A Rare Ipsy

This is one of my rare ipsy shipments that has gotten through.  Even though there's only make up in these things, the shippers put ORM-D labels on them. ORM-D stands for "Other Restricted Materials - Domestic."  That label is why we cannot ship nail polish.  Or perfume.  Or any of a dozen other innocuous items.  This means I get one out of every three or four ipsy and Julep shipments.  It's disappointing on so many levels.  By the way, according to the rules this one shouldn't have made it.  The minute amount of hydrocarbons in the eye make up remover should have had this returned.  Because, you know, such a small amount has an infinitessimal chance of blowing up a plane.  By infinitessimal, I'm talking about less than one in a million.  By orders of magnitude.

Little Bits Of Progress

It's interesting seeing how all the colors swirl into a whole on this.  Sometimes it's hard to see the actual progress until I post the photo and actually -look- at it.

The Replacements

My malachite squares were damaged in the move last winter, so I finally got some replacements.  Same size, but I don't think the malachite's quite as pretty in these.

Round And Round We Go

I think this looks pretty good, and I'm already almost done.  One more crazy January start about to become a finish!

Densest Done

I'm now done with this being my daily piece, but before I dropped it as that, I got the densest part of the piece done.  There isn't all that much  to go, and I'll get it done soon.

Andreas' New Hat

Most places we go, Andreas gets a new hat for one reason or another.  This is his new Etosha one.  It allowed him to get sunshielded and to take photos at the same time.  He likes the snaps on the side brims.

Downward Vines

One more pair of Namibian earrings.  I like the bright colors and the dangling design.