Oatmeal Red Made it to a Treasury...

Hope you are having a great Saturday...my Oatmeal Red with silver shine beads made it in to a yummy treasury...check it out and make a comment if you like...

Thanks for stopping by...

Jelveh

Peace

Two Weeks & one day....

Well the time has come for me to pack my tools & clothes...purchased my ticket to Turkey today for my class in Istanbul...you can still join me if you like...click here for more information...

Between going to a Concert last week to see Def Leppard, Poison & Cheap Trick & the very nice mini vacation we took to Santa Rosa, Wine Country's cutest town over the holiday weekend, I have had no time to do anything but get ready for Graceful Customs to open on Sept 20th & my class in Turkey...

so no beads, well there are a few, I will try & list them in the shop by Thursday night...currently there are 19 beads or bead sets in the shop as well...as I will put the shop on vacation/in this case work/mode, while I am in Turkey, all orders made by September 18th will be shipped before I go...I will blog still, have photos of yummy beads & even have bead giveaways during that time...

Speaking of bead giveaways...The yummy focal from last week goes to Nancy, please send your address...for this week I am giving away the very yummy fish Named Rose above...enter to win it by making comment on this post...

The very yummy Necklace above is made by one of my great client/artist friends with my Lava Pools bead, Lee has a great eye & I love how she plays with my beads...

I also had a blog post this week on Watch Me Create...There is so much good information on that site...I loves it...

I hope your labor day weekend was good too & your life is fun & well maybe not as busy of mine...thanks for stopping by...life is good...

Jelveh

Peace

Full Moon Made it to a Treasury...

Hi all check out the yummy Treasury above, my Full Moon Valley bead made it to a treasury...take a look and make a comment on the treasury if you like...

hope you are having a great weekend, Life is good...

Jelveh

Peace

Grace's Studio...

Hi all, can you say busy, hot, fires everywhere...? California is having tough time with fires & very hot hot days...we have had several days over 100 degrees...send all the good thoughts you can for the people who are fighting these fires...

I have been helping my friend Grace open her new Glass Studio Graceful Customs...which is going to be an awesome place to play at, for Grace, me & any one who loves to torch or make jewels in a nice place...here is a link to the blog with photos & stories about the first two instructors there... Graceful Customs...I will be teaching my first class there on September 20th from 8am to 1pm...& Corina Tettinger will be teaching a two day class there on October 24th & 25th...we are so excited to have her...send me an email to sign up for a class...

I did have a chance to make some beads this week, I find myself drawn to Silver colors this past week, lots of blues & movement...I should have 3 new sets & 1 key bead & 2 focal beads listed by 5pm Thursday in my etsy shop...

Last week's yummy bead goes to Fairly Girly from the UK, please send your address...for this week I have an awesome large Golden Pink round bead (17x23mm)that was layered in crystal clear & then I added the details on top in black...this is one of my focal ribbon beads & it has a lot of love to give...enter to win it by making a comment on this blog post about anything you like...

Thanks for stopping by...Life is good...

Jelveh

Peace

Chocolate Turquoise Cream...

This past week was another busy one, full of fun & work...for the past couple of weeks we have been going to a new yoga studio called Silver Creek Yoga, it is perhaps the best thing I have done for myself in years...the place is awesome, from the amazing rooms to the great teachers, it is well worth a try, check it out if you get a chance. On Sat after a very relaxing two hours at yoga, we drove to Sausalito, this very pretty little town next to the Golden Gate Bridge, the views are amazing, the funny thing was when we were at the Bridge (photo below) half the bridge was buried in fog, but Sausalito is closer to the water so no fog & packed with people...we had a ton of fun. The stuffed Dog is Huston, a friend I gave to hubby a while back for his car.

I also worked on the new studio with Grace, in progress photo below...grand opening is Sunday Sept 20th, from 2:30pm to 4:30pm right after my first class there from 8am to 1pm...come join us for some food & beadmaking demos.

Changes have been made to my class schedule in Turkey as well, click here for the 3 day classes. Oh yes the title of this post, I made some Chocolate Turquoise Cream beads along with some other yummies which will be listed in my etsy shop by Noon on Thursday...

Last week's drum bead goes to Cynthia Lee, please send your address. For this week I have a yummy organic pink Marble like focal bead with sparkling details & bubble eyes, its a great bead measuring 31mm along the hole x 21mm wide...enter to win this yummy bead by making a comment on this post about fall colors or anything you like to chat about...

Thanks for stopping by...Life is good...

Jelveh

Peace...

New Beads & New Classes...

Hi all...I have new beads to share & some news about my next classes...first off we saw 2 great movies this week, which does not happen often so I am sharing..Julie & Julia, it was a fun movie & well done, the other one is District which was awesome & well worth a see...& Over the weekend one of my other moms, who is actually my mom's best friend, had a birthday party for her first grandchild...in the photo you may also see my purple hair...I got it done last week, the pink was all gone...

