DESIGNS BY KIM

Gold, Gem & Mineral Show 2012 in Monroe Feburary 25th & 26th

2012-01-22T20:38:00.000-08:00

I just signed up for a new rock show that I have never done.

This is the Seventeenth annual Washington Gold, Gem and Mineral Show 2012 @ Evergreen Fairgrounds in Monroe, WA. it is on Feburary 25th & 26th . I will have all new stock and old stock of my dad's at this show. When I do shows, I always bring new stock that has never been in the store. If you want first pick come and check it out.

Gold, Gem & Mineral Show 2012

Rock Tables that look like actual food

2011-12-15T04:52:00.000-08:00

I have been meaning to blog about this for awhile. In September of 2010 I went to a show in Denver with Todd and we saw this amazing set up. They had set up a couple tables and said that you were to pick out the one thing that was not a rock and was actuallly edible on it. Everything looked like food, we could not do it. It turned out to be rock candy in a dish. This had quite the crowd of people trying to figure it out, to no avail. Check these pictures out, I have since seen this set up at many shows and it is always amazing.

BazArt Fine Arts and Crafts Show

2011-11-16T20:22:00.000-08:00

BazArt Fine Arts & Craft Show

I will be at the upcoming Bazaar in Maple Valley - last one of the season. Lots of fabulous handmade gifts perfect for the holidays. Mark your calender and tell all of your friends. Support local.!!

4th Annual BazArt Fine Arts and Crafts Show

Saturday, December 3 at 10:00am - 5:00pm at Maple Valley Creative Arts Center.

Hollywood Schoolhouse Christmas Boutique

2011-11-10T08:21:00.000-08:00

Hollywood Schoolhouse Christmas Boutique

Hollywood Schoolhouse
Woodinville, WA
11/9 – 11/13
Wed 7-9, Thurs - Sat 10-9
http://www.hollywoodschoolhouse.com/

This show is fabulous - approx 60+ different crafters everything from, handmade jewelry, quilts, handmade ornaments, pet stuff, wood crafts, soaps, hats, gloves, scarves, everything that you can imagine. Handmade gifts of all kinds perfect for Christmas gifts or something special for yourself.

Rock Creek Holiday Bazaar - this Saturday Nov 5th

2011-11-03T21:08:00.000-07:00

Saturday I am in a holiday bazaar in Maple Valley at Rock Creek from 10- 4. I will have my jewelry, some stones from my shop and my beaded and fun fur gloves. Fun fun fun.

Rock Club Shed Work Party

2011-10-04T10:23:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of the recent Rock Club Shed Work Party. We hauled alot of dirt, packed it down with feet, shovels and racked it around. We moved huge cement blocks, buckets of rocks, wood and more. Nails were pounded, wood & dirt flew around. Lots of sweat, but we did get a nice food break since this was a potluck. Some even passed around an icepack to cool us off. Lots of great food then back to work. We worked about 9 hours total, including hauling buckets and break time. Enjoy.

Earthlight News

2011-09-26T15:51:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone, 9/26/11
I just got back in town from Denver, mostly unpacked.
I have saved a bunch of new things aside for my upcoming show on October 22nd- 23rd at Vasa Park - fliers in the shop with address, map and hours.

This is a fun show for all, free parking and free admission- lots of vendors, demonstrations, and raffle’s.
I have many new finds that I have never seen before that will be at this show- it is a must see to get first pick. I will bring in what is leftover from the show into the shop for those that do not make it in.

I do have many new things that are in the shop right now. check it out - many things selling fast.

Azeztulite- Red/Gold Azeztulite, Red Azeztulite, Azeztulite, Himalayan Gold Azeztulite
Gaia Stone - (Helenite from Mt. St Helens)
Healers gold- new hearts
Meteorites
Moldavite- raw pieces & fabulous jewelry faceted and raw jewelry
Libyan gold tektite- raw
Lapis - tumbled
Labradorite- Slabs,beads, bookends - wow got to see
Petrified Wood- bookends
Carnelian- tumbled, palm pieces and free form polished pieces
Bytownite - also known as Golden Labradorite
Gaspiete- raw
Garnets- polished and gorgeous crystals
Garnet- sphere- only1
Apatite- blue tumbled, and raw pieces
Merkabite Calcite- almost gone
Bloodstone- beads
Aquamarine- beads - round and chips
Agni gold Danburite- almost gone
Eudialyte- palm pieces - going fast
Serafinite- palm pieces - going fast
Dumortierite- tumbled
Chrysocolla- tumbled
Ammonite- Large Pair polished, 3-D polished pieces, Jewelry
Citrine- tumbled, raw points
Siberian Blue Quartz- 1- cobalt piece
Sunshine Aura Quartz- clusters
Aqua Aura Quartz- clusters
Celestite- large crystal cluster
Scolecite- palms and polished
Carved Hedgehog- out of Kabama Jasper
Copper- larger pieces with color flash on them from water process
Copper- bookends- only 2-pairs
Merlinite- polished pieces
Lithium included Quartz- nice palm medium size crystals
Blue Quartz - fabulous quartz with blue tourmaline included
Ocean Jasper- polished, and beads
Picture Jasper- beads - sold already
Polychrome Jasper
Angel Wing Blue Anhydrite
Fossil Lovers - Must see 4- fabulous very rare unusual Trilobites large museum quality
Fossilized Shark Teeth, Snaggletooth, and Megladon (even 1-with pyrite)
Chrysanthemum Stones- new fabulous palm pieces
Ajoite Polished pieces- perfect for jewelry and gorgeous
Amazonite- tumbled
Amber- with bugs and polished
Lemurian Jade- tumbled
Sodalite- carved Dolphin
Carved blue twin dolphins with blk calcite base
Blue Calcite- dreamy dark Sphere, Hearts, and 1 of a kind fabulous large Bowl
Owyhee blue Opal- lovely small polished pieces
Larimar - jewelry
Herkimer Diamonds- jewelry - even earrings & 1- ring
Scapolite- new fabulous Orange color
Golden Lemurians- only 2
Rose Quartz- spheres and palms
Watermelon Tourmaline - fabulous pair, sold separately
Lepidolite Mica
Mica-clear
Mookaite Jasper- tumbled
Sonora Sunrise- raw and polished slab
Heulandite- from Brazil - gorgeous- only 1
Charoite- large polished slab, palm pieces - beautiful
Skulls- New Quartz Skulls- only a couple going fast - 1-citrine
Beads- all kinds, chips of all kinds, even dragon blood jasper beads
Drilled Quartz crystal points- natural, small and large
Sage- wrapped bundles raw for smudging
Abalone shells - gorgeous perfect for incense burning
Obsidian - rainbow sphere - 1- new large one
Pipestone- red & black perfect for carving
Red Spinel - in marble from Vietnam, gorgeous - only a few
Auralite 23- sold out already, within moments of unwrapping- I will get more in stock
Oco slices
Geo Shapes- in nice box- only a couple left going fast
Carved Quartz - shaped into Merk star
Ruby Fuchsite - tumbled
Peace signs - new ones for jewelry
Boji Stones- a couple large connected ones
Dichroic glass beads
Tsarvorite- raw and gemmy ones for faceting
Soft Flex- Nylon Coated stainless steel wire for beading (new)- sold by foot or yard
Leather- new sold by yard, or finished cord necklaces for pendants to be put on
Linen Cord - new sold by yard, or finished cord necklaces for pendants to be put on
Lobster clasps, crimps and more
Dognuts- many stones- even Lemon Chysoprase
Astrophyllite- raw pieces with the nice gold blades
Ametrine- AA+ Quality spheres
Red Kyanite- new fabulous large pieces
Petalite- more raw stock
Vivianite- fabulous cluster- gorgeous
Malachite- tumbled
Tree Agate
Pyrite- heart, eggs, spheres
Tiffany Stone- drilled for pendants
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Much much more- too many to name them all
Don’t forget to go Christmas shopping early for best selection -also we can make custom jewelry for your loved ones with one of a kind stones.
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Thanks again for supporting your local Rock Shop & don't forget to keep a smile in your heart & rocks in your pocket.

