tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88385822593690905322024-03-14T04:57:43.549-04:00BeadRoeLife and Lampwork BeadsCheryl K Roehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03488702598206848878noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838582259369090532.post-87452844769849154872015-01-08T19:14:00.000-05:002015-01-08T19:14:21.584-05:00Rose HeadpinsI listed the first headpins that I mentioned last time. Bad news, they didn't sell. Good news, a very nice lady was interested in some in purple. We had a very nice conversation through messenger and I agreed to try and match a design she was completing. Here is what I cam up with. Hope it meets with her approval.<br />
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<br />Cheryl K Roehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03488702598206848878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838582259369090532.post-45204336843463272002015-01-04T15:52:00.000-05:002015-01-04T15:52:51.988-05:00WOW has it been awhile.It sure looks different outside from when I last blogged, no snow just mud so far. Snow is coming though. <br />
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I did several shows that I had not done before last year. They were interesting. One here locally, I did not think would pan out, was a wonderful surprise. Had a great day. Hope they host it again next year at Levi Jackson State Park for homecoming. <br />
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I also did a show in Morehead at the University at the recommendation of several fellow artists. It was also a success although I hear not as good as in the past. We are planning on returning to that one. It falls at a good time for Christmas shopping. <br />
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Every year I sit and evaluate the ones we did and the ones we need to do at next year. Working full time jobs limits the number of shows we want to do. My daughter and wonderful son-in-law have moved to the Columbus, OH area so that may factor into these decisions.<br />
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Although I am getting more comfortable at shows, I still am struggling with online sales. I have been watching with a curious eye the different bead shows on Facebook. In November I made a lame attempt to post to a group for less than perfect beads. It did not sell and I kind of like it, so be it. Today I posted in a group named Lampwork Beads for Sale. I posted 6 glass headpins that I kind of was proud of. Of course no bids so far,but right off the bat I got a like and nice comment from a designer. She messaged me with a question on doing a set in a different color. I am thrilled. Made my day to say the least. The following is a picture of what I listed. I revamped my camera settings with the help from my lovely daughter.<br />
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This has encouraged me to pursue other listings. There is no opportunity to sell just beads locally and sometimes it is nice not to have to think about the end design first. <br />
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I will try to not let it be so long next time. <br />
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Cheryl Cheryl K Roehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03488702598206848878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838582259369090532.post-70048767584609682402014-06-23T10:54:00.000-04:002014-06-23T10:56:01.392-04:00Rose Bushes, other inherited plants and of course Torro<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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During the Summer months and snow days I have a lot of time by myself to think and work around the house. Lately I have been madly trying to whip the yard (badly out of control) into shape after a couple of years of neglect. Last winter was very hard on the plants and the humans on this hill. A project that has been many years in the making is this flower bed where I have 3 rose bushes. The first one is a piece of a Rose bush that was in Danny's mom's yard (Granny). For whatever reason when the siblings were going through things they decided to give Danny this rose bush. I planted it in two spots (just for insurance) and gave it a very hard pruning. It limped along last year and is doing great this year. I would hate to have it not make it. The other planting is also doing OK. I am so glad they decided to in trust Danny and me with the bush.<br />
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The next rose bush is one that my daughter Maggie picked out years ago when she was at home. It is still limping along. It is a hybrid tea and they are a little temper mental in this climate.<br />
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The next rose bush was given to me by two teachers at school for helping them with a project. It got a much needed hair cut this spring and is about a third of it's original size. I have throughly enjoyed this rose. It is a knock out and has always delivered. My mom loved roses and had these all along the front of her yard at the house in Bandon on Beach Loop Rd across from the ocean. Every one would stop and admire them growing in this harsh climate. They were stunning. I look at this bush every year and miss her terribly. Both my mother and my mother in law are gone now and both loved different roses and plants in different ways but both meant the world to my family and me.<br />
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This year my daughter got married in Hot Springs Arkansas at the Garvin Gardens. I bought a very small Japanese Maple to always have a reminder of the event. Hopefully it will thrive just like I know their marriage will.<br />
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One year several years ago (maybe 15) my mom and dad gave us money for our anniversary. I bought a Lenten rose and planted it near my steps leading from the back door. We use this door as our main entrance. It blooms at the worst time of year, just when you are sick and tired of winter. It is the first thing to bloom and makes my day every time I see it bloom. It has never had a year that it failed to bloom just like my mom and dad never failed me or my family.<br />
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I could go on and on about the plants that mean so much in my yard and house. There is the clivia that Mom divided before they went to England for the first time and she sent me a baby (not an easy feat) from hers, it now has had a baby or two and Maggie has it's first one. The African violet that was Granny's that Maggie now has and I have a baby from it. The yellow Day Lily that the kids and Danny gave me for Mother's day one year is now in full bloom. The Lotus that Barb and Vic gave to me one summer just because I was having a rough one (need to clean the pond so you can see it better). The two crepe myrtles that I hauled back from NC when Maggie lived there that now I have to severely prune due to harsh weather. I also bought a Magnolia when Maggie was in Washington DC at camp, need to move it to a better spot the goat might get it.<br />
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Now that I think about it I am not sure I could ever sell the house and get another one. I would have to dig up the whole yard, 29 years worth of plants that my friends and family have given us. <br />
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Can't think of a better gift than a plant or jewelry, they both give lasting joy that can be passed down.<br />
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A last random note, my favorite goat Torro is back from his visit with the nine goat harem at a wonderful friends house, although a little leaner and stinkier. <br />
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He is so cute, she even taught him to paw with his front foot when you say the word foot, of course the reward is Animal crackers. I am looking into getting him some new girl friends. Goats are wonderful everyone should have one or two.<br />
<br />Cheryl K Roehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03488702598206848878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838582259369090532.post-58484993709547553662014-05-10T00:08:00.000-04:002014-05-10T00:08:40.966-04:00Today is the Big Bead Soup Reveal 2014I had a wonderful Bead Soup to work with this time. I loved the color pallet. I have an outfit that just will look great with these beads. I always make my bead soup creations for myself to wear and do not sell any of them. I use the experience to grow new skills and designs. This year is no exception. I was paired with Cheryl Foilles from North Carolina. Her creations are wonderfully designed and her workmanship impeccable. I look forward to working with more of her creations.<br />
