Summer sure seems to be speeding by quickly! I haven't kept up with blogging as often as I had planned, but I hope there are still a few of you enjoying the blog anyways!

My mom has been laid up for over 2 months with a very painful hernaited disc, and will be having surgery in a few days. Because of this and other important things that popped up which have needed my attention, the remaining custom work has been a bit slow in being completed, however I'm just about done, whew! Once all orders are completed however, I will not be accepting additional custom orders for a while, so that I can "re-charge" a bit.

I realize there are many of you whom have been patiently waiting for a chance to place a custom order, and I'm sorry to have to ask you to wait a bit longer. My family and health have to come first and need my focus at the time, so I expect to put a hold on returning to custom orders for a few months. Non-custom art will continue to be made available through my eBay Store and Etsy shop.

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I'm enjoying the Summer Olympics - wasn't the opening ceremony amazing? Wow! I'm going to be following the USA women's gymnastics in particular, especially Iowa girl Shawn Johnson!

Wow - it's been several weeks since I have posted in my blog, but I haven't disappeared, I promise! :)  Health issues continue to keep me working at a snail's pace these days unfortunately, but I'm coming along with the current line up of orders as best as I can!

Here is a photo of a custom 6-bird pin that I just finished. I rarely make pins with this many birds, but made half of them "partial bodied" in order to keep the size and weight down on it. More pictures of this piece can be seen in my Flickr album.

Here are some photos that I put into a little movie, showing a custom order in progress, enjoy!

This trio of custom budgies are flying off to their home in Germany, but stayed for a moment to pose for a picture! :) This piece really took a long time to finish, I find parakeets to be one of the most challenging species to create in clay!  More pictures of this custom pin can be viewed on Flickr.