Sincerely,
Kim Lewis

Earthlight, Inc.
46 Lakeshore Plaza
Kirkland, WA. 98033
ph# 425-828-3872
Tues-Sat. - hours - 11:30-6:30
Sunday - hours 12:00 - 5:00

Back from Denver - got Engaged

2011-09-19T11:02:00.000-07:00

I flew back from Denver in the morning, from my buying trip for the rock shop for the Christmas season. Todd took me out to a very special dinner at the Space Needle. That was a first for me, I am afraid of heights, I had to hold on tight in the elevator. Luckily the table was not too close to the edge. During the evening he proposed - it was so romantic, here is a picture of the beautiful ring. Alexanderite in the middle, with diamonds on the outside and emeralds surrounding them. Five stones - my birthday is the fifth month. The Alexanderite has gorgeous color change, and varies from green to light blue. Emerald is my birthstone. The perfect ring from the perfect guy. I am so happy.

Drusy Quartz - rock dig in Wyoming

2011-09-12T14:04:00.000-07:00

In July I went to Wyoming with members of the rock club that I belong to. Following are some pictures from one of the many places we went to. This is a Site in Wyoming, that we got drusy quartz, some with blue drusy quartz and many more colors. The ground was covered with lichen of many colors and the scenery was gorgeous, but it was hot, windy and covered with mosquitoes.

Fish Fossil Quarry - dig in Wyoming

2011-09-12T13:48:00.000-07:00

In July I went to Wyoming with members of the rock club that I belong to. Following are some pictures from one of the many places we went to. This is a Fossil Quarry in Wyoming, mostly fish fossils are at this site, but others as well. They charge $40.00 an hour per person to dig at this quarry, and it is not so easy. It was a good experience though.

Huge Crystal

2011-08-22T22:14:00.001-07:00

Check out this Huge Crystal in my shop right now. It is approx. 28 Kilos. from Brazil. A little damage at the top, but gorgeous.

Wyoming Rock Dig - Star Crinoids

2011-08-11T09:08:00.000-07:00

I went on a rock dig with members of my rock club - we met in Wyoming and this is one of the digs we went on. We drove out to this site with our tour guide and climbed up this rock Hill/Mtn. We collected Star Crinoids - look for the tiny stars on the rocks. These are tiny star looking fossils, along with some clams and other fossils were on the rocks. These were really cool, but we had to look out for the ticks, scorpions and also rattlesnakes. I saw ticks, another member saw scorpions, but no snakes thank goodness. I have some of these in my rock shop now, so much fun.

Cedar Ponds Rock Dig

2011-08-08T17:05:00.000-07:00

In June I went with other members of our rock club and we went to Cedar ponds or Stubbs Hill as it is sometimes called. I was lucky enough to find a fabulous Red Jasper seam and we all took turns getting our share. I had two full buckets to lug back almost 2 miles in a bucket with wheels. As you can see I blew out the bottom of the bucket, this made it a very hard treck back to the car. I mostly had to drag the big green bucket as the two white buckets were stacked inside and mostly sitting on the wheels thru the broken out bottom. We even found some frogs on the trail up to the dig, I have a photo of one of them, along with other pictures from the Dig.

ESTATE/ GARAGE SALE in Maple Valley, WA.

2011-06-04T05:44:00.000-07:00

THIS IS A MUST SEE - ESTATE AND GARAGE SALE - COME ONE COME ALL!!!
Estate/Garage Sale - My mom passed away 2-years ago,we are selling her collectibles, which include dolls, knick knacks, plates and many more items.
Also we have alot of kids things, a bike, toys, clothes and much much more.
Sale Saturday 8:00 - 6:00pm @ Sunday 9:00 - 4:00pm
24103 SE 192nd , Maple Valley, WA. 98038 -
across from the Westover Tree Farm - look for Bright Orange Signs.

Seattle Mineral Market - Rock & Gem Show

2011-05-20T09:02:00.000-07:00

Seattle Mineral Market
#Free Admission, Free Parking

Saturday May 21st, 2011 - 10:00am to 6:00 pm

Lake City Community Center
12531 28th AVE NE
Seattle, WA.
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I will be doing this show on Saturday and I have a ton of new things that have never been in the shop, this is a must see. Come one - come all!!!!
See you all tomorrow.
Kim

Fabulous Carvings by Thomas McPhee

2011-04-25T18:42:00.000-07:00

These carvings are done by Thomas McPhee which is one of the top three leading stone/mineral carvers in the world today.
This carving is a profile done on quartz crystal. This one has no "mythological" story - it is a youth that captures both innocence and beauty. QUARTZ PROFILE measures 1 & 7/8th inches long and 2 & 1/8th inches wide.
Price: $4,500

This carving is of the Greek god "Pan", done on "blue tiger eye" .
PAN measures 2 & 3/16th inches long x 1 & 1/2 inches wide at the top and 1 inch wide at the bottom.
Price: $4,300

A bit of information about Pan:

There are many ancient myths about Pan. One myth that may be used to illustrate several themes is the traditional Chinese creation myth. This is the myth of Pan-gu (also known as P'an-ku). There are written texts of this myth going back to the 6th century and there are parts of Southern China where the cult of P'an Ku still persists. The most common form of the myth is as follows : The first living thing was P'an Ku. He evolved inside a gigantic cosmic egg, which contained all the elements of the universe totally intermixed together. P'an Ku grew by about 10 feet each day. As he grew he separated the earth and the Sky within the egg. At the same time he gradually separated the many opposites in nature, male and female, wet and dry, light and dark, Yin and Yang. These were all originally totally commingled in the egg. While he grew he also created the first humans. After 18,000 years the egg hatched and P'an Ku died from the effort of creation. From his eyes the sun and moon appeared, from his sweat, rain and dew, from his voice, thunder, and from his body all the natural features of the earth arose.

If anyone is interested in these let me know right away before they are gone.

Kalama Trip

2011-04-12T09:16:00.000-07:00

I went on a rock dig to get Carnelian in Kalama, Wa. Here are some of the pictures, notice how wet and dirty I got. The kids had fun and Todd & I worked really hard, we are still sore, but we got some beautiful pieces. We did not find the quantity that we did last time, but each dig is different. I did get messier then usual, lol. Enjoy the pictures. I will be bringing in rough pieces to the shop to sell, perfect for tumbling.