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1st finished piece, necklace. Olivine and purple crazy lace beads.<br />
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One earring pair.<br />
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2nd earring pair.<br />
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I still have lots of beads left and more ideas. Thanks <a href="http://cherylsartisticendeavors.blogspot.com/">Cheryl</a>, for a positive experience.<br />
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It includes my favorite combination of glass focal and accent beads (Reichenbach 104 Multicolor with a clear 96 frit on top). This combination never looks the same twice. It is so much fun, but very hard to photograph. I have included a couple of options for complimentary pieces. I did include a very long balled headpin (just in case she needs it) and a S clasp in sterling silver. I always worry if I have included enough or to much to inspire creativity. I have experienced both in my past soups and I feel that both can be paralyzing. You want to give options but not overwhelm.<br />
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Well I do believe that my partner Cheryl nailed it, she included lots of options that coordinated with a beautifully crafted focal and clasp. She uses a lot of copper in her work, and it is beautiful. He included several gemstones that I had never heard of and labeled them for me. I don't get to work with stones very often, so I was thrilled with her choices. She also included several links (copper and silver). There are pearls that coordinate with the lamp work beads also. Her focal and clasp are very unique and when I showed my husband he was very impressed and liked them a lot.<br />
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I am a very lucky bead soup recipient. It is a very similar color palette to what I sent her. Interesting. Cheryl K Roehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03488702598206848878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838582259369090532.post-27654801116209442262014-03-14T20:51:00.000-04:002014-03-14T20:51:29.788-04:00Bead Soup is on the way to my partnerMy partner for Bead Soup 8 is Cheryl Foiles from Raleigh, NC. Her work is wonderful. She has two etsy shops, one for <a href="http://www.getyourbeadon.com/">components</a> and one for <a href="http://www.cherylfoilesdesigns.com/">finished pieces</a>. Absolutely awesome pieces. This could be a marriage made in heaven for me. I hope she is as fond of my beads as I am of her metal work. <br />
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I mailed off my soup to Cheryl today. I am never as pleased as I would like to be with my packaging. I am always looking for something that would just take your breath but never find it. I see other packaging and just love it. Got to improve on that aspect. I tried to send enough but not to much so as to allow her to be creative. I think sometimes too much soup is overwhelming. <br />
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I am so looking forward to this soup. Her taste is impeccable and we have similar backgrounds. We both are full time employees and part time artists. We both are from the West Coast but live in the South. We both have grown children living in other parts of the universe. Our husbands have very busy careers which leaves us time to explore our artistic side. Oh and did I mention we spell our names the same. Not that common a spelling.<br />
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I just love these earrings. I may have to hint to my husband about these. They are fold formed and I have played with this technique, but not to this level of excellence.<br />
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I will post pictures when I receive my soup.<br />
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Till then, thanks for reading.<br />
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<br />Cheryl K Roehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03488702598206848878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838582259369090532.post-36378454326101550352014-02-08T21:19:00.000-05:002014-02-08T21:19:42.639-05:00It is that time again, BEAD SOUP BLOG PARTY SIGN UP.<br />
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Tonight at 12:01am. I missed the one last year due to a particularly bad year with a husband unemployed and me working two jobs for 7 months. We needed to concentrate our efforts into a survival mode. Now that life is back to semi normal, I thought I might try it again. I actually thought it might start some creative juices flowing. My husband works out of town and I actually have a lot of time to myself that needs direction. Can't wait!!!<br />
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I might even blog more often. LOLCheryl K Roehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03488702598206848878noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838582259369090532.post-36401325445771979252013-06-23T15:59:00.002-04:002013-06-23T15:59:56.114-04:00Tour Bus Stop at the Money FarmYesterday was a wonderful opportunity to share some good music, meet some wonderful people from Louisville and visit with some talented friends. Bonnie Wyatt (wonderful organic basket maker), Nancy Hayes (fabulous goat milk products), Moses Hamblin (handmade musical instruments) and Lonnie and Twyla Money (our hosts and very talented folk artists) shared our passions with a tour bus load of friends from Louisville. We were on the beautiful farm of the Money's. The music and company were wonderful.<br />
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I made a few new items for this event and of course my favorite one sold. If it hadn't it might not have made it to another show.<br />
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I really like this new bracelet also.<br />
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I played around with some copper that I had etched a long time ago. <br />
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This glass is really a pretty color of blue and is very streaky.<br />
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Last a raku on black key necklace.<br />
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Danny has worked so hard on our garden this year, thought some of you would enjoy seeing our mulch-99 percent weed free system.<br />
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In a past post I showed just a couple of these hollows that I am practicing on. This is where I am now. If you can see the progression from large wonky to smaller and rounder. If I only had some more time to practice. I think I will eventually get it.<br />
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I recently had a few hours of heaven at the torch and had been thinking about my mom's love of the beach. I have a really good friend that loves the beach and that I owe some jewelry in trade for a blood pressure cuff she didn't need. So I practiced making some murrini that I hoped would emulate shells or barnacles. Well that was more time consuming than I had anticipated but turned out better than my other attempts. Then I made a ocean theme bead and put them on the sand part. I rarely am really pleased with a first attempt, but I was pleasantly pleased and so was she.<br />
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I am going to make a pendant for her and maybe a loop at the bottom to hang some sea charms on. What do you think?Cheryl K Roehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03488702598206848878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838582259369090532.post-37660401877237262102013-03-28T23:13:00.000-04:002013-03-28T23:13:43.861-04:00Some New PhotographsI love the new light box and photo tent combination. Now I think I need to get more familiar with how to tweak my camera. But for now I am very satisfied with these pictures. I have sent in the paperwork for the Shaker Village show that is the first week end in August and I am send in jurying pictures for a relatively new art fair called Art in the Gardens. It was by invitation only last year. It is held on labor day weekend at a historic old residence in Frankfort, KY. Then next show would be Art in the Vineyards on September 7th. A really fun one day show in a beautiful vineyard.<br />
