Monday, December 8, 2008

First Weekend in December was Beader Heaven

Bright and early, Saturday morning, Vicki and I headed down to SCIART to set up for a holiday sale. Liz, Melanie, and Jo Ellen were there, and they let us join their "circle" in one of the main galleries. Everyone displayed their jewelry that was for sale, plus Melanie brought some of her hand-spun yarn. We had a great time creating havoc in the center of the room. Other artisans kept coming over to join in our merry making. Thank heaven Jo Ellen, Liz, and Melanie remembered that we needed to bring food, and they shared theirs with Vik and me at lunchtime or we would have absolutely starved to death. Vik made her very first sale. L, M, and JE also did very well. I just went to be a disruptive influence on them. By the time it was over, we were dead tired and slept quite late the next morning.

Sunday, Vik, Jo Ellen, and I went to Carole's "Creative Castle" for a class given by Janna. It was a bezeled huge rivoli with an absolutely beautiful beaded chain made from Charlotte's. The name of the piece is Chain my Heart. Corinne and Carole were working, however they managed to bop in occasionally to see our progress or we went out in the shop to spend and bug them. We signed up for a few more classes also. The whole weekend was a blast, fooling around with the other members in our group.

Don't forget this coming weekend is our VPA meeting at Carole's. It's our annual holiday party, bead/wire/art item exchange, eat-a-thon, talk-a-thon, and minimal "quiet" beading. See you all then!

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