Field Trip to Rose Mae's Private Rock Shop

2011-03-02T09:56:00.000-08:00

These are pictures from a field trip that I went on with my rock club. We went to a private rock shop/museum in Washington owned by Rose Mae, she is a very nice lady and we all had lots of fun. I hope you enjoy the pictures after this we went on a dig, but I was too busy digging to take pictures.

Back from Tucson and ready for my show

2011-03-02T09:45:00.000-08:00

Ok, I am back from Tucson and I have been unpacking for 3 weeks now. I had a pallet delivered to the shop with my goods, it weighted 1100 lbs. Wow - the shop is totally full of new specimens and I have a bunch I am saving aside for my show this weekend. I will be at the Rock & Gem Show at Pickering Barn in Issaquah, Wa.
Come see even more cool stuff, auctions, door prizes and fun games for kids and adults alike.

Show information below:
Join us for the
2011 East KingCo Rock & Gem Show March 5 & 6, 2011
Saturday - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Free Admission!

Pickering Barn
1730 - 10th Ave. NW
Issaquah, WA 98027
(Across from Costco)

Amethyst and more in Tucson

2011-02-03T07:06:00.001-08:00

I have been in Tucson for over a week now and still days to go, but I wanted to share some of the wonders that nature has. Here are some of the many Amethyst that you can see when you go to Tucson's many many gem shows. Enjoy.

Two Fantastic Carvings

2011-02-01T15:29:00.001-08:00

Ok so I am still in Tucson, but I thought I should share these fabulous carvings that I bought for my shop, Earthlight, Inc. These are marvolous and they will sell fast - one of a kind.

Upclose of the Chyrsoprase carving.

Horses carved out of Chyrsoprase, which is a lovely stone. One of a kind, and gorgeous.

The last carving is out of Lavender Oregon Opal, the carving is of a sea turtle with two jelly fish and some shells. Gorgeous and large- this is a must see when I get back from Tucson.

Mookaite Jasper at Tucson

2011-01-31T17:36:00.001-08:00

I am at the Tucson show in Arizona, I wanted to share with everyone my favorite stone. Mookaite Jasper it is from Australia. Here are some pictures of some rough of it, these are actually huge pieces of rough. Also I added some polished so you can see how lovely it is polished up.

Christmas Tree & Chocolates

2010-12-29T10:37:00.001-08:00

Anna is pointing at the Chocolate chart - two levels to this chocolate box, we all are having our chocolate fix.

Santa brought me these chocolates & Anna wants to share.

Todd & I on Christmas morning.

Anna & Todd in the morning on Christmas morning.

Anna & Todd in the morning on Christmas morning.

Kids-N-Clay trip

2010-11-16T21:35:00.000-08:00

We went to Kids-n-clay in Lynnwood last Saturday. Here are some of the things we made and some of us posing. We had lots of fun.

Anna & Me

Anna & Anika

Anna, Todd & Anika

Projects that we all painted.

Denver Rock Shows

2010-09-21T09:50:00.000-07:00

Todd & I went to the Denver show from the 15th thru the 19th for a business trip for my rock shop Earthlight, Inc. It was a blast here are a few pictures. I will blog about more when I get a chance.

This is a gorgeous Citrine table- Todd is posing with this table, I wish I had this table.
Gorgeous Amethyst Cluster too big for me to buy, but I wanted it can't you tell.
This vendor had a lot of cool Rock art pieces. So much fun.

Garnet Field Trip

2010-07-18T09:28:00.000-07:00

I went on a field trip to Heather Lake in Wenatchee with my rock club and family, we found lots of fabulous things. Soapstone, Actinolite and Garnets. I have pictures below of the last portion of the rockhounding adventure, the gathering of the garnets. We hiked 1 1/2 miles to the spot in the river we wanted to dig. In order to get the garnets you had to stand in the fast flowing river and shovel gravel. You then had to sort out the garnets, this was easier if you found a spot with some sunshine, as the river was very cold. The river was full of larger rocks making it hard to find the gravel bottom buried below the rocks, where you needed to dig. After much effort we all found some garnets, see below for some of the highlights.

This is a fabulous tree that was over me while I dug for garnets. Love it.

Sorting in the river right off of my shovel, we didn't have a screen as we should have. Most of the other club memeber brought screens, but some of the garnets were so small they would have just fallen thru.

This is the type of screen most club members used to screen out the garnets from the gravel in the river.

I am walking in the river trying to find a good spot to dig.

Here is a picture of the river, showing some of us digging for garnets.

Nice shot of the river.

Here is me posing in the cold river, I was in this river the entire day. I even sat in it to sort my garnets. I was numb from the waist down for most of the day.

Norma letting us know that she is ready to take off, we left shortly after this. I think she was getting cold in the river, the sun was starting to go down some. Norma and Kevin just finished a 2 1/2 week rock hounding adventure, so they were ready to go home.

Kevin letting us all know what to do, and having fun.

Kelly and some other people gathering garnets.

A bunch of us getting garnets.

Upclose of some of the garnets that we got.

Picture of some of the garnets that we dug, we also got a bunch that were still in the matrix.

Digging in the river.

More pictures from the dig.

Anna at the dig.

My daughter and I as we pick thru the garnets that we got together.

A shovel load of gravel that needs to be sorted.

Large Fossil and Drusy Amethyst

2010-06-16T21:30:00.001-07:00

Check out these two fabulous specimens at my shop - the Red Drusy Amethyst is sold, but I had to show it off. The fossil is still available - at least at the moment.

Large Drusy Red Amethyst with Calcite Crystals
Backside of the Large Drusy Red Amethyst with Calcite Crystals
Orthoceras - huge - largest one I have ever seen. From Morocco.

Rock Well - Beautiful Yard Art

2010-06-13T22:40:00.000-07:00

We have this fake well in our yard that came with the house, many years ago. It use to be full of leaves and sticks - yard debris - nothing nice. I decided to change it and make it a beautiful piece of yard art. I added rough rock that I had of various size and colors. I am using it for storage and it looks good too, that actually was just a bonus. Check it out - what do you think?

RockHound Trip to Mt Higgins

2010-06-07T08:53:00.000-07:00

So a couple of weeks ago my rock club and some other clubs all went on a rock hounding trip to Mt Higgins, in Washington. It was a long day and alot of people were there. Probably too many people for such a small site to dig the Rhodonite. Regardless I did manage to get 1 1/2 bucket of Serpentine, which was a bonus we were after Rhodonite. I did get about 1/2 a bucket of Rhodonite, this was not the higher quality that you see in Australia, or other sites. Normally higher quality Rhodonite is Pink with black veining. This Rhodonite was more black with very pale pink (almost white) patches, it did show the typical black veining that I love. I hope these will cut and polish well, I will probably sell some rough too. It was a fun trip and worth all of the effort. Rhodonite is found in very hard rock, so we did not have an easy time of it, but worth the effort. Here are some pictures below of some of the rough - none is cleaned yet as you can tell.

