Bracelet Kits!

My very favorite Bracelet is my Art Bar with blacks and browns. It's hard not to wear it everyday!

At long last I have put my bracelet kits on Etsy. Most of these kits were created because I loved the bracelet I made for myself so much. Since I do a lot of sharing at Bella, I would let my customers pick out the matching beads. Now, I just make the kits because it makes my customers happy! This weekend I am playing with PMC and plan to make a couple of art bars and the newest addition is the Friends are Magic bar. And of course I don't have a picture of that bar but Ruth Rae and I have matching ones! So, email me if you want one. I'm not sure I'll actually get it on Etsy.

My black and brown bracelet kit available on Etsy. It is a single strand kit.

Lakefront Property

What a wild day. It was so nice today and then Mother Nature struck. Everytime it started storming my boys ran to the window and watched our lake grow. Typically it's just lawn but the past week and with our high water table created this lovely lake between our yard and our neighbors. My husband who likes to see the bright side of things asked if we really did have a lake in our yard, he was still downtown. and I said yes. "Call the realtor," he said. Our basement is still dry as our property slopes downward to the back gravel road. There is a creek behind that and it should get interesting the next couple of days. . . .

Monique and I were working together Sunday because she has a really cool braided bracelet workshop that she teaches. No one showed up because of all the flooding in town. I knew as I pulled my favorite black tee from the closet that we would be twins. People ask if we sisters!

Tuesday, my friend, Karen and I took step by step photos for our Knotted & Braided Necklace workshop. Once thoroughly proofread and analyzed, I will be putting the instructions and kits for sale on Etsy. Monique, the cutie in the previous photo, created this awesome technique and we just love it!

Moving slowly with Etsy because I actually need Ruth's camera and photo program. All my darn pics come out blurry!

Lucky Me

Lucky me for having such a fantastic week! With Ruth Rae in town and then Lisa and Tony Blackwell of ZoaArt in for classes, I was in heaven! Lisa's classes were terrific. She had a PMC earring class, a PMC charm class and then a awesome PMC chain bracelet class.

I didn't mean to do it but I slightly overbooked us. We had a party every night Lisa and Tony were here. I don't know how they survived the ride home! This is us at my friend Lisa's shop, Evolve, in Crystal Lake. From right to left is my husband, Gary; Lisa L of Evolve; Leanne of Triskele Moon, an amazing jewelry artist; Lisa Blackwell of ZoaArt; Ivan, Leanne's wonderful husband and phenomenal tarot reader; Ruth Rae, amazing mixed media and jewelry artist, behind her, Tony Blackwell of ZoaArt (we need to see more beads Tony!); in front of him, my best pal Monique and her sweet husband Jim; next to him is John, Lisa's new beau and finally me in the corner. My bestest friends in the world and yes some were missing but it was an amazing night!

That was the first night then we partied at Monique's and Jim's Saturday night and Sunday night at my place. Wow.

Good news is that we booked Lisa's next pmc classes for November. When I get the samples I will post them here and on my Bella Luna Beads class schedule.

Ruth's Class

Wednesday was a wonderful day filled with lots of wire! Ruth Rae taught her wire woven jewelry class and it was terrific! This is Cindy and Kacy, a mother and daughter team, that love to spend time together beading. The day was even more exciting with tornado warnings that really made the day interesting for our visiting Californian. While the class was going on and I was manning the front, I met a very interesting Blogger named Jen. We had an interesting conversation about empowering women and I love forward to seeing her again.
Today there was no beading for us but we did go have breakfast at my favorite restaurant called Benedicts. There is a tree growing out through the middle of the house and it makes for an interesting meal. We visited various shops in our quaint town of Dundee with the finale of the afternoon being a cementary tour. My children were less than thrilled with traipsing through the headstones looking for angels. A bribery of Starbucks usually works well. Then Ruth was treated to an evening of bowling, such a midwest sport!, because my boys are on a bowling league. They looked so cute in their new retro black bowling shirts.
Well, we are watching the second episode of Lost now because Ruth is addicted to it and we have to get up early for our PMC Earring Class with Lisa Blackwell from zoaart early tomorrow so check back later this weekend for new pics of our wonderful pmc classes.
Deb

First Post

Well, this is my first post. I'm new to this blogging thingy but Ruth Rae, my best friend since High School is here, said it was time. I'm not very techy so she walked me through the set up two nights ago but I hesitated posting. She said she hated seeing a naked post so to make her happy I began.
This past Saturday night we had a wonderful time doing PMC Play. Friends and customers who have taken Lisa Blackwell's, of zoaart, pmc classes can come to our Saturday night workshop. I lay out all the stamps and cutters I have and we have a blast!
Lately we've been making lots of rings and art charm bars. This night I made a whole bunch of crosses because suddenly I had orders for them! They say "Gratitude", "the heart" and "Seek". I'm so pleased with how they came out.
I'm so excited Ruth also helped me start my etsy store. My new crosses will be on shortly!