Before I forget again, let me remind you that there will be a bead show in Austin this coming weekend. The Bead Jamboree is being held at the Crockett Center Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 5pm each day.
Two of my favorite seed bead vendors will be there.… Read More
I really need to break down and get a better camera/photo studio set up for taking good photos. Right now I slap things down on a flatbed scanner, and sometimes it works out and other times – not so much.
This photo represents the not so much type!… Read More
Well, I’m back at home and have been greeted properly by plenty of boisterous wagging, barking, and licking. It was quite an interesting journey home, however.
A 3 hour plane flight filled with a typhoid Mary coughing up a storm all the way, a small child in the seat behind me throwing temper tantrums the whole way (his mother alternated pleading entreaties to stop with yelling at him that he is just like his father – oh my.)… Read More
The circus is leaving town today. It’s so sad. I saw some of the folks off last night, and this morning there’s more trickling as we all take planes, trains, and automobiles to our homes and next shows across the country.… Read More
Ohmigosh – I can’t believe what a fun and crazy weekend this has been. Getting to hang with my friends is such a joy. I drink it all up as much as I can since I know I won’t see many of them until Tucson in February.… Read More
Ohmigosh – did I crash yesterday afternoon when I arrived at the hotel in Philly. I didn’t get a lick of sleep the night before as there were so many last minute details getting stuff together for the trip. Wasn’t it only a few days ago that I was bragging about how together I was for the show?… Read More
Ta-dah! I am finally done with the stitching portion of Rachel Nelson Smith’s Endless Cuff, er, Ootheca Cuff. I had no idea when I vowed to not go to bed until I was done that adding the clasps (there are 3!)… Read More
Blogger kindly informed me this evening that this is my 100th post since switching over to blogging on this format rather than on my website. How quickly the time has gone! I was quite worried about my dedication to blogging on this regular of a basis.… Read More
Wednesday is my “day off” this week – meaning it’s the only day I’m not having to go into the store to either teach or assist a class between Monday and Saturday. Instead I’m going to be at home, in my jammies, juggling the thirty hundred things that need to be done here.… Read More
The weekend disappeared when I wasn’t looking – how did that happen? I assisted one of Mick’s classes on Friday night, taught a class on Saturday night, and treated Mom to a much-deserved steak dinner on Sunday. The rest of the weekend was spent happily with beads (weighing them, labeling them, moving them to and fro) and a nap here and there.… Read More
I forgot to tell you that last night’s Piazza Perline class was evidently drinking at the Mexican restaurant next door before coming to the store. They decided en masse that my class was to be renamed Pizza Praline. Umm….nice try!
And remember how I told you that everyone was busy making sure I’m taking care of myself?… Read More
I have gotten into a bad habit lately, and it almost caused me to miss my blissful 90 minute massage Thursday afternoon. First, to explain, I have to admit that I stayed up all night Wednesday night and didn’t finally sleep until 5:30am.… Read More
Finally – a day I don’t have to leave the house (although I will go to the post office) and no urgent matters at hand other than catching up on the 3,000 urgent matters that have been pending for weeks. I’m emailing, packaging orders, organizing, doing paperwork, and if I’m lucky enough, I’ll carve out some time to work on the beading project I started at the retreat.… Read More
There seems to be a plot afoot to get Jill healthy!
I’ve been hearing from Mom for a while now about how badly I’m eating, and that I need to sleep on a more regular schedule, yada, yada. But now the word has spread and everyone seems to be making it their mission to make me follow the rules!… Read More
Mom and I both have patterns featured in the new book, Creative Beadweaving, Vol. 3. The book comes from the publishers of Bead & Button magazine, and is a compilation of the best projects from a year of the magazine.
I’m thrilled that both Mom & I got in at the same time – now that’s mother/daughter power!… Read More
What a whirlwind weekend this was. 6 hours driving on Saturday morning, laughing and beading and catching up with my beady friends, teaching Saturday afternoon, more beading and laughing and catching up on Sunday morning, and then another 6 hours drive back home.… Read More
I swear, there was a group cry of greeting as I finally walked in the main room of the bead retreat yesterday – “Jill’s here! We were getting worried!” I feel guiltier than ever! But we managed to make up for lost time with lots of fun all day.… Read More
…still at home! Oopsie.
I realized after I wrote my post earlier today that I was simply too exhausted to get everything done, plus drive safely for 5+ hours. So I decided to wait until the wee hours of Saturday morning to head out – I’ll get there by 8 or 9am, and be fine for a full day of retreat fun.… Read More
I got the post office yesterday with five minutes to spare. Okay, maybe three. But I made it! (And I had a back up plan involving UPS in case I missed the PO.) So the samples and instructions and the last few weeks of my life are now off to the Bead & Button staff and I can put it out of my mind for a little while.… Read More
Winston’s mad at me because I won’t stop and play. The latest computer-related casualty is my wireless, ergonomic mouse. I killed the left button. No time to shop – back to the trusty old fashioned wired and plain-shaped version. Success!
Happy dance – my boxes arrived today.… Read More
