06.20.06
Posted in Beads at 3:32 pm by Resa Kerns
I’m really pretty proud to say that I’m going to be featured in a very small column in the local paper for my lampworking. The column is too short to even amount to 15 minutes of fame — so I’m calling it 15 seconds! This is the piece (or collection) that is being featured — I’m calling it Circus Catch. It is a very fun collection of bright, primary colors, with a lot of texture. The bracelet incorporates some elementary silver wire work — I would love to do some more with that! For the locals — the column is called “Community Sketchbook”, and should appear in this Sunday’s Missourian. (click here for a larger view of the picture)
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06.16.06
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:30 am by Resa Kerns
As most beadmakers/beadsellers know — you’ve got to learn how to take decent pictures of your beads! If you want to sell them, if you want to show them on the forums, if you want to put them on your website — you’ve got to have a decent picture. The quest to take reasonably good pictures of my beads started me down the road towards better photography. Despite the fact that I have a family of wonderful, professional-grade photographers — I never really got into any of the details of photography. Maybe because I had all of them, I never needed to. But, the beads were all mine, and I needed to learn how to photograph them, and I think I’ve been making some good progress with that.
I’ve also recently been pressed into service to take still shots of my daughter, while others were taking the video. And — if I do say so myself, they turned out pretty good! I took the picture you see below this post. So — my interest in better photography got another shot in the arm.
And — of course, as I get my website, and my blog going, there is an on-going need for some pictures to punch it up a bit.
All of this is background to say that I just acquired a brand-new compact camera! The idea is that it will always be with me, and I will shoot more pictures, gain experience, etc. I think it will also help with making the quickie bead shots to put on my blog or web page. Here’s a shot I took in macro mode, with no flash. I think it turned out quite well! (by the way, this is a tiny little porcelain doll that resides in my dollhouse — she is probably about an inch or so long! Click on the image to see a bigger view.
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06.02.06
Posted in Life at 3:44 pm by Resa Kerns
We are back from vacation, settling back into the school/work routine — and time to get back to some bead business!! But — first — here is my beautiful baby at her Spring Dance Recital! She did a wonderful job, and had a great time. The original intended costumes never arrived, so the dance studio had to put things together at the last minute. I actually think the outfit came out cuter than the one they had planned! She danced to the Beatle’s “Here Comes the Sun”.
We had a great vacation! The definite highlight of the trip was a visit to the New Shanghai Circus — a wonderful Chinese acrobatic troupe. Riley fought to stay awake and see the whole show — and now loves to do “similar” acrobatic tricks. My favorite is to see her try to tie her legs up like a pretzel! Too funny 
Unfortunately — I came back from vacation with an ear infection, and just haven’t really felt like myself for awhile — so have taken a small, unplanned hiatus from bead-making. (although my mom and I did make some pretty cool jewelry while we were gone — I’ll get some pics up for that soon.) I should have some fun beady eye candy for you soon!
Take care, and thanks for checking in!
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