Time to get this week’s contest started. But you’ll have to wait for the prize picture until I get home later today. I have the awesome privilege of being present at the birth of Ryan and Tara Lafferty’s baby and I forgot to get this set up before I left for the hospital!

So… you’re playing for a Christmas Light pendant this week. And I’m thinking of a number between 1 ~ 350. One guess per person until 11 am EST tomorrow morning.  I’ll post a picture of the pendant once I meet Baby Lafferty!

Since we’re getting closer to Christmas, I thought I’d choose a Christmas-y-sh pendant for this week’s Must Have Monday. It’s a pretty red and white combo that will actually look good year round.

And since picking a number seems to bring out more of you than anything else I’ve come up with… I’m thinking of a number between 1 and 350 again. One number per person until tomorrow at 11 am EST. And if you’ve won in the last 4 weeks, let’s give someone else a chance.

All right, what number should I choose???

Time for another Must Have Monday! This week you’re playing for one of my beaded key chains. And since I seem to get the most participation when you’re guessing numbers… Pick one number between 1 and 350. Post it here on my blog. If the number hasn’t been guessed by tomorrow morning at 11am EST then you can make as many guesses as it takes until someone wins. I will post the winner both here and on my Facebook fan page.

Let me see, what number shall I pick this week?  Have fun!

So… maybe I’m not done blogging yet. Due to some new rules on Facebook, I’ll be coming back here once a week to host my Must Have Mondays!

November 23, 2009 Must Have Monday Prize

This week we’re playing for a pendant in some of my favorite autumn colors.  And I still have no brilliant ideas for contests. Sooooooooo… give me some ideas. I’ll put all your names in a bowl and draw out the winner tomorrow at 11 am est. Come on folks! Let the ideas flow…

I give up!! I just can’t seem to keep this blog going. But I am having a lot of fun keeping everyone up to date over at my Fan Page on Facebook. So if you’d like to keep up with my bead/jewelry life come join me!

Hope to see you there soon!

I’m feeling a new style coming on! One of the necklaces I made to wear at the ISGB Gathering got a lot of positive reaction this year. I like to make beads with Check Glass from my buddies John Hurlbert and Jan Burrows to show people just how cool their colors are. So I thought it would be fun to make beads with no surface decorations to showcase the fun, bright colors. But I wanted to do something different to make them more interesting. Hence my nugget style hollows! It’s fun to push the glass around and see how many facets I can get on one bead. I think I’ll be making more of these soon…

Whew! I’m back from another fun filled, information packed Gathering. This was my first time attending as a member of the board so it was a little different than past years. I flew in a couple days early to attend meetings so I was actually gone for an entire week but time still flew by!

One of my duties this year was the All Member Show, Under the Sea. For the first time we donated the final piece as a way to leave a part of the ISGB behind in the city that hosted us. We chose the Miami Childrens Hospital as our first recipient. I had two helpers that were invaluable in putting it together, Annemarie Herrlich and Sam Hibler. I am so proud of how it turned out. All the work we put into it was worthwhile. I can’t wait to hear how the kids like it! (That’s my little Puffer fish next to the arrow)

More Gathering stories coming soon!

Only a couple days till I leave for the ISGB Gathering in Miami. And I’m beginning to prioritize. I just might not have all new jewelry to wear this year!! But the pieces I’ve finished are pretty fun so I’m just going to have to live with it this time.

As I was saying in my last Watch Me Create post, I have a hard time fitting everything in during the summer. Living only 1/2 hour from Lake Michigan and owning a sailboat create diversions that are hard to ignore!

When I get home I need to start focusing on preparing for the St. James Court Art Show in Louisville and our own West Michigan Bead Expo. I’ll be back with sneak peeks at what I’m up to then…

Since I can’t sit up long enough to make beads or sail yet, I’m busy adding things to my Etsy shop. I’m so proud of myself! Now to make some sales… one of these days!

Have a great weekend!

Two steps forward… one step back. Felt much better yesterday but evidently overdid it at our Block Party… But I’ve still been adding items to my Etsy store. The Hollow Pendant that I have up above is one of my favorite color combinations. Stop by and check it out when you have a chance…

More later…