Serpentine, this is a gorgeous green color and pretty big.
Serpentine, with a great green color, I have lots in this size.
Here is one of the Rhodonite pieces that I got.

More awesome Rhodonite.
Here is a picture of the pile of rocks I got, Serpentine, Rhodonite and a few others thrown in that I picked up.

Fun time is had by all. Happy Rockhounding.

New Etsy Acct

2010-06-05T21:54:00.000-07:00

I wanted to let everyone know that in May I opened up a new Etsy account for my rock shop which is WWW.earthlight.etsy.com . I have been working hard all month and have listed over 145 items on the Etsy Earthlight site. I also have over 250 things listed on the main Earthlight account. WWW.earthlight.com so much fun. So even though we have been around for 22 years, we have finally spread world wide.

Twin Golden Calcite Crystal

2010-05-13T10:15:00.000-07:00

Ok so one more fabulous piece (museum quality) that will be at the Mineral Market show on May 22nd in Seattle. If you have questions on this specimen, contact me. Check my website WWW.earthlightgems.com for contact information.

This is a twin golden calcite crystal (actually two crystals radiating out from the same root between them) on a matrix of barite crystals from Elmwood, Tenn. The calcite is perched beautifully on the matrix of barite. The photograph does not show the barite however if the shot is taken from the other side, the calcite presents perched on a wall of finely articulated barite crystals rather than matrix so it is sort of a two sided piece with each side having its own features. With the appropriate lighting, the calcite "shoots" beautiful rainbows from within.

The mine in Elmwood, Tenn. has been closed for years and specimens from this locality have been highly prized both here in the states and particularly in Europe for the last 30 years due to the extraordinary associations of different minerals expressing in highly aesthetic compositions. This is a classic.

Dimensions: overall dimensions of the specimen is 12" long x 9.5" high x 4.5" deep with the calcite crystal/s itself 8" from tip to tip.

Sneak Peak at Mineral Market Show in Seattle

2010-05-11T10:30:00.000-07:00

Here is a sneak peak at a few things I will be bringing to the Mineral Market Show in Seattle at Lake City Center on May 22nd. I have information about this show on my website. WWW.earthlightgems.com

Youngite with Druzy, Selenite Ball, Marcasite Stalagtite.
This Marcasite Stalagtite, is very long, the longest I have ever seen.
This is a very large polished FreeForm Labradorite, it has a gorgeous blue flash.
Ok this picture does not do this justice it is a gorgeous huge cluster of Green Fluorite.
Fabulous Amethyst Crystal Cluster with a carved stand made to fit.
This is an upclose picture of the Large Selenite Ball, so cool.
This picture has some more marcasite stalagtites, a fabulous druzy cluster, and some Aquamarine specimens with Muscuvite
This is a huge slab of polished specular hematite, along with a blue cluster of Fluorite.
Ok so I love this Rhodocrosite freeform polished dish, so beautiful. I also have a very nice smokey quartz and a gorgeous stibnite.
This picture has a fabulous smokey septer, Lapis, Druzy cluster,Pink/Purple Fluorite, and a sample of one of the spinel pieces I am bringing.

I will have two tables and a lot of things as back stock to fill in as things sell. This is a don't miss show. I will be waiting to bring these items into the shop until after the show, so don't miss out. Alot of the things I am bringing are one of a kind items, and I may not ever see them again.

Crystals in the Rough

2010-05-06T18:08:00.000-07:00

This is what I started with, a whole box with a bushel of Dirty Quartz Crystals from Arkansas. I ordered an entire bushel, it came in this large garbage bag in a large box, I will be pulling out trays of crystals for awhile to clean.

This is going to take weeks and weeks of cleaning if the weather stays good. All I plan on using is a toothbrush and water.

Up close of some of the crystals.

See the side by side view before & after 1/2 of the tray is cleaned. This took hours the rest will have to wait until next weekend.

Lots more to go, but here are some of the cleaned crystals.

Here is some more of the finished crystals after scrubbing with a toothbrush and water for hours I think these turned out pretty clean. I probably won't even need to do the soak in the acid wash, as most people do. But of course this will take a lot more work then just soaking in the acid wash for a week.
I like the feel and satisfaction you get when you clean the crystals yourself.

Field Trip to Kalama , WA.

2010-03-28T18:03:00.000-07:00

Ok so last weekend I went on a field trip to Kalama, WA. with my rock club East Kingco Rock Club we had lots of fun. Granted I dug for 8 hours and was exhausted by the end of it. I did get almost a whole bucket full of carnelian & various agates. I also got some crystals and jaspers. If you have not joined your local rock club yet, get to it for lots of fun and exercise. My daughter also brought a friend and they had fun playing around a creek and collecting easy finds, no digging involved. Check out a small sample of some of the things I found that day. Some of these I will sell rough in my rock shop, others I will tumble up, or bag for others to tumble, so much fun. Enjoy.

Tucson Rock Show 2010

2010-03-24T21:03:00.000-07:00

I went to Tucson at the Beginning of February. It was a work trip, and it was fun, but it required a lot of planning. I wanted to give you some pointers if you ever plan on going.

First thing you will need is a lot of money, a budget and a list of things you need or want. There are over 43 shows and many of the shows have 100-1000 vendors. You can technically do one show a day and never see it all. So don't worry you won't see it all, realize that and move on.

I checked out the shows ahead of time and made a list in priority of what shows I had to see and who I wanted to check out at each one.

We packed one whole suitcase with bubble wrap, flat rate boxes and wrapping tape.
I shopped from morning to night, from show opening to closing. Then at the end of the day I would finally eat dinner, take a dip in the pool/jacuzzi at the hotel. Then I would be up for hours packing what I purchased that day.

I also kept an expense log, on it I put what I got where and what I spent at each vendor. In addition to the log, if I saw a vendor I wanted to purchase from in the future I took a business card & wrote on the back of the card what I liked that they had and a price range or contact name if needed.

I shipped 7 boxes ahead of time, which beat me back to the shop. I realized on the third day that I needed more then the flat rate boxes would allow. I had found a fabulous large Druzy Red Amethyst with Calcite Crystals. This was way too large then the flat rate boxes. This was the day I decided to get a truck and have pallets delivered to the shop (Earthlight, Inc.) I found one of the shops that I bought a lot of merchandise from and arranged the trucking thru them. I had to pack and round up everything that I purchased for the next few days - until the day before we left town. Then the morning we were to leave we delivered all of the other items and added them to the boxes already purchased and palletized it all for shipping. Since the money was spent and the truck was packed, we browsed around and only purchased a small amount of Amber the last day, that we could carry onto the plane. We only had a couple of hours to shop around then off to the airport and back home.

