New Items & Etsy Discount Code...

Happy Early Thanksgiving everyone...I know I just did an update, but I have time so I decided to do another update and let you know about this new coupon code that etsy is offering the sellers now, so instead of me discounting you after you have paid and sending you a refund via paypal, now I will just send you a coupon code whenever I am having a discount and you use it at checkout to get your discount...its kind of cool, so lets try it out, so only the people on my email list will get the code, so I am sending it to you in a few minutes...
We saw the movie Due Date, it is a great movie & even has a good message...

I added a few more beads, Christmas ornaments & icicles to my etsy shop, check it out & let me know what you think...

Last week's bead giveaway goes to Linda from Aloha Letterpress...send me your address girl...for this week I have the yummy bead above, its a great silver foil lentil focal bead about 24mm...enter to win it by making a comment on this post, just about anything you like, perhaps even a good different recipe for a side dish at the Thanksgiving table...
Thanks for stopping by, life is good...have a great Thanksgiving....
Jelveh
Peace

Silver Glass Beads & Puppy...

Hi all, hope your November is going well so far, ours is good & busy. We got a new puppy from the shelter, her name is Mooshi Bella & she is a Shih-tzu Jack Russel or something mix, she is a shelter puppy, she is only two months old and she is so much fun & she wears mommy out so fast...good practice if all the baby making efforts payoff...

New Beads: I have new beads posted in my etsy shop, several new sets including some transparent green ruffle disks & some yummy new purple plum silver glass beads...check them out when you get a chance.

New Twisted Grace Icicle: Grace came up with this great idea of using the Jelveh Designs Key Mandrel to make twisted icicle ornaments, I named them Twisted Grace, they are so much fun, I will have a few up for sale in my shop by Tuesday morning...if you have questions about how to make them, send me an email...

Class Photos: A couple of week's ago I had two fun classes, thanks all for attending, here are some photos of the classes...

December Holiday Boutique: Graceful Studios will have its Annual Holiday Boutique on Sat Dec. 4th from 12-6pm, we will have tons of goodies for you to see and enjoy, I will also make some beads & blow some holiday ornaments & Twisted Grace Icicles, see you then...

New Tool: Last but not least, Grace & Frank have a brand new yummy tool for beadmakers, it the Jumbo Roll About Mashers, check them out, they are very cool...I love using this tool...

The winner of the last blog bead is Ginny C. of FL.  The current blog giveaway bead is shown above, it is one of my splat beads that actually I believe Ginny helped name this style of bead for me years ago, this one comes in earthy tones of blues & sage, its lovely and large, enter to win it by making a comment on this blog or sending me an email...

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

Winners of Beauty Contest Announced...

Hi all, hope you are doing well & are all ready for this Halloween weekend...As promised today we learn the name of the winners of the Beauty Contest on my blog. Here is a link to the original page of the contest with all the entries... and to see what everyone won...
Here is the email I got from the lovely people at Fire Mountain Gem & Beads today with the Winners list.

Dear Jelveh,


Thank you for having us participate with your contest. On Behalf of the Fire Mountain Gems and Beads Designer Team of the Content Development Group and The Jewelry Making Contest Team; the Winners are below.

1st Place: Mellisa Meman: Copper links Blue and Green Beads

2nd Place: Samantha’s Designs ?: Pink Black and White Swirl beads and Silver charms

3rd Place: Lori Anderson Designs: Silver ,Pearl, Pink and Blue

Sincerely,
Susan Phelps
Marketing Events
Fire Mountain Gems and Beads
541-956-8246
Phelpss@firemtn.com

I have added new beads to my shop and will be back in a few days with the winner of my weekly bead giveaway...
Thanks for stopping by...Life is good...
Jelveh
Peace

Where have I been & New Beads...

Hi all, again two weeks & no blog post from me...what is up with that? well I have just been busy with other things in life...Thinking about all kinds of things like how smart is the idea of trying to become a mom at this stage in my life...? even though I ask this question of myself often, I am very excited about trying to have a baby, I think hubby & I will be good parents. I know we will try to be anyway...but first we have to get pregnant & have a baby...so we are still a long ways away from parenting...

I did make a ton of beads the last couple of weeks, I just started to list them in my etsy shop, so there are all kinds of new beads. Stop by & take a look...let me know what you think...

You still have a few days to enter the Beauty Contest...I am loving all the goodies so far...you can enter items made with my beads no matter how long ago you got the beads...

I have also been getting ready for my Silver Class & Glass Ornament class this coming weekend...there is 4 spaces in the Silver class & 2 left in the Ornament class, send Grace an email if you are interested...

Melissa M. wins the bead in my last post...enter to win this week's yummy bead by making a comment on this post...

Thanks so much for stopping by...Life is good...
Jelveh
Peace

Photos, New beads & October...??



Wow its already October...!!! do you wonder where this year has gone, I sure do...the weather does not know its October yet or that is was September last weekend when we had our first ever of many to come I am sure, SBG NOR CAL meeting at the studio...photos below, it was great fun for all, sadly Sharon Peters could not be there, she hurt her ankle & could not go anywhere...
New beauties have been added to the beauty contest, click here to check them out...

I made some fun beads this week & have been listing them in my etsy shop...enjoy...

