Can you Believe what she said...?????

Hi all, dont you love email marketing? now that I have your attention...I just wanted to say sorry for the silence, been busy getting ready for Turkey & fighting a sinus cold thing...its the weather I tell, its cold one day, sunny one day & wet the next...I am confused, its the end of May already....where is my sunshine...ok enough weather talk, life is good here, lets get to the beads...

I made tons of beads, all kinds of beads, big ones, little ones, fishy ones, flower ones, you name it, I made it, I even made a shirt & a skirt bead...more on them later...I have listed many of them in my etsy shop...some are sample beads I am taking to my class in Turkey...so they will not be listed, not yet anyway...so below is a photo of most of them together...

Beauty Contest...some of you may remember that I used run a beauty contest every few months, where you sent in photos of jewelry or art pieces made with my beads & then I had Fire Mountain Gem vote on the best one, so we are doing it again, this contest will start sometime in mid to late June, I will post photos on to the blog as they start arriving, & it will go until the 15th of Aug...Rules are simple, the piece has to included my glass beads or bead...1st place will get a $100.00 gift cert. to my etsy shop, 2nd place will get a $50.00 gift cert. & 3rd place will get a $25.00 one...please make sure your photos are nice and clear...after all your name will be on them...you can start sending photos in now, but officially the contest will not start until mid June...

New Tools, ok as you know I dont talk about a tool unless I love it...last week I ordered and got in the mail very fast a disk shape bead roller from Donna Fleckner of CGBeadRollers I got the disk one and she kindly sent me a sample one to take to my class in Turkey, which I am giving away to one of my students as a gift in one of the bead challenges that I do in class...now mind you this tool is not new, Donna has been selling these for a few years now, but its new to me...I love love love using these rollers, there is a set that I have listed today that was made entirely with the sample bead roller which Donna gives away monthly to one of her lucky buyers...check it out when you get a chance...

Last week's two small focal beads goes to our own Brenda H. Thanks for palying all...for this week, I have this yummy new focal bead made with some silver glass & my new frit Tempest Rain (which will be available for sale in my shop soon) enter to win this bead by making a comment on this post...

Thanks for stopping by, life is good, my brother is doing well...oh yeah I forgot to mention I turned 46 wow 46, getting awfully close to that 50 mark...hubby got me an Ipad for my birthday, took me to Monterrey to the beach, there is also a message scheduled, he is so very cool...thanks hubby...on the way back, I had to stop by the studio to pick my beads from yesterday & share with Grace yet another new tool I got in the mail yesterday (which I will share next time), I walk in to the studio and all these people say Surprise, Grace had gone stealth & put together a great party with all kinds of Glassy friends & A strawberry short cake "cake". Ice cream, a banana cream pie, candles & champagne, she is so so sweet...I could not ask for better friends & family like these in my life, I am such a lucky girl & all I have to say is I am thankful for all the love in my life...you are all the best... oh yes forgot to mention, very soon, you will see more yummy tools from Graceful Customs...in the next update I will explain more...

Jelveh

Peace

Spring, Photo Story & Beads...

OK well since the busy busy life of Jelveh seems to be a regular event anymore...in the interest of time & so you wont get bored reading my stories, I decided to do a photo blog of whats up with me & Jelveh Designs these days...so here it goes...first off this is another exciting weekend at Graceful Studios as our friend & the very talented lampwork artist Corina Tettinger is teaching her very Full to the Rim, all about Flowers class at our studio...we are so very honored to have her here with us, stop by on Monday the 22nd of Feb for our first ever Meet the Artist event, where Corina will be sharing some of her yummy new designs...oh click on photos to make them larger...

Grace & I saw Avatar (my 4th time) & had Sushi girls night out...photo is from our Friday meeting...

Valentines day was great, need I say more...what does it mean when your shoes match your furniture??

We had a great time Friday at the studio, folks came all the day long...brought lots of green spring goodies to show & tell, check out the butterfly Sioux made...last min guest, not pictured, Edward, Sharon's partner won the prize giveaway for the day...he was so sweet he told Sharon she can pick what she wants, she is taking my class this month so she opted for Glass as her gift...

Grace showed us how to make the Viking Weave Bracelet & Jewels pictured on the left had a great time learning it...I think I will try my hand at it one of these days too...Grace used copper for the demo...