I was only in Arizona 6 days- next year I will try for two weeks. I just need to save up more money, and then I can stay longer and go to more shows. Fabulous.
The pictures are from the trip, with my daughter and some awesome finds that we did not purchase

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Rose Quartz

2010-01-07T22:45:00.000-08:00

I have decided to feature a stone - Rose Quartz

The color of rose quartz is produced by impurities of titanium or inclusions of manganese. Rose quartz is the quartz of the heart, and emotional release and balancing stone. Its pink color resonates warmth and love. It helps all types of lonely and deprived souls. It is especially good for children and those who needed love when children. the rose energy flows in with the circulation of the heart vessels. Rose quartz is the state mineral of South Dakota. (4th chakra)

Here is a link to this product if you are interested in purchasing it or looking at more of my rocks on my website, enjoy.

http://www.earthlightgems.com/catalog/i170.html

New Website Finally Up

2009-12-14T02:23:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone,
I finally got my new website up for my Rock Shop in Kirkland, it has been around for 21 years. I will be listing alot more on it, of course the store has many many more items then on the web site, but it is looking great.

http://www.earthlightgems.com

check it out.,
Thanks
Kim

Sale Sale Sale - Etsy - Sale Sale Sale

2009-11-23T21:39:00.000-08:00

(SALE- November 26th thru Cyber Monday on the 30th.Every order gets a free beaded bug, your choice. Free shipping on any sales over $25.00 along with the free beaded bug.)(I will refund you the shipping back, unless you let me know ahead of time)

check out by Etsy site http://www.etsy.com/shop/kimforbeads I also just listed some new awesome jewelry, one example is pictured above. Do you want me to make something custom just for you, just let me know.

Earthlight, Inc. & stuff

2009-10-05T14:17:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I have not blogged in a while.
I had a lot happen this summer. I lost my Mom, Aunt & my Dad all within a month. Life has been really hard. My husband is very ill and has been in & out of the hospital.

I do have one light in my life and that is Earthlight. I have taken over my dad's legacy and I am giving it a jump start. It is a fantastic rock shop in Kirkland, WA. and has been there for 21 yrs.

I have invested a lot of my own money into the shop to keep it alive & my dad's dreams. The shop has every type of mineral you can imagine, we have rough & polished minerals & crystals. Along with jewelry and fossils. I have been putting more of my jewelry in the shop & it has gone over wonderful. If you are ever in Kirkland check it out @ 46 Lakeshore Plaza in Kirkland, Wa.
on the waterfront.

Enjoy your day.
Kim

Renton River Days

2009-07-24T21:38:00.000-07:00

Hey, I am doing a fabulous show this whole weekend. Renton River Days it is sponsored by Ikea and has lots of free stuff for kids. The art market is all handcrafted items and they have a wide selection from wood carvers to quilters to of course fantastic jewelry ( being my booth # 41) lol. The show is scheduled Friday (today), Saturday (10 - 8 & Sunday 12-6). If you are in Renton, WA. or want to stop on by it is well worth the trip. Here is a link to find out more info.
http://rentonwa.gov/living/default.aspx?id=1138

check it out & have fun.

New Farmers Market

2009-07-19T09:35:00.000-07:00

I have been doing the Farmers Market in Maple Valley. This is the first year that Maple Valley has had a Farmers Market. It has a great turn out. Fabulous customers, and lots of selection. The staff for the market are wonderful, they try to make it diverse and communicate perfectly. I have done the first four markets it started on June 20Th. I will be doing many more, I signed up for the Maple Valley market for every day I did not have another show scheduled. So I have a show almost every weekend until December. Hopefully it will get us by until I get a day job again. I got laid off three months ago and I was doing shows on the side, now it is the only means of income.

If you are in Maple Valley or close by check out the Farmers Market it is at Rock Creek Elementary from 9:00 to 1:00. on Saturday until the second weekend in October. If you are lucky you will also see me there. Have fun.

My mom died today

2009-06-20T16:18:00.000-07:00

I have been practically living at the hospitals, my mom just passed this morning. She is not suffering any more. She died in her sleep, under alot of medication at the hospital. She didn't feel any pain. My mom was the best mom ever, I hope everyone realizes how great their moms are. The hospital told my mom on her birthday Thursday that she had approx. 2-days. She was asleep for the last day and a half. She had stage four melanoma (metastasized) cancer for the past 7 years. The original skin cancer was 17 years ago. She fought so hard, she beat all of the odds, did all of the treatment and much more. I will miss her so much, I feel that my heart is broke into a million pieces.

My dad is still in ICU and just had more surgeries yesterday, I could not even be there for him. I was with my mom at her hospital. I am going to visit him tonight, even though he is probably still sedated from his two surgeries yesterday.

Times are sure tough.

More News on Hospital update

2009-06-05T09:43:00.000-07:00

So much to tell. Sunday night my husband got super sick, throwing up both ways all night long. He could not keep water or anything down. I brought him into the urgent care in the am, he was dehydrated. They gave him a pain shot & nausea shot, since he was not able to take his pain meds for his recovery from his surgery. He ended up in the emergency at the hospital & in ICU for two days & regular room for two days. He just got back home.

Our daughter, ended up with the same thing on Tuesday - the Dr's then realized that my husbands problem, was not all related to the surgery. Our 8yr old was terribly sick for two days, had to have IV fluids and lots of tests yesterday. She went back for tests today, but she is finally feeling better and slept thru the night. She has graduated from a full clear liquid diet to the BRAT diet. ( BRAT = Bananas, Rice, Applesauce and Toast). Mainly she is eating toast and Popsicles, but she is holding them in finally.

My mom had her scheduled pet scan, she has approx 12 + tumors from her cancer- she has been fighting a long time. We got some good news, 80% of her tumors are a little smaller, yeh. Maybe her experimental treatment is helping. She is still weak, but not in the hospital, just going for fluids alot, due to her problem holding everything in and not having an appetite.

My dad was moved out of ICU to PCU and just got moved to a regular hospital room late last night, yeh. I hope he keeps getting better.

I am exhausted.

You wont even believe this.

2009-05-30T19:38:00.000-07:00

So if you read my last blog regarding Hospital Woes, you will know my family is going thru tough times.

My mom was sent home earlier in the week from the hospital, it only lasted one day and she was sent back for even more serious problems. The day she originally got out, my dad was rushed by ambulance to the hospital. I just got back from visiting my husband at the hospital, and I had a message that my dad had a heart attack & a seizure. They said he had maybe 8 hrs to live. I hurried p/u my daughter from school and rushed to the hospital, an hour away. I called the hospital on the way and was told that he was more stable and had turned a corner. They said that he had not had a heart attack. He did have the seizure, and has been in ICU for four days now. So the next day I had my Dad, Mom & husband all in different hospitals. Way too much stress. I had to pull our daughter out of school the next day. There was no way I could get on the bus, visit three different hospitals not in town and make it back in time to pick her up.

My husband is now home, but my mom & dad are both still in the hospital. My dad is still in ICU, but he has obviously a better outcome then originally thought. He is expected to move to a regular section tomorrow, hopefully.

I have not had sleep in two days - (since my husband has been out), he is in so much pain that he has me trying to keep him comfortable, getting his meds, and just listening to him suffer all night.

I understand, I am just really really tired.
I hope everyone else is having a better time of it. Oh and by the way I didn't get the job from last weeks interview. Things have to get better.

