tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76291462984447004942024-03-05T20:19:06.302-08:00Saha's PlaceMerry vonBrauchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03226511137603093720noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629146298444700494.post-22978509111077144902008-08-12T16:26:00.000-07:002008-08-12T16:33:27.225-07:00Way too<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2adVBeCJMvdKfwfp8bBRdjJ63FZ4pFoEYFEwZDeggJcCvdKG4xKRpm34tyf71czh5ZAE7xnY3dW7lHWeY-zNuridTh7ExvYBmgHepGLcaDelVgc8Pp8ncIhccprlPyE86pbwOgEKXoWtU/s1600-h/Photo_2008_8_12_14_24_33_edited.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2adVBeCJMvdKfwfp8bBRdjJ63FZ4pFoEYFEwZDeggJcCvdKG4xKRpm34tyf71czh5ZAE7xnY3dW7lHWeY-zNuridTh7ExvYBmgHepGLcaDelVgc8Pp8ncIhccprlPyE86pbwOgEKXoWtU/s200/Photo_2008_8_12_14_24_33_edited.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233778087158473186" /></a><br />I have been way too busy and haven't posted at all for a long time..oops. I am going to be doing the Western States Wild Horse and Burro Show during the 15th, 16th and 17th of August 2008. If anyone reads this and wants to come see what a wild mustang looks like once it's gentled and trained and you are in the Reno Nevada area, come on down to the Reno Livestock Center and say "hi". <br /><br />That's where I'll be selling jewelry and hat bands and honey, yes you got it right. Wild honey to go with the wild horses. My husband has bee hives and he took about 30 pounds of honey off the hives and I will be selling it at the show.Merry vonBrauchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03226511137603093720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629146298444700494.post-53027875900900660672008-03-11T10:34:00.000-07:002008-03-11T10:35:14.688-07:00Try this<a href="http://www.nrcprograms.org/site/PageServer?pagename=remember_strength_quiz"><img src="http://nrcst.convio.net/images/remember/sage_widget.gif" border="0" /></a>Merry vonBrauchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03226511137603093720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629146298444700494.post-78739240307808402762008-02-07T14:23:00.000-08:002008-02-07T14:51:49.157-08:00Sometimes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmKAh_JCe6PEUBho77BJSCzG_HuYNekEDL2WIszT0i3adcJdSdSSigc2Cqss02i9rKvJwFJHGGm_cuWp7PItCQiXEyP_taAQMPkD5akdaUg1agJ_bMwlh9dF0K5AOj_S8pTogK_nrUdzpj/s1600-h/NHL-003+%2475.00.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmKAh_JCe6PEUBho77BJSCzG_HuYNekEDL2WIszT0i3adcJdSdSSigc2Cqss02i9rKvJwFJHGGm_cuWp7PItCQiXEyP_taAQMPkD5akdaUg1agJ_bMwlh9dF0K5AOj_S8pTogK_nrUdzpj/s200/NHL-003+%2475.00.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164374760655207586" /></a><br />Sometimes it hard to keep up, keep up with a blog, keep up with your website, keep up with bills and most of all, keep up with your life. What's that all about anyway?<br /><br />I think for myself right now it is Mercury going retrograde, yeah, I hear you people who don't believe in Astrology and I respect that. I happen to believe in the Mercury part because Mercury is my ruling planet and when it goes backward, so do I. Take the above mentioned keeping up. I'm not doing it very well right now, actually it's quite amazing that I'm standing up let alone keeping up, way too much demand.<br /><br />Mercury changed direction on the 28th of January and won't be going direct for about 3 weeks after that, it's way too much trouble to get up and check the calendar so I think it will last about three weeks. I will attempt to keep up appearances until Mercury gets it's butt turned around but I think sparkling will be out of the question for my attitude.<br /><br />Maybe if I force feed myself coffee and duct tape myself to the chair with a treat in mind if I preform well, sounds a bit like what they do to mice to get them to go a certain way through a maze, oh look, I think I have a tiny bit of gray hair starting to grow on my wrist.Merry vonBrauchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03226511137603093720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629146298444700494.post-88060482297242613142008-01-26T09:55:00.000-08:002008-01-26T10:24:16.580-08:00Wow...!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqo2o0-OMSC0QiOJtZ-Bjuu8S54RDfRZXvZSbHwPzIOJRJ79eKRvlAnUOGMpseyjgpks658KldPPplRnRAe8k6US8Of_l_4u07hAIN8hKTC0L18ANk3NfBKvLjgm5fX5dWyfobA0FINS7/s1600-h/DSC03303.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqo2o0-OMSC0QiOJtZ-Bjuu8S54RDfRZXvZSbHwPzIOJRJ79eKRvlAnUOGMpseyjgpks658KldPPplRnRAe8k6US8Of_l_4u07hAIN8hKTC0L18ANk3NfBKvLjgm5fX5dWyfobA0FINS7/s200/DSC03303.