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I have changed my pinterest account to be named Beadroe so to tie to my website. And I have linked my blog and etsy acct to my website. The website still needs some more tweaking but I am getting there.<br />
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I have made a vow to myself to make a concentrated effort to master the hollow technique using the puffy mandrel. These are two attempts, it may not look like it but I see some progress. Each time I am going to try with clear so I can sort of see what it going on with the air inside the bead. They are definitely not round. I added the black glass to try to mask the wonkyness. <br />
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I absolutely love this combination. This is a 104 COE German glass called multicolor combined with a crystal clear frit in a 96 COE. The bead has hints of purple, green, and blue. The bead is very shiny which indicates that there is silver at the surface. I will definitely use this combination on a lot more beads. <br />
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This bead is from a cobalt wine bottle. I then added baking soda to the outside of the bead to give it a antique look. It seems to age the look of the bead. I may play with this idea more, maybe etch it and see if it adds another layer of depth.<br />
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This is a set that I made with a teacher in mind, but instead she liked the small lumpy hollow. She wants a whole bracelet out of those. Practice, Practice, Practice.<br />
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I also have been concentrating on adding items to my etsy store. It was empty for awhile, now slowly filling it up. This is the first time I have finished items for sale in my store. I do not have any Art Fairs planned for the spring, so I thought I would try selling some pieces online. <br />
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I have also still been tweaking my web site. So far it has had over 300 page views, pretty cool. Although I think some are for the wrong reasons, I am getting spam emails that seem to be aimed at hosting my web page.<br />
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Until next time, Cheryl.<br />
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<br />Cheryl K Roehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03488702598206848878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838582259369090532.post-64792498818138114382013-02-03T21:05:00.000-05:002013-02-03T23:10:49.994-05:00Finally a Real Web Site of My OwnI have needed a web site of my own for a long time. I made inquiries 3 years ago of my son, but he was not interested in doing it for me. I even tried bartering jewelry for help in making one. That didn't work either. I made a promise to myself that the first snow day this year, after finding the web site Weebly.com, that I would concentrate on this task. Well so have it, the first snow day was two days after my first cataract surgery, so I didn't much feel like it. But since then I have made some progress. The site is easy to use and I am still tweaking some things, but fairly pleased so far. Check it out at <a href="http://beadroe.com/">Beadroe.com</a>.<br />
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Since my last post, I have also concentrated on learning to use the Jim Moore coring tool that I bought used. The learning curve is very manageable. I am pretty pleased with my results. Here are some of my first tries.<br />
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All of these beads are fairly big and would be best suited to hang from a chain rather than be on a European charm bracelet.<br />
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I would welcome any feedback on these beads or my new website.<br />
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CherylCheryl K Roehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03488702598206848878noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838582259369090532.post-82364619398286637152013-01-13T20:48:00.000-05:002013-01-13T20:48:14.375-05:00New Additions to my Studio<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have really been trying to get organized in the house and studio. Before Christmas we made multiple visits to Goodwill. They were the lucky recipients of lots of Christmas Decorations that I really did not need (like about 15 boxes or more). My studio has also seen some changes. Danny has been working very hard to put up some new shelves that have freed up valuable space on my table near my torch.<br />
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This is the new rack he built for my Bead Rollers, they are made of graphite and would break if dropped so this gets them out of harms way unless I have using them. At around $50.00 a piece they are my prized possessions. <br />
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<br />This is the Photo tent we have been working on. The frame is made of PVC pipe and surrounded by white fabric. The directions in my jewelry magazine said to tape the fabric, but that just didn't suit me to I sewed casings that just fit over the pipe. The hole is for the camera lens to fit through. Danny made me some stands for the lights to be adjustable in height. Here are some quick pictures that I took inside it to see how it was going to work.</div>
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I am pretty happy with the results. <br />
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This is our newest cat, Murphy. He really is a hoot.<br />
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I have said this before many times, the people that I am closest to provided unlimited ideas and opportunities for learning. They push me to try things that I NEVER would have tried. Making a pig bead would never have been on my list of things to try. But with each opportunity you learn different skills and assess your limitations. I actually think he is kind of cute for a first try. He is a little small but that can be adjusted. My niece has requested this bead to be made into a pendant for her cousin. For some reason they give each other pig related items at Christmas. She says she was struggling to find something new. I hope this is close to what she had in mind.<br />
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I was also asked to make pendants this year for the Chicken Festival, now that was a challenge. After many, many failures, I think I did OK. All of them sold even one that I thought I might keep for myself and wear once a year at Chicken Festival time. All I have left are the many failures. I wore everyone out getting their opinions, which I really appreciate their patience and honesty. Sadly I didn't think they would sell and didn't take a picture. London Downtown did though and posted it to facebook. They bought 5 of them. <br />
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<br />Cheryl K Roehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03488702598206848878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838582259369090532.post-82178885154938906822012-08-12T12:10:00.000-04:002012-08-12T12:10:00.540-04:00Shaker Village Art Fair August 3rd and 4th<b>Danny and I had a booth at the Shaker Village Art Fair this year. It is a jurried Art fair. The first year I applied, I applied late and they already had too many jewelry artists. So I was thrilled to be accepted this year. The weather was of course very hot and humid, and threatened to storm all weekend. The rain though for the most part held off, and went around us. Lucky us, it did though leave a very humid situation. I can't not remember sweating that much. It was all worth it though. I got lots of feed back on my new designs and the customers were wonderful. We were very busy Saturday morning and from there it was slow but not boring. I had changed quite a few things that I am very pleased with. New table cloths, tags, shutters, and business cards. I think I need a new sign to match though. We learned a lot about outside shows but all in all we were pretty prepared. Danny took some booth pictures for me.</b><br />
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<b>Both Danny and I would love to do this show again. Interesting tid bit, I sold all of the olive green pieces that I had and all of the copper earrings that I had. Go figure.</b><br />
<br />Cheryl K Roehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03488702598206848878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838582259369090532.post-54771928177993830512012-08-11T11:24:00.000-04:002012-08-11T11:24:10.998-04:00Bead Soup Blog Party 2nd RevealToday is the reveal for the second group of artists. To be honest I just barely got through the first group. Can't wait to start on the second group of exciting designs. Such a variety of talent. Just follow this link and the new designs are half way down. <br />
