The Velvet Zebra

New styles

This is one of two new styles we’ve added in our Lapidary section – store inclusion pending. This is a glass bottle filled with chips of polished stone, accented with more polished beach rocks and stone beads, along a length of copper chain. Look for this style and more coming soon to our store, andContinue reading “New styles”

New Fiction title

New in the eBook and Paperback store: Captain Neal Bishop hasn’t been having very good luck. While recovering from injuries, he had the misfortune of catching his Commander spending quality time with a superior’s wife. That landed him a rather dull rehab assignment body-guarding a group of scientists at an archeological site. But this siteContinue reading “New Fiction title”

Planting a garden

I made this necklace for my sister – green Byzantine in Anodized Aluminum, with pink flowers of Aluminum and Enameled Copper. The possibilities in color are endless and incredibly fun to play with !

It’s a Blue Day

And a lovely shade of blue in this Anodized Aluminum flower earring paired with a Full Persian blue and silver necklace.

It feels weird

So last weekend we finished all (almost all) of our painting. We started with the bathroom, changing the shade of the color we already had, so we went from dark milk chocolate to an even darker-still chocolate brown, accenting with a sort of sea-foam color. Then it was on to the dining room. We tookContinue reading “It feels weird”

Geeking out

I dunno if you use databases in your work or play – but I do. At work, I use Microsoft’s Access to create and use databases that store, sort and organize all of my data. And it’s a lot of data. So when I realized I could really use a database at home, for TheContinue reading “Geeking out”

The Snowball Effect

You know how it happens – you’re looking around your house, or your yard, or maybe even just your room or office, and you notice something that needs changing. But as you ponder it, you realize if you change THAT, then this other thing won’t look right, so you’ll need to change it as wellContinue reading “The Snowball Effect”

OMG are you freaking KIDDING me?

No, it’s not a joke – The Velvet Zebra is now on (gasp) Facebook! Yes, I know, I’ve mocked Facebook more than once in the past. I still think it’s a strange, strange place. And for the record, it’s not like I’M on Facebook, really. It’s The Velvet Zebra that is. You won’t see anyContinue reading “OMG are you freaking KIDDING me?”

Branding

You may be asking – The Velvet Zebra ?? Unless you didn’t even notice your browser bar isn’t showing MyMidnightMuse anymore … You’ve arrived at TheVelvetZebra.com In the coming week(s) this page will be updated to reflect the new business model my sister and I have adopted. There’s not that much changing besides structure andContinue reading “Branding”

It’s that time again!

Time for PUPPY BOWL !!! I’ve heard some say there’s also a football game or some such, but that’s on another network (and the Seahawks aren’t playing, so phoey) I can’t wait to see this year’s Puppy Bowl on the big screen, in HD. It’ll feel just like I’ve brought eleven puppies into the houseContinue reading “It’s that time again!”