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159851769250495618" border="0" /></a><br />Whoa, talk about a stunner. I made a hat band for my sister-in-law for Christmas. She wanted to give one to her niece as a present and while my sister-in-law was here for a visit she picked the colors and let me do a design.<br /><br />This morning I got pictures of said same hat band on a hat sitting on a saddle and it took me a second to figure it out, no one said I was bright early in the morning without coffee come on folks some slack would be nice, I made that hat band and it is residing on a hat back in New Jersey. Thus, the wow stunner. Not to mention that they saddle this kid got for Christmas is really nice, a Circle Y no less. For those of you who know saddles, Circle Y is a really nice saddle, I prefer TexTan Herefords myself, they fit me better but still, the only Circle Y I could ever afford was used but then the only saddles I've ever been able to afford are, wait for it, used.<br /><br />I digress, back to the shock of the hat band. It is weird and I am pretty sure anyone who makes things and sells them has the same reaction to seeing their product on someone else. I think about all the material that went into it, I remember the beads or stones, the silver and wire I strung the stones on, I don't just loom beads folks, I make other jewelry too, and whether I liked the piece or not. Just because I made it doesn't mean I would wear it. If that were the case I would never sell anything. I try to make things that will appeal to lots of people not just one type so I don't always like what I make. Don't misunderstand, I don't hate it, it just isn't my type of whatever, colors, stones, designs.<br /><br />In a nut shell, I was really proud to see my work on some one and to know that they really love it, that alone makes what I do worth while and will keep me working away at it until word gets out and I can make money enough to support my beading habit.Merry vonBrauchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03226511137603093720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629146298444700494.post-44952619221916702272008-01-17T14:34:00.000-08:002008-01-17T14:35:56.792-08:00Saha's Story<img src="http://ezinearticles.com/featured/images/ea_featured_70_4.gif" alt="As Featured On Ezine Articles" /><br /><br />Saha made the Ezine articles page under pets. Good girl!Merry vonBrauchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03226511137603093720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629146298444700494.post-88705323341867175842008-01-16T19:31:00.000-08:002008-01-16T20:09:07.730-08:00Ah, I made a mistake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiWbMGaFD7gH0OCKnQUOHHpt1BQ40Aq-Znpw9bUR0zZtdWMNhJz-mNIo3f67lBAlZezAICIACL_IW4DIMqxtp8ow-4-4iLmp9w-XzIwAGNcwb4DpUbDOf8XhBCq_Xmzk_1mnTRBC5TAvdn/s1600-h/NHL-005++%2475.00.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiWbMGaFD7gH0OCKnQUOHHpt1BQ40Aq-Znpw9bUR0zZtdWMNhJz-mNIo3f67lBAlZezAICIACL_IW4DIMqxtp8ow-4-4iLmp9w-XzIwAGNcwb4DpUbDOf8XhBCq_Xmzk_1mnTRBC5TAvdn/s200/NHL-005++%2475.00.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156292535619017154" border="0" /></a><br />Like this is anything new to me, mistakes that is. I miss counted my beads and looms, I have 10 looms and 100 bottles of beads, insanity but then I do this with lots of things, for instance I have 5 barbeque's and I have 4 telescopes. In my book a girl can never have too many grills, telescopes or obviously, beads or looms.<br /><br />Our weather here until today has been dreary so not much looming going on, sunlight makes lots of things look better including my disposition but I do have 2 looms going when I get there, one is a hat band and the other will be a bracelet for myself.<br /><br />I am trying to stock up on hat bands because once again this year I will be vending at the Wild Horse and Burro Show at the Reno Livestock Center in August. I love being a vendor at this show every year because you see the most gorgeous horses doing things like dressage and team penning and when you see these beautiful animals and how remarkable they are some people have trouble understanding that every horse in this show was once a wild mustang or wild burro. They have riders and they in some cases put purebred horses to shame not only in their looks but their performances. The last 2 years there has been a woman on a golden palomino with a very long gorgeous tail and this woman has a ponytail to match, she and her horse take lots of ribbons as well as looking perfect together. People love their mustangs, I'm not the only one.