Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Pre-pesach

I should post something quickly, as it will probably be the last one until after Pesach.

I asked my friend if she would do my Pesach shopping in The City.  She jumped to say yes, which is so great.  Then she commissioned me to make bracelets for her 5 granddaughters before the holiday.  Good- because I get to keep beading, relatively guilt free, and I will have a little extra cash.  Bad- I'm busy beading!! And I feel badly charging what they are really worth.  But she is doing my shopping in The City, so big savings there.  I'm sure it all balances out.

Anyway, I truly feel there is very little need for deep Pesach cleaning anywhere but the front rooms and kitchen, so I'm now just planning to start moving chametz-wear out of the kithchen, and into the hall closets, and seal it off.   I also want to start  cleaning the chairs - I have upholstered dining room chairs for the first time in many years.  And I have a closet all cleaned out to use as a Pesach pantry;  another big expense will be some kind of shelving for this.  I'm not crazy worried yet about cleaning, more about trying to find guests for meal, as the wasband's minhagim (customs) prevent me from going out much.  And that is actually leading to too much anxiety.

The rental fridge is coming tomorrow.  This is another big jump in expenses: a month of rental instead of 2 weeks, but sooo helpful, I'm not fretting.

Okay, I'm off to Home Depot now to start the shopping insanity.  Wish me well.
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Here is a new style of bracelet I have been playing with (and will be the general pattern for commissioned bracelets).  The new thing is the edging.  I added a whip-stitch around the peyote-chain band.  This picture does not capture it well; it is really lovely, enhances the piece so nicely.
The ring was just for fun.  I love it, but I am not a ring person, since I wear gloves so much at work, and the ring is too big and keeps sliding off.  So, I'm waiting for the time to make a smaller one...after I sew some snoods, kit some socks...  Yeah, we'll see what comes AFTER Pesach.

So my question now is, is it reasonable to blow the whole profit from the commissioned bracelets on MORE beading supplies?  I re-ally want to.



2 comments:

  1. Beautiful bracelet.

    The more beading supplies you have, the more money you can potentially make. If you don't need the profits from the commissioned bracelets at the moment, go for it.

    Good luck with your Pesach cleaning.

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  2. Thank you L&F for all your generous comments! It really means a lot to me.

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