Bead Soup Blog Party!!!

I just joined in on the Bead Soup blog party! Sounds like a lot of fun!

Here is the link to join or take a look...

http://lorianderson.blogspot.com/2010/04/bead-soup-blog-party-is-here.html

Something Different

So I love silver and gemstones and beads and gold and pearls and.....then I bought Beads2010 and drooled on the pages. It was so fun looking at all the pretty, pretty things.

I love the look of color and a mix of ceramic and all of that together. I found some jewelry that I liked and did some research and now have spent a fortune on materials for a new branch of designs for my jewelry. I bought some ceramic eggs from this fab glass artist found here https://www.etsy.com/shop/Kelleysbeads. Of course I probably bought more than anyone else as I often do. I go overboard and get carried away. And some really pretty beads from fellow TeamEPE seller http://www.etsy.com/shop/BeadFrenZ. But buying is not my problem.

Have you ever put down an assortment of things to make a piece of jewelry and your mind looks at everything and can't decide where to start? Four hours later, you are still looking and nothing has been accomplished. I have been working at my regular job, with strange hours, for the last two weeks. We also had the kids staying with us for April vacation. Not a setting for creativity. I have also been training for the marathon. I have to concentrate and no TV, or computer for three days!!!! No, no, no!!

So look out, in the next week, I will have made and posted 10-15 new items on my Etsy site! Yippee!! This is one of them in the photo above.

Nike Women's Marathon

My father Jody, mom Maureen,
me, and my brother, Jim in 2008


I have made a very big decision! A marathon would be nice, and as I am my father's daughter, I have decided on the Nike Women's Marathon, in San Francisco. This event is October 17, exactly one week after the first anniversary of my father's death from Leukemia. The reason I chose this event, 3000 miles from home, is because the sponsor is the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
I will have to raise $3,500 to go, but it will go to them. My personal goals in life are run a marathon and go skydiving. The first one I am doing this year. Anyone who wants to do the second with me, I am there! Anyone who wants to run this marathon with me, please be there! The most challenging part is raising the funds through donations, but they are giving me a website and I will start being extra nice to everyone I know!

My father and I used to take walks together and kayak. I always enjoyed those times together and miss them tremendously. I am trying to coerce my mother to go with me and volunteer at the race. This is the mother who let me drive her 900 miles to see Keith Urban in a tiny town called Crawford, PA! (she is my best friend) So what is a four day trip to SF?

This is the link to the LLS site for the event:


http://www.teamintraining.org/

Low profile

So I have not been feeling well for the past week. I had a stomach virus that wouldn't leave me alone, and I am just feeling normal. Yesterday, I went to my cousin's for her 6 year old's Fancy Nancy birthday party. Guess what she has? A stomach virus #&%*!

In the meantime, I have had three sales this week, yippee! Finished and received payment for the wholesale order, and started some new work that I will post tomorrow on etsy.

All in all, not a bad week. Oh thats right, still have to do my taxes.

EPE Challenge

I really wanted to finish it, but I was too tired. My butterfly. I made it, just never took photos or posted it on Etsy. My bunny is tumbling right now. I will post it tomorrow and send the link to enter the challenge. I will post the photos here of both.

I made them from pmc, and think they will make really cute pendants. If you are wondering what I am talking about, then check this:

http://etsyprojectembrace.blogspot.com/

Wholesale

I did it. Went to a local boutique with some of my pieces. They liked it and now I have an order for multiples of four pieces! Yea!

Front Page

I was very happy to learn my treasury made it to the front page. I missed it. I featured a majority of teamepe items, which I hope received a few looks. I can't believe how welcoming and good these people are. We all share a story about cancer in one way or another, ourselves or a loved one. Good people