OH NO She Hurt her back & New Beads...

Hi all, hope you are doing well...life is good here, well kind of, Grace hurt her back really bad last weekend after the very successful Toni Lutman class came to an end, Toni was the best teacher ever, the students, Grace, Frank & I feel very honored to have had her here...photo below...

The SAD news is that Grace hurt herself really bad, she has been off of work for a week & she is on her way to an MRI & a Neurologist on Wednesday...Due to this unfortunate accident we have to cancel Heather Trimlett's class next week...rest assured everyone will be refunded & her class will be rescheduled for a later date...we are thinking Spring 2011...Grace did add more firt to the shop, she just wont stop working...

This past week, while Grace was suffering, hubby & I took a few days off, went to Montana to visit the grandparent (hubby's)...we had a great time, they were so much fun to hang out with...from picnics to lovely drives & conversations that went on forever, we enjoyed our time with them & laughed so much...& cried a bit too, specially when Grandma gave hubby this very cool book of all the letters & cards that he & his brother had sent them over the years...Hubby & I went for a long two and half hour float in a tube on the Madison River among other fun times...

Now about some new yummy beads, if I say so myself,  I made a couple of weeks ago & have been listing them in my etsy shop today...shipping is still free for all orders over $50.00 until Tuesday the 7th of September...

Last week's delicious bead goes to one of my favorite jewelry designers & new glass artists around, Lori of Pretty Things...for this week, I have one of my Ribbon Beads, the colors are mostly blues & soft greens...yum, to win it make a comment on this post...

Beauty Contest Rules & Dates:
Please send a high resolution photo of your jewelry/art piece entry made with my beads by September 20th...photo should have your names, but I can also add it, so no worries, you can enter two items if you like...winners will be picked by Fire Mountain Gem as usual...
1st place winner will get a $100.00 gift certificate to my etsy shop
2nd place winner will get a $50.00 gift certificate to my etsy shop
3rd place winner will get a $25.00 gift certificate to my etsy shop

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

Happy New Year...

Happy New Year...

Guess where in the world we are? we had a great holiday, it was awesome, we swam with Dolphins, we snorkeled & we got a whole lot of sun at the beach...life is good...hope you had a nice & safe New Years too...

Our Christmas Boutique at Graceful Studios was awesome...we met so many lovely people...it was a great success, read more about it at Graceful Studios blog & see the few photos we remembered to take...

There will be bead winners & new beads on Wednesday Jan 6th 2010...

On Friday the 8th of Jan 2010 from 2pm to 7pm we will have our first monthly get together at Graceful Studios, this months theme is Hearts, remember to bring any handmade heart items for show & tell & maybe sell...it can be jewelery, glass, metal or any other handmade craft as long as it is heart related...there will be a drawing for $25.00 Glass Giveaway...see you at the studio at 10730 Center Ave in Gilroy California, click here to email me if you need more info... remember we will have our get together 2nd Friday of every month...

My next Glass Bead Making Class is on Sunday Jan 10, 2010 from 8am to 1pm there are 2 spaces left. I will teach lampworking classes on the second Sunday of every month, for more information on this you email me...

One last yummy news, my friend & fellow Lampwork Artist Anne Ricketts of AMR Glass Works has made a great tutorial on how to make Glass Shank Buttons by using Jelveh Designs Key Mandrel...click on her links & check it out...she is awesome & so it the tutorial, you can bet there will be some Shank Buttons for sale soon in my etsy shop...thanks again Anne...

Thanks for stopping by, life is good...

Jelveh

Peace