Hosptial Woes

2009-05-26T08:06:00.000-07:00

My mom has been in the hospital for over a week now. She got really dehydrated and weak. She had diareahha and nausa for 2 months now, she is fighting cancer. Her experimental treatment she has been on for 1 1/2 years, they say has given her Colitis. She has been on all kinds of minerals, and fluids to fight the bought of extended dehydration she has had. Now she is also on steroids. She is starting to improve.

My husband had his surgery last week and has been recovering at the hospital. They took out a section of his small intestines & a section of his colon. We do not know how long he will be in the hospital. Luckily family flew down to visit & see him during these rough times. He met his Dr's goals yesterday, he walked some. It is a start, he still can't eat anything, or drink anything. He is not allowed to swallow at all. He has not ate in over a weak, good thing he is getting fluids by IV also.

My mom & husband are at different hospitals in Seattle, so I keep having to drive to one to visit then drive to the other. So much time & parking, crazy times.

I hope they both are out soon, it is taking its toll on our family. It is hard to manage it all.
I guess it is a good thing that I was laid off last month, so that I can be there for both of them and my family.

SALE- SALE - SALE

2009-05-25T10:17:00.000-07:00

Here's my deal, which will run 5/22 -5/25: MEMORIAL DAY SALE: & my Birthday weekend sale. Buy any item from my shop- at any price and receive a free beaded dragonfly or any beaded bug and a free gift box. You can pick if you want to - otherwise you will get a dragonfly.Here is an example of my beaded dragonflies & more. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16783665

Job Interview

2009-05-21T09:30:00.000-07:00

I have a job interview today, I am so excited. It sounds like a wonderful job. Not in my previous field, but something I have done in the past. Wish me luck, the weekend should be great.

Mothers Day Weekend was Great

2009-05-11T08:00:00.000-07:00

I had a wonderful Mothers Day, I got to go out to dinner & see a movie (Wolverine) on Friday after my show. On Saturday after my show I went to a family reception. My show went great both days and my daughter (8yrs old) danced and had a ball at the reception. Then on Sunday we got to go out to breakfast and then I got to bead during the day. I also went to my moms house and gave her a wonderful mothers day basket full of spa goodies and such, she loved it.
We visited with some family that came from out of town for the family wedding, that was fun. To top the whole weekend off, I didn't have to cook my husband did, which is really rare now adays. I also received two wonderful handmade cards from both of my kids ( 20yrs old & 8yrs old) and they were so well thought out, they both made me cry.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mothers Day.

Still Need A Job

2009-05-06T17:27:00.000-07:00

I still need a job, I have been searching like crazy. I have a headhunter, a Career Service & Monster.com all on the look out, besides all of my friends & family. The main problem I am finding is that I need to stay in a certain pay range, due to the fact I was the only one working in the family due to my husbands medical problems. So I cannot take a low paying job to get by, it won't get us by. The jobs I am finding in that range all want a college degree of some kind, I have experience but not a degree. I have been working for over 20 years. I need something in the $35,000. to 42,000 a year range. I was making $42,000 at my last job. I have skills in business, administration, customs clearance, import air & ocean. I have the ability to use Word, Excel, Phone, Fax, Copy, Email, etc. Any tips, or leads please let me know.
Thanks so very much.
Kim

Beaded Butterflies

2009-05-05T22:28:00.000-07:00

I just received a custom order for 160 beaded butterflies to put on cupcakes for a wedding.

I am doing it for full wholesale due to the quantity. If anyone is interested in custom orders or wholesale just let me know.
Here is a sample of some of the beaded butterflies and some of the other beaded bugs available. For more check out my site on Etsy. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5821737&section_id=5473244

Dentist Time

2009-05-04T16:22:00.000-07:00

I went to the dentist today, I got my teeth cleaned. Since I have been on alot of inhalers as of lately, I had more plaque then usual. They didn't mention it, but it took more time to clean my teeth and my gums were sensitive. The Dental Hygienist did let me know that when you use inhalers it makes your gums very sensitive and it can be painful. She was not kidding, they are really sore now after the cleaning. I had to work hard at sucking it up, and not showing how much it hurt. I feel like a kid "I don't like going to the dentist" , good thing they are nice or I would never go.

Hollywood Schoolhouse Show

2009-04-28T18:38:00.001-07:00

I just set up for a fabulous spring show. I have my Etsy shop on vacation mode to do this Fantastic show. It is called Hollywood School House Spring Boutique and is located in Woodinville, WA. http://www.hollywoodschoolhouse.com/ Stop by if you are in the area. My Etsy shop will be back up on Sunday. The inventory may not be the same, actually I hope I have to take all new pictures, because I sold so much. lol.
I have a ton of inventory there. Four full- really full tables of jewelry of all kinds. It would blow your mind. The show has approx 50-60 vendors & they are all fabulous. Everything you can think of wood, paintings , photography, furniture, clothing, food, and much much more.

Check out some info regarding the show listed in the Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mbase/cgi-bin/DisplayPage.pl?document_id=2009101547

New Design - Dragonfly Bobby Pins

2009-04-23T21:32:00.000-07:00

This is a new design I came up with for a special request, I like it so much I am now listing these. I can make them in any color combination. Let me know what you think?
Thanks so much.

Job Search

2009-04-21T21:20:00.000-07:00

I have been searching and networking for a job. Not so much fun. If anyone out there has a job in the South King County Washington area. Please contact me. I have experience in
business, excellent customer service, phone skills and more.

Let me know of any job openings & I will review them if they are applicable, I will send my resume and apply.

Thanks so much
Kim

Sunday Mariners Game

2009-04-19T19:08:00.000-07:00

My family & I went to the Mariners Game. We had tickets for awhile now, in a box seat. I never have had such good seats, too bad they didn't win. My daughter got to bring one of her friends and they both had fun. Today was a kids day and they both got Ichiro jerseys - very cool. They wore Mariner hats and the new jerseys, they both had foam fingers and were so cute.
We had to park very far away so that we didn't have to pay much for parking, but it was quite a walk. Good thing the weather was nice.
I hope you all had a great Sunday.

Laid Off- What Do I Do Now ! ! !

2009-04-16T17:38:00.000-07:00

I just got laid off of work yesterday. My work said they were eliminating my position. They wrote me a letter of recommendation and wished me luck. I was told it was not my fault and that they were sorry ( blah, blah, blah). Either way I am job less. I am the sole provider for my family, now what to do. I have contacted lots of people today including a headhunter & unemployment. This could get really bad. My husband has not been able to work for 5 years he has a rare non-cancerous ( as of yet) lymphoma and has surgery coming up, we don't have the date yet. I don't know if I can handle all of the stress. This economy is killing me, I have my jewelry and such in stores, but not that many any longer. Four stores closed last year, and two already this year. I need to find more of an outlet for my work.

What has this economy done to your life.

Baby Blanket

2009-03-28T13:52:00.000-07:00

I am making a custom order Baby Blanket, I don't have them listed on my shop. I should eventually make some for my shop, but they sell pretty quick and take awhile to do. I crochet them with a cute Teddy Bear pattern - three rows of three teddy beads and I add a scalloped edging. I also do need to get ready for a show in April. When I was in the hospital I missed my first show of the year, so I need to do good to make up for the loss of sales. Hopefully this next show will be fabulous.

