Marble Crazy Show this weekend

Ready to head to Kansas for the annual Marble Crazy at Moon Marble Company!  Want more info?  Here is the link: Marble Crazy

Here is a little taste of what we will be bringing!

Hope to see you there!

New Show This Week

We will be in Bassett, Nebraska a couple days this week for the Sandhills Ranch Expo!  New show for us plus a tiny amount of vacation in that I have never been to that area before.  Working shows is one way to see the country!  See you next week with a BUNCH of new jewelry photos (took over 100 yesterday!).

LONG Weekend, need REST and a Preview...

Chris found this on Facebook, and it was appropriate.  Our cat, Luna, looks like this cute baby and is often right in the middle of whatever you are doing.

We had a very long weekend, having two shows in two different places this weekend.  We were in Exeter on Saturday and in Hastings on Sunday.  Mina marched in the Harvest of Harmony parade with Blue Hill's band in Grand Island Saturday.   Chris went to visit with his classmates at his 25th get together in Doniphan, while I ran into Hastings because my Mom had gone to the ER at the hospital.  She has shingles (on top of Parkinson's Disease and osteo arthritis and heart issues) and is miserable from the pain.  I arrived at the hospital as they were getting in their car to head home.  I drove back to Doniphan to join Chris and stayed for a few minutes to meet his classmates.  We left to go to a gallery opening in Hastings, which ended about the time we thought it was supposed to start. Consequently, we didn't make the show, so we ate and headed home instead. 

We covered about 250 miles on Saturday and about 60 on Sunday.  Can we spell TIRED?  I don't know about spelling it, but we sure do feel it!

I am participating in Michelle Mach's Fall Beading Challenge, with the reveal happening tomorrow.  Here is a preview!

See what I mean about interrupting?  As I type, she is determined to cause problems!  Chris says "the only thing saving her is that she is SO cute!". 

This is a tiny part of my challenge design.  Stop by tomorrow for the reveal!

I Am Still Here

First of all Thank YOU to all who have stopped by the blog during the Bead Soup Blog Hop to check out my designs and for all who have left comments.  DON'T FORGET! IF YOU LEAVE A COMMENT, YOU ARE REGISTERED FOR THE EARRING GIVEAWAY THAT IS IN THE POST.  GIVEAWAY RUNS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH.  I will post the winner on October 1st.  Here is what I have been up to this week:

• Parent/Teacher conferences: Teachers love Mina (that is GREAT), but I DON'T know for sure they were describing my child.  Their description (positive, helpful, participates in class, leader), my experience at home (bursts of laughter, followed by long periods of surly, grumpy, cranky teenager).  I am sure they are correct and I am WRONG (I have been informed of this many times).

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• Have spent a great deal of time beading, beading, beading, petting the cat, rubbing the cat, scratching the cat's tummy, moving the cat out of the beads, telling the cat "no, you can't go outside", moving the other cat out of the beads.  Suki (always wants to go out, only allowed out with brief periods of supervision), Luna (just wants to be cute and loved, but likes lying right where you don't want her to) enjoy spending time as our studio cats, but Suki can't understand why Chris won't pay attention when he is trying to torch.  She is VERY persistent!

Just a reminder:  We will be at the Highland Park Farmers Market tomorrow (Saturday, September 24) from 8-12 and it will be our last weekend at the market.  We want to thank all of our wonderful customers who shopped and visited with us at the market!  You guys ROCK!  Our fall/winter show season is getting under way so you can find us at these shows or contact us if you need something!  We GLADLY take special orders and feel blessed that you would ask us!

Show Schedule:

• Exeter Avenue Holiday Bazaar, Exeter, NE Saturday, October 1 10 am-2 pm

• Harvest Celebration, Prairie Loft Center, Hastings, NE Sunday, October 2 1-6pm
• Lincoln Bead Show, Lincoln, NE, Saturday, October 15, 9 am-5 pm
• (tentative) Geneva Craft Show, Geneva, NE November 20
• Blue Hill Christmas Bazaar, Saturday, December 3 9 am-3 pm
• CPI Customer Appreciation show, Tuesday, December 13.

We have also been invited to exhibit at the Columbus Art Gallery in Columbus, Nebraska!  This is new this week, we received the invite and accepted to participate in their Holiday Showcase starting in November.  We also always are exhibiting at Graham Gallery in Hastings, Nebraska and will participate in their Holiday Showcase as well.  BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!  Happy Weekend, and look for Chris's newest design "Batty Bats" to appear here shortly!