Sunday, April 12, 2009

My First Publication!

What a wonderful surprise it was to receive my May/June 09 edition of Step By Step Beads Magazine this month. I was happily paging through the magazine and when I got to page 48 my mouth fell open! There was my necklace, made for my 95 year old mother (last year) for Mother's Day.



I had sent the picture and a brief explanation to Step By Step Beads in December 08 as a response to a request for pictures of jewelry we had made for our mothers. Mom had told me she loved this necklace, so I decided to send it in. I got a very brief, "Thank you for your submission," from the magazine, and so I thought they probably didn't like it enough to use it.

So you can imagine my surprise when I saw my necklace, published, in print, in beautiful color!

It was such a joy to call my mom and tell her about it. It made her day too! Mom's name is Thelma and she turned 96 this past January. She's an amazing woman!

9 comments:

  1. What a wonderful surprise! congratulations your necklace looks wonderful in print.

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  2. Congratulations! it's a lovely piece!!!

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  3. Ooohh...what a great surprise and such a great honor...for both you & you Mom!! Congrats!

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  4. Congratulations Linda! What a wonderful surprise for your and your mother :) It is a beautiful necklace, no wonder it was published ;) Well done!

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  5. I can just feel your surprise and excitement on turning that page Linda! Congratulations! It's a beautiful necklace and I'm sure your Mom treasures it :0)

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  6. What a beautiful necklace, and how nice that you can share such a wonderful thing with your mother. Congratualions to you both!!

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  7. Congrats to you both! You should be proud.

    --Dave
    at Rings & Things

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  8. How exciting; I get this magazine and now I can say I know her (sort of)...congrats! Beautiful necklace.

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