It's Duck weather today!! We have had a cold rain for the last few days and I have to admit it's starting to wear. I look forward to this weekend when it will clear up and the sun will return.
So am I ready for my show? HA HA. Working on it but I still have a ways to go. I have decided not to stress myself tooo much. I have alot to sell so I am not going to push myself to finish all the projects I have going. I probably have more than I can put out at one time so I think I'll be good. I am going for a mix of fun and low cost and handmade glass, funky and a little pricier. This is my first show in Warrenton so it will be interesting to see what goes. Fredericksburg was always a little conservative, Leesburg and Northern Va were a mix with a little more interested in the unique. It's always an adventure.
Wish me luck!!!
Beckie
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Working away
Still getting ready. The show is less than a week a way and I have been very busy trying to get everything finished up, tagged and ready to go. My idea for tags that didn't worked morphed into a very fun new tag thanks to Richards inspiration. I am interested to see if the different tags have any effect on sales. I have learned not to underestimate the power of packaging. Think about it. How many things have we bought simply beacause it was package cute, fun, interesting. Not that we didn't like the item but if the item alone just sat on a shelf would we pick it up?
Except for the small show at the Visual Arts Center, this is the first "real" craft show I have done in years. I am excited and a bit nervous. Richard was going to go and help me set up but now it looks as he will be camping with James so I am on my own. I have done them for years so all should be fine, it's just since my accident I am not the girl I used to be. I am so forgetful and I tend to bounce around like a pin ball trying to get things done. Once your at the show you can't run home to get something if you forgot. All good thoughts and prayer are welcome. :-)
Enjoy your Tuesday.
Beckie
Except for the small show at the Visual Arts Center, this is the first "real" craft show I have done in years. I am excited and a bit nervous. Richard was going to go and help me set up but now it looks as he will be camping with James so I am on my own. I have done them for years so all should be fine, it's just since my accident I am not the girl I used to be. I am so forgetful and I tend to bounce around like a pin ball trying to get things done. Once your at the show you can't run home to get something if you forgot. All good thoughts and prayer are welcome. :-)
Enjoy your Tuesday.
Beckie
Friday, November 6, 2009
Happy Friday!!! I hope everyone is ready for the weekend.
Don't tell anyone, lest it changes but I have a blissfully unscheduled Saturday!! I don't have to get up early, I don't have to be anywhere, I don't have to do anything. Well, Ok I do have stuff to do. I need to work on getting ready for my show next weekend and the house always needs cleaning and I have to finish getting my fall decorations out but at least I can do it on my schedule. LOL
My original idea for new tags for earrings are not going to work, :::sniff:::sniff::: but I can use elements of the design to punch up my usual tags so it's not a total loss. I hope to have all my jewelry tagged and read this weekend, next week is going to be busy.
Tuesday I am going to a veiwing for Pammy. Pammy was someone who I knew and yet really had no way of knowing. Back in the 80's she was dumped from a mental institution and landed at a group home in Leesburg, Va. were my sister worked.
With downs syndrome and a variety of other health issues, my first introduction to Pammy was at a family dinner where she sat in a chair and screamed most of the time. With a hole in the top of her mouth her food had to be blended and usually ran out her nose when she was fed. With no one to speak for her my sister became Pammy's legal gaurdian. She saw something in Pammy that most people probably would not have taken the time to even look for.
It's amazing what time, love and care can accomplish. Over the years Pammy was able to hold a very simple job, would pick out her own clothes and when you tried to suggest a better match of clothes she would get very mad. She knew what she liked, and one thing she liked was her occasional glass of beer. When new staff came to the group home, Pammy would pretend to be helpless so they would wait on her hand and foot.
Pammy came to this earth to live a life in a body and brain the didn't work like everyone elses. We will never know all the challenges she faced everyday but if you took the time she was a person worth knowing and maybe that's a lesson for all of us. Some people are easier to know than others but we are all Heavenly Fathers children. There is value in each of us and sometimes you just need to take the time to find it.
Pammy passed away on Wednesday at 58 years old. she will leave a hole in many people hearts.