Here are some pictures of one my finished blanket.

Best wishes to all.
Thanks
Kim

Still Recovering from Bronchitis & Asthma

2009-03-26T19:20:00.001-07:00

I was in and out of Urgent care for a week, went to the doctor's many times & after it was all said and done I ended up on 14 different medications. It didn't work good enough or fast enough, I was then admitted to the hospital for 7 days on Oxygen and all of my medication and more. I have bad veins, they had a hard time getting my IV in and I still have bruises from all of the misses. Every 2-days my IV's would go bad & they would have to re-do the IV again. Which meant many more misses & problems. The hospital sucked, I hated it.
I have a nebulizer at home and was using it 3 to 4 times a day before I was admitted due to the Bronchitis, and I am still using it every day since I am still recovering. I am still on alot of medication, but I had to go back to work. Even though I am only getting 2 - 4 hours of sleep a night, due to all of the medication, I just lay in bed wanting desperately to sleep, but not able to. I have a referral to a pulmonary specialist and should be seeing one soon to get me down off of some of this medication. Oh did I mention I tore muscles and a ligament across the upper part of my back / across my lungs from all of the many asthma attacks. My asthma reasonably good for so long, this thru me.

I have not been hospitalized for my asthma since 1994., even though I do have times every year when I am sick that I have to be put on extra medication and sometimes use my nebulizer.

I received the Proximidade Blog Award !!!!!!

2009-03-25T22:40:00.000-07:00

(SoftPencil) http://elizabethpujalka.blogspot.com/ has awarded methe Proximidade Blog Award !!! check out her site it is wonderful.

Thank you so much! The following is a description of what the PROXIMIDADE Blog Award represents: "This blog invests and believes in the PROXIMITY-nearness in space, time and relationships. These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement! Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers!”Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this clever-written text into the body of their award.I am honored to accept this award and I pass it on to these 8 worthy recipients. The recipients must award it to 8 of their favorites and post the award description on their blog.I present the PROXIMIDADE Award to :

Here are the eight worthy blogs

http://plaidfuzz.blogspot.com/

http://baroness-bijoutery.blogspot.com/

http://creativeladies.blogspot.com/

http://artmixter.blogspot.com/

http://susan-beadlesandpins.blogspot.com/

http://aggieray.blogspot.com/

http://forloveorfunny.blogspot.com/

http://luvmymonkeys.blogspot.com/

Breathing Sucks

2009-03-02T19:37:00.000-08:00

I have been sick all weekend, it started as a cold, then a bad sinus cold. I woke up Saturday even worse, all of the congestion went into my lungs. Breathing sucks - really really sucks. I have now pulled all of the muscles across my upper back from coughing. I was in bed all weekend. I have a nebulizer which I used along with my usual medication/inhalers. I of course did not sleep well, I can't breath - duh - hence no sleep. I also cough when I lay down, I hate sleeping sitting up.

My voice has changed it is now all deep and quiet, because I am sick. Some people think it is sexy, but I don't. I am talking all low and quiet because I have no air function not because I think your hot. lol People are weird.

My veins were collapsing in Urgent care, they could not get an IV in to do the blood work and give me Steroids. After four different trys and two nurses. They gave up, did the blood draw with a butterfly kids needle - too small for an IV, then gave me a show of steroids in the butt. So much fun. I also had three more treatments at Urgent care even though I just had one before I left just to be able to get there.

I am so drugged up now. They have me on 7 prescriptions, from mass inhalers, to antibiotics, to Steroids( predisone), cough syrup, and much more. Oh and I got chewed out at the end upon release, they let me know in not so many words that I need to call 911 next time and not wait so long, they said I was lucky they didn't have to intibate me. I guess I will have to plan out being sick on the week days, it is much more convenient then the weekend when everything is closed.

So you may think it is all easy to breathe, and you don't think about it, but sometimes it just plain sucks.

Friday - finally

2009-02-27T00:45:00.001-08:00

It has been a long week, I have been posting new things on my sites, check out Made it Myself http://www.madeitmyself.com/user/kimforbeads.aspx for some new finds. I added cell phone charms, all one of a kind, in other color choices. I also added some fabulous earrings and a Bear necklace. In my Etsy site http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5821737 I added more cell phone charms, an awesome frog necklace with a matching bracelet, as shown below for a previous blog post. I also relisted some items that expired, check it out. Look for the beaded spiders - ooh. On my Artfire site I added many choices of cell phone charms, click it to see the options. http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=ViewListing&product_id=109992 . And last but not least I added a lot of new earrings and a few necklaces to my silk fair site. http://kimforbeads.silkfair.com/ Check it out if you have not already.

I also do custom orders & wholesale for quantity, just let me know what you need.

New Frog Necklace & Bracelet

2009-02-24T23:13:00.001-08:00

What do you think, cute huh- I am posting these tonight on my Etsy website, check it out.
http://www.kimforbeads.etsy.com/

Back in Town-Diagnosis

2009-02-22T22:17:00.000-08:00

Hey after being at the Mayo clinic all week, we are back in town. They did tons of test and procedures. They have come up with some answers, but not all. The specialist said that she would not necessarily call it Cancer, but that she thinks he has some obscure kind, not identified yet, of Lymphoma. They also found a bacteria living in his gut that was spreading the disease to other areas instead of just inside of his intestines. It is proliferating, I think was the word she used. He is on a four pack of antibiotics and such to get rid of that and hopefully stop the spreading or proliferating. She has sent all of the findings to our Doctor at the
U of Washington, and said that he needs surgery right away. Hopefully we will be able to schedule that without too much of a delay or a hassle. We did find out that he has been misdiagnosed for 7 years by more then one Doctor. If after the surgery the masses of lymph growths come back then they will consider him as having Castleman disease and then he will need radiation/chemo. Lets hope the surgery does a good enough job to tide him over for awhile, he is not ready for Chemo, or Radiation. I am so glad we went to the Mayo clinic, it was quite the adventure, but they were so willing to help and find answers - it was like having a Doctor that cared. Isn't that what we all want, someone to care for us and our family like we care for them.
Thanks everyone for your prayers and loving thoughts. It is always helpful in times like these.

Waiting Room

2009-02-19T15:02:00.001-08:00

Hi Everyone,
My daughter & I have been sitting in the waiting room all afternoon waiting for (Dad- my husband), we took a break for lunch. He should be out in about an hour. They just let us know that they finished with his Colonoscopy, we only have to wait a little longer. It is hard to entertain an 8yr old when she is bored out of her mind. lol - She got tired of doing all of the things we brought to do in the waiting room. Good thing she is a good kid, and that they have computers. She is on a Hanna Montana site, doing a manicure. Well I know we will be going out for dinner tonight, my husband has not eaten in days and was starving when he went in for his procedure. He is planning on eating dinner, then a really early breakfast. He can't eat after 6:00 am because he has an MRI tomorrow. We have an appt Friday night (tomorrow) to hopefully go over the three days worth of tests and procedures. They will hopefully have answers and solutions, and they will let us know if we will get to go home on Saturday or if we are staying until next week.