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If you love a design make sure to leave a comment, it really helps the artist to know what you thought about the design. <br />
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This is the wonderful ingredients that I was provided from Cory Celaya. I really wanted the focal to not be overshadowed by the rest of the necklace. I also wanted to wear this, and I don't wear a lot of browns, so I wanted to bring out the hint of aqua blue in the painting. I loved all the components and am glad that I have some left to maybe come up with a pair of earrings to go with the necklace. I hope I have done this focal justice. It has a special personal story to it's creation. Thanks Cory for trusting me with it.<br />
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Please visit <a href="http://art-with-moxie.blogspot.com/">Cory's</a> blog and see what she created with my lampwork beads. This is just the first reveal out of three in this event. Please visit all of the participants, it is so exciting to see what they have created. We are all so different. Thanks again to <a href="http://www.prettythingsblog.com/">Lori Anderson</a> for hosting this event and you can visit her blog to see the links to everyone of the participants or see the list of this reveal below. There is three reveals since there were over 400 participants.<br />
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Hostess, Lori Anderson, <a href="http://www.prettythingsblog.com/">PrettyThingsBlog.com</a></div>
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Alice Craddick, <a href="http://www.alicesbeadsandbaubles.blogspot.com/">Alice's Beads and Baubles</a></div>
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Alicia Marinache, <a href="http://www.allprettythings.ca/">All The Pretty Things</a></div>
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Amanda Tibbetts, <a href="http://www.amandamade.com/blog">Amanda Made</a></div>
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Amber Dawn Goldish, <a href="http://www.inventivesoul.blogspot.com/">Inventive Soul</a></div>
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Annita Wilson, <a href="http://awjewelryandbeadwork.blogspot.com/">AW Jewelry</a></div>
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Beti Horvath, <a href="http://stringingfool.blogspot.com/">Stringing Fool</a></div>
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Birgitta Lejonklou, <a href="http://lejonklou.blogspot.se/">Create With Spirit</a> </div>
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Candida Castleberry, <a href="http://spunsugarbeadworks.blogspot.com/">Spinning Spun Sugar</a></div>
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Carolyn Lawson, <a href="http://carolynscreationswa.blogspot.com/">Carolyn's Creations</a></div>
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Cassie Donlen, <a href="http://www.glassbeadle.com/news.html">Glass Beadle</a></div>
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Cheri Reed, <a href="http://creativedesignsbycheri.blogspot.com/">Creative Designs by Cheri</a></div>
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Cheryl McCloud, <a href="http://www.cherylmccloud.blogspot.com/">One Thing Leads to Another</a></div>
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Cheryl Roe, <a href="http://www.beadroe.blogspot.com/">BeadRoe</a></div>
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Christina Hickman, <a href="http://vintagetreasuresjewelry.blogspot.com/">Vintage Treasures Jewelry</a></div>
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Christine Hendrickson, <a href="http://www.clamworks.blogspot.com/">Clamworks</a></div>
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Cilla Watkins, <a href="http://www.tellyourgirlfriends.com/">Tell Your Girlfriends</a></div>
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Cindy Wilson, <a href="http://www.mommysdreamcreations.blogspot.com/">Mommy's Dream</a></div>
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Cindy Wimmer, <a href="http://www.sweetbeadstudio.com/">Sweet Bead Studio</a></div>
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Cory Celaya, <a href="http://art-with-moxie.blogspot.com/">Art With Moxie</a></div>
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Cory Tompkins, <a href="http://www.tealwaterdesigns.blogspot.com/">Tealwater Designs</a></div>
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Cris Peacock, <a href="http://crispart.blogspot.com/">Cris' Page</a></div>
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Cynthia Deis, <a href="http://www.shinylittlethings.blogspot.com/">Shiny Little Things</a></div>
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Cynthia Machata, <a href="http://antiquitytravelers.blogspot.com/">Antiquity Travelers</a></div>
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Cynthia Wainscott, <a href="http://www.exoticperujewelry.blogspot.com/">Exotic Peru</a></div>
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Dana Hickey, <a href="http://magpieapproved.blogspot.com/">Magpie Approved</a></div>
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Dana James, <a href="http://danasjewelrydesign.blogspot.com/">Dana's Jewelry Designs</a></div>
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Dana Lang, <a href="http://tumblestonehandmakery.blogspot.ca/">Tumblestone Handmakery</a></div>
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Debbie Price, <a href="http://greenshoot.blogspot.co.uk/">Green Shoot Jewellery Designs</a></div>
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Denielle Hagerman, <a href="http://somebeadsandotherthings.com/">Some Beads and Other Things</a></div>
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Diane Valasek, <a href="http://dragonflyclose.blogspot.com/">Dragonfly Close</a></div>
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Doris Stumpf, <a href="http://glaszwerg.blogspot.com/">Glaszwerg</a></div>
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Dyanne Everett-Cantrell, <a href="http://deelitefuljewelrycreations.blogspot.com/">Dee-Liteful Jewelry Creations</a></div>
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Elaine Robitaille, <a href="http://www.tooaquarius.com/">Too Aquarius</a></div>
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Eleanor Burian-Mohr, <a href="http://cornerstoregoddessjewelry.blogspot.com/">The Charmed Life</a></div>
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Enikö Fabian, <a href="http://perleni.blogspot.co.at/">Perl-eni</a></div>
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Erin Prais-Hintz, <a href="http://treasures-found.blogspot.com/">Treasures Found</a></div>
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Heather Davis, <a href="http://blog.blissfulgardenbeads.com/">Blissful Garden Beads</a></div>
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Heidi Post, <a href="http://expostfactojewelry.blogspot.com/">Ex Post Facto Jewelry</a></div>
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Hilary Frye, <a href="http://hilaryfrye.wordpress.com/">FryeStyle</a></div>
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Ilenia Ruzza, <a href="http://ile1974.blogspot.com/">Ilenia's Unique Beaded and Painted Jewelry</a></div>
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Inge von Roos, <a href="http://ingetraud.wordpress.com/">Inge's Blog</a></div>
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Jami Shipp, <a href="http://celebratinglifewithdamamashipp.blogspot.com/">Celebrating Life</a></div>
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Jayne Capps, <a href="http://mamasgottodoodle.blogspot.com/">Mama's Got to Doodle</a></div>
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Jean A. Well, <a href="http://www.jeanawells.blogspot.com/">Jean A. Wells Handcrafted Artisan Jewelry</a></div>
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Jean Yates, <a href="http://prettykittydogmoonjewelry.blogspot.com/">Snap Out of It Jean! There's Beading to Do!</a></div>
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Jennifer Cameron, <a href="http://glassaddictions.com/">Glass Addictions</a></div>
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Jennifer Pottner, <a href="http://www.rockcandybeads.com/">Rock Candy Beads</a></div>
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Jennifer VanBenschoten, <a href="http://www.vanbeads.blogspot.com/">Jewelry, Art and Life</a></div>
