April 10, 2011

Just to let you know, A Place to Bead has a trunk show coming up. They kick off the show with a opening party at 7:00pm on April 14th, where you can get first pick of all the bead goodies. There is usually a great selection of pearls, strands of stones and even some semi-precious beads. The trunk show continues through April 19th, so if you can't be there for the opening, you have 5 other days to shop. YUM!!!! Also, don't forget that Sunday afternoons at A Place to Bead, we have Bead Therapy. The official time is 1:00pm - 3:00pm, but we pretty much hang out there any time on Sunday afternoon. We laugh, bead and solve the problems of the world all in a Sunday afternoon. We help each other out with bead problems, give each other ideas, and just have fun. So if you're looking for a bit of bead companionship, come by some Sunday afternoon and join us.

January 6, 2011

Okay, it's a new year, and if you are like a large group of people all over the Earth, you've made your New Year's Resolutions. And if you are like a majority of those same people, you will have all good intentions of keeping those resolutions. And if you are like me, you will be doing good to make it a month before you break any and all of those resolutions and just give up and decide to keep doing things the way you have been doing them. So, years ago, I decided that I must be making the wrong resolutions. I decided that I would make resolutions that I KNEW I would be able to keep.

1. Try to buy beads. Now this is one that I know I will be able to keep. Without even trying.
2. Attend as many bead shows as possible. Again, this should be easily do-able.
3. Buy cabochons when possible. If you are as crazy about cabs as I am, then this should be a fun resolution to do.
4. Bead every chance I get. This is a resolution that is right up my alley.

I think that you can see how this works. At the end of the day, I feel good for having kept my resolutions.

To help you keep your resolutions, if they are like mine, I need to pass on some info. So here goes.

This Saturday and Sunday, Intergalactic Bead & Jewelry Show is opening a new venue in Raleigh. We usually are able to go to this show in Durham and at this time they do not have a Durham show listed, so I don't know if they are planning on replacing or supplementing Durham with this show. Just a glance at the exhibitors list, I see some of the regulars at Intergalactic as well as a few new ones, including Leonardo Lampwork, whom I've seen their work and it is beautiful. Here is the info on this show:

Raleigh/Durham NC
Saturday, January 8, 2011 - Sunday, January 9, 2011
Holiday Inn Brownstone Hotel & Conference Center (Presidential)
1707 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC 27605

http://beadshows.com/welcome.action

If you go to the above link, you will find a button to click on and get a $2 off coupon.

Also, just wanted to give you a heads up that for those of you who love cabs, Anne Kennedy will be making her yearly visit to sell cabs. Let me tell you, if you have never purchased any of Anne's cabs, they are absolutely beautiful and very reasonably priced. She carries cabs from all over the world, and it is very hard to locally find a better chance to get stunning cabs and great prices. When the date is set, I'll be sure to let you know.

So, may your new year be full of beads.