I made some yummy beads if I say so myself, there is more than whats in the photo, I will be listing them all today & in the next couple of days in my etsy shop...

Hubby & his aunt share a birthday, the whole family got together at a great party hosted by hubby's parents...the food was awesome, even though I was under the weather we had a great time...

We even got a bit of Gardening in, both our lemon & orange tree have so much fruit this year...there is lots more left, we could not reach it all...

Now to the bead giveaway, last week's yummy Grateful Dead beads go to Mel P. of UK, send your addy girl...for this week a pair of yummy Opal Red beads for you...loving this new frit, will be working with it more this next week...enter to win this pair of beads by making a comment on this post...

Last but not least the next big news, the very talented Lampwork Artist Heather Trimlett is teaching a 2 day class at our studio Sept 11 &12 2010...contact me for more info on this class....

Thanks for stopping by...life is GOOD...

Jelveh...

Peace...

Grateful Dead & New Beads...

Hi all...hope you had a good week...ours was good & busy...we saw a couple of movies this past weekend, one bad, From Paris With Love, & one OK, Legion...I love all stories about god & angels, I am listening to a book right now called Good Omen, its kind of cool, strange & funny...

I made & listed some yummy beads this week too...you can check them in my etsy shop....

In other news, don't forget this Friday we will our second monthly meeting at Graceful Studios...the get together will start around 2pm & go on till 7pm...the Theme is Green this time, as in dreaming of spring...so wear green, bring a piece of jewelry, bead or art in Green & share...torches will be available if you like to demo one of your goodies...I will do some demos as well, Grace is going to show us how to do a yummy viking weave to make silver bracelet...oh yes there will also be a winner of $25.00 worth of glass, tools or Sterling Silver from my stash...see you at the Studio...

The winner of last week's beads is Lori Anderson of Lori Anderson Designs, send your addy girl...for this week I have the yummy set above...A few times a week I ask hubby what this set looks like or that set looks like when I am stumped while naming beads...His answers sometimes become the name of the beads & sometimes not...when I showed this set of yummy turquoise & some soft reds to him, hubby said they remind him of The Grateful Dead, he said he has no idea why, but the colors & patterns make him think of this band...enter to win them by making a comment on this post...

oh yes don't forget to stop by here & vote for Kelli's Pink & Green Summer Bracelet with my beads... its the last one on the page but the best one for sure...

Thanks for stopping by...life is good...
Jelveh
Peace

The Sun has come out & New Beads...

 
Hi all...the sun finally came out a bit here & there...we had a busy weekend, a breakfast out with family for my mother & my brothers birthday...then we did some antique & thrift store shopping...it was really fun...

I got a chance to make some beads & I am really proud of this group...I have listed some of them in my etsy shop & will be listing the rest by Thursday 10am California time...below is a photo of a few of them...

Last week's bead giveaway goes to Dorothy, please send your address...this week there are two beads up for one winner in the top photo, the tree bead & the lentil scroll bead...enter to win them by making a comment on this post...

I was trying to add a calander to my blog for all the cool up coming events & classes at the studio...but I am having a hard time adding a cool one & the one that blogger has is not a good size...do any of you know of a good calander widget that I can add to my blog, so for example I can tell about the Friday Feb 12the get together at Graceful Studios from 2 to 7pm...more on this later...

Thanks for stopping by...life is good...oh dont forget to stop by this link & vote for Kelli's bracelet to win...

Jelveh

Peace

My Beads in Bead Style Magazine...

Hi all, hope your weekend is going great, mine is!!! A very talented client of mine Kelli Burns of The Hole Bead Shoppe entered a yummy bracelet that she made (photo above) with some of my Pink Summer Garden beads in the Glass Challenge in the current issue of Bead Style Magazine. it is the March 2010  issue which says Fun & Easy Resin on it..the Bracelet made it to the top six...
You can click here to vote for this awesome bracelet to be the winner of this challenge, the winner of the challenge (hopefully Kelli's Bracelet with my beads) will be featured in the July issue of Bead Style Magazine...
I did buy a few of the mags...for gift you know...lol

Did I mention it already? PLEASE PLEASE go vote for this yummy Bracelet here...
Thanks for stopping by...Life is good, there was so much sunshine today...we were giddy like kids at the dog park playing with other peoples dogs...we may even adopt one...
Jelveh
Peace