of the top ten finds for the week. Just looking at the metal work makes me feel good...and makes Dan find something to do so he'll be too busy for my ideas. :) This list can be found on twitter, too @ http://twitter.com/goofingoff Baconsquarefarm.etsy.com Love these magnets. Architiques9890.etsy.com has some beautiful frames http://www.etsy.com/shop/1byliz, these clocks are from bikes! twobeans.etsy.com has unique wire work. JLHCopperDesigns.etsy.com has the most wonderful wind chimes. metalgardenart.etsy.com can help you dress up your world, inside and out. Say what you feel in metal. EdiesLab.etsy.com merritthyde.etsy.com has some beautiful birds. creativenuts.etsy.com Check out the sculpture! I love this cat!! WonderfulWire.etsy.com has awesome wire work. Love it!!! There, I feel better now. I got my metal fix for today. Hope you enjoy!

New Listings in GoofingOff.etsy.com

Just listed some wonderful out-of-print and vintage patterns in the GoofingOff shop. Here's a great looking Vogue blouse pattern from the early 1990's. It was designed by Calvin Klein. The pattern is complete and in a size 8. Here's a Vogue Attitudes pattern by designers Tom and Linda Platt. The pattern is uncut, unused, with the original factory folds. Emanuel Ungaro has been designing the most elegant clothes for years. Here is an outfit he did for Vogue in 1997. It is wonderful, so sophisticated. The pattern is uncut, unused, with the original factory folds. I have lots more to list, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Come back often to see what I've found on my rounds.

Just about done with another class, Epidemiology, so I can get back to blogging about life. The class wasn't too bad with an awesome professor. A few more classes and I will be able to walk for my BSN diploma. It's been a journey for me but I am enjoying it. I wish I had done it sooner. I could blame putting it off on lots of things, kids, marriage, money, and those are all good reasons, partly true, but the real reason was me. Hard headed, I wanted to do more than nursing, something else besides nursing. I still do but that's O.K. A Bachelor's degree is a degree well-earned and I am working damned hard for it. I am going to walk with my head held high when I get that diploma. It's been a long time coming.