tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77312159869939742882024-03-13T11:28:07.100-04:00second surfBarbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.comBlogger238125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-47514159684420540942013-02-10T13:06:00.001-05:002013-02-10T13:09:39.250-05:00test<!-- start InLinkz script -->
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<!-- end InLinkz script -->Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10980307796009482871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-61403996654904690332011-04-14T12:50:00.000-04:002011-04-14T12:50:52.782-04:00BIG NEWS...my blog is moving!Why hello there!
Bet you thought I wasn't around anymore, eh?
Well I am, and I'm here to tell you good news!
I have a brand new website!
Up until now, my domain name just redirected you to my Blogger site but now, my domain Second Surf is actually a website! Pretty cool, eh? What I'm most proud of is that I've done it all by myself! ~well, mostly....with a lot of help from my amazingly Barbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-14240285780335956582011-03-25T16:31:00.004-04:002011-03-25T17:50:32.115-04:00Art studio on the cheap.....vol.2 Torching on a budgetmy ghetto metal smithing set up. ceramic tile, paver, worn out tweezers and home made earth-friendly pickle all on my kitchen range.Today, in Art Studio on the Cheap we're talking about a cheap torch setup.Yesterday, one of my jewelry peeps posted a funny update on Facebook about her fear of soldering. I commented with a reference to Stephanie Lee's Homesteader's metal class and semiprecious Barbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-81254454841846320282011-03-21T18:08:00.002-04:002011-03-21T18:56:17.989-04:00Breaking out, try again.....dream big. a painting from last year....BE prepared for a large dose of brain vomit here.....and proceed with caution....As you may or may not have noticed, I've been scarce around these parts lately. I'd apologize but I have no intention of misleading you by posting crap in an effort to get you to visit just because I blog everyday. I've been hunkering down and doing a lot of thinking....The Barbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-54841921996773249162011-03-15T16:52:00.000-04:002011-03-15T16:52:49.621-04:00Thank You....I just wanted to thank everyone for helping support the auctions I held for Bead Soup Blog Party. Whether you bid on the auctions, helped by spreading the word, and just left me words of encouragement, I am truly grateful.Thanks to the generosity of two very special people, I was able to donate $50 to Beads of Courage! Your jewelry is in the mail!According to the Beads of Courage website, that isBarbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-72337862608432764332011-03-01T09:05:00.005-05:002011-03-01T09:30:01.352-05:00Bead Soup Update!be-loved by pleasebestill on EtsyI just wanted to say THANK YOU for all of the most wonderful comments on my bead soup. It really warms my heart to read all of the nice comments! I'm still hopping and leaving comments as I'm able but I'm far from being finished. I wanted to make sure to spend quality time reading everyone's posts and making an informed comment, so if I haven't visited you yet, I Barbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-60607211746139730712011-02-28T00:05:00.001-05:002011-02-28T00:05:00.477-05:00MONDAY MILITIA!!Oooooh!I'm back and on time! (Thanks m.d. It was a big boost for me!)This weeks mission (if you choose to accept it):PATIENCE. I've been reflecting on patience a lot this week. My own patience and lack thereof.Other's patience and lack thereof.And it led me to some pause for reflection.....As an example, I drive like a complete granny. And my partner does as well. While we were out recently, a Barbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-31859455939776452972011-02-25T14:08:00.003-05:002011-02-26T13:38:58.723-05:00Preface to BEAD SOUP! Beads of CourageI wanted to spell this out in a bit of detail beforehand TO GET YOU ALL EXCITED....Tomorrow is the Bead Soup Blog Party and I'm doing a giveaway...but not just any giveaway....it will be for a good cause. You'll see my gluttony tomorrow.... but I got DOUBLE SOUP from my partner Diana of Suburban Girl Studios and I want to pass along the love and good karma....So I will be giving away 2 or more Barbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-1504454567093676392011-02-23T18:18:00.003-05:002011-02-23T18:49:33.063-05:00MONDAY MILITIA!! on Wednesday!Ooooooh.... So I totally dropped the ball this week, eh?I had a good reason, I promise...I'm on a tight deadline for all my posts...I post as I'm able and I post for Monday Militia basically on Sunday night and I had some {good} interferences so that is why I'm late....I was doing this....This is my much loved nephew whom I love with my whole heart!ummm, and we got to spend time at the beach!!!!Barbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-8152836148474039392011-02-17T21:44:00.004-05:002011-02-17T22:08:06.650-05:00A project for this week...I've been finishing a stack of beads that I made earlier this week and am beginning to upload them to the shop. One of the projects on my to do list has been to find the right background set up that is neutral enough to accommodate several different styles and is also portable. In the past, I've used ceramic tiles, a rusty old white chair, and a worn out table. I never dug the way the photos Barbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-35364999968750945372011-02-14T17:19:00.004-05:002011-02-14T18:09:42.594-05:00MONDAY MILITIA!!Sorry, for the late posting. I mean to have these up bright and early Monday morning so they give you a bit to chew on while you're digesting the monday morning coffee and facing your week!So....how did you do this week??? I've already heard that some of you did well but I can't wait for you to dish in detail!ME:I SUCKED ROYALLY. Total fail on my part. Something was seriously off with my mojo Barbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-24733135126774387592011-02-10T18:46:00.001-05:002011-02-10T18:46:07.609-05:00The dirty backside of auctions......Auctions involve compromise & sometimes, that compromise involves butt cleavage & pit bull t-shirts....but I am a soldier.... And I will prevail!Aloha,b.Barbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-52744335085387364182011-02-07T00:01:00.000-05:002011-02-07T00:01:01.145-05:00MONDAY