New Beads & a MOVE back....

Hi all, hope you are having a good week...ours was awesome, well not withstanding that 2 days after we came back from California, we found out that hubby's job with about another 70 jobs in his company had been re-organized or re-structured out of existence, so for the past month, we have been trying to figure out our next move. Hubby's last day at work will be the middle of March and we are then going back to California...WOW...ok I am calm now, it was just such a huge ordeal to move my entire studio and life here, then only in one years time to pack it all up & move it back is kind of hard on our system...no worries, Life is good...Change is good and going back home is always really good...I mean c'mon, I have not seen the sun here in about 4 months, the English are a fun smart great people & England is full of history & lovely landscapes, but nothing will ever beat California weather...well maybe Florida weather...lol

We will miss many things about living in England, one cool thing is being able to travel so easily to many different countries, a privilege we took very little advantage of, well we barely had time to settle in, for example if we had known sooner about the move, we would not have spent 3 weeks in California over the holidays, we would have gone to Spain and Greece instead, I tell you it would have been a lot more fun...the other thing i love is being so close to London and the theater, this last weekend we saw the London production of Chicago the Musical at the Cambridge Theater, which was an awesome experience, we loved it...

As for beads, I will be making and shipping them as long as I have the studio up, so the next 4 weeks there will be new beads, then there will be beads I have made and not listed yet(again new to you), then there will be no beads for a few weeks (unless I can rent a studio, Molly are you reading this girl?), then there will be new beads again...I will do my best to have regular updates with new beads, speaking of which check out the new beads on the right side of this posting...

As for the winner of last weeks beads, Sandi B. of TX wins the yummy purple bead, this weeks bead is another example of what you can do with silver foil and a lot of transparent glass, love the way this bead came out, it is a large and yummy focal bead 33mm along the hole x 23mm wide, the colors are blues and purples and golds...you can enter to win it by making a comment on this post, about the bead, about easy ways to move 1000 plus pounds of glass rods, or any advise you like to part with, winner chosen at random by hubby in about a week...

thanks for stopping by, Life is good....

Jelveh

Peace

What a Day!! Awesome...

Hi all, I, like many of you watched the inauguration with lots of hope & excitement...it was great to see so many people come together for one cause in such a peaceful way...congrats to the new President & to all of us Americans for having such an awesome system of democracy...it was also fun watching the parties they went to...change is good, life is good...on we go...

Lee from Hawaii is the winner of the flower bead, that is fitting, since the bead kind of reminds me of the time I spent in Hawaii, I loved it there and would love to go back for a visit someday soon...

I have listed a few items for this week, not a lot of beads, but what I did manage to make are really yummy...I love the new colors I used in the two new focal beads...so look over to the right to see them...

The yummy bead above is a really a gorgeous purple wave bead I made with yummy silver glass, the colors are so much better in person...it is about 28mm long, you can enter to win it by way of making a comment on this post, just say hello or tell me what you think of this bead & how you will use it in a design, as always the winner will be chosen at random by hubby in about a week...

As for me, there are some big changes coming our way, we are looking forward to another chapter, when I know more, I will let you know...life is good

Thanks for stopping by...

Jelveh

Peace

Tate Modern & Beads...

Hi all, This past weekend hubby & I went to the Tate Modern Museum in London...I was once again smitten by the surrealists such as Benton, Dali & Miro...I do enjoy Cubism too...such is the life of the artist I guess, a bit of art goes a long way...I made some yummy beads this past few days inspired by our adventure in to London in the middle of snow & 12 degree below weather...life is good...

The winner of last weeks giveaway is Ginny, thanks all for the hellos...the flower bead above is this week's giveaway, I love making these flat flower beads with the hole in the middle, love to see what this week's winner will make with this one, to win this bead just enter a comment on this post, say hello, tell a story about inspiration or what to do with this flower bead or what have you, there are no rules, its all random, winner will be picked by next Wednesday...

oh yeah I have new beads, some already sold, there are more on the right, check them out, let me know what you think...

Thanks for stopping by...

Jelveh

Peace

Happy New Year...

Hi all, we are back...we had a great holiday with our family & as always life is good if not full of surprises...hope your holidays were good too & the new year brings you lots of happiness...

The Winners of the December giveaway where chosen at random by hubby last night and they are Lisa L. and Victoria B. thanks for all the cool stories...

I have listed a few items in the shop, look to the right to see them...

Also the bead above is the giveaway for this week...to enter simply say hello by way of a comment on this post, winner will be picked at random by hubby by next Wednesday...

Thanks for stopping by...

Jelveh

Peace

Life is good...Win some free beads...

As I sit here, after a long cold fun day at the torch, I have to say that life is good...OK yes, there are some bad things out in the world that are affecting every one's lively hood & soon they will all calm down and things will change for the better I am sure of it. But over all life is good, I can only look at life from my perspective after all and it is good from where I see it...I was reading some of the threads in Etsy Forums today and it seems many people are not happy with their sales & not happy at others who are doing well and there is a general negative vibe going on...a whole lot of complaining, don't get me wrong, I too complain & have on the forums when the mechanics of etsy are not as good as they need to be...but I never do the "OH WHY ME" thing...

I have always held that When something is good for one us, it is good for all of us. We are after all part of the same fabric of energy...we move in the same stream as it were...and there is plenty for all of us to go around...I always feel that if one thinks in terms of not having enough, then they will never be happy with what they have and will never have enough...so I always say & believe that I have plenty & life is good...I wish for everyone to feel the same happy calm feeling in their lives, even if what they are feeling good about perhaps is a lot less than what the next person has...the idea is to feel good and give as much love to the universe as you can, since it will always come back to you in some way...