Don't tell anyone, lest it changes but I have a blissfully unscheduled Saturday!! I don't have to get up early, I don't have to be anywhere, I don't have to do anything. Well, Ok I do have stuff to do. I need to work on getting ready for my show next weekend and the house always needs cleaning and I have to finish getting my fall decorations out but at least I can do it on my schedule. LOL
My original idea for new tags for earrings are not going to work, :::sniff:::sniff::: but I can use elements of the design to punch up my usual tags so it's not a total loss. I hope to have all my jewelry tagged and read this weekend, next week is going to be busy.
Tuesday I am going to a veiwing for Pammy. Pammy was someone who I knew and yet really had no way of knowing. Back in the 80's she was dumped from a mental institution and landed at a group home in Leesburg, Va. were my sister worked.
With downs syndrome and a variety of other health issues, my first introduction to Pammy was at a family dinner where she sat in a chair and screamed most of the time. With a hole in the top of her mouth her food had to be blended and usually ran out her nose when she was fed. With no one to speak for her my sister became Pammy's legal gaurdian. She saw something in Pammy that most people probably would not have taken the time to even look for.
It's amazing what time, love and care can accomplish. Over the years Pammy was able to hold a very simple job, would pick out her own clothes and when you tried to suggest a better match of clothes she would get very mad. She knew what she liked, and one thing she liked was her occasional glass of beer. When new staff came to the group home, Pammy would pretend to be helpless so they would wait on her hand and foot.
Pammy came to this earth to live a life in a body and brain the didn't work like everyone elses. We will never know all the challenges she faced everyday but if you took the time she was a person worth knowing and maybe that's a lesson for all of us. Some people are easier to know than others but we are all Heavenly Fathers children. There is value in each of us and sometimes you just need to take the time to find it.
Pammy passed away on Wednesday at 58 years old. she will leave a hole in many people hearts.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...ok maybe a cold day in the neighborhood. I am typing this wrapped in a blanket trying to keep warm. The body's not to cold but my hands are freezing. Why is that?
I spent a large part of this evening working on some new earring cards. I loved the design I came up with but :::sigh:::they are not going to work. I do not exactly understand the whole mechanics of design, why paper folded one way will support weight but not folded another way. It's a mystery but I am sad about my design.
I am trying to come up with more creative cards and jewelry tags. It is a true yet sometimes sad fact that how an item is packaged can have a huge impact on sales. I would love to think my jewelry would stand on it's own merit but I have discover, watching jewelry sales over the years that interesting packaging can boost sales of an item. Which has now given me an idea for cards to hold my lapel pins. So I am off to create some more.
Keep Warm.
I spent a large part of this evening working on some new earring cards. I loved the design I came up with but :::sigh:::they are not going to work. I do not exactly understand the whole mechanics of design, why paper folded one way will support weight but not folded another way. It's a mystery but I am sad about my design.
I am trying to come up with more creative cards and jewelry tags. It is a true yet sometimes sad fact that how an item is packaged can have a huge impact on sales. I would love to think my jewelry would stand on it's own merit but I have discover, watching jewelry sales over the years that interesting packaging can boost sales of an item. Which has now given me an idea for cards to hold my lapel pins. So I am off to create some more.
Keep Warm.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Creative day
Happy Tuesday Morning!!
I think it's going to be a creative day, I feel the juices flowing. I only have a few weeks left until my next craft show so I need to get busy. I have lots of jewelry made and several to finish up. I also have to work on the "unfun" side, pricing and tagging and working on displays. I am anxious to debut some of my new pieces. With the shop closed I don't have the opportunity to discuss current projects and share ideas on how to complete them. We used to joke about making jewelry by " committee". I have to tell you I really miss that.
A friend recently said that BeadL*Jewlz was like a barbershop. everyone hung out there to talk and relax. I like that image, we all need that kind of space in our lives.
Well I best be off, a tone of stuff to do this morning before I walk with Lissa.
Enjoy the day and keep warm. It's cold out there.