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Jenny Davies-Reazor, <a href="http://www.jdaviesreazor.com/blog">Jenny Davies-Reazor</a></div>
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Jenny Vidberg, <a href="http://shymessmycken.blogspot.se/">Shyme Design</a></div>
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Jessica Dickens, <a href="http://www.jessicadickens.tumblr.com/">My Jewelry, My Life, Me</a></div>
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Jessica Klaaren, <a href="http://beadful-things.blogspot.com/">Beadful-Things by Jessica</a></div>
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JJ Jacobs, <a href="http://www.comingabstractions.blogspot.com/">Coming Abstractions</a></div>
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Joan Williams, <a href="http://lilrubyjewelry.wordpress.com/">Lilruby Jewelry</a></div>
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Judith Johnston, <a href="http://judithjohnston.blogspot.co.uk/">Judith Johnston</a></div>
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Judy Riggs, <a href="http://www.rigglettes.blogspot.com/">Rigglettes</a></div>
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Judy Turner, <a href="http://www.silver-rains.blogspot.com/">Silver Rains</a></div>
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Julie Anne Leggett, <a href="http://thepeacefulbead.com/">The Peaceful Bead</a></div>
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K Hutchinson, <a href="http://jumbledhutch.wordpress.com/">Jumbled Hutch</a></div>
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Karen Meador, <a href="http://www.dreamcatcherranch.net/designs">Dreamcatcher Ranch</a></div>
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Karyn Bonfiglio, <a href="http://plussizebangles.com/blog">Plus Size Bangles</a></div>
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Katherine Gale, <a href="http://www.terrabeadworks.blogspot.ca/">Terra Beadworks</a><br />
Kathleen Lange Klik, <a href="http://www.modernnaturestudio.blogspot.com/">Modern Nature Studio</a> </div>
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Katja Benevol Gabrijelcic, <a href="http://slovoni.blogspot.com/">Slovonske Technobe</a></div>
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Kelli Jacobson, <a href="http://creativemoonjewelryandthings.com/">Creative Moon</a></div>
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Kelly Ramstack, <a href="http://adventureswithkelly.blogspot.com/">Adventures with Kelly</a></div>
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Keri Lee Sereika, <a href="http://www.pinklemonade.typepad.com/">Pink Lemonade</a></div>
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Kim Bender-Hora, <a href="http://www.kimmykats.com/">KimmyKat</a></div>
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Kirsi Luostarinen, <a href="http://kirsiluokorut.blogspot.com/">Kirsi Luo Korut</a></div>
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Kitty Bozzini, <a href="http://www.kittylampwork.wordpress.com/">Kitty Lampwork</a></div>
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Laura Demoya, <a href="http://www.thebeadtherapist.blogspot.com/">The Bead Therapist</a></div>
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Laurie Hanna, <a href="http://jewelrybylh.blogspot.com/">Laurie's Jewelbox</a></div>
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Leah Curtis, <a href="http://beadyeyedbunny.blogspot.co.uk/">Beady Eyed Bunny</a></div>
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Lesley Watt, <a href="http://www.thegossipinggoddess.blogspot.com/">The Gossiping Goddess</a></div>
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Linda Inhelder, <a href="http://musthavesjewelry.blogspot.com/">Must-Haves Jewelry</a></div>
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Linda Landig, <a href="http://www.lindasbeadblog.com/">Linda's Bead Blog & Meanderings</a></div>
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Lisa Liddy, <a href="http://lisaliddy.wordpress.com/">Metal Me This</a></div>
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Lori Dorrington, <a href="http://www.lorisglassworks.blogspot.com/">Lori's Adventures in Etsy Land</a></div>
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Lori Poppe, <a href="http://lorillijeanscreativecorner.blogspot.com/">Adventures in Creativity with Lorillijean</a></div>
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Mallory Hoffman, <a href="http://rosebud101-fortheloveofbeads.blogspot.com/">For the Love of Beads</a></div>
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Marge Beebe, <a href="http://www.rockcreekcreations.blogspot.com/">Rock Creek Creations</a></div>
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Marianna Boylan, <a href="http://www.stargirlshop.blogspot.com/">Pretty Shiny Things</a></div>
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Marion Simmons, <a href="http://www.shadetreejewelry.com/blog.html">Shade Tree Studio</a></div>
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Marla Gibson, <a href="http://spiceboxdesigns.blogspot.com/">Spice Box Design</a></div>
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Marta Weaver, <a href="http://martaweaverjewelry.blogspot.com/">Marta Weaver Jewelry</a></div>
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Maryse Fritzsch-Thillens, <a href="http://www.glassbeadart.blogspot.com/">GlassBeadArt, Lampwork Beads</a></div>
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Melanie Brooks, <a href="http://www.earthenwood-beads.blogspot.com/">Earthenwood Studio</a></div>
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Michelle Hardy, <a href="http://fireflyvisions.blogspot.com/">Firefly Visions</a></div>
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Mikala Coates, <a href="http://maybejustperhaps.blogspot.com/">Maybe Just Perhaps</a></div>
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Mowse Doyle, <a href="http://www.hocart.com/">HoCArt</a></div>
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Nan Emmett, <a href="http://spiritrattles.blogspot.com/">Spirit Rattles - Spirited Earth</a></div>
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Nancy Boylan, <a href="http://www.snazzydoodle.blogspot.com/">Snazzy Doodle Designs</a></div>
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Nancy Peterson, <a href="http://npbeading.blogspot.com/">Beading From the Heart</a></div>
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Nicole Rennell, <a href="http://nicolerennell.com/blog">Nicole Rennell Designs</a></div>
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Niki Meiners, <a href="http://365daysofcrafts.com/">365 Days of Craft</a></div>
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Niky Sayers, <a href="http://silverniknats.blogspot.co.uk/">Silver Nik Nats</a></div>
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Norma Turvey, <a href="http://moonlitfantaseas.blogspot.com/">Moonlit Fantaseas</a><br />
Paige Maxim, <a href="http://www.pmaximdesigns.blogspot.com/">Paige Maxim Designs</a> <br />
Pamela Gangler, <a href="http://shealwayslovedpink.blogspot.com/">She Always Loved Pink</a> </div>
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Patricia Johnson, <a href="http://patricialjohnsonglassart.blogspot.com/">Patricia L. Johnson Glass Art</a></div>
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Patti Vanderbloemen, <a href="http://www.myaddictionshandcrafted.blogspot.com/">My Addictions ... Handcrafted Jewelry by Patti</a></div>
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Perri Jackson, <a href="http://www.shaktipajdesigns.com/blog">Shaktipaj Designs</a> </div>
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Raida Disbrow, <a href="http://havanabeads.blogspot.com/">Havana Beads</a></div>
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Renetha Stanziano, <a href="http://lamplightcrafts.blogspot.com/">Lamplight Crafts</a></div>
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Shannon Hicks, <a href="http://uptwnsh-fallingintothesky.blogspot.com/">Falling Into the Sky</a></div>
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Sharon Driscoll, <a href="http://sharondriscoll.blogspot.com/">Right Turn Art Werks</a></div>
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Shelby Foxwell, <a href="http://sundownbeaddesigns.blogspot.com/">Sundown Bead Designs Rhetoric</a></div>
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Shelley Graham Turner, <a href="http://www.shelleygrahamturner.blogspot.com/">Fabric of My Life</a></div>
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Sherri Stokey, <a href="http://www.knotjustmacrame.com/">Knot Just Macrame</a></div>