I have two classes coming up, first one I am teaching a class on all the fun tricks you can do with silver glass & how to do them...this one day class is on Sat 10/23/10, for intermediate students & costs $180.00 it included lunch & all supplies & materials...you can bring your favorite tool if you like...

The second class I am teaching is on 3 different Christmas Ornaments, 2 blown ornaments & one not...this one day class in on Sun 10/24/10, for intermediate students & costs $180.00 it included lunch & all supplies & materials...you can bring your favorite tool if you like...

Last & certainly not least last week's bead set goes to Ginny of Florida...for this week I have a very lovely bead from my Deep Sea Ribbon series, the question is which photo do you like from it best, please make a comment on this post about that or anything you like & you will be entered in a drawing to win the Deep Sea Ribbon bead...

Thanks for stopping by, life is good...

Jelveh

Peace

Beauty Contest & New Beads...

Hi all...This one is going to be short & sweet, well I hope its sweet...life is good around here but very busy with the Nor Cal SGB September meeting happening at our studio on Sat 25th of September...Grace is recovering from her illness & all is good here...

The Fall 2010 Beauty Contest has started click here to go the page, read the information & enter to win...a few have already entered...Deadline has been extended to 10/21/10...

I have also made some new beads, been listing a few of the sets today, they are yummy...check them out in my etsy shop...check out the photo to see them...

Leslie C. of Canada I believe, wins the Wild Thing Red focal from last week...for this week I have up for grabs a set of 3 matching beads, due to the shape of the focal I think this would make a great bracelet earring set...it has a bit of twisty, a bit of olive greens, reds, ivory & Goldstone...a yummy set for sure...enter by making a comment on this post...

Told you it was going to be fast & sweet...Thanks for stopping by...Life is good for sure, I gave the piggies a bath tonight & everyone is happy, dry & sleeping...

Jelveh
Peace

Beauty Contest Fall 2010

Hi all, its October 28th and time to announce the winners, congrats to all who participated & the winners, you will be able to enter another contest of mine in the Spring time...for now here is the email that I got this morning from the lovely Susan & Marlynn from Fire Mountain Gem...thanks again everyone...

Dear Jelveh,
Thank you for having us participate with your contest. On Behalf of the Fire Mountain Gems and Beads Designer Team of the Content Development Group and The Jewelry Making Contest Team; the Winners are below.
1st Place: Mellisa Meman: Copper links Blue and Green Beads
2nd Place: Samantha’s Designs ?: Pink Black and White Swirl beads and Silver charms
3rd Place: Lori Anderson Designs: Silver ,Pearl, Pink and Blue
Sincerely,
Susan Phelps
Marketing Events
Fire Mountain Gems and Beads
541-956-8246
Phelpss@firemtn.com

http://www.firemountaingems.com/


Hi all, welcome to the fall 2010 Beauty Contest, where you will get a chance to showcase your beautiful Jewelry and or other Accessory art made with my beads...

Here is the important information:
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
Rules:

* The pieces that you enter have to incorporate one or more of my Lampwork Glass Beads in them...
* You can enter up to two items...
* You need to send me a high quality photo of your item...
* Let me know if you like your name or business name on the photo, I will add it...
Deadline:
* The deadline for entering the contest has been extended to 10/21/10...winners will be announced 10/28/10
* As photos are sent in I will add them to this blog post...
Looking forward to seeing all the yummy designs...thanks so much for playing...
Jelveh, Peace...
PS I will add one photo to the top, one to the bottom everyone time there is a new entry...

SGB NOR CAL Meeting & New Beads...

Hi all, hope you are doing well...things are a bit nutty around here...lets see Grace is in the hospital with her back injury, the good news is she will be home soon & will continue therapy & will be back on her feet in no time...

Hubby & I had our 7th wedding anniversary, we went to Negeen our favorite Persian food restaurant & the funny thing is we got each other the same card...life is good...

Over the weekend, my sister treated mom & I along with her friend & her mom & sister in-law to a two day one night visit to Sonoma, we had a blast, had way too much wine & cheese & stayed at the Sonoma Fairmont Mission Inn & Spa...it was an awesome Girls weekend...one that I hope we repeat again with the same group, they are all so much fun...

I have been making a ton of beads but have been slow about listing and or sending an email out to everyone, finally got a few listed & will be listing more as the days go by...stop by my shop to see them all...36 items listed already...

Society of Glass Beadmakers Northern California, aka SGB Nor Cal is holding their September meeting at our studio on Saturday September 25th, the fun will begin at 1pm and go on till about 6pm...several artists will be on hand to show & tell about their art, they will included Silver Artists, Glass Artists (Sharon Peters & Lori Peterson to name a few) & a Rock Carving Artist among others...it is going to be a pot luck...bring your beads, your art to share, show & sell...need more information send me an email...

Last week's focal Ribbon bead goes to Sioux G. for this week I have a rather large yummy focal bead that goes with two of the sets of beads that I am listing tonight called Wild Thing from an older series of mine, I just love these colors together...enter to win this focal bead by making a comment on this post...

Thanks again for stopping by...life is good, specially now that Grace will be coming home soon...oh more information on the Beauty Contest soon...as you may have guessed the deadline has been extended again...
Jelveh
Peace

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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