Happy Thanksgiving All...

Wishing you a yummy Turkey day, well to my clients in America...we already had a nice dinner with some new friends on Sunday, you can read about it on the last post...

I made a lot of yummy new beads this week, had about 4 hours at the torch, that was really fun, although by the end I could not feel my toes it was so cold out there...check out the new beads here

The bead above is this weeks giveaway, I made it with a layering method, it has a lot of depth, it is a rather yummy focal bead in shades of mostly greens, it is about 25mm along the hole x 29mm wide...

To win it, please enter by making a comment on this blog, let me know what you are thankful for in your life & would love to know what everyone is up to this holiday...Winner will be picked by hubby in a couple of days...

Have a great Thanksgiving & thanks for stopping by...

Jelveh

Peace

Atlas Shrugged...

Just finished with this very long cool book from Ayn Rand on my ipod...Hubby just picked Nancy as the winner for this week's bead...Congrats girl, I will have it in the mail to you on Tuesday...

On Sunday we were invited to a Thanksgiving dinner here in England, a bit early since everyone works on Thursday...it was a great party and we met a lot of very nice people...Hubby made his very yummy cranberry sauce & I made Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes...What are you doing for Thanksgiving this year?...Hope it is going to be a fun one for you...

I spend a great few hours at the torch today while I listened to the last of Atlas Shrugged, have you read it? what do you think of it?...

I will list some beads in the next few days & will let you know...

Life is good here, hope all is well with yours? Jelveh

Peace

Fun House CD...

Sorry all, I did have a few beads I was going to list, I am still listing 3 new items today, all together I had 8, but 5 have already sold, before I got a chance to tell you about them...however you can still enter to win the bead above...

to enter to win this very yummy focal bead, make a comment here on the blog, tell me what you are doing today or this week that has to do with glass beads or jewelry making in general...one entry per person please, winner will be picked by Monday afternoon 11/24/08 California time...I will send an email out to all about this weeks giveaway...

Thanks for all the love & stopping by...PS I love Pink's new CD and the song So What? she is so cool...life is good...

Jelveh

Peace

You Ever Wonder?

I often wonder when will I grow up & learn that not everyone is like me.I often give too much of myself & trust way too much, only to find out later, that is not how it was seen on the other side...

oh nothing big or bad happened & I am not hurt or anything like that, I was just thinking about people & some of my connections to them, how they see me & how I saw them...I guess it is mostly my issue, as I have been told many times, I am too naive. I guess someday I should grow up. Or get smart.

But what is this mean really, does it mean we should stop being nice to people? does it mean we should suspect everyone of having ulterior motives? does this mean we should shy away from forging friendships? I do not think I can do this, I rather like people. Every time I see some one's shortcoming, I remember I have many of my own & try to take them as they are, but often this is not enough.

I was thinking about something fun to write about today, but I guess you can not always feel good...the fact that I have been ill for almost 3 months does not help either...but hey life is short, so moving on to better things...I will have beads later today, mostly focal beads and 2 small sets...but all yummy...I will send out an email letting you know when they are up...PS I did not make any tree focal beads, do you want me to make some, let me know, I almost in the mood, this tree bead is from the past, years ago in fact...

In the mean time go send a nice note to a friend or someone you want to make in to a friend...Trust with open arms.

Jelveh

Peace

Winner & Oxford...

Hi all, hope your Saturday is shaping up nicely...ours is good & lazy & even a bit warmer than a few days ago which is really nice... Yesterday it was so nice & sunny, I think we even had a heat wave it must have been about 50 degrees out...I went for a walk downtown or as it is called here in England "City Center". Every month we have an outdoor French Market here & every week on a Wednesday you can find a fresh fruit & some other goodies market...I love this about England, it goes on everywhere...I know that in San Fransisco there are great weekly markets, when we lived in Santa Cruz, there was a weekly Farmers Market every Wednesday that I loved...but the equivalent I could never find in Morgan Hill...

Here in Oxford however the weekly market & the French Market are so yummy...do you have these types of markets where you live? if so what is your favorite item to get...mine is fruit, bread, cheese & olives...although yesterday I went all out & had the most amazing pork Sausage Baguette, cooked right in front of me, with a bit of hot mustard...life is good when you get to eat your lunch outside in the sun in the middle of November in Oxford...oh did I mention, Oxford also has a Covered Market that has been around forever, well it opened Nov 1st 1774. I need another 5 pages just to tell you about it.

The winner is: Hubby did the drawing this morning & Julie from NV. wins the flower pendant & Silver set. Congrats girl...

oh and yes I did make some beads yesterday after I returned from City Center...this round I worked on Ginny's favorite set of the past, I think its SP502 (photo above) my gosh you know I have had about 4700 sets made in the past 8 years, that one was #502, I stopped numbering them after I reached 3000, I asked myself why did I need to, since I was not putting them in the gallery on my site anymore? I stopped the gallery archives around 1500 or so...but I digress, I made 2 sets in the Ginny Favorite colors, I think I might redo a few sets from the suggestions in the coming days...so keep an eye out...

have a great weekend. Life is good...

Jelveh

Peace

We have a Winner, New Beads & New Giveaway...

Hi all, hope your weekend was great & you are having a wonderful week so far...ours was good, a bit colder than I like my November, its been icy cold here in Oxford...can not wait till we go home for the Christmas holidays...

OK first we have a winner for last week's bicone bead giveaway and that person is Stephanie, thanks for all the comments.

Now for this week's giveaway I have a nice big (24mm)round spring flower bead, flowers on both sides, with a couple of friends, 10mm Sterling Silver beads I bought in Turkey this past summer...now to win this set please enter a comment in this thread about which bead set of mine from the past you wish me to make again...you can check these out in my etsy shop sold items, or on my web site archives, you can copy & past a photo of the set you like in the comment, if not just a name & where you saw it, or a link to it would be good too...one entry per person...

and now for the new beads...I have added a bunch of new yummy beads to my etsy shop, with some spring colors in mind, a few focals & such...hope you like, click here to see them...

thanks for stopping by...

Jelveh

Peace

New beads & one to win...

Hi all, wow has this been a great week or what...we have a new president elect & life seems full of hope...and that is always a good thing...

I have some new beads for you listed in my Etsy Shop

& the bead to the left is this week's giveaway this is a large encased in the middle bicone bead, about 35mm along the hole, I love how it came out, the colors are better in person, some Raku purples, greens...

To enter to win this bead, leave a comment on this post with your favorite jewelry commponant or fixing as it were...the Contest will end by Monday afternoon England time...Jelveh...Peace

Loving America...

And as always loving being an American tonight, well it is early morning here in England...Life is good...

Jelveh

Peace