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Shirley Moore, <a href="http://www.beadsandbread.blogspot.com/">Beads and Bread</a></div>
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Skylar Bre'z, <a href="http://brisingbeads.blogspot.com/">Brising Beads</a></div>
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Stacie Florer, <a href="http://soultosubstance.blogspot.com/">Soul to Substance</a></div>
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Stacie Stamper, <a href="http://parkavenue-stacie.blogspot.com/">Park Avenue</a></div>
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Stacy Alderson, <a href="http://iridalsattic.blogspot.co.uk/">Iridal's Attic</a></div>
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Stephanie Haussler, <a href="http://www.pixybugdesigns.blogspot.com/">Pixybug Designs</a></div>
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Stephanie Stamper, <a href="http://skwds.blogspot.com/">Rainy Day Designs</a></div>
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Sue Hamel, <a href="http://cardandjewelrycorner.blogspot.com/">The Bottle Cork and Crystal</a></div>
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Suzette Bentley, <a href="http://elliesbijoux.blogspot.com/">Ellie's Bijoux</a></div>
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Szarka, <a href="http://askszarka.blogspot.com/">Magpie Gemstones</a></div>
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Tammy Jones, <a href="http://www.jewelrymakingdaily.com/">Jewelry Making Daily</a></div>
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Tania Tebbit, <a href="http://glasscraftartfulgoodness.blogspot.com.au/">Glass, Craft, & Artful Goodness</a></div>
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Tanty Sri Hartanti, <a href="http://www.tjewellicious.blogspot.com/">TJewellicious by Tanti</a></div>
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Terry Matuszyk, <a href="http://pinkchapeau.wordpress.com/">Pink Chapeau</a></div>
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Tina Bosh, <a href="http://bookbug-somanybookssolittletime.blogspot.com/">Every Good and Perfect Gift</a></div>
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Tracy Bell, <a href="http://copperglassandrecycledtrash.blogspot.com/">Copper, Glass and Recycled Trash</a></div>
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Vonna Maslanka, <a href="http://www.justvonna.blogspot.com/">Just Vonna</a></div>Cheryl K Roehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03488702598206848878noreply@blogger.com107tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838582259369090532.post-37216612437267399912012-07-15T09:38:00.000-04:002012-07-15T09:38:55.820-04:00Bead Soup Ingredients Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is what I sent Cory. I always struggle with these decisions. She and I corresponded prior to me sending the package. She stated she struggled with pastels (pink in particular) and white. I settled on this group because of the ivory as a neutral (not white) which I thought reminded me of the sand, and the aqua and purple shades that reminded me of the southwest. Cory lives in AZ, although I am not sure of her terrain, this reminded me of the AZ I have seen. The heart is one of those pieces that I had saved back with the intent of making something for myself. It seemed like the perfect focal to send to my partner. I always try to send a grouping that has a piece of what I like or what I would wear. It is fun to see what they make out of it, since I already have a vague vision of what I would make for myself. I sent copper accents and a copper clasp (that I made) to go with it. Usually I send a store bought clasp, but this time I felt like she would appreciate it more if I made the clasp, even if it was a fairly simple style. <br />
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Cory is such a talented artist, I can't wait to see what she does with my ingredients. I have a one day art show the day of the reveal, so I will have to try to view it from my phone. Please visit her blog (<a href="http://art-with-moxie.blogspot.com/">Art with Moxie</a>) to see what she will cook up. <br />
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If you know me, I work best under pressure. Last minute Annie, I guess you could call me. But I was so excited about the ingredients that Cory sent to me that I have already completed my necklace and love it. All that is left to do is take my pictures and schedule my post for the reveal date of July 28, 2012. <br />
<br />Cheryl K Roehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03488702598206848878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838582259369090532.post-44890487821347768572012-07-05T18:57:00.000-04:002012-07-05T18:57:33.267-04:00Bead Soup Ingredients<span style="font-size: large;">I have received my Bead Soup ingredients from Cory
Celaya. She sent the most wonderful pendant and clasp, She also sent some complimentary items to go with them. With the previous Bead Soup Parties that I have been a participant in, my partners were overly generous. This in turn tended to just cripple my creative juices. I think Cory sent me just the right amount of items that sparked all kinds of ideas. Sounds weird to not want a lot of gorgeous components, doesn't it. But it is true, it seems that it just creates a creative block for me. I can not get over the feeling that I have to use all of the components, even though you only have to use the focal and the clasp. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The focal was developed by Cory through a personal family loss. It is absolutely gorgeous. Cory is so talented. I could never paint anything, let alone such a lovely bird. I love the clasp and accessory beads, I would definitely have bought them if I had a bead store in town. I am excited to be able to design with Cory's ingredients, I hope I can do them justice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She should receive mine today. I was inspired by where she lives. The colors just seemed to go with Arizona.</span>Cheryl K Roehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03488702598206848878noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838582259369090532.post-9504944703882780632012-06-29T13:30:00.000-04:002012-06-29T13:30:33.493-04:00TOUR SEKY Appalachian Craft FairI have been working feverishly for this one day event on Saturday, June 30, 2012. I never seem to get everything done that I envision. One thing that worries me is that I have not heard anything from the organizers since I sent in my application, but then I tend to live in a vacumn sometimes. Hoping for a good turnout, especially since it is so HOT right now. It has been over 100 deg for several days now. This show is inside the Rural Center for Development in Somerset, thank goodness. Here are a few of the new pieces that I have made: <br />
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Antique Heart Necklace<br />
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New Bracelet Style <br />
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I love this new glass.<br />
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Inspired by an outfit my daughter was wearing.<br />
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This is etched and I love the olive green and ivory combination.<br />
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Let me know what you think.<br />
<br />Cheryl K Roehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03488702598206848878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838582259369090532.post-55405303148415965742012-06-24T08:58:00.001-04:002012-06-24T08:58:56.036-04:006th Bead Soup Blog Party<img alt="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9Kts3XVefq5Dl3NZXw6SJwlx8Pbr6y03DEBvSALo2keHMfp4ae1Tdp-b4EdrGTmrq4-xPigHaNhuAm4SHjw7is8OOXGqqxbP3b0vn6fmZWtczoFiurCblEUmDeZg6YJoJfsSaNbWQDbq/s1600/BSBP6-Lori.jpg" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9Kts3XVefq5Dl3NZXw6SJwlx8Pbr6y03DEBvSALo2keHMfp4ae1Tdp-b4EdrGTmrq4-xPigHaNhuAm4SHjw7is8OOXGqqxbP3b0vn6fmZWtczoFiurCblEUmDeZg6YJoJfsSaNbWQDbq/s1600/BSBP6-Lori.jpg" /> <br />
My Partner for the event is: <br />
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Cory Celaya, <a href="http://art-with-moxie.blogspot.com/">Art With Moxie</a><br />
