I took a class at GenCon on how to make wire rings. It was pretty cool. I found that Munro Crafts carries ring mandrels and I got one of the cheap ones to play with… I’ve been making bunches of them. Even CJ got some. Making a size 1 3/4 ring doesn’t take very long! At my tea party, I showed the girls how to make the basic twist style. It worked out well. I’m just using the cheap copper wire right now. I figure if I get good and want to sell some, I’ll try to find the silver or gold wire. I bet if I can’t find it at Munro’s, I’ll find it at one of the jewelry shows that Mom P and I go to. Some of the ones I made are crap, but practice makes perfect…some of them turned out pretty well too.

I’m really having fun with the Costume Word of the Week. It’s making me think more and double check myself on terminology when I think I know the answer to something. I like making my brain work like that.

I’m still trying to get my will power up to pre-reg for some things for Gen Con. I’m finding it really hard to get “pumped up” about it. I had a whole bunch of things that I wanted to do, but we couldn’t register, until finally I lost all those numbers, most got filled up, then finally Chris said we could register. By then, I just didn’t care any more.

I’m having a hard time getting excited about anything. I’m trying really hard. It just doesn’t work. I feel like I’m slipping into that stupid hole again.