So I hold this as truth right now, life is good, the world has found its way to peace & we will see it very soon, the hungry & the cold will find all the food & warmth they need & the economy is recovering day by day...call me an optimistic, call me a positive thinking, tree hugging spiritual hippy, but it has always worked for me in my life to think good loving thoughts...

Do you have a story that proves the power of your positive thinking to you, the power of love? make a short & sweet essay of it & let me know about it on this blog post by way of a comment, hubby will pick 2 winner out of the entries for a set of 5 beads each, your choice of colors, my choice of designs...one entry per person, deadline to enter is Jan 5th, 2009...winners will be announced on Monday Jan 7Th...

Libbie wins the beads from the last post congratulations...thanks for all the great names...

thanks for all the love & for stopping by...

Jelveh

Peace

Where in the World is Jelveh...?

Hi all, still here, just took some time off to take care of other things in life...lets see lots of business to take care of today, so lets get to it...

the winner of the yummy bead from the last post is Lisa of Portland OR. thanks for playing all...

No worries, the bead on the left is this week's giveaway...enter to win it by giving it a name and why you gave it that name, enter here on this blog post in the comment section, one entry per person please...I spend forever coming up with cool names for the beads, sometimes its very easy as the bead speaks to me while I am making it, other times I go back to something I know well, but after almost 8 years and thousands of names later, it gets a bit hard to stay fresh with the names...so name this bead and enter to win it...

I have listed some new beads and I still have 4 more items to list, so keep an eye out in the shop here is the link Jelveh's etsy shop...

In other news, we are going home for the Hanukkah & Christmas Holidays very soon, so another reason I have been really busy getting ready to go back to California...this will not stop me from shipping beads, as I am still here for a while and will have the beads with me, so I can ship from California as well...as far as listing new beads, I will be listing a few here and there...but who knows if that will happen or not, so you have to come by and see for yourself...I will blog however about our trips and all the fun we are having...

Thanks for stopping by...

Jelveh

Peace

Happy Thanksgiving All...

Wishing you a yummy Turkey day, well to my clients in America...we already had a nice dinner with some new friends on Sunday, you can read about it on the last post...

I made a lot of yummy new beads this week, had about 4 hours at the torch, that was really fun, although by the end I could not feel my toes it was so cold out there...check out the new beads here

The bead above is this weeks giveaway, I made it with a layering method, it has a lot of depth, it is a rather yummy focal bead in shades of mostly greens, it is about 25mm along the hole x 29mm wide...

To win it, please enter by making a comment on this blog, let me know what you are thankful for in your life & would love to know what everyone is up to this holiday...Winner will be picked by hubby in a couple of days...

Have a great Thanksgiving & thanks for stopping by...

Jelveh

Peace

Atlas Shrugged...

Just finished with this very long cool book from Ayn Rand on my ipod...Hubby just picked Nancy as the winner for this week's bead...Congrats girl, I will have it in the mail to you on Tuesday...

On Sunday we were invited to a Thanksgiving dinner here in England, a bit early since everyone works on Thursday...it was a great party and we met a lot of very nice people...Hubby made his very yummy cranberry sauce & I made Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes...What are you doing for Thanksgiving this year?...Hope it is going to be a fun one for you...

I spend a great few hours at the torch today while I listened to the last of Atlas Shrugged, have you read it? what do you think of it?...

I will list some beads in the next few days & will let you know...

Life is good here, hope all is well with yours? Jelveh

Peace

Fun House CD...

Sorry all, I did have a few beads I was going to list, I am still listing 3 new items today, all together I had 8, but 5 have already sold, before I got a chance to tell you about them...however you can still enter to win the bead above...

to enter to win this very yummy focal bead, make a comment here on the blog, tell me what you are doing today or this week that has to do with glass beads or jewelry making in general...one entry per person please, winner will be picked by Monday afternoon 11/24/08 California time...I will send an email out to all about this weeks giveaway...

Thanks for all the love & stopping by...PS I love Pink's new CD and the song So What? she is so cool...life is good...

Jelveh

Peace

You Ever Wonder?

I often wonder when will I grow up & learn that not everyone is like me.I often give too much of myself & trust way too much, only to find out later, that is not how it was seen on the other side...

oh nothing big or bad happened & I am not hurt or anything like that, I was just thinking about people & some of my connections to them, how they see me & how I saw them...I guess it is mostly my issue, as I have been told many times, I am too naive. I guess someday I should grow up. Or get smart.

But what is this mean really, does it mean we should stop being nice to people? does it mean we should suspect everyone of having ulterior motives? does this mean we should shy away from forging friendships? I do not think I can do this, I rather like people. Every time I see some one's shortcoming, I remember I have many of my own & try to take them as they are, but often this is not enough.

I was thinking about something fun to write about today, but I guess you can not always feel good...the fact that I have been ill for almost 3 months does not help either...but hey life is short, so moving on to better things...I will have beads later today, mostly focal beads and 2 small sets...but all yummy...I will send out an email letting you know when they are up...PS I did not make any tree focal beads, do you want me to make some, let me know, I almost in the mood, this tree bead is from the past, years ago in fact...

In the mean time go send a nice note to a friend or someone you want to make in to a friend...Trust with open arms.

Jelveh

Peace