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I am so excited to have such a talented artist as my partner. Check out her blog. This is the third Bead Soup Blog Party that I have participated in and they are such fun. My reveal date is 7/28 so I better get hopping, beads go out on 7/2/12. <a href="http://art-with-moxie.blogspot.com/"></a>Cheryl K Roehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03488702598206848878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838582259369090532.post-53986094569682072912012-04-10T10:30:00.000-04:002012-04-10T10:30:29.851-04:00State Conference for Teachers Sorority<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Just got through with a 2 day show at a local hotel. It really was not what I was expecting. Sometimes you just have to live and learn. I sold everything I was going to sell in the first 10 minutes of the show. Some of the other artists did well but my location in the room was not the best. The room being overcrowded did not help either. This type venue may not be for me although teachers have been my best customers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a necklace that I have made as a gift. I really love it, I hope it is what she had envisioned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I may make another one of these for me. I enjoy the bubbles that the brass shavings make in the beads. I have a pair of earrings out of these beads and wear them a lot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sorry I have been neglectful in posting. I just get overwhelmed at times. Trying to plan what shows to do this year and I have applied to the Kentucky Crafted program this year which requires a fair amount of effort, I hope it will be worth it. </span>Cheryl K Roehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03488702598206848878noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838582259369090532.post-70444451039119712902012-02-07T16:43:00.006-05:002012-02-07T17:13:32.181-05:00Studio Revamp<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8u2H8cVIvzwK3HQ3u4zp39EbomI7pkE6vzTf-NPvFyTFf8FubSWFmBQv8Z9bRRt8P9bftrX-WKVNUlBLhhgoyu1SEzy6mIxwFFKEVkEhJ2zz6mgBGKgTN70A0v53GKDe2sUhfuBPGSkD/s1600/Studio+5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8u2H8cVIvzwK3HQ3u4zp39EbomI7pkE6vzTf-NPvFyTFf8FubSWFmBQv8Z9bRRt8P9bftrX-WKVNUlBLhhgoyu1SEzy6mIxwFFKEVkEhJ2zz6mgBGKgTN70A0v53GKDe2sUhfuBPGSkD/s200/Studio+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706516926294436610" border="0" /></a>Torch, kiln and concentrators<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWaxJdxSLPEML2U4M2lSZ-RzHMxFpyeM8yctLm9zAj2fcfypeHKuCt0lA7GnQkMYx4yoF9c0lguVP2r1gk-ZrOub40PgHGjE-TfHw6RgoV9sobGKaGyvd9_dF-s50meB6qrvU7WIRKsTy/s1600/studio+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWaxJdxSLPEML2U4M2lSZ-RzHMxFpyeM8yctLm9zAj2fcfypeHKuCt0lA7GnQkMYx4yoF9c0lguVP2r1gk-ZrOub40PgHGjE-TfHw6RgoV9sobGKaGyvd9_dF-s50meB6qrvU7WIRKsTy/s200/studio+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706516276058508434" border="0" /></a>New bead bench, the bead racks that my husband made to hold the plastic bead boxes, fit perfectly under the new bench.<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4n02sEQ3cn-JKLA3L02YRSHKGMHYSphycNrS2bl6GeT3YYukJ8qafxRQXDou8DuqnxELi11i_PmY1qWAffHiDgXaQ7VUievQcYIXuYsgGtBkk64K7i5fEpmkEjwTQXbJ1gSpF2SHo3AL/s1600/Studio+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4n02sEQ3cn-JKLA3L02YRSHKGMHYSphycNrS2bl6GeT3YYukJ8qafxRQXDou8DuqnxELi11i_PmY1qWAffHiDgXaQ7VUievQcYIXuYsgGtBkk64K7i5fEpmkEjwTQXbJ1gSpF2SHo3AL/s200/Studio+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706515841806273362" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Old bench, new metal bench.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1O0gp5Yof8RJRRA1IVESUf1RlXxVPouuDcV8IWCJXhgjDZWfoeMNd9jZYen4-gLeSX0DGRtDe7kVipttIsZljx_VR7E-0NqsGk8lLLkB7ApItr9GSSDsh_6FEGNBCNi1h2J_FayoS3q_U/s1600/Studio+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1O0gp5Yof8RJRRA1IVESUf1RlXxVPouuDcV8IWCJXhgjDZWfoeMNd9jZYen4-gLeSX0DGRtDe7kVipttIsZljx_VR7E-0NqsGk8lLLkB7ApItr9GSSDsh_6FEGNBCNi1h2J_FayoS3q_U/s200/Studio+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706515358666762658" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">A picture from the doorway. This really is a wonderful space and I never get tired of it. I really am so lucky. I have a very supportive husband that has made this new space possible. So many lampwork artists have to deal with weather when making beads and I have both heat and air conditioning. <br /></div></div>Cheryl K Roehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03488702598206848878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838582259369090532.post-370911342576191732012-01-07T18:25:00.021-05:002012-01-07T19:54:33.974-05:00I Love Key Necklaces<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSG9g3xqZUaSBVCv-6W20nPL8geKAa5CGGMKfHdfoZRSwJLsCvJKQQ-8rSoyhpRAazte8JfPEjCCLHY3jj0cDZfwe-pdEp9ANKC2x-9kHgv2CE3_0pXYxLRBJ-rtMts6ARlg7bwUyQIxYX/s1600/Ivory+and+Copper+Green+Key.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSG9g3xqZUaSBVCv-6W20nPL8geKAa5CGGMKfHdfoZRSwJLsCvJKQQ-8rSoyhpRAazte8JfPEjCCLHY3jj0cDZfwe-pdEp9ANKC2x-9kHgv2CE3_0pXYxLRBJ-rtMts6ARlg7bwUyQIxYX/s200/Ivory+and+Copper+Green+Key.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695051661425698610" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVbKynC7WvbTDeGtDqeh2W9Cmzl1HAtFBeiZ155_TDqS7r6iCQQKk4GSit2KSl3S-jSxOs70VZPsja5z2fB4z2CFY8awcV2QMDyQJ3P4CM3Bslny3jieI799ANeezstkOeyzY6gDUJjqzL/s1600/Farris%2527+Key.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIfE_GGONwK38rfblRDnDvOOYPNnKJhuB63NgtqE31Irb8iGuy_kaEb-czumasnrCaRx_U3dbS3_hhExEGNPXDREfN274xY26nUBf4R0AsnRgrzHwPRhlDCJ6i_bSmnr6yzl18eZF7Ru9G/s200/Ivory+and+silver+key.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695041840609920434" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgCvIL9sT-T3Opbiq4BvOFMDVfakprYmo2fPuIxnrBQGhlkyrtmEBRDCu8yd4XOINpeuiFb3l34Y2e8Xh0AEqnrdF7QnooXmKHW1JUjb2dH2eLTjJ_DfiVdq_7sTjAc7EV0kd8-1pk8l-E/s1600/Stenger+KeyChain+and+Necklace.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br />I thought I would post<br />all of the pictures in one spot. A year in Keys.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEHInkJAps1rEtdH2wlV2yvDcmfhGP6uZwz3QN5V6l-8C5RHbwFZAHSbeM6lXME8ClNDHSTFBFZRK8fePj8j9pvkLiNNMwWdb8JLIuTqHOFIT2MsXz3NcXCnBirHvpgZcnQSx0-2CwFZl/s1600/Key+with+Anice+White+and+Intense+Black+Bead.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 69px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEHInkJAps1rEtdH2wlV2yvDcmfhGP6uZwz3QN5V6l-8C5RHbwFZAHSbeM6lXME8ClNDHSTFBFZRK8fePj8j9pvkLiNNMwWdb8JLIuTqHOFIT2MsXz3NcXCnBirHvpgZcnQSx0-2CwFZl/s200/Key+with+Anice+White+and+Intense+Black+Bead.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695039466885066242" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXn1RILHVKQrWP6nlL_8uCKGez_BF3NtuLwGWQX5I7D0dux_b9eIyPQoL_KXifr8HV7_70ZVNj6mZACFK6pa1188Lf56EKvgk0unEbE0-Zhg-YixG6FWIyJl6eij_SQ4eZpjPo8EPPkGkY/s1600/Clear+Bubble+Key.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 126px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXn1RILHVKQrWP6nlL_8uCKGez_BF3NtuLwGWQX5I7D0dux_b9eIyPQoL_KXifr8HV7_70ZVNj6mZACFK6pa1188Lf56EKvgk0unEbE0-Zhg-YixG6FWIyJl6eij_SQ4eZpjPo8EPPkGkY/s200/Clear+Bubble+Key.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695045558255290914" border="0" /></a>Cheryl K Roehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03488702598206848878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838582259369090532.post-88826946935719051032011-12-25T18:54:00.019-05:002011-12-25T20:31:59.419-05:00Merry Christmas and Happy New YearI know (as my son in South Korea reminded me) that I have been absent for the last two months. In my defense, a lot has been going on, mostly positive. I have been very busy with jewelry commitments. I decided to participate in the Sheltowee Art Fair in early November. I did horrible last year, but have learned a lot since then and decided to give it another go. Well, it went much better and gave me a renewed sense of purpose and confidence. Thanks to all that visited me there.<br /><br />First we bit the bullet and bought a tent. I do think it made a difference.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_kD_saePo6Q_d86ut4bijqykyiKoNnfp2QyosTLOszj69gjKEqhLOF7NWEWa1x0itTNZ6b3XoYbfvLWXP4t5a2u68hKLRtzWhPfXw7oqf4G8nC5nRl4wS5gNhuMQTSk5LAofoM1LvCbR/s1600/sheltowee+booth+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_kD_saePo6Q_d86ut4bijqykyiKoNnfp2QyosTLOszj69gjKEqhLOF7NWEWa1x0itTNZ6b3XoYbfvLWXP4t5a2u68hKLRtzWhPfXw7oqf4G8nC5nRl4wS5gNhuMQTSk5LAofoM1LvCbR/s200/sheltowee+booth+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690220860711371874" border="0" /></a>We also added more lighting. I Think we may even add some more, made a big difference. I Think we may also add one more banner with some more color.