When I come across new products on the web, I tell loads of people. Whether through the blog or by word of mouth, I like to talk beads. So here are some new products I have come across on my travels across the web!
First up, I received a newsletter email from Mimi's Gems on Saturday morning and she has the new line of clasps, findings, and rivoli settings from TierraCast. The line is called the "Designer Collection"
TierraCast 5strand D ring clasp
Faceted Round Charm (holds rivoli crystals)
Hammered Disk Bead
Mimi's has the product line or you can find them at your favorite TierraCast supplier.
During my Bead Soup Blog Hopping on Sunday I came across a few new items in Etsy shops too!
For those of you hopping through the blog list for the Bead Soup Party, this was my creation of the Mimbulus Mimbletonia (inspired by Harry Potter) using my bead soup mix from my partner Shirley Moore.
The full list is here, but the third reveal group is toward the bottom. There were 400+ participants and I LOVE playing with the Bead Soup Blog Party group! Special thanks to Lori Anderson, creator, hostess, and Goddess of the Bead Soup Blog Party! She has completely changed my beading and my blog readership!
Jennifer Cameron is hosting a Charm Swap and you can find the details for signing up here, Glass Addictions.
This swap involves making Art Charms for your sign up group and one for an auction to raise money for Beads of Courage which is a wonderful organization that provides Arts-In-Medicine for children with serious illness. It is a wonderful organization and we donated some of Chris's beads to the project when I went to Tucson with Julie last year.
I love bead swaps and bead challenges! They are fun, you meet new beaders, and you get to work outside your normal "box". Stop over to Jen's website, read the rules, and get signed up!
Good Morning! Here are a few notes about the weekend!
Chris will be at the Highland Park Farmers Market from 8-12 tomorrow, while I will be at Julie's until 3 working. Tomorrow is our monthly Bead Group Meeting and we are going to start work on the Beaded Bead Challenge that has been in all of the Beadwork Magazines this year.
Such an awesome photo (borrowed from Nick's Facebook Page)! We will be in Lincoln for a bit to go to our nephew, Nick's Order of the Arrow ceremony. Congrats on all your long, hard, (smelly) hours of dedication to Boy Scouts!
This bracelet (I made from my Bead Soup Mix) has been donated to the Mallory Bush Benefit this weekend.
Be sure to stop by the blog hop for the second group of participating artists reveal! Valerie Norton (Hot Fused Glass) was my partner last year and has informed us that she used some more of the beads from the soup I sent her mixed with her new soup for this reveal!
Hope you have a beautiful, restful weekend! See you next week!
Monty Python Fan? Indeed. My favorite sketches...
This Parrot is Deceased
And Flying Sheep
Lately I have enjoyed several fine audio books and wanted to share my reviews/views with you. When I started to write this post in my head, the phrase "And Now For Something Completely Different" popped in and that lead to the remembrance of a Monty Python video of the same name. That was where I first came across the Dead Parrot sketch. It wasn't until I bought the entire set of Flying Circus dvds for Chris a couple years ago that I became a fan of the Flying Sheep sketch.
Clever Sheep Indeed.
Anyhoo, recently I have read/listened to "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
This book was FABULOUS! Hilariously narrated by the author Libba Bray, it made my days go by even quicker than they normal do! The premise of the book is a group of 50 beauty queens flying off to a tropical pageant shoot when their plane crashes on a "deserted" island and all but 12 girls are killed. The girls have to learn to survive by their own devices and in doing so come to accept themselves and each other as the individuals they are. Throw in a group of "reality TV" pirate guys, a megalomaniac aged beauty queen, and a loony dictator, and you have the makings of a really entertaining story. It also got the message across that there is more to the inside of each girl than just the pretty, polished exterior and hit you over the head with the reality of what media does to the our self images. The story is also broken up with product placement of "The Corporation" products (such as Lady 'Stach-away) and commercials which are extremely funny to listen to.
Beautiful story of love, loss, and regrets plus serendipity. Set in Italy and is a really beautiful story. Sad and poignant, an orphan girl (left to an alcoholic father to raise when the mother runs off with a lover) tries to find love and family. Needless to say, more heartbreak comes her way before finding a life that is full and loving.
I am currently listening to "A Discovery of Witches" by Deborah Harkness
I just want to say thank you to all the visitors to the blog during the 6th Bead Soup Blog Hop! You guys are great for my EGO! :0) I love visiting blogs from all over the world and having others visit mine too!
We will be at Hastings Art in the Park on Sunday, August 5th! Hope to see you there! We will have our full show setup so if you are used to our "abbreviated" Farmers Market setup, come out to the park and see all our goodies!
I am not sure who designed this but is is SO cute!