Persian New Year, Yummy Baklava & Beads...

Another happy week around here, made even better with sunshine & warm weather...Happy Persian New Year...the first day of the 13 day holiday was a few days ago, as always we had some fun getting together at my parents...I even made my famous Baklava, the recipe in this link is not how I make mine all, mine has no almonds, rose water or saffron, mine has honey, walnuts & a few other secrets...below are some photos of the fun we all had...

Here is my Baklava, on the table with a ton of other goodies & sweets...

Mom's HalfSeen Table for Nowruz, since this not a religious holiday every Persian family has their own book of faith on the table, ours is a great book of poem by Hafez the very famous Persian poet...

Mom made a ton of very yummy food as always...

Parents & hubby...

right to left, Grace, mom, me, & Grace's friend Maria...

Sophia & I...

The kids & I...I just love playing with them...

This past Wednesday I had a great student named Sharon...she is already hooked & she was a natural...

I did make a lot of  yummy beads this past week as well, most of them are listed in my etsy shop now...photo shows a few of them...

Ok now we come to the bead giveaway part, last week's two yummy focal beads go to "our favorite Things" please send your address...for this week I have the very cool mohter pearl pinky silver glass encased focal in the top photo...enter to win by making a comment on this post...

Thanks for stopping by, life is good, I am watching Project Wonderful, I love this show...I love seeing how the minds of these creative people works & brings to like their designs....

Jelveh

Peace

New Beads, Rain & Sunshine....

Not sure what the weather is doing anymore, on Friday when we had our very successful March Get Together at Graceful Studios it rained forever...All kinds of new folks showed up & we shared some food, beads, Jewelry & silver soldering...it was a great mixer...the next meeting is Friday April 9th, my next class is scheduled for Sunday April 11th & don't forget on the weekend of April 24th we are having are great Rock Carving class with Carmen & Ron Martinez from Arizona  click here from some information about their last class at our studio...

On Sat when the sun was out for a while, we went to Monterrey for some fun, we saw the very cool Alice in Wonderland with my in-laws & had dinner at the very yummy LALLA Grill...on Sunday I had a class with a very nice student named Jill, she was great at the torch & made some cool beads...

I did manage to make some fun beads this week too...I will be listing them from now until Friday at 12noon California time in my etsy shop...photo below if you like any of them let me know & I will reserve them for you...

This past week's landscape bead giveaway goes to....Joy F. send your address please...ok for this week I have two very yummy beads to share with you, one is a encased flower bead with a Dichro base & the other is an ellipse shape bead which is feathered on both sides...both very yummy, I made them both while demoing on Friday during our March Mixer...enter to win them by making a comment on this post...

I am conducting a color survey on the right side of this blog for the next few days, please stop by & vote...your feedback on colors is always appreciated...

Thanks for stopping by...life is good & not only because our taxes are done with & its still March...
Jelveh
Peace

March Mixer & New Beads?? Maybe...

Hi all...hope you are warm & dry wherever you are...we had a low key weekend & managed to spend some time on Sunday just being...later Sunday I watched the Oscars..I have to say it was a boring show to some degree & my favorite movie, the best movie of all time Avatar lost...my mom says the Hurt Locker is good, we have to see it yet...but is it better than the best picture ever made? I don't think so...

Ok, about new beads, I have some good ones for you, will try to list a few in the next few days in my etsy shop, which currently has about 20 items in it, I know that is not good, with etsy one has to have 100 or more items at all times to be seen in the crowd, but its hard to keep up with that number all the time...

This Friday we are having our monthly meet & have fun mixer at the studio, the theme this time is Flowers, painted, melted, fused or what have you...I will demonstrate a few bead flower types & Grace is showing us a few silver soldering techniques...please bring your flower items to show & tell...here is more information on Graceful Studios blog...See you at the studio...

Check out our new class that is forming for April, its a Snake Weave & Double Twisted Rope Chain Maille class, I saw their awesome work  & I am so taking this class...yummy...

I am teaching a 5 hour glass class this Sunday from 8am to 1pm, let me know if you are interested & need more information...

Mary (fiberone) wins the yummy make a bracelet set from last week...this week I have the very large yummy desert landscape bead above for you...enter to win it by making a comment on this post, perhaps you can tell me what colors you are looking for in beads these days...have a great rest of the week...

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

TON O' Beads Thursday...

Hi all, hope you are all doing well out there...we are doing fine...I am catching up with my rest & seeing family...we spent some time with both sets of our parents in Santa Cruz on the Beach at the Crows Nest...it was a fun day...ok now for a relatively short blog with points of interest...oh yeah lets not forget the weather, its been raining mad here again this week...I guess I am thankful, last year there was a shortage of water in California...

Ton O' Beads Thursday reminded me of when I was a manager for a movie theater chain in San Diego back in the day, we had discount ticket nights at 3 of our theaters so we called them, TightWad Tuesday (I hated that name), Discount Wednesday (that was at my 10 screen theater, classy name I thought) & Thrifty Thursday (not so bad a name I guess) So I decided to have a discount promotion this Thursday, check below for more information...

First of all DONT FORGET, please click here to vote for the yummy Kelli Burns Bracelet to win Bead Style's Magazine Challenge with my Beads...Today is the last day to vote...

I will have a ton of new yummy beads listed in my etsy shop by 1pm Thursday March 4th. You will get a $10.00 Discount when you purchase 2 or more beady items from my shop from today until the end of Monday March 8th California time...BE SURE to mention MARCH Discount in the comment section when you check out & I will refund your discount via Paypal...here are some photos of the beads I am listing...

And yes there is more beads...I had some fun at the torch...let me know if you see any beads you like me to reserve for you...

I also had a short post on the Watch Me Create Blog, check it out....

Last week's yummy bead goes to Ginny of FL...for this week I have what I am calling "I would make myself a bracelet with these if I had the time" Beads...The yummy group of 4 beads, 1 Bali Silver bead & clasp, in the top photo can be all yours, enter to win them by making a comment on this post...

Mark your calendars, next Friday March 12th, we will hold out 3rd Monthly meeting at Graceful Studios...the fun starts at 3pm, there will be a drawing of all the folks who attend for a yummy gift bag full of goodies...I will demo some new yummy beads or anything you like to see me make & I know how to make it...& Grace will be sharing some silversmithing secret with us...want more information on where we are in Gilroy California? send me an email

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

Jelveh

Peace