Progress made!

You may remember this:Well, it has now turned into this!:
You can also click on each picture to view it full size. The Starbucks card is just for scale.

It is not very thick and when completed could, indeed, hold a gift card. There is some work still to be done! I just need to find more turquoise colored beads. I have even taken apart some previous "samples" just to collect the bead colors I need. A trip to a bead store is in order soon!!!

Chattering chipmunks!

The morning is a lovely time to sit with my coffee on the back deck, let the cats snooze in a sunbeam, and work awhile on my latest beaded project:

We enjoy the chirping of the birds in the birch tree (wish I had thought about my camera when the momma cardinal landed!). We even like the lazy buzz of the fat bumble bee as it suns itself under the lavender. But today this little one decided to join the chorus:

Need a closer look?
Sitting atop the neighbor's ac unit and calling out to his clan! I do wonder what he was saying?