MILITIA!!Thank you for all of your positive comments and feedback for the Monday Miltia. It really helped reinforce my feelings that I need to do this thing.I really started this as an exercise for myself and thought it would fun personally to document my progress, even if just for myself. I am really shy by nature. I'm extremely uncomfortable in groups of people I don't know and I think nice thoughts allBarbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-67452894522695545902011-02-06T07:48:00.003-05:002011-02-06T08:33:32.984-05:00Weekend projectI've been out of business cards since.....October?And I really want to do a redesign and eventually I'd like to pay someone to do the whole she-bang for me complete with etsy banners, blog headers, avatars, cards, stickers....the whole shebang.So I didn't want to print anymore but it's getting a little ridiculous so I spent Saturday afternoon coming up with something suitable for the interim.I'veBarbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-72370315838653984022011-02-04T13:20:00.001-05:002011-02-04T13:23:28.515-05:00just in case you were contemplating.....Lens: Helga VikingFlash: OffFilm: BlacKeys B+WBarbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-15971470486746238492011-02-03T14:40:00.002-05:002011-02-03T15:57:41.298-05:00Why estate sales rock..........because seriously. The lady whose estate this was used to make jewelry & specifically at one point was very into enameling so there was an entire old tool box FULL of copper stampings!!!!!!Man I scored the mother load! I also got a rack of old lace trim...I don't think I'll keep the rack. I don't have the space for it but whoah....all that copper would have set me back mucho dinero.It isn't Barbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-5932313820566325282011-02-01T18:34:00.008-05:002011-02-01T22:25:31.030-05:00Soup Ingredients!Lawd have mercy, I've been neglectful in my Bead Soup Blog Party posts....Sooooo, if your not my friend on facebook, then you don't know that my partner is Diana of Suburban Girl Studios! Diana makes gorgeous porcelain components and jewelry!Being a woman of extreme means, I don't often get to buy art beads from other artists so participating in BSBP is really special for me because I get to Barbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-83486493818517220292011-01-30T22:50:00.010-05:002011-01-31T00:01:53.146-05:00MONDAY MILITIA!!I've been thinking about ways to focus my energy in a positive way and how, by focusing those energies, they might impact the greater good....So, I've decided to start a weekly focus called:THE MONDAY MILITIAYOUR MISSION: (if you choose to accept it)To positively impact the world by simply following the prompt each week.SPREAD THE WORD:Post the badge on your website. And link here.Or don't and Barbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-11754859431490977572011-01-30T21:06:00.005-05:002011-01-30T22:05:32.051-05:00True-ing up...vol. 1.2 & an awesome RECIPE!Soooooo..... I'm down 15 lbs. now! Almost halfway!!!!! And it has been a bitching struggle the whole way, I tell ya. I love food and the hardest part has been watching my carbs and moderating my portions because I love me some SECONDS and THIRDS! (I can forgo the dessert any day for some extra mashed taters!)So, my guilty pleasure of each week has been PIZZA NIGHT! I have the blessing of having Barbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-74357356810615032102011-01-27T16:58:00.006-05:002011-01-27T17:48:27.130-05:00My first ever video and an intro to a tutorial....So, I've been pondering about what to do for a fun tutorial and I was inspired by Malin's little vlogs she's been making. I think it is so fun to hear all the voices of those whose blogs I read everyday, don't you? It just makes it all so personal.So today I had a giant brainstorm. It was such a lovely day and I was reading everyone's blogs that I lurk on about snow days and snow storms that I Barbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-90050347935033116492011-01-27T07:17:00.003-05:002011-01-27T07:58:04.372-05:00BTW but on Thursday and no beads...so notI let BTW slip by this week. Actually I thought about it yesterday morning while I was making coffee which is what I have been doing the last several weeks but to be quite honest, my table didn't look that much different maybe a little cleaner and I thought I would spare everyone my monotony.So here is the view from this morning which isn't beads, so that's exciting right? Truth is, I've been Barbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-65651637801598637322011-01-23T21:22:00.002-05:002011-01-23T21:26:57.183-05:00Good....Feeling grossed out today by all the Steelers posts on my Facebook (because I'm a PA girl) and all of the complete crap that is around us all the time. What we're taught to feel, to think, to follow, to be.....What if we just seized the opportunity each day to follow our own idea of beauty, to spread it, to cultivate our own vision.Amazing.Barbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-45629356270653361912011-01-23T19:59:00.005-05:002011-01-23T20:40:34.431-05:00True-ing up...vol. 1.1Pan-roasted balsamic veggies from one of my dinners this weekSo....I'm using the blog to help me stay true to my healthy eating, weight-loss plan. If it gets to aggravating you, feel free to skip these posts. I did good for the most part this past week. (read a side track to southern-style dinner and another dinner at Carrabba's sprinkled in there) My weight loss has slowed way down, due to the Barbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-65327712294124553722011-01-20T17:05:00.003-05:002011-01-20T17:25:10.096-05:00Thursday update and randomness...I've uploaded a few new pieces to the Erudite Collection and there's still more to come but I sort of lost my steam today. I have about 6 more sets/pieces photographed and ready to edit and list and another batch waiting to be faceted/finished/polished/drilled/photographed/listed.Onto some randomness:*As much as I love them, the carved nuggets are a b*itch to facet. It is killer on my hands so I Barbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731215986993974288.post-68206777033672657802011-01-19T21:15:00.001-05:002011-01-19T21:15:25.908-05:00TodayWords I needed to hear today.Aloha,b.Barbara Bechtelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245733527571208892noreply@blogger.com5