With Love from the PT Bead Market

The PT Bead Market is now over for another year. It was well attended and a great deal of fun. I honestly enjoy meeting up with old customers and making new ones. I have here a photo of Lisa from Zizzyzaza Beads and Carol from Montanna Reflections. Lisa runs the show with me and Carol, nutty girl, is our security guard and sleeps with the merchandise every night. I also just threw in a couple of cool pictures of beads and new Czech buttons. I never get tired of looking at bead photos sort of like those ink blot pictures. What do you see in them? I can always see new things in pictures of bead arrangements. I will add more photos in the coming days as I maaged to take a lot of seagull and PT pics. I am beat now so it is off to dreamland for me! xxoo, Lois

Before Bedtime...

This is the end of the second day at the Port Townsend Bead Market and what a fine day it was! Sunny, warm and wrapped up with a light dinner at my home with all the vendors. Nothing I like better than snack type foods, good company and conversation!

I left my camera and all its' pictures at the show so I will just leave you with one more crow picture that I found. I just love these birds!

Tomorrow - more pictures. And one more thing, I can't help but say it ... Hillary Clinton for president!!! You want change? Put a WOMAN in the white house as president, not as someone's spouse! You go girl!!!!

LOIS

Time to Sleep

I found this totally awesome crow picture while running through the internet in our unheated office! If only I could get into my studio where it is warm.... anyhow, doesn't this bird have a great eye sort of a bird's eye view? HAHAHAHa - Tomorrow is the Port Townsend Bead Market so I will be at the Pope ( no, not THAT pope ) Marine Building over the water for the next three days> I will eventually get my camera and take some photos. It's a small and cozy show with great stuff and people! Good night - Lois

Howard, I love you! I am so glad we are friends!

BEADS! 2008

How this EXCITES me! If this works and we do know computer skills are not a strong technique of mine; you should see the cover of the new BEADS! 2008 issue - Editor Picks! You will find my work on pages 10.11.12. 16 and 18. Thank you Beadwork magazine and Interweave Press. I love ya"! This news makes my studio lock out almost bearable! xxxxx00000. Lois

A Picture to Hold Your Interest!

I am at a loss! Yesterday, I could not get into my studio because of the concrete pour and now the great concrete cure! I can't get to my camera, my beads, my silversmithing, my drawings, my journal, my everything! I am lost! Yesterday, with the housekeeper here; I couldn't even veg and knit in front of the great TV mind emptier. So what, you may ask did I do? On a day off so to speak!? First I had a pedicure, ran errands, grumped at city hall, ate lunch out and STILL had the rest of the day to while away! I headed to Andrea's where we took a drive ( hmmm ... helicopter moving creosote logs off the fort's beach ) after getting ice tea and chocolate cookies, then back for more tea and dinner ingredients and then some silver fusing in her studio ( I learned something and exercised this old brain! ) and then we had a wonderful dinner originally promised to Andrea's dad ( sorry Armand - NOT! ) and then watched the Rise of the Silver Surfer a Fantastic 4 movie, that Jake loved, then strawberry shortcake ( 3 servings for Jake ) and then home to Men in Trees ( yum - love that Cash guy ! ) and then today, I STILL can not get into the studio! Sigh....

This is a photo of Jacob showing his cat at the cat show. It is for Andrea and Whit so they can see how it is done! HAHA, Thanks for dinner! Lois

Just a Funny Note

I do not have much to say this evening so I thought that I would add this picture of one of the cards Melissa received at her bridal shower. I thought it was pretty funny but then maybe it was just the snacks talking!

A cold and sunny day here. Phil and I had a nice walk with Regina and a yummy lunch out at the Spruce Goose.

April What ( ! ) Brings May Flowers?

What a surprise! This is our third day of on and off snow storms. This is April with a twist, a vengence, a dang,it's cold out here kind of month! I like it though as long as we get a spot of sun now and then. It's a great day to spend in the studio although the snow does scare off less hardy customers from the shop. They must all stay home and create, too. Hmmm - I have a small comfort zone weather wise so hot days do not appeal to me and cold days do. This day fit right into my I like it cold days. A little more sun and venturing customers would be good for the soul and pocketbook.

Don't you love the little dinosaur that Jake snuck into the hole in one of my garden rocks? He is so cute covered in snow and Jake thought I did not even notice this cold blooded beast in my garden! Ha! He has been there a long time but now the poor guy needs to hibernate. I am making a dive for my down comforter and a fast People magazine read. Nighty nite! Lois