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Welcome to the forum. 🙂 Congrats on the job with Windstone! What an amazing opportunity! Looking forward to seeing your future pyo’s.
If the dust is caked in there from years of something like kitchen grease, you may have to use a little bit of mild soap like Dawn, but again, be very careful. If you go that route, try a tiny spot on the non-display side. I did this with my white male dragon back when I had him. It didn’t bother the paint on mine, but every piece is different.
I have used a damp soft toothbrush to get in between the scales of a crusty dragon before, but you’ll have to be very careful with it. You could also try a very soft paint brush too.
My wishlist –
*Edited October 2016*
PRODUCTION / LP DRAGONS
Autumn Leaf Curled Dragon (Ver. 1)(FOUND, YAY!)
Russet Autumn Leaf Curled Dragon (#1 Wanted)
Red Fire Scratcher
Red Fire Fledge
Red Fire Male
Red Fire Secret Keeper(?)
Blue Morpho Secret Keeper, Fledge, Hatching Emperor/Empress (if they’re ever made) Mini Keeper, Coiled Mother, OW
Little Rock Dragon
Big Rock Dragon
Hearth Dragon
Autumn Leaf Cat Sconce
Autumn Leaf Cat Wizard
TEST PAINTS
Green Forest Dragons
Black Emerald Dragons – (Hatching Emperor / Empress & Male Dragon)
Any Autumn Leaf Fledgling
Any Autumn Leaf Old Warrior
GRAB BAGS
Autumny/Halloweeny Standing Kirins and Mini Keepers
Restarting my collection since losing most of my pieces last year.
Dragons
-Red Fire OW
-V1 Violet Flame Curlie
-V1 Autumn Leaf Curlie
-Serpentine Curlie
-Ruby FledgeGargoyles
-Critic Bookend
-Roaring Sentinel
-Gargolingus
-Egg with Claws
-Egg with EyesOther
-Wizard’s Retreat Candle Lamp
-Stone Cottage Candle LampWell, I have to dig this up again. I graduated last fall and I’m still pretty much jobless and not working in what I majored in…like over half the graduates of this country I’m sure. At least my loan is under $20K. Initially, I’m wasn’t too surprised not to find something given I live in a small town and I’m unable to relocate for a job and I don’t “know somebody that knows somebody”. I applied to several design jobs with no luck, even an unpaid internship with the same results. Seriously, it’s unpaid! Why not let me work for free? I’m not a terrible designer. What makes me so sure? My teachers were tough graders and brutally honest. They didn’t hand out A’s or B’s like candy. If they thought you sucked they’d tell you. I watched them tell several other students they needed to consider another degree because those students wouldn’t cut it in the real world.
Anyway, I’m being told by family I need to go back to school for a second degree if I don’t find something by years end (and pile on more debt). Nursing is the big thing in my state. Everybody is going into that field because the potential to make good money. My sister is a nurse with many years experience and she’s makes a good living, yet she hates her job. The thought of going into that field repels me. Honestly, I can’t see myself doing anything else than what I majored in. If everybody is going into nursing I feel like I’d be stuck in the same boat I am now but with more debt. These schools are cranking out so many people and there aren’t that many jobs out there despite what the media says. The economy is not better!
RANT TIME!
Ironically, even the poo jobs (sans food service) in my town are picky about who they hire. When I apply at these places, I’m “overqualified” to work a warehouse job they say. I’d hoped to be able to find something non-food by now. I don’t want to go back to food service again. That’s why I went to college! I hear horror stories of people that have been looking for work for years. I also tried a staffing place. Useless. Another reason to go into business for yourself. I’m concerned and this keeps me up at night. I’m able to get by thanks to my dad but I can’t rely on him forever. I don’t want to be another statistic. Also, stop dissing millennials media! Not all of us are bums that don’t want to work!Advice, anyone?
Kind of neat but still…
Brooch based off Melody’s dragon print.
Hang in there, Celestial. I echo what the others havd said and don’t let anything stop you and your mom from getting away from a bad situation. I know it must be difficult. Stay strong.
So beautiful! I loooove space themed pieces. Great work. I can imagine this paint on a pyo oriental dragon. Wow.
Hope there will be another autumn leaf curlie (version 3) this year? Maybe painted like that little GB ki-rin above? Hope springs eternal.
Wow! Nice to see the large rock dragon make an appearance and in “fire berry” too. I haven’t seen one of those in a long time.
Thanks, littleironhorse. You’re right. She’s been with me in some tough times. She was diagnosed with heart failure the same year my mother passed from a sudden heart attack. That was 6 years ago now and she’s still hanging in there. I need to be there for her now. She’s gotten a little worse this year, but she still has a bit of “get up and go”, especially around dinner time. Lol
Thanks Ela_Hara. I feel I did the right thing. She means a lot to me. She’s my first fur baby…my 13 year old baby and a very old woman in dog years. Only pet owners will understand how this is a difficult decision, especially those who also have an elderly/sickly dog. It seems a lot of members have lost their pets recently. My heart goes out to them because I will be in the same boat at some point.
This probably belongs in the “whine is served” thread but it’s also somewhat relevant to this one.
My trainer offered me a chance to go with them to a 5 day state horse show with all expenses paid. Naturally, I was so excited. I had never been to a horse show before and, to me, it was a golden opportunity. Then, I remembered I have a elderly dog who’s sickly (heart failure and part blind) and needs to go out frequently and needs her meds twice a day. I can’t take her with and I can’t board her in a kennel due to the fear of her getting too stressed and sick since her immune system is weak. She still has a lot of pep and play despite her health issues and she doesn’t act like she’s in pain so I can’t just “put her down” like uncaring others suggest. My dad could have watched her, yet she would be alone for 12-13 hours a day until he could check her. That’s a long time, even for a healthy dog. Nobody else was available to watch her. She gets really depressed when I’m gone for too long and I’d be gone for 5 days! She’s like my baby and she’s gotten me passed some difficult times. So, I decided not to go to the horse show because I care about her too much to leave her. I’d hate to find out she passed away because I left. Of course, now I’m afraid I’ll never get another golden opportunity like this one. With me, it seems every time, EVERY TIME, I get these opportunities there’s something keeping me anchored and I have to pass on them with much grief and regret. I feel I made the right decision but I’m still depressed about it. The “what if” gets me every time. Curious. What would you guys have done in my shoes?
