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We left Fort Worth at the crack of 9, and drove and drove and drove, and we were still 100 miles from El Paso. Where we ran into sandstorms, wind, and more wind.
Just outside Deming, we saw our favorite roadsigns ever: “Dust storms may exist.”
Really, that’s what they say! Others say “Zero visibility possible” but the fact that dust storms may or may not exist, it seems so Quantum Physics or something.
If we can get a picture of one tomorrow, we’ll post it. If the signs exist.
The Dallas area fiber artists are having their 2008 meeting Friday February 1st through Sunday the 3rd, in Plano. Click here for more information: http://www.dallasfiberartists.org/StateConference.html or to sign up. Why are we mentioning this? Because our teacher Elizabeth Harkins is teaching The Art of Bead Embroidery and 3-D Bead Techniques at the conference!
And it’s 10 days until we leave for Tucson! We plan to have nightly posts here, to let you in on the fun and show you what we bought that day.
Here are some photos of micro macrame earrings made by our customer Belinda Lewis. Very Cool!
She learned from a book with a little coaching from Poptart. See what you can do? If you can’t figure it out, we can help!
Well, that’s the sad part. Kathy Meredith, known as Poptart, is leaving The Artful Bead. Her husband has a job in Kansas, and he thinks that it’s too far away to commute daily from Fort Worth. So they’re moving soon.
This is NOT OK, but we’ve decided that since she’s been with Woody longer than she’s been with us, we aren’t really in a position to insist or anything. We are going to make sure we can get color consultations by email, though. And we’ll do our best to make her send us pictures of her newest creations, just as soon as she gets unpacked.
We’ll miss you, Poppy!!!
Eye candy, sparklies, wowza!, whatever you want to call them, Swarovski Rivolis are just about the most glittery thing on the planet!
We have just a few left, already made into gold or silver color links.
If you have visited The Artful Bead lately, you might have noticed some new faces!
First there is Jourdain, college student and part-time model. (She and her sister, mother, and grandmother modeled the jewerly in a couple of Mary’s books!)
She’s a tough act to follow, so next we hired Adrian and Kim:
Adrian is a bit new to beading, but he’s catching on fast. Kim has been a long-time customer, who decided to spend more time with us.
And there’s Stacy, who also teaches our Silver Clay classes. She’s not new, but we have the picture, so we’re making the most of it.
And there’s Amy, the Queen of Saturdays! She is also a full-time student, but comes from Denton to spend Saturdays with us. Ask her about her “Bathtub Ring” next time you see her. (We don’t have a picture yet, but we’ll get one soon…)
Yes, we’re getting ready for Tucson. The anticipation is kind of like the first few notes of the theme from Jaws.
(nunh – na…) Do we have the boxes, bubble-wrap, and tape? Check!
(nunh – na…) Price tags, scales, pens, baggies? Check!
(nunh – na…) A new rolly suitcase to replace the one we killed last year? Check!
(nunh – na, nunh – na, nunh – na!) We don’t have the Therma-Care back wraps!!! EEEEE!!!
Good thing there’s still time. This isn’t a “shopping trip” you know. It’s a carefully planned expedition with predefined objectives, strategies, and tactics. We outline each day’s shopping, find out in advance where the booths of our favored vendors are this year, and mark those new ones we want to check out. Even though we’re there for 4 days, there isn’t time to walk by every booth at every show. So we plan.
We try to figure out where we can find all of the special requests. We think of what cool “specials” we can bring back this year. We check the prices on silver and decide how much bargaining room the sellers might have. (OK, realistically, with the price of silver still going up, none. But everybody needs a dream.)
Then we pack our teeny suitcases. We don’t need “outfits” for this. We need shoes that won’t hurt and clothes that can take the abuse. Also, the less space our personal stuff takes, the more beads we can bring back!
As of today, less than 5 weeks till Preview Night!
This weekend we were reminded again how important it is to sign up for classes as soon as possible. On the morning of a class, two people called to sign up. Unfortunately,when the teacher called the day before to see how many people were signed up, there weren’t any. Most of our teachers require at least two students for each class, so the class was cancelled.
If those two had just called even one day before, everyone would’ve been happier.
If you sign up for a class and find out you can’t make it, just give us a call at least 24 hours in advance, and we’ll transfer your payment to another class, or give you store credit.
To everyone that shopped on Sunday, thank you! Thanks to your purchases, we were able to finish inventory in only 10 hours! Yes, we counted every bead, strand, foot of wire, and inch of chain. And it’s done!
For those of you that missed the sale, it was fantastic. We didn’t advertise in the paper, or post signs in the store before, it was just for our newsletter subscribers. Click on “Newsletter Sign-Up” at right and follow the instructions so you don’t miss the next one.
As of today, it’s only 46 days ’till Tucson Preview Night! And we’ve planned an extra day of shopping, so there will be even more fabulousness than ever!
Three bracelets made after Elizabeth’s Bead Embroidery class!
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