New Beads Up!

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More Petaluma Beads Coming!

I've got bunches of beads to clean and photograph this morning.  3 more strands of Petaluma beads and a couple strands of matched Petaluma earring beads.  They'll be up before 10 a.m.

Thinking in Flowers

Added 2 more sets this morning before leaving the house.  Hope you like these!  I'll be adding a couple more sets each day, including focals and (hopefully) some sets of paired earring beads. Click the disk bead picture on the top right side of this blog to be taken to my website.

Back to Work!

It feels a bit odd to get back to the business of beads after being gone for so long! Odd, but in a good sort of way, if that's even possible. Instead of killing myself to make 800 bead variations on a specific color palette (as I am wont to do), I decided to just work with whatever colors appealed to me for however long they appealed to me.  When I get tired of working with one set of colors, I put them away and then try something different.

I'm working on photographing and listing the beads I've made recently so make sure to stop by often and see what's new!

Where'd the Time Go?

A very wise and talented man once said "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans". I couldn't agree more! Since the last entry, I've had a serious case of double pneumonia that knocked me out of commission for the better part of 2 months, we've discovered that my eldest daughter has chronic migraines and hypoglycemia, and on Easter Sunday we (quite unexpectedly) had to put our much-adored miniature schnauzer, Gracie, to sleep. This has NOT been a good 2010 for our family so far.  But I've always had the feeling that bad things happen in threes, so I think we should be good for a while, right?  Right?! Why'd it get so quiet in here?

I have decided to return to school and pursue a degree in nursing, but no worries - I definitely will still be making beads.  I love, love, LOVE making beads, but with this economy... Blah, blah, blah, how many times have you heard THAT expression recently?! Seriously though, how on Earth would I pay for college if I no longer made beads?  Yeesh!!  I'm showing my age here, but the last time I was enrolled, colleges still used the quarter system and my tuition and fees for a full load was about $700, not including books. Now?  It makes me a little green around the gills to think about the checks I have to write to the Registrar's Office.  Ouch!

But back to the beads, I'm going to be putting some new things up very soon.  Like maybe, tomorrow?