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

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays & Happy New Year...

Hi all, hope you are having a great holiday season so far & are all ready for Christmas & an awesome Happy New Year...you may have noticed I have not blogged, added beads, updated facebook, twitter, flicker or any other means of communication for over 2 weeks now...Thanks for all of your concerned & whats up with you? emails & messages...

All is good & life is good in the world of Jelveh...I was just taking some time off from being out there so much...I think we all need to do that from time to time...unplug as it were...so back to our regularly scheduled program we go...lets see I have been rather busy making a ton of beads for fun, for special orders, for gifts & for our big Christmas Boutique at Graceful Studios which is this Sunday from 10-5...Grace also thought Garnet & I how to make soap, we made a ton of yummy gourmet soaps for the Boutique with Grace & for gifts...I tried & spend some time with family & friends too which is always nice...below are some photos of these adventures...oh yeah we got some NEW TO US furniture for the living room dinning room finally too...so yes busy busy here...

The cutest little girl, my niece is 3 years old on this week, she had a Shrek party & was dressed as princess Fiona for her special day...

Here is the cutest guy on our new couch, so yummy, both the couch & my hubby...

& here is a shot of the soap making party we had...so much fun, want to do this again soon...

OK the Winner of the yummy bead from two weeks ago is FiberOne of SC...please please send your address...in fact anyone who has won a bead in the past few weeks, please send your address, as I have some yummy beads just waiting for their new homes...OK for this past two weeks & the next two weeks, I am giving away 1 set of 5 beads, your choice of colors to 4 people...enter to win a set of beads by making a comment on this post...

Also in the spirit of the giving season, every purchase from my shop until the end of Jan, 2010 will get a 10% discount via paypal after payment has been made...Anything purchased after Dec 20th will not be shipped until after Jan 5th, 2010...wow 2010...how time flies when you are having fun...New Beads & goodies will be listed in my etsy shop soon, you just have to keep checking...

Thanks for stopping by, have a safe & fun Holiday season...Life is Good...

Jelveh

Peace