I think it's going to be a creative day, I feel the juices flowing. I only have a few weeks left until my next craft show so I need to get busy. I have lots of jewelry made and several to finish up. I also have to work on the "unfun" side, pricing and tagging and working on displays. I am anxious to debut some of my new pieces. With the shop closed I don't have the opportunity to discuss current projects and share ideas on how to complete them. We used to joke about making jewelry by " committee". I have to tell you I really miss that.
A friend recently said that BeadL*Jewlz was like a barbershop. everyone hung out there to talk and relax. I like that image, we all need that kind of space in our lives.
Well I best be off, a tone of stuff to do this morning before I walk with Lissa.
Enjoy the day and keep warm. It's cold out there.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
7 days?
Yikes, my last post was exactly 7 days ago. Did anyone see this past week, cause it seems to have disappeared on me. It might not be so bad if I could say I did something mind-blowingly fantastic, but alas, cognitive therapy was the most exciting thing I did this past week.
Well I don't know if I blogged about this but a few weeks ago I created these pendants that I really loved. I have been so excited about how they came out, unfortunately I was really struggling with how to string them onto a necklace. Well Friday inspiration hit and I came up with an idea for one of the pendants. The beads and stitched elements I am using really set off the pendant. Why these eureka ideas always seem to require bead stitching is a mystery to me but it is creating a very beautiful necklace. Now hopefully someone else will be as thrilled as I am and want to buy it.
I am off, if all goes well and the planets alighn I will blog again tomorrow. Have a great evening.
Well I don't know if I blogged about this but a few weeks ago I created these pendants that I really loved. I have been so excited about how they came out, unfortunately I was really struggling with how to string them onto a necklace. Well Friday inspiration hit and I came up with an idea for one of the pendants. The beads and stitched elements I am using really set off the pendant. Why these eureka ideas always seem to require bead stitching is a mystery to me but it is creating a very beautiful necklace. Now hopefully someone else will be as thrilled as I am and want to buy it.
I am off, if all goes well and the planets alighn I will blog again tomorrow. Have a great evening.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Juggling belief?
Ahh Sunday, a day of rest.... Well, kinda, sorta, maybe. I love the idea, a day of rest and reflection, a day to put aside chores and duties.
I really get the whole principle, belief, commandment behind it.
But, you knew there would be a but, how do you live it?
When you work full time, commuting two hours everyday and your Saturdays are full of household chores, cleaning, searching for the thousandth time for things you've lost, making time to play with your kids, catching up on all the undone stuff from the week, and needing to make beads and fused glass how do you rest and ignore all the things that STILL didn't get done.
Wow that is an amazing run on sentence.
Anyway as I ponder the ways I can make all this happen or should I say not happen on Sunday, I am day dreaming about beads. As I probably mentioned I have been in a bead funk lately. Nothing seems to be happening at the torch. I haven't even wanted to attempt it lately because it is soo depressing. So I am drawing ideas, thinking of things to do, trying to find ways to capture the beauty of fall in a bead. I see all these beautiful trees in glorious color as I drive down the road and I feel there must be some way to capture this amazing fall show in a bead. How do you miniaturize magnificence?
Perhaps a day of rest will clear my head and inspire my hands. LOL
I hope all of you are getting a chance to rest and reflect today.
Beckie
I really get the whole principle, belief, commandment behind it.
But, you knew there would be a but, how do you live it?
When you work full time, commuting two hours everyday and your Saturdays are full of household chores, cleaning, searching for the thousandth time for things you've lost, making time to play with your kids, catching up on all the undone stuff from the week, and needing to make beads and fused glass how do you rest and ignore all the things that STILL didn't get done.
Wow that is an amazing run on sentence.
Anyway as I ponder the ways I can make all this happen or should I say not happen on Sunday, I am day dreaming about beads. As I probably mentioned I have been in a bead funk lately. Nothing seems to be happening at the torch. I haven't even wanted to attempt it lately because it is soo depressing. So I am drawing ideas, thinking of things to do, trying to find ways to capture the beauty of fall in a bead. I see all these beautiful trees in glorious color as I drive down the road and I feel there must be some way to capture this amazing fall show in a bead. How do you miniaturize magnificence?
Perhaps a day of rest will clear my head and inspire my hands. LOL
I hope all of you are getting a chance to rest and reflect today.
Beckie
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