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip5hiNTC3JXtdKSRoIclCa9pbQbFAsoNfPeQtEUipKXKgiF3upcFZJcLfx13kaEnT97bF4BlojmwKuFBlXwEXzRo-VpTJt_iZIIArQpSPiXxhS-X5J2Ar4L9O5059aiFB5epCuUGmkxyMj/s1600/sheltowee+booth+1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip5hiNTC3JXtdKSRoIclCa9pbQbFAsoNfPeQtEUipKXKgiF3upcFZJcLfx13kaEnT97bF4BlojmwKuFBlXwEXzRo-VpTJt_iZIIArQpSPiXxhS-X5J2Ar4L9O5059aiFB5epCuUGmkxyMj/s200/sheltowee+booth+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690222677145642850" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhpmVdj6bnaKqPgqarxItS3TK8P89Wur7gxRVbOuLyw5tfBmmHbny0DITGLWO7m3wTVdWJdCAJDHYJ9O-Yf0WP_dEfOcnz8gEwdAoJxzKAjK9FJz1ybkPqoUrxLU_HmScQAzXhVOmXG7le/s1600/sheltowee+booth+3.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhpmVdj6bnaKqPgqarxItS3TK8P89Wur7gxRVbOuLyw5tfBmmHbny0DITGLWO7m3wTVdWJdCAJDHYJ9O-Yf0WP_dEfOcnz8gEwdAoJxzKAjK9FJz1ybkPqoUrxLU_HmScQAzXhVOmXG7le/s200/sheltowee+booth+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690224820726145138" border="0" /></a><br />This is a two day show (Saturday and Sunday) Danny helped me set up on Friday and sell on Saturday. We were fairly busy on Saturday so I thought Sunday would be calmer. Wrong, and I gave Danny a break and he just came to help me tear down. I was extremely busy and felt like I could not devote enough time to everyone that stopped. One big surprise was my zipper pulls they really sold well. Everyone was wanting them for stocking stuffers. There were not as many artists as usual at this event which was a little disappointing, hopefully next year artists will come back, the more the merrier. Here are a few pieces that I made for this show:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUYeSt6bDBX1V4Lkrk7-BmCqfK8alKH1nHClTRls4vj8S6a8fbQ_oKM1BNy9h91QjFmEf70MKIg_184ZCKdGi7pOySMbIEwpDoIuCR6ZBAG2z7g-SdIZPgIJlYi5Qj2hb_8Al2ldwnMFg/s1600/black+brass+frit+bracelet+and+earrings.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 156px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUYeSt6bDBX1V4Lkrk7-BmCqfK8alKH1nHClTRls4vj8S6a8fbQ_oKM1BNy9h91QjFmEf70MKIg_184ZCKdGi7pOySMbIEwpDoIuCR6ZBAG2z7g-SdIZPgIJlYi5Qj2hb_8Al2ldwnMFg/s200/black+brass+frit+bracelet+and+earrings.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690235570501564738" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmM8JgCJaZxaYIWmBV3M4WpwjYq119ufTwNNgERedLQH9IfDNNQK-XP5gzFi79J_v5XbK3EU7cXB0KnhoE_u5hCO8Zm19oSwVPV0XcEedRLau5oYalevL_zm1bkTTTwCRKcmHpHc3p3ezS/s1600/blue%252C+sage+and+brass+necklace+and+earrings.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmM8JgCJaZxaYIWmBV3M4WpwjYq119ufTwNNgERedLQH9IfDNNQK-XP5gzFi79J_v5XbK3EU7cXB0KnhoE_u5hCO8Zm19oSwVPV0XcEedRLau5oYalevL_zm1bkTTTwCRKcmHpHc3p3ezS/s200/blue%252C+sage+and+brass+necklace+and+earrings.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690236321606254738" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQ5-8TjZ2D_D1Sr901GnJY4lb-0xC0fRKqBkZF7EV1GGOLmgKfe_AQp4D-uImVZ7t2pF5XPHbLGyRE8QrHDlh8r5T9W1C2OowFst0dvt2rOmjK1JZWjx48ip7bxdLiMQ8PNf4AknzlWoP/s1600/copper+and+denim+necklace.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQ5-8TjZ2D_D1Sr901GnJY4lb-0xC0fRKqBkZF7EV1GGOLmgKfe_AQp4D-uImVZ7t2pF5XPHbLGyRE8QrHDlh8r5T9W1C2OowFst0dvt2rOmjK1JZWjx48ip7bxdLiMQ8PNf4AknzlWoP/s200/copper+and+denim+necklace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690237167498563314" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYq7ewcLu03RxyH-aCixqLdjTye1SSZz-FgfJD22dXYjHpHOPU6pSABsGD1dKQtw2YiAzTS9p4TU1OnAFwBIOCz-pg3-bHwXg9nmBS4Ijv75GfCLpEHeKIm5RbLfkWqXs98IU6yvUhPxus/s1600/dk+turquoise+and+ivory+bracelet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYq7ewcLu03RxyH-aCixqLdjTye1SSZz-FgfJD22dXYjHpHOPU6pSABsGD1dKQtw2YiAzTS9p4TU1OnAFwBIOCz-pg3-bHwXg9nmBS4Ijv75GfCLpEHeKIm5RbLfkWqXs98IU6yvUhPxus/s200/dk+turquoise+and+ivory+bracelet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690237821620616146" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnDU19utXLUd3SWtFHkwufJpW-khOdzqMiLHaKhNLYqBvpxfDhDBBSwU-xnsIhj2-c4o3pXmSOwBCfkJ-3QP2MtLK9McPEiSqtdI5m84XUkf5cTviue-Le2APqmcziHUQ9l0bBVCI-X7I/s1600/light+turquoise+and+ivory+bracelet.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnDU19utXLUd3SWtFHkwufJpW-khOdzqMiLHaKhNLYqBvpxfDhDBBSwU-xnsIhj2-c4o3pXmSOwBCfkJ-3QP2MtLK9McPEiSqtdI5m84XUkf5cTviue-Le2APqmcziHUQ9l0bBVCI-X7I/s200/light+turquoise+and+ivory+bracelet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690238426883763442" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDd9A34cFgO5c0smldlkmPWv7_6sz9rJWIXz25TXds7vvNLaUix6fYJc9x_z8apxU46ZABGtnoR-yhzkQMjQA0iqCfxLENzdWWE5evOKvy9kkYzNRff1TQd5Jty9XCZJxI2iIu5CjTGnt6/s1600/black+with+celtic+knot+and+sis.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 166px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDd9A34cFgO5c0smldlkmPWv7_6sz9rJWIXz25TXds7vvNLaUix6fYJc9x_z8apxU46ZABGtnoR-yhzkQMjQA0iqCfxLENzdWWE5evOKvy9kkYzNRff1TQd5Jty9XCZJxI2iIu5CjTGnt6/s200/black+with+celtic+knot+and+sis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690238774442441506" border="0" /></a>After that show was over the marathon began. The local guild, Mountain Heritage Artisans, had a awesome opportunity to open a holiday shop in downtown London. We were offered a building that needed a whole lot of work. Everyone pitched in and we were down to the last few days and the roof litterly fell in with a hard rain. We moved everything and started over down a block. Actually some things happen for a reason, this ended up a better location. This venture took a lot of my time but was well worth it. We were open every Friday and Saturday in December through Christmas Eve. This venture netted several custom orders and I loved the challenge. I got to demonstrate on one Saturday for 3 hours and loved it. With this exposure I was asked to make some custom pieces and I love custom orders. They usually force me to think outside of my comfort zone and that can lead to some new discoveries. Some of the custom work that people wanted for Christmas were:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3IqIrfMYeaYYxCTA04g6pZ0EB4l6M-3c9-S6HWWmuHyFSUzfcS5_y2JEM_H53l5Ea2Q-98lTflHsc1fcwcoD1xN4HkCGUlC2LdMG7MsN5sHVH84wzX8h9CN2-oqhbwiiGqQGPDj6xNkw/s1600/judytaylorxmas.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3IqIrfMYeaYYxCTA04g6pZ0EB4l6M-3c9-S6HWWmuHyFSUzfcS5_y2JEM_H53l5Ea2Q-98lTflHsc1fcwcoD1xN4HkCGUlC2LdMG7MsN5sHVH84wzX8h9CN2-oqhbwiiGqQGPDj6xNkw/s200/judytaylorxmas.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690229872677484514" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChkteFhj5N2fSBkFLun83QIpeH33_UndaVv9Tjk_mYiXCxhhW-jrBQ7phL3AGHG16Eq6X5rMFeamz6AJUYTes3fIt2a45JYUFdOB34UBpaeVJtrXHhHXpndc3iPzWUXiYoqYPXmD5IiH8/s1600/judytaylorxmasbracelet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 192px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChkteFhj5N2fSBkFLun83QIpeH33_UndaVv9Tjk_mYiXCxhhW-jrBQ7phL3AGHG16Eq6X5rMFeamz6AJUYTes3fIt2a45JYUFdOB34UBpaeVJtrXHhHXpndc3iPzWUXiYoqYPXmD5IiH8/s200/judytaylorxmasbracelet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690230561354708114" border="0" /></a>This is a pile of beads before etching and prior to assembly. I absolutely loved them unetched and even etched.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCL61CNyjy88hQyeQ0XOxpMb_DEsM4s4yxobUm4PuCL7oxaiTvrnFGrOn0T6KtmtPRQF8vjnjGfDr4nmXlCaz1zSl2VJQgfKRHPS4FDBHX3ZWvyfrIIMkCzs6SOlsRO4gDNEUPCjuNmn9/s1600/earlettaunetched.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCL61CNyjy88hQyeQ0XOxpMb_DEsM4s4yxobUm4PuCL7oxaiTvrnFGrOn0T6KtmtPRQF8vjnjGfDr4nmXlCaz1zSl2VJQgfKRHPS4FDBHX3ZWvyfrIIMkCzs6SOlsRO4gDNEUPCjuNmn9/s200/earlettaunetched.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690232531056548914" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_-F29VptRiqR9ZL9A5EOa54nSWixg-s35b3vqU7YwR2IW3Sz7RVyIJ47FVWrQy5bvt2Hp2_M9wM_lZ2_DFP1PZfjCIytpliGvaYRsJOkMhaGpX5b7C3Nkxr4uEb6rSYto8T-Cd7LS5OK/s1600/earlettanecklaceearrings2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_-F29VptRiqR9ZL9A5EOa54nSWixg-s35b3vqU7YwR2IW3Sz7RVyIJ47FVWrQy5bvt2Hp2_M9wM_lZ2_DFP1PZfjCIytpliGvaYRsJOkMhaGpX5b7C3Nkxr4uEb6rSYto8T-Cd7LS5OK/s200/earlettanecklaceearrings2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690233950324081714" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I was so pleased how these turned out. I hope the the individuals that received them as gifts were as pleased.<br /><br />I wish to thank all of my family and friends for their support in this endeavor, I could not do it with out all of you and I am enjoying every busy minute.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSYfoxpPDEaXlY4gS8BnDO824Xj1UsUNJT2xvBlr1Rbnt3Q7Np3Yb3C4CmxSwLbm6FwX9CAOnDtwjMPc7cpiLQszMv7_WRklKsVpaFlRrvAnZAQTYx04Pcr7k7WC3lD7D49YaIDNnM8aC/s1600/judytaylorxmasearrings.jpg"></a>Cheryl K Roehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03488702598206848878noreply@blogger.com0