Wednesday, June 11, 2008

The Roller Coaster Ride on Life's Learning Curve

"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." I 'm sorry, but if the guy wasn't president... A comedian would pay good money for that silliness. (An old saying in Tennessee...?)

The reason that Bushism popped into my mind this morning was my attempt to remember the old saying about how it seems you know less and less as you get older. I can't remember the quote. (Though I could have helped Bush out...) But, honestly, I'm ready to be an expert in something besides envelop stuffing and weeding. I just made a ring for Ravenwolf and, after finishing I looked at it and thought I'd do so many things differently. Here's the ring....


What I like best are the sides, and Suzanne's SO's emblem. Very cool emblem. I carved the ring out of wax, got it casted into silver, and the emblem is from some scrap 14k gold wire I had. I should have approached this ring differently. (<--- massive understatement.) But, ah, whatever. On back are the initials "R" and "S" with the bottom part of the R and S interlocking in what I hope is reminiscent of a wishbone. Hope it brings her luck!

*the frontal pics of the ring didn't turn out... may add a pic later.*

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh wow, her ring turn out so nicely! Well done!

Chris Stone said...

Thanks! I hope she likes it.

Anonymous said...

wow. that's beautiful!

Rosebud Collection said...

What a beautiful ring..You did a wonderful job..

CSD Faux Finishing said...

OK I love your label "6 more months" lol. Perfect!

The ring is gorgeous :) Ravenwolf will definitely love it

Suldog said...

I don't know much about your particular art, but I know what I like :-) I think that's a really nice ring.

Anonymous said...

Love the ring, love the blog, love the cat:)
Great writing and insight, thanks for the comment on my blog that led me here
...and your dad was right, the odds are the best...plus it's just a whole lotta fun!
Thanks for a great read!

GalleryJuana said...

OOh... cool ring. I like your pic of this ring. It gives us the feeling that you have just put the finishing touches on it and are giving it your final approval.

Kitty said...

beautiful job stoney!
it's so pretty!

Chris Stone said...

thank you so much everyone... and yobo... smooches! miss ya!