Sky Blue Designs®️

15 Sept

Today is World Beads of Courage Day! On September 15, our worldwide bead family comes together to spread their love for Beads of Courage. Sky Blue Designs is thrilled to donate the Radiance in Bloom necklace and earring set to this year’s auction. new.biddingowl.com/items?QueryA...

13 Aug

Oh my gourd! Home grown squash air fried with a little olive oil and a lot of cheddar #BlueskySupperClub

11 Aug

For tonight’s #blueskysupperclub I would like to present hubby’s oopsie mashed potatoes — six red potatoes, a tablespoon of butter, and a cup and a half of milk.

14 June

Mmmm avocado toast! Eggs, cheese, tomato, avocado, lettuce, on a buttered and toasted JJ Cassone roll #BlueskySupperClub

18 May

I haven’t had sushi in at least two months, the first because it had been a while and the second because of the whole possible sesame allergy thing. I don’t want to risk being exposed until I know for sure. So hubby made (cooked) salmon and crab salad sushi with carrots! #blueskysupperclub

16 May

How it started vs. how it’s going Garden Edition

10 May

After a rainy end to the day and (temporary?) diet restrictions for sesame, I came home and made a chicken, jalapeño, mac n cheese, and mozzarella pizza from scratch. #blueskysupperclub

30 Apr

And THIS, ladies and gentlepersons, is why I got the Red Max — TWISTIES!!! 🧬 🔥 😎

1 May

More twisties today because I didn’t want to go back over the weekend to shut off the kiln. Red and rubino oro are striking colors and will be darker when actually used in beads.

30 Apr

What do you call shepherds pie that’s made with ground turkey and rice? #blueskysupperclub

25 Apr

Hubby comes in from grilling chicken and announces, “It smells like pea in here.” Why, yes. Yes it does. #blueskysupperclub

7 Apr

Guess who has two thumbs and is *seriously* allergic to millet? 👍🏻THIS GIRL!!!👍🏻 😁 After an ambulance ride and 6 hours in the ED last night, I finally slept… for 4 hours. I’ll have to read food labels very carefully from now on, carry an epi-pen, and do something different (1/4)

After last night’s millet allergy disaster, I decided to have a sesame bagel this morning. My throat started feeling funny after a few minutes, so in the trash it went. If sesame is out, sushi is out and I could cry. I’m violently allergic to figs as well. (3/4)

7 Apr

Walnuts have always bothered me too, so I need to not eat those. Probably shouldn’t eat cashews either. Maybe I should stop eating, lol. Sigh. 😔 (4/4)

with the birds and their food. Two other thoughts. 1. Since I’m a frequent flier at the ED (bug bite, fell and hit my head) this one should be free. Right? 2. It was nice that the EMT and doctor were female and the nurse was male. (2/4)

29 Mar

Yesterday I watched an amazing glass blowing demonstration by charismaforu at Stoked CT and was just blown away by his skill, creativity, and willingness to discuss what he was doing and teach us about the process. Now I can’t sleep lol.

26 Mar

What do you eat when there’s no dinner plan? You raid the pantry and freezer! Salmon from Costco, rice and beans from A Dozen Cousins, and frozen peas. #BlueSkySupperClub

21 Mar

I won’t lie, today’s show was tough. Nearly an hour and a half away, lots of lookers, surrounded by pitch booths, chilly day. But a little girl for earrings for her first communion, another girl got a beautiful plumeria necklace and earring set, someone got a Czech glass spike necklace AND

21 Mar

wore it right away, and some of my new earrings found a new home. Oh, and I got to talk lots of people’s ears off about making glass beads. My heart is full! Let’s do it again tomorrow, shall we?

21 Mar

*earrings with my new beads

11 Mar

My jar of bead release was getting a little clumpy on the bottom so I brought it home to stir it. I forgot it at home and ran out of dipped mandrels Monday. Oops! Instead of calling it a day I made twisties that actually turned out ok! It’s tough melting to the core on a Nortel Minor, but it worked.

