247/365 sweet potato

sweet potato, steel olive fork

Wow, do I need a break from Ring a Day. But I'm not taking one, dammit - only four long months to go. This is the second time that Stewie's head has turned up in one of my rings.

baked

new earrings on etsy

I just listed these sterling silver earrings in my etsy shop, they are a new design for my Elements Series.

246/365 cheese

cheddar cheese with mustard seed inlay, steel olive fork

245/365 real dog poo

sterling silver, acrylic paint, rhinestones, freshwater pearls, terrier poo

That's right, genuine poo. The real deal. Perhaps you saw yesterday's fake poo ring and recall that I adamantly said I was drawing the line at using actual feces. That didn't satisfy Evelyn, I sure hope she appreciates this. As I walked around the yard today looking for a good specimen I reflected on the depths that both Ring a Day and my own latent adolescence have brought me to: pearl and rhinestone encrusted dog poo. Wow, I have surprised even myself. If you would like proof that this is actual excrement, it's here.


What is even scarier is that I had already made and uploaded my (2-minute, dead basil) ring for today, this new ring is extracurricular. I found the poo and decided to put a coat of paint on it so that it would be dry for tomorrow. Then I put on two more coats of paint. Then I found the rhinestones in some old beading supplies and I was so enthralled that before I knew it the damn thing was made. I'm still a little shocked.


UPDATED: Evelyn, who dared me to do this, has made her own wearable poo ring, it is shown next to her fly ring.

Evelyn Markasky, RAD 234/365 & 246/365

And Lesley Tinnaro has joined in the fun with her Gecko poo ring:

Lesely Tinnaro, RAD 128/365

urban catch and release

I have a little house mouse problem, there's one in the tank (and he's really cute). I also have a cat problem - Levi keeps catching them and then all he will do is play with them and let them go in the house again. The last couple of nights he's caught one and I put it outside, knowing it would just come back in.

I don't have it in me to kill the little creatures when I take them away from the cat, my girlfriend suggested caging them and releasing them away from my home. From what I've read online I need to go at least two miles away, and release them near (abandoned) buildings rather than in the woods, as city mice don't fair well in the country. I don't think this one is a nursing mother - I didn't see any exposed nipples, so hopefully she's not leaving a nest of helpless babies behind. If anyone has any suggestions I'd love it.

245/365 dead basil

As if making a ring per day isn't enough, occasionally some of us participate in themed challenges. This time the theme was A Farewell to Summer. The ring is made from nearly-dead, woody basil and crazy glue.

244/365 poo

sterling silver, brownie

Yes, I know, it's over the top and sophomoric. You can blame Evelyn Markasky, she more or less dared me to do it - she practically commanded me to do it. So I did it, but not with real poo. I draw the line at real poo and so should you.