Hello friends

I hope your week is off to a great start.  Today flew by and I have a sneaky feeling the rest of the week will be the same.  The days ’til ArtBLISS are numbered and there are many final details to tend to.   There have been some last minute registrations which are wonderful to see!  It’s not too late to join us, just visit the site and hit “Register Now!” 🙂

I mentioned in my last blog post that I would be meeting with my girlfriend Lori for our own little bead retreat weekend.  What a great 24 hours…. it is wonderful to have  a friend who understands me and I understand her.  Just perfect.  And when you throw in lots of bead talk over lunch, dinner and breakfast, can it get any better?  We’re hoping to do it again soon.  There are many of you that I hope to meet one day as well! 

With a few spare moments here, and a few there, I managed to finally finish up this jingly-jangly bracelet.  That’s what I love when working with wire – you can start your project one day, and finish it a week later.  That’s my kind of pace with 4 kids and having to drive to 2 schools in another city…no long solo sessions in a studio for me.  For this bracelet, I soldered some lumpy sterling silver links (using my favorite Stephanie Lee method), and added a wonderful lampwork focal and ceramic beads by Gaea. 

Available in my poor little neglected Etsy shop!  One day I will fill it up again!

Thanks for stopping by!!!