Today it rained all day, did a little bit of beading, posted a few new pairs of earrings on etsy, and now am looking at what I bought at the last bead show. Do you ever buy stuff you love and then you get home and think , Now What? I bought a variety of briolette strands, different colors, and now I just keep looking at them trying to figure out what to make. At the time it seemed like such a good idea, a shopping frenzy. I think my brain is confused as to what to do. I will think of something.

Well I have to say that today was exciting. I came home from work and looked at my etsy shop. I had 6 sales. I went downstairs and yelled to my family that I had 6 new sales. I was so excited. It is such a good feeling to know that there are people out there who enjoy what I make. Etsy is so much fun, just seeing what others create is incredible. I have a dear friend who will be selling on etsy, I had to call her and tell her that she needs to hurry up.

This changes the subject. My daughter and I went tonight and saw the musical, The Color Purple, I wasn't sure of what to think. It was really fun, great music, very upbeat. I could stay on here and talk about all kinds of musicals but am hungry and really need to go eat something. I taped American Idol and now need to see who went home. This is tough. I really like Danny and Adam. We will have to see.

Open House

Well we had our open house. We had a good turn out and lots of food! It was fun to visit with old and new customers as well as friends. We always have a good time together visiting, getting new ideas and discussing what we are going to come up with next. We have decided that our beading is a sickness, we love it and cannot stop.

We also made it a point to make it to the gem show on Sunday so that we could buy more beads to add to our collection.

Recently we did a bead swap, we all brought beads to exchange and it went very well. If there are beaders out there who would like to be involved in bead swaps, send a comment. We really should have swaps every couple of months. It is fun to see what other designers do with beads you originally bought. It is also a great way to clean out your collections and make room for more!

We set up for our open house tonight, and wow, do we have a lot of jewelry. Anyone who lives near Prairie Village and loves beads should come by. We will be serving an assortment of Mexican food and margararita's. I will be taking pictures and will post them. It is nice to have three designers, I think that we compliment eachother well and get great ideas from eachother. We have 2 open houses a year and one event in the late summer.

Haven't posted anything lately. I am having an open house this Friday 5-9pm and Saturday 10-4pm with the Beaded Lizard and C.K. aRtisan. Comment for directions, located in Prairie Village, KS. It should be lots of fun, lots of fun jewelry and great food! We will have a huge variety. lots to choose from.

I will be adding more to my etsy shop in the next few days. Take a peek! There are lots of great shops on etsy, fun to surf.

Here is my latest piece on etsy.

This is a picture of myself and my two friends who I bead with. The three of us will be having our spring open house on April 24th and Saturday, April 25th. I will post times in the next few days. If out and about , you should stop by. We always have plenty of food and drink, fun to visit and catch up. I will post more later...

Check back with me as I will be adding new photos. We are getting ready to have an open house for jewelry which I will be doing with two other beaders, check back for details, dates will be April 24th and 25th.

Here are a few of my favorites from my etsy shop http://www.gypsyjanes.etsy.com/