I have spent the last two days sleeping and gazing around dazedly, trying to recover from the myriad of fabulous experiences of the previous week. I’m still taking it all in. I have never worked so hard, or had so much fun in my life in such a compact amount of time!… Read More
Meet the Teachers Night Insanity
Last night was Meet the Teachers night at the Bead and Button Show in Milwaukee. This is where the B&B attendees got to….well…meet the teachers. Its frequently the only place someone is able to buy a kit for a class that they wished they could take.… Read More
It’s Bead and Button or Bust
From June:
Whew! 5:00 p.m. and Jill JUST NOW started the drive to Milwaukee. She was supposed to leave yesterday morning, but we just didn’t have everything done that needed to be done. So she will be driving hard the next two days.… Read More
Burning CDs
I have discovered that the middle of the night is an ideal time to burn CDs, print their labels, and slap those puppies on – while simultaneously browsing Etsy (i.e., Temptationsy.) I could spend a gajillion dollars on that darned site.… Read More
From June:
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ve already met our crazy dog, Winston. Yesterday I picked up a $3 stuffed duck from Big Lots, and gave it to him last night. OMG. He is obsessed with this stuffed duck.… Read More
5am – time for bed!
I gotta say, the Bead & Button Show may just do me in this year. I am making so many kits. And I am so tired. And there’s only 22 more days until the show begins. That may seem like a long time to you – but I’m barely a quarter of the way through the kit making.… Read More
No fun without photos
As I’ve been reading through all the various blogs I follow, I realized how stingy I’ve been lately with photos! But here’s the thing: first off, I haven’t been beading! No new designs in ages. I do have a bunch of ideas and partial bits and pieces floating around, but until I spend a few days beading, I got nuthin’.… Read More
One bead…two beads…
My life has become a massive assembly line. For the next 27 days, I will be consumed by the myriad of mindless tasks that constitute kit assembly. My brain gets a workout only as I’m trying to calculate how much of what goes into which baggie, and trying to make sure everything is getting done.… Read More
Been there, done that
I’m home! Since we last talked, I flew off to Denver and arrived in the middle of a seriously lousy spring storm. My favorite part was when the rental car lady sent me to the LAST car in the LAST row for my own vehicle as 35mph winds and driving rain pelted me in the 34 degree temperatures (can’t even imagine what the wind chill was.)… Read More
Bye Miami – Hello Denver!
My weekend in Miami went by MUCH too fast! The good news is that I get to go back in December, but I’m getting ahead of myself with that.
This was certainly one of the more interesting shows I’ve attended in the last few years for a number of reasons.… Read More
Miami madness
And the show hasn’t even begun!
I flew to Miami with no troubles on Wednesday night, and man do I feel lucky! Everyone I know who flew in on Thursday had delayed planes, missed connections, and all sorts of traveling mishaps.… Read More
Link to original broken foot post
For those of you who weren’t reading this blog back two years ago when the “incident” happened, here’s the full story:
http://tapestrybeads.blogspot.com/2008/04/if-it-aint-one-thing-its-your-mother.html
Maybe it was worth it
From June:
Maybe it was worth breaking my foot moving the stones to build this planter. It’s just started blooming and is covered in buds.
Workedy work
I’ve had my head down, avoiding distractions (mostly) trying to get massive piles of work shoveled out the door. There’s been progress, but there’s always more sneaking in when I’m not looking!
So I have this crazy spreadsheet where I’ve calculated out how many of each kit I want to make before Bead & Button, and how much of each kind of bead I need for that number of kits, and the volume is pretty scary!… Read More
Worker Bee
I have this sudden burst of “Spring has Sprung” energy! The amount of work I’ve accomplished in the last few day is impressive. Yes, I’ve still got piles ahead to slog through, but I’m making progress in a huge and visible way and I feel like Wonder Woman right about now.… Read More
The Cord Tamer
Yup, that’s me, the Cord Tamer. Jill has been in Santa Fe at Bead Fest. Initially, I was going to go too, but we decided I would stay home to cut costs. I took 4 days of vacation anyway, and decided I would get some stuff done around the house.… Read More
Reporting in from Santa Fe
If you haven’t been to Love Fest Santa Fe, er, I mean BEAD Fest Santa Fe, you really should start thinking about a trip next year. I simply adore this show for so many reasons. Cool vendors, a gorgeous location, and lots of fun classes.… Read More
Michael’s ad – instructions online
Turns out Michael’s was getting a bunch of calls from folks, asking for directions for the necklace and earrings I designed for them – so now the instructions are available online if any of you are looking for them!
Click the photo to go to the instructions page:
Coming from Miyuki…
I just discovered this info about a new bead style that Miyuki is going to be coming out with in a few months. They’re calling it a Tila bead – it’s 5mm x 5mm, and has two holes. Talk about design opportunities!… Read More
More classes at the Bead & Button Show!
Lucky me! The folks at the Bead & Button Show have found some more space on their class schedule to offer up a few more sessions of my classes there that sold out in the first 5 minutes of registration. Yippee!… Read More