I made lots of new beads, I will be listing them on etsy, the last of which should be up by about 6:30pm California time Thursday Aug 20th...

Now about the classes...I have been helping my friend Grace open Graceful Customs, here new Glass studio & jewelry workshop in Gilroy California. We will have a big grand opening party soon. I will be teaching & making my beads at the studio on a regular basis. We will also bring other teachers to the studio to teach classes in glass bead making, jewelry design, silver & stone work, just to name a few... my first class at the school will be on September 20th, it will be my 5 hour beginner lampworking class.

I will be teaching a 2 week class in Istanbul Turkey at the Glass Furnace from September 27th to October 10. many perspective students have said that they can not take two weeks off of their life to take this class...so the school & I have discussed it & added 3 classes for 3 days each inside the same two week period...so if you have signed up for the two week class you will get the full course, the 3 day students will get specific sections of it...

I know it sounds a bit complicated, but trust me it will be great, my friend Gunay will be my assistant & we will have a ton of fun...as a side note, I did not pick the schedule for my class at the Glass Furnace, it is part of the philosophy of the school, total immersion in glass & it works, the two week class we had last year was a great fun experience for me and I believe for the 12 students as well...Send me an email if you have any questions about these classes...

Last week's yummy bead goes to Ginny from FL. this week's yummy bead is an apple core drum bead with bubble eyes...its very yummy...enter to win it by making comment about a fun class you took once...or anything you want to talk about...

Thanks for stopping by...Life is busy but good...

Jelveh

Peace

New Post on Watch Me Create...

I have a new post on Watch me Create, thought you might be interested to in reading it...its the story of one Bead designs journey & how it all came out of my busy head...hope you are having a great weekend...

Jelveh Peace

Mixed Bag of Beads Wednesday...

Hi all, hope you are doing well...we had another fun & busy week around here...on Friday my friend Grace & went to Aanraku glass studio in San Mateo, the first Friday of every month they host an open torch & lunch get together for glass people & many new to lampworking too...it was fun, Grace took the photo while I was making a key bead on the Jelveh Designs Key Mandrel to leave behind for the Beads of Courage project...

On Sat with had lunch with my parents at the El Torito restaurant in Monterey...then on Sun we took our nephew out for his birthday lunch, he wanted Sushi for lunch & wanted to go Bowling by the Santa Cruz Board Walk...we had a great time, I love spending time with the little guy, he is so smart & fun to hang out with...the service at Aqua Blue restaurant was less than good...as a local I should know better to go to Monetery or the Boardwalk area on a hot summer weekend...traffic was crazy & it was so hot...Santa Cruz on the beach on Sunday was 94 degrees...at the end I would not have traded for anything...

On the Bead front: there is a mixed bag of beads for today's update...I had fun making these beads while I was experimenting with some ideas...I have listed a few of the new items so far & the rest will be posted by 5pm California time today...

Last week's yummy bead goes to ikkinlala of Canada, please send me your address...for this week I have a special bead, it s lovely variation on my gourd beads with bubble eyes, the middle of which is encased with a storm inside...just yummy...enter to win it by making a comment on this post...

Thanks for stopping by...Life is good...

Jelveh

Peace

2010 Glass Bead Calendar...

Hi all, the lovely Marjorie Oxman has done it again, she has put together another lovely 13 month Glass Calendar for 2010...filled with a lot of yummy glass beads and goodies from all kinds of awesome glass artists...yes I have to humbly admit that one of my Skeleton Key Beads made it to the October page, thanks so much Marjorie...

So Go check it out & get a few...they make great gifts too...

Thanks for stopping by...Life is good...

Jelveh

Peace...

Sunny Wednesday Beads....

Hi all, hope you have had a great week so far...mine has been very busy & fun...this past weekend my sister & I got awesome massages at the Well Within Spa for her birthday...the girl deserves it, she is not only the best sister ever, she works very hard at her job & she is the very cool & busy mother of two great kids & wife to a nice man...

Then on Monday I went to a pool party for my sister's little boy's birthday...we many birthdays in August in our family...wish I had photos to show you, but both my mom & my sister have yet to send me the photos...(hint hint

On the bead front I had some fun making more ribbon beads, a few focal beads & some Navajo Rug beads from a Series I have had for many years, those yummy warm colors never go out of style...I have started to list some of the beads & all should be listed by 6pm California time in my etsy shop...

Sue from the NW wins last week's yummy bead...for this week I have a bead that I made while chasing an idea of making Ancient Egyptian inspired beads...the colors are so much more yum that the photo shows...there is lots of blues & silver glass in there as well with enamels & 24 kt gold leaf...its all encased for that yummy look & it measures 27mm along the hole x 22mm wide...enter to win it by making a comment on this post about what your all time favorite colors are...

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

Jelveh

Peace