Day 88

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Today I continued my fabulous New York City adventures before heading home to the Boston area for Passover.  My friend and I woke up, got bagels and coffee, and walked around a street fair.  We went to her favorite jewelry designer's booth, and I got to talk to her and get some tips.  She suggested going all over the place to try to sell my stuff.  I should go into every store I can, put myself out there, and I shouldn't be afraid to hear no.  One really tip she gave me was that if there's somewhere I'd really like to sell my jewelry, I shouldn't pitch to them right away.  I should go other places first and go back there later, after I've gotten more experience and feedback.  If nothing else, pitching to stores gets you great feedback.  She was really great and helpful (and she liked my earrings!).  It was definitely a highlight of the day.

We then wandered onto Columbia's campus to watch some Bhangra dancing, and a few hours later I had to depart.  I had a nice conversation with a stranger on the bus about books and traveling and work and life.  It was a pretty remarkable weekend (and it's not even over!).

I am continuing the ring kick, and today I made a funky one.  I decided it was time to play around with beads attached to my magical square wire.  I used one of the fantastic red beads I picked up on my last bead store jaunt.

Day 87

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Today I had a beautiful day in New York City.  I'm stopping here on my way home from school for Passover break.  I had breakfast, went to a gallery interview, and met up with my friend from school.  Then I caught a train across town to visit my friend at Columbia.  That is where I am currently sitting, watching last night's 30 Rock and blogging to you.

I made a ring for today, and it's simple but lovely.  I am loving this magical square wire, let me tell you!

Day 86

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I've been packing for passover break for the past half hour or so, and part of that entailed making earrings so I could pack my jewelry supplies.  I used my awesome square wire to make some cool earrings and then took pictures of them.  I then went back to packing clothes.  A few minutes later it was time to pack my jewelry, so I searched for the earrings I just made.  They were nowhere to be found.  I'm not about to unpack my whole suitcase, but I did ransack my bed to no avail.

The moral of this story is that I have photographic evidence they exist and I'm blogging about them, but I think they've disappeared into thin air.  Enjoy the pictures, it might be the last time these babies were ever seen.

Day 85

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Today I finally got to go to the bead store!  I had a delicious Thai lunch with my friend, then we were off to buy some beads.  The coolest thing I got:  square wire!  The wire that I have always used has been round wire, and I didn't even realized square wire existed.  It's hard to describe, but when I show you the ring I made today you will probably be able to see what I mean.  It's a thicker wire also so it's a little sturdier.  I'm really excited about it, so many possibilities!

Day 84: ANOTHER RING

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Today I had a pretty silly day.  I had class until 11:30, then sat in the gallery from 12-3.  Someone has to sit in the gallery in order to keep it opened, so I just sit there and get homework done.  The problem (and I use that term loosely) today was that I had no work to get done.  I was just sitting there.

My friend came in to keep me company for part of it and we played bananagrams.  We were having so much fun playing that after leaving the gallery we played it even more.  I ended up playing bananagrams for 3-4 hours today.  This was including an attempt at French bananagrams in French club this evening.  Silly day, don't you agree?

For today, I decided I'd use some more of my silver wire and attempt another ring.  I'm planning a trip to the bead store tomorrow so I will be able to restock.

Day 83: A RING!

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Today I had to present the paper I've been tirelessly working on the past few days (and less tirelessly working on for weeks) in my Theory and Methods of Art History class.  It was nerve-wracking, to say the least.  I got so much feedback though that I'm getting excited about it, this could actually be a really great paper.  Now I just have to get motivated.  Once the presentation was done, my brain decided it was break.  Technically I am not on break until I finish class on Thursday, but try telling that to my head.

I have boldly gone today where I haven't really gone before:  ring territory.  My friend recently broke her ring she bought in Israel a few years back.  I said I would try to make her a new one, since it was only made of wire and I thought I could attempt it.

Day 82

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I think I might need to stop apologizing for missing days of blogging.  It's happening more and more, but I don't think missing a day should be such a big deal.  I'm trying hard to make this thing last a year, but I'm finishing up college with a lot of work and a lot of socializing, and if I can't get to the computer because I'm making the most of my last few weeks here, you will all forgive me right?

Yesterday I had a really nice day.  I went on a walk with my friend because the weather was gorgeous.  Later, my friends and I went to our friends' a capella show, and then hung out all night after that.  There were a bunch of people visiting too, which made the day even better.

Today I went to breakfast with my friends, then to Barnes and Noble for a couple hours.  Later, I got coffee with another friend and had a volleyball game tonight.  It was a really nice and busy weekend.  I didn't get any homework done, but I didn't really need to get anything done and it was so so nice to give myself a break.  I actually made earrings yesterday but didn't get a chance to blog about them, so I'm counting them as today's.