My Mother - 96 years young!

I thought I should post a picture of my now famous mother on her 96th birthday. Her name is Thelma and she lives in South Dakota. She was born in Gonzales, TX. She raised 4 children - two girls and two boys and was an elementary school teacher most of her life.

I couldn't find a picture of her wearing the now famous necklace (lol) - see previous post!

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!

Etsy Beadweavers Challenge - Time Machine

The entries into the Etsy Beadweavers Challenge entitled "Time Machine" have been posted on the group blog. Here is the mosaic showing all the entries but if you go to the group blog, you can click on the member names below the mosaic and see larger pictures and each beadweaver's description of how their piece fit the theme. You'll be amazed at the creativeness of this group!


Voting is now open, so pick your favorite and cast your vote. It's all in fun. The winner gets to pick the theme for the next challenge.

1000Markets - New Shop and New Market!

I opened a new shop on 1000Markets and together with several other beadweavers, we created a brand new market called "The Beadweaving Emporium." It's not open for business quite yet as it was just approved and is in the process of being created. But I did blog about it in my 1000Markets blog.


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