New Beads & a MOVE back....

Hi all, hope you are having a good week...ours was awesome, well not withstanding that 2 days after we came back from California, we found out that hubby's job with about another 70 jobs in his company had been re-organized or re-structured out of existence, so for the past month, we have been trying to figure out our next move. Hubby's last day at work will be the middle of March and we are then going back to California...WOW...ok I am calm now, it was just such a huge ordeal to move my entire studio and life here, then only in one years time to pack it all up & move it back is kind of hard on our system...no worries, Life is good...Change is good and going back home is always really good...I mean c'mon, I have not seen the sun here in about 4 months, the English are a fun smart great people & England is full of history & lovely landscapes, but nothing will ever beat California weather...well maybe Florida weather...lol

We will miss many things about living in England, one cool thing is being able to travel so easily to many different countries, a privilege we took very little advantage of, well we barely had time to settle in, for example if we had known sooner about the move, we would not have spent 3 weeks in California over the holidays, we would have gone to Spain and Greece instead, I tell you it would have been a lot more fun...the other thing i love is being so close to London and the theater, this last weekend we saw the London production of Chicago the Musical at the Cambridge Theater, which was an awesome experience, we loved it...

As for beads, I will be making and shipping them as long as I have the studio up, so the next 4 weeks there will be new beads, then there will be beads I have made and not listed yet(again new to you), then there will be no beads for a few weeks (unless I can rent a studio, Molly are you reading this girl?), then there will be new beads again...I will do my best to have regular updates with new beads, speaking of which check out the new beads on the right side of this posting...

As for the winner of last weeks beads, Sandi B. of TX wins the yummy purple bead, this weeks bead is another example of what you can do with silver foil and a lot of transparent glass, love the way this bead came out, it is a large and yummy focal bead 33mm along the hole x 23mm wide, the colors are blues and purples and golds...you can enter to win it by making a comment on this post, about the bead, about easy ways to move 1000 plus pounds of glass rods, or any advise you like to part with, winner chosen at random by hubby in about a week...

thanks for stopping by, Life is good....

Jelveh

Peace

What a Day!! Awesome...

Hi all, I, like many of you watched the inauguration with lots of hope & excitement...it was great to see so many people come together for one cause in such a peaceful way...congrats to the new President & to all of us Americans for having such an awesome system of democracy...it was also fun watching the parties they went to...change is good, life is good...on we go...

Lee from Hawaii is the winner of the flower bead, that is fitting, since the bead kind of reminds me of the time I spent in Hawaii, I loved it there and would love to go back for a visit someday soon...

I have listed a few items for this week, not a lot of beads, but what I did manage to make are really yummy...I love the new colors I used in the two new focal beads...so look over to the right to see them...

The yummy bead above is a really a gorgeous purple wave bead I made with yummy silver glass, the colors are so much better in person...it is about 28mm long, you can enter to win it by way of making a comment on this post, just say hello or tell me what you think of this bead & how you will use it in a design, as always the winner will be chosen at random by hubby in about a week...

As for me, there are some big changes coming our way, we are looking forward to another chapter, when I know more, I will let you know...life is good

Thanks for stopping by...

Jelveh

Peace

Tate Modern & Beads...

Hi all, This past weekend hubby & I went to the Tate Modern Museum in London...I was once again smitten by the surrealists such as Benton, Dali & Miro...I do enjoy Cubism too...such is the life of the artist I guess, a bit of art goes a long way...I made some yummy beads this past few days inspired by our adventure in to London in the middle of snow & 12 degree below weather...life is good...

The winner of last weeks giveaway is Ginny, thanks all for the hellos...the flower bead above is this week's giveaway, I love making these flat flower beads with the hole in the middle, love to see what this week's winner will make with this one, to win this bead just enter a comment on this post, say hello, tell a story about inspiration or what to do with this flower bead or what have you, there are no rules, its all random, winner will be picked by next Wednesday...

oh yeah I have new beads, some already sold, there are more on the right, check them out, let me know what you think...

Thanks for stopping by...

Jelveh

Peace

Happy New Year...

Hi all, we are back...we had a great holiday with our family & as always life is good if not full of surprises...hope your holidays were good too & the new year brings you lots of happiness...

The Winners of the December giveaway where chosen at random by hubby last night and they are Lisa L. and Victoria B. thanks for all the cool stories...

I have listed a few items in the shop, look to the right to see them...

Also the bead above is the giveaway for this week...to enter simply say hello by way of a comment on this post, winner will be picked at random by hubby by next Wednesday...

Thanks for stopping by...

Jelveh

Peace