Week is Progressing

Thank goodness the week is progressing.  But what started out as a strong week of sales and a fun week of interacting with customers, has sputtered into two slow days in a row.  This is NOT what we need with the purchase orders I have already placed and the supplies that we still want to bring in before the summer.  I'm also busy trying to figure out how much money I will have for Bead & Button and for my PMC/Enameling conferences later this year.  These will deplete my ready funds a lot.  I save in my cash jar regularly for just these occasions, but it is always hard to spend the cash and then have to save up again for the next year.  Money is hard to come by (for everyone - not just me) and I am a high-maintenance kind of gal. 

My etchings turned out very nicely, but I will have to do some touchup on the lettering with a ball burr this morning before I blacken the text and polish the tops.  Then I need to drill the mounting holes and wiring holes and get the plaque mounted to the interior lid of the box.  I can't mount the top disk until the final step - it will mount over the handpainted and beaded silk.  That's the next step for my next studio day, so I need to get the metal finalized so that I can begin the fabric part.  I hear the clock ticking - my time is running out and I will need to give up some of my night computer time to bead.  That's bittersweet - I love to bead and to create, but I also love to read and I read on-screen.  I'll figure it all out somehow.  Enjoy your Friday!