13 Mar

Guess who’s getting a Red Max for her birthday??? 😁😁😁🔥😎

9 Mar

I made another video/reel! A local radio station, WZBG in Torrington, made a radio ad (I collaborated on the copy) and is running it for four weeks. So I edited a little video I took of the booth when I restocked last week and put the radio ad on it. Ta-da!!! What do you think? 😁

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Tiel Lover

@tiellover.bsky.social

8 Mar

Join The Parrot Club Tuesday for a talk on all the various ways parrots can injure themselves from toys and how to pick safe toys for our birdies! Ask for a Zoom link at info@theparrotclub.org

8 Mar

I’m tired of pancakes, waffles, or eggs and bacon for breakfast, so I whipped up a crustless broccoli quiche #blueskysupperclub

6 Mar

Oh dear. She’s gone full cannibal. 😦

25 Feb

Beads from Murano have such a special quality with lots of extras. Some artists incorporate shiny silver, dazzling dichroic, or glowing goldstone. Others blow hollow beads that are light as a feather.

25 Feb

The beads purchased on the January trip are now made into earrings with sterling silver ear wires and Swarovski crystals. Nearly all of them are one of a kind, so once they’re gone they’re gone. If you want to purchase anything, send me a DM.

Me: A comma goes inside the final quotation mark when used as “scare quotes” to show irony. Him: It goes outside. Me: Inside. Him: Outside. Me: I have a bachelor’s degree in technical communication, and I learned the comma *always* goes inside question marks. Him: But it looks funny. 🧵

Me: *Pulls out FOUR style manuals* Style manuals: Inside. Outside. Don’t use them. Doesn’t say. Me: 😑😑😑 I don’t want to hear anything from the peanut gallery unless you have a PhD in linguistics or a related field.

WAIT WAIT WAIT! It’s before a coordinating conjunction! It goes inside the quotes! I WIN!!!!! 🏆

I just awoke from a dream where all the mets said they were wrong and were only getting 3-5” of snow. I was mad. Not because we weren’t getting snow but because after all this excitement if we get a whiff nobody will ever believe a meteorologist again. Then

I woke up and saw we’re still in a blizzard warning lol

So while I was awake I realized we never actually salted the driveway and round 1 is coming in now… so hubby and I got up and salted the driveway. I’ll go back to sleep eventually.

I got the sweetest text from a customer today that just melted my heart: “Hello 😊 I have been meaning to contact you for a while. I wear my snowman crystal earrings very often! I really love them! Thank you ☺️ happy snow ☃️”

Earrings in question for tax

21 Feb

I’m sorry excuse me WHAT??? I said I wanted snow but whoah!

youtube.comTPC Feb 2026 Zoom Meeting - Debbie Foster - SCREAMING!!!!!!YouTube video by The Parrot Club

20 Feb

We have a new IT chick. She turned it off but forgot to turn it back on again.

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Tiel Lover

@tiellover.bsky.social

17 Feb

Here's the video from Debbie Foster's talk to The Parrot Club on screaming, including advance information. Save the date for March 10 when we'll have a talk on injuries from toys! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uOW...

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Tiel Lover

@tiellover.bsky.social

9 Feb

Do you have a parrot who screams? Learn all about screaming and how change behavior patterns with renowned bird behaviorist Debbie Foster and The Parrot Club tomorrow night (Tuesday) at 7 pm EST! Contact info@theparrotclub.org for a Zoom link.

8 Feb

Well crap. You know how you’re supposed to soak salted cod to get the salt out (and rehydrate it)? Yeah, we didn’t. It was SAL-TY! Good thing we made extra broccoli and rice. So is there any way to save baked, un-soaked cod? #blueskysupperclub

4 Feb

I need someone to clean beads for me. This sucks. It sucks worse when they pile up and I think I’ll do them all in one go but it’s hundreds of them and help! 😭

3 Feb

Homemade baccala and bruschetta ciccheti tonight. Not the same as Venice but it'll do. Also I’m too tired to stand and eat it at the bar. #blueskysupperclub

1 Feb

All moved in!! I’m so Stoked! 😁

4 Jan

On its birthday, with one image, what’s your favorite DS9 episode? (I’m a TNG girl)

Andrew Donaldson@four4thefire.bsky.social

On its birthday, with one image, what's your favourite DS9 episode?

25 Dec 2025

From all of us at Sky Blue Designs, HAPPY EVERYTHING!!! Love, Nicole, Mike, Popcorn, and Kiwi h/t @wkamaubell.bsky.social

25 Dec 2025

Well folks, that’s it. I deactivated my accounts and deleted Twitter, or the shell that it once was anyway. Merry Christmas! 🐦

15 Dec 2025

Another nibling birthday cake in the books! Strawberry cake with whipped icing and buttercream. The best reward was that the 3 year old recognized it immediately!