<br /><br />Again I am going to post a picture of something that I've made.Merry vonBrauchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03226511137603093720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629146298444700494.post-57171513454249724772008-01-06T14:38:00.001-08:002008-01-07T18:53:12.177-08:00Been awhile<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZoA26_5JrB7p3IhpK7t0xQyW7DIT9TWkw2dS087g3v3zqJZd3Sd_0HdFO_aeXK24442w_bzkeEBTmyamzEs5VUJ03XogB7dTJdQuYVMrA0NkCsB5QpvEgIQ2YChzZgcE6R54M46-KL8b/s1600-h/Photo_2008_1_7_22_24_51_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZoA26_5JrB7p3IhpK7t0xQyW7DIT9TWkw2dS087g3v3zqJZd3Sd_0HdFO_aeXK24442w_bzkeEBTmyamzEs5VUJ03XogB7dTJdQuYVMrA0NkCsB5QpvEgIQ2YChzZgcE6R54M46-KL8b/s200/Photo_2008_1_7_22_24_51_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152547362791610674" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Well it has been awhile, my fault I've been beading and I had a friend ask me about my blog and I couldn't say anything but, oopppsss.<br /><br />My friend has kindly offered to help me catch things up here and stay on top of it well maybe to at least not slide under it.<br /><br />It was her idea but I agreed that I need to stop whining about the state and my unemployed status and start talking about what it is that I do do. I bead, I make jewelry I actually have a website named Saha's Beadworks and I have put Saha's story here so that any who care to may read about this wonderful horse. Yes, horse, Saha is a horse, she is or should I say was, a wild mustang that I adopted out at Palomino Valley outside of Reno Nevada. She is now totally tame, well as tame as a mustang gets which means it depends on how they feel that day. She is tame to the point where she is very easily handled and she stands for the farrier as long as she gets her apple treats. Actually she throws her legs at you to get apple treats, you have to be careful not to get knocked into the next county by flying Saha legs. She is my sweet girl and I love her so much that I decided to name my beading business after her.<br /><br />I enjoy making jewelry very much but the thing that has captured me totally is loom beading. I always wanted to learn how to loom cloth and I tried, it didn't "grab" be so I tried looming beads and this for me was like an answer to a question I have asked my whole life, how can I make patterns using colors in a medium that I like, viola, loom beading.<br /><br />I counted today, I have 9 bead looms of various sizes and styles and I have 98 two ounce jars filled with colored beads and 11 two ounce jars filled with colored cut beads. If nothing else they are great to look at and pretty much make me drool, sad maybe but true. I always am able to find a new bead whenever I go into Carson City to the place where I get my supply of beads. For me this experience of going into the bead store is akin to a guy going into Home Depot or maybe Summit Racing, it's a candy store no doubts about it, you don't gain weight, you just get poor.<br /><br />Lately I have had a lot or requests for hat bands. I hand draw the design, I select the colors, I string the loom and I bead. When the beading is finished I cut the leather for the backing, I then hand sew the bead work onto the leather and finish it off with conchos. I am going to attach a picture of a hat band that I just finished. The design is my interpretaion of a Navajo blanket. The beading was hand sewn onto the leather back with sinew for strength. I hope someone will enjoy this piece because I really enjoyed making this one, I think it is a stunning hat band. Oh, by the way, I never make the same design twice, it will be one of a kind unless the person who buys it wants me to make one just like it for them.<br /><br />Now if I can just figure out how to get the picture attached....Merry vonBrauchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03226511137603093720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629146298444700494.post-67783606449539896672007-07-03T10:52:00.000-07:002007-07-03T11:09:50.171-07:00Once again into..Not that there are many reading this..ha but it is therapy of a sort. I am trying to load myself with ammunition for up and coming meeting with the unemployment folk on Thursday and it is a very depressing process as I'm sure many of you know.<br /><br />Right now I want to talk about my process, it has been a long time coming and I'm still not sure of what it is that I'm doing, do any of you know what you are doing, if so, pointers would be of help but then I guess we have to all figure our own out otherwise it isn't our own.