If I Ran the World...& NEW Beads...

If I ran the world, there would have never been an earthquake in Japan or anywhere for that matter...how sad the news is out of Japan...my heart aches for all of these people...

If I ran the world everyone's life would be full & happy like mine is, all would have a great partner with cute pets who loved them as much as ours do...

If I ran the world I would wish that all the lampwork instructors who ever came to our studio Graceful Customs in Gilroy to teach would be just as talented, just as nice & just as lovely a human as John Rizzi from John Rizzi Glassworks. He was the best teacher ever,talented, the students loved him, Frank, Grace & I loved him...We all learned a ton about murrinis...Also click here to check out the slide show photo album that Grace made with some the photos from the murrini class with John...

If I ran the world my beads would get listed all on their own in my etsy shop  but that is not the case, I had a great time making beads, this week I worked with a lot of silver glass & more spring beads...but I struggle often with listings, I fuss with photos, names & the story of each set, each bead...but at the end I will get them all listed I promise...below is photo of what is coming...speaking of beads, I am teaching a "All About Spring" one day class at Graceful Customs Studios in Gilroy on Sat April 16, Check out the information on the Studio Blog, class is limited to 8 students.Click here to Contact Grace to sign up...

If I ran the world everyone who made a comment on my last blog post would be a winner, but that is not the case, there is only one set of beads to give away, so it goes to Ginny C. of FL...for this week I have a set of Egg and friends set of beads in the shades of Blue, lavender & Ivory...enter to win the set by making a comment on this blog post...

If I ran the world life would be good for everyone everywhere...thanks for stopping by...life is good...

Jelveh

Peace

New Beads, Doggy Dock Diving & More...

Hi all, Happy March to you...the sun is finally out today but on Sat we had snow in Gilroy, when we had our bi- monthly meeting at the studio where we hosted Beads of Courage...lots of beads were made for the cause, thanks again to Lena Rhoeds for letting us be involved in this good cause.

Thanks to also all who came to make beads and give their support, Frank, Grace, Lena, Kathy, Sally, Kim, Barbara, Sioux, Joann, hubby, Lani, Pat, Jim, Jennifer & me, hope I am not forgetting anyone, oh yeah Mooshi also came by for a visit...photo above is of some of the beads...

In Bead News: I have a whole bunch of spring fun beads that I am listing in my shop tonight & on Wednesday...photo above is of a few of them...


In Pet News: Mooshi is still very jealous of Ari & Mr. Snuggles...hopefully one day they can all learn to get along...couple of Saturdays ago we took Mooshi Dock Diving with her class mates, all of whom are 40 pounds or larger...she had a blast, she only swam in the water once, not a diver yet, had the water been warm I think she would have jumped. Her photo below was taken by Kelly Frazer, she is very talented, if you need some great photos she is your girl...

For the rest of the time we were there she just waited on the short walk in to the pool for the bigger dogs to jump & bring in the toys...she was so funny & was having fun...

Bead Giveaway: Last week's landscape bead goes to Fireborn of SC, send address please...for this week I have a set of beads in a yummy light coral with some pearl & silver & some murinni from John...enter to win the beads on the first picture above by making a comment on this blog post...


Thanks so much for stopping by...life is good, the sun was out today...
Jelveh
Peace

New Beads & Class News...

Hi all, life is good here, Tuscon was fun, but not enough to make me want to actually make beads all year long so I can go to this show as a seller, but I had a great time with Grace, we bought a ton of findings, silver and gem stones to have fun with...I met Jeff Barber and saw some old friends and made some new ones too...
Since then the sun has been out, so Mooshi and I have been going to the park everyday...save for today, it actually rained today, surprised us all...but hey it is spring weather after all in these parts...A happy fun birthday to my hubby too...

New Beads: There are new beads in the shop & there will be more, so keep checking back...

Bi Monthly Meeting: Join us at the Studio for our next meeting on Feb 26th, friends of ours from Nor Cal SGB will be here to make beads for Beads of Courage, it promises to be a fun day...

New Class: We are excited to announce a One-Day lampworking class with lampwork artist John Rizzi, at our Studio on Saturday, March 12, 9am to 5pm, supplies and lunch included!  Cost is $200.  There is very limited space left!  John Rizzi will be teaching a one day beginning complex murrini class.  Students should be intermediate level and have good heat control skills as we will be working off mandrel.John will be teaching at least 2 designs in class, a basic 3- 4 color flower and a feather murrini in the afternoon. We will also practice different ways of murrini application. The class will focus on creating murrini on steal punties and heat control to get a good consistent pull of your cane. We will use basic tools and learn how to create pattern and design in murrini from the inside out. John has been a lampwork artist for the last 9 years.  He creates a variety of sculptural, wearable and decorative art pieces. John has a special interest in the art of murrini making, you can view more of his work at his website  http://www.johnrizziglassworks.com Or view many of his murrini designs at his etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/JohnRizziGlassworkss

For more information on this class and others held at our studio in Gilroy, contact Grace by clicking here...

For the last blog post we have two winners, Sioux wins the electronic copy of Hubby's new book

And the cool bead from the last blog goes to Brenda H.For this week I have an awesome & large Landscape bead, over 34mm round...love this one...enter to win it by making a comment on this post...

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

Jelveh

Peace

New Beads, Tucson & Studio's next Get Together...