<br /><br />I've been lost most of my life and when I think I might have a handle on life something else comes down the pike and throw a large nut or bolt and sometimes both into it. I have been reassured that this is "karma" and as a Buddhist I try very hard to understand and believe this and sometimes I actually make it however it's times like I am going through right now that make me wonder if there isn't really a very large bleached blond out there some place who I used to work for who has decided it's time to yank my chain and I don't mean the chain around my neck, I feel water rising around my ankles.<br /><br />Actually, this concept make way too much sense to me and I suppose it is time for me to go do something useful so I can make the picture I've painted go away.<br /><br />Merry-SahaMerry vonBrauchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03226511137603093720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629146298444700494.post-17198809241832710362007-06-27T08:33:00.000-07:002007-06-27T09:14:21.191-07:00Stange new world<span style="font-family: courier new;">Being an older citizen and having not grown up with computers but learning them as a necessity this is a strange new world for me. I realize this sounds weird to a lot of you but I also know that I am much more advanced than loads of people out there...blogging, blogger, to be blogged, hummmm.<br /><br />The reason for my blog is this, I am trying to start an internet business and it was recommended by someone in the "know" that I start a blog to help promote the business. To me this whole thing is scary beyond belief but a person has got to do what a person has got to do to try to be free from the idiots who seem to run the corporate world.<br /><br />My story is this, I have worked the vast majority of my adult life for people who have little or no compassion for the little guy just trying to make a buck and have a little something for themselves, like security, not a lot to ask for or is it? I have spent the last 39 years working for other people and the latest gig has me out of work because I was loyal to someone that other people didn't like. Not only that but because I have gotten to that certain age that I feel I don't need to apologize for myself nor do I feel I have to agree with everyone in authority, better put, kiss ass I now find myself on unemployment. Speaking of which, unemployment is now starting to put the screw to me about getting work.<br /><br />I am tired unto death of being subjected to people who have a problem with their authority over others. Have you ever noticed that they are quite secure in their jobs so they take a great deal of relish in lay you off? My life has once again been disrupted by some twit who for some reason dislikes me, not because I was doing a bad job mind you, the twit just didn't like me.<br /><br />Okay, I got off track and let the bitterness come out and I can't promise it won't happen again but for now, I move on. I decided after a couple of years of making things and trying to sell them at craft fairs that maybe I'd better try taking things to the next step, the net. Not only may I sell some things but if I try to write off business expenses on my taxes next year without doing this not only will the twit not like me but the IRS will probably come confiscate my animals.<br /><br />My business is called Saha's Beadworks and it is "ho-hum" jewelry. To be honest it isn't something I choose to do, it choose me and it's been really kind of weird for me to have these things come out of my mind. After years of struggling with a need to make something beautiful with my hands and mind that contained color and movement and failing for one reason or another mostly my own insecurities, I fell across beading and making necklaces and bracelets, hat bands and other things.<br /><br />What I make for the most part are things that I would like to have been able to find out in the world when I had money to buy them. I have always loved adornment, you know, jewelry but not the usual diamond ring stuff more the unusual things that stand out without costing an arm and a leg and say something about the person who wears it, like "I have a sense of style and I doubt that you will find anything else like this because it's one of a kind".<br /><br />So this is what I'm trying to do, I am trying to feed my need for creativity, money and freedom all at the same time but I can't do this by myself, I need for people to see my stuff and like it well enough to buy it and maybe come back again and again thus my need to blog. As time goes on and I get the hang of this I will put some of my creations on here in case anyone actually reads these things so that you may see what it is that I make. For now if you have actually read this, thanks and I hope I haven't bored you with my every day life.<br /><br />Merry<br /></span>Merry vonBrauchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03226511137603093720noreply@blogger.com0