Hello all, hope your year is off to a good start...our life is good, I made some beads, Grace and I are going to Tucson & at our next get together at the studio we will be making beads for Beads of Courage...all of these things are great & I will give you more information on all of it later in this post...However...

The big news this week at our house is that my brilliant husband has published his first book, Jerusalem Syndrome on Amazon.com for kindle readers, pc readers & apple readers...which can be downloaded from Amazon... this is so exciting, Martin wrote this books years ago, when I met him he had just finished it...he shopped it out to a couple of print publishers late Aug 2001, after the tragedy happened on Sept. 11, 2001, one of the more famous publishers send him a hand written note explaining "that although the idea was awesome & original, the post 9/11/01 environment was not the best time for this book, as the story starts with a riot on Christmas eve in Jerusalem...The story is a Sci Fi / Horror Novel that happens in our time, so they call this kind of book Future Science...I am giving away a download of this book to the first person who makes a comment on this post...Shameless plug I know, but he is the love of my life & the book is a great read.

Speaking of being published, one of my Flower Implosion beads made it in to the Flow Magazine's current issue of Women In Glass...

Beads: I have some new beads to share in my etsy shop...below is a preview photo of whats to come & there are even more beads that need to be washed, photographed & listed, so stay tuned...

Studio: Join us on Sat February 26th from 12 to 5pm at our Studio in Gilroy. Bead makers & Glass Artists will be coming over to make beads for Beads of Courage, it promises to be a fun day full of Demos...come over for a visit, this is a pot luck party so bring a goody to munch on if you can...

Tucson: Grace & I are going to hang out with a whole lot of Beady people in Tucson AZ for a few days...it should be a ton of fun...I will have more news & photos of out trip when we come back next week...

Winner: The last beads for the giveaway, the 3 yummy focal beads go to Deci of CA. Please send me your address...This week's bead is a yummy focal with bubble eyes on each side, it is about 36mm long x 22mm wide. Enter to win it by making a comment on this post...

Tools: Don't forget to check out the newest cool tool from Grace & Frank, The Pinch me Tight is an awesome versatile tool that you will love having on your work bench...

Thanks so much for stopping by...life is good, even though the ceiling of our dinning room came down with a bad water leak last Wednesday, now the floor is being replaced too...we are thankful for all the good things in our life...
Jelveh
Peace

New Year, New Beads, New Tool...

Happy New Year everyone, hope you had a great holiday season & are now looking forward to a great new year like me...life is good, I have no excuses nor any real reasons for not blogging or listing beads for over a month...I am having a great time playing mom to Mooshi, she is such a great dog & we are so happy to have her...I did have a bit of a cold for a few days, but other than that all is good around here...

I made some new beads, listed some & will be listing more in my etsy shop...including a brand new design from me called Charming Grace, since the idea is really Grace's, over the holidays Frank made this new tool that Grace played with it & came up with this cool idea with love love the Pinch Me Right...a very cool hip tool that does a lot of fun things, you need to figure all the cool things that are possible with this tool...

Also with the new year we started our Private Beadmaking Parties at the studio...the group on Monday Jan 10 was so so so nice, there was 8 students in class and for 2 hours I thought them how to make one bead and I have to say they all did such an awesome job, I had a ton of fun with them, they are a very artsy fun group, I look forward to seeing Mary-Lee & her group of glass addicts again at the studio soon...can you tell in the photo below which bead is mine, no one had any experience in glass prior this two hour class/party...

Oh ok now for the winner of the last blog post which was oh my gosh all the way back in December 2010, is Janette from NV. Enter to win the trio of yummy focal beads in the photo above by making a comment on this blog post...

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

Holiday Boutique & Beads...

Hi all, hope you are doing well & have been having fun getting ready for Christmas & Happy Hanukkah too, today is the 7th day...we are doing well...the puppy is doing great, she is so much fun, we are wondering how come we never got a puppy before...
This past Saturday we had our second annual Holiday Boutique at Graceful Studios, it was so much fun, there were lots of people and goodies there to be had...below are some photos...Grace also has a story and photo on her blog...click here to see

I made a few new beads, added them to my etsy shop...will be adding more in the days to come...if you are a returning client, send me an email and I will send you a new coupon code good for 10% off your purchase when you check out...also I added some beads on remake request only, so check them out...

Last week's organic yummy silver red beads go to Elizabeth of Virginia, send your address girl...for this week the giveaway is a focal bead from my Earth From Above series...I love this bead and have been hanging on to it for a while...enter to win it by making a comment on this blog post...

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

Jelveh

Peace

Happy Thanksgiving New Beads & Coupon...

Hi all, hope your holiday weekend is going well...we had the best time at our house hosting the family for Turkey dinner, everyone brought a dish and together the meal was very yummy...from the start to finish here is a photo collage of our party, loved the yam yummy I made in the orange cups with marshmellows...

New Beads & Goodies: I added a few items to my etsy store, more ornaments & icicles (all gone now sorry) & more beads & goodies, you can use the discount code NOV2010DISCOUNT to get a 10% holiday discount when you purchase any item from my shop...

The puppy is doing great, here she is telling me, no way it was not me, I did not chew the button off the chair, it was not me, no way no how...she is so cute...we are so happy to have her...

Last week's yummy focal bead goes to Rickie, please send your address girl...this week I have a set of 3 beads for you in the shades of red, & opal golds...very yummy, enter to win it by making a comment on this post...

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

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