Mayo Clinic

2009-02-18T15:12:00.000-08:00

Hey we flew out of town to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota for most of the week. They offered an appointment to my husband, we are hoping for the best. So my husband, our 8yr old and I, all made arrangements and took off with one week notice. We were at the airport yesterday at 1:00 pm- the flight left at 3:10pm from Seattle. We flew into St Paul -Minnesota approx 8:30 and we were due to fly out to Rochester at approx 10:25. The plane coming in before us was so late it delayed our flight an entire hour. We did not get to leave for Rochester until 11:25, we arrived approx 12:35 and it was snowing. By the time we got bags, taxi & checked in - got ready for bed, it was 2:00 a.m. My husband had a 7:00 appt, we all woke up at 6:00 for his appt. So we are very tired.
It went great, they are very nice, helpful & they are doing alot of tests that were not previously done and some that need to be redone. We have appts, procedures & test scheduled for the next three days. Friday in the evening will be the big day, to tell us if we go home, or stay longer. They will hopefully have answers and help for him. My husband has been sick for seven years and this is his last shot for help. We have tried everything in Seattle and this is the best in the USA. Wish us the best and pray for him, but things are looking up. As long as we can get thru all of the tests - he is so tired of being poked and prodded and of course is a male and we know how well they do when they are sick. :(

Sock Hop

2009-02-14T17:16:00.000-08:00

Here is my daughter and one of her best friends at the local
school sock hop. She is in second grade and had a blast. Check out her cute outfit I got for her. They did the hokey pokey, the limbo, the chicken dance and much much more.

Fun Fun Fun. They even did Macarena. Don't you wish you

were back in second grade, with no cares in the world.

Valentines for your Sweetie ! !

2009-02-04T20:33:00.000-08:00

Check out these cute Valentines - a ring for you sweetie.
Beaded Flower Bobby pins for your Daughter

Earrings for your Daughter

Gloves to keep you warm your young sweeties hands. Check out my Etsy shop for these great Valentines.

Here are some more check it out, for you and every women you know.

http://www.etsy.com/search_results_shop.php?search_type=user_shop_ttt_id_5821737&search_query=hearts - You know you want to !!!

click it. click it, click it. Hearts Hearts Hearts. Fun Fun Fun.

Business Taxes

2009-01-30T12:39:00.000-08:00

Well my business taxes are due tomorrow on the 31st. I have not done them yet, I have had no time. So tomorrow I will have to buckle down and finish, pay & mail them out, all in one day. Wish me luck. I hope to be online again Saturday night, I have new items to post on my websites.

Guitar Hero = Family time

2009-01-28T00:10:00.000-08:00

Does anyone else play Guitar Hero? We have the drums, vocals (mic) and guitar. I can do the drums and the vocals. Not fabulous, but not bad. My daughter and I trade drums or vocals which ever, she gets to choose. She is only 8yrs old, so some songs she doesn't like to sing. Her favorite song is Eye of the Tiger. She also loves, Livin on a Prayer, Love me two Times, Heartbreaker, and a few others I can't recall. My husband can do it all, but gets stuck doing the guitar mostly, because us girls want to sing & drum. We have not got to play very much lately, but every now and then we get a set in. A set is 6 songs that we select. I like to do a gig with the band we made, it is more challenging, because we do not get to pick all our songs, we just pick a gig. Oh the name of the band is very funny, my husband came up with it
(Mental Constipation). What do you think funny huh. It is good to get our minds off of troubles & have some family time & fun.

Beading all weekend

2009-01-25T21:24:00.000-08:00

I have been beading all weekend. I was working on inventory for one of the shops that carry my jewelry. The name of the shop is Revolutions in Issaquah, WA. I beaded lots of flower bobby pins, and some of the new heart bobby pins. I just came up with the heart design this week, what do you think? I made some in all pink, and some in all red. Below you will see a sample of a couple colors available. I have them on sale on Etsy, ArtFire & Made it Myself. To check it out look for the links on the side of my blog. I can custom make these in any color choices you want and in any quantity. Enjoy.

Lymphoid Hyperplasia

2009-01-22T07:28:00.000-08:00

My husband is finally back from the hospital barely, we were back for 5 minutes and he started bleeding with diarrhea. I called the hospital they said to call 911, I did the paramedics came and accessed him. My grown man of a husband started to cry, he did not want to go back to the hospital. I don't blame him, it was not a good experience we will not be back at that hospital again, very poor care & no communication. The paramedics took his blood pressure & once my husband heard that is was still OK, he decided he was not going to the hospital, the paramedics made him sign a release that he refused to go. He is doing OK - at the moment. Maybe he got hemorrhoids from being in bed for 4 days I don't know. I will be calling the doctor today and the Mayo clinic which is not even close to our state. To see if they can help him, his doctor at the U of Washington told the hospital, that he does not have Crones - but Lymphoid Hyperplasia with an unknown cause. He told him that he can not help him and does not know where to send him. This was news to us, since the U of Washington specialist is the one who diagnosed him with Crones and just in Sept of 08 had told me that he was positive that he had Crones, since I have doubted it all along. He has many more signs of Lymphoma but they say he does not have that.

What to do, just pray and support him and hope he can hang in there for someone to help.

Intestinal Obstruction

2009-01-21T06:56:00.000-08:00

My husband has been in the hospital for three days now, he has a full Intestinal Obstruction. The hospital was going to do emergency surgery the first day he arrived, then when they got his history they now are delaying it. He has had Crones for 7 years and the last 2 have been horrible. He has a specialist at the University of Washington who has given up on him, and we have no one else to help him. He has tried every thing out there and nothing works, they have never been able to get him into any type of remission. He now has Crones thru his small, large & colon. It all started in the small intestines. His Obstruction is in the Ileum (I hope I spelled that right). The hospital has been shooting him up with mass steroids, and they have decompressed his stomach with a tube down his nose into his stomach. He also has a Catheter to pee. He is a mess, they are going to do some type of dye test today to see if they can force anything thru the obstruction. If not they will probably have to do surgery. I will let you know how it goes. But right now life is sucking for us all.

My daughter's Native American Legend

2009-01-10T14:06:00.000-08:00

My 8yr old daughter had to write an Native American Legend for school- she worked really hard on it, she is still doing the illustrations for it, and it is due on Monday. By the way she made this up all on her own. I thought I would share it with you, actually she is excited for me to put it on my blog. Here it is & let me know what you think. If you want to see a picture of her, check out my flicker site, we have some with her in her Halloween costume & with her new puppy. By the way she is in second grade & has to tell this to the whole class as part of her project.

HOW FOX GOT HIS NAME
There once was a village called Tatoosh, it meant the land of happy people.
The village was peaceful until one day things started disappearing.

The chief was angry so he told his son to watch over the village and find out who was stealing their things. The boy watched the village from a high tree until nightfall, he didn’t see anyone. Everyone had stayed in their huts to protect their belongings. Then he found out the thief was coming during the night. The next day he came up to his father and said “the thief is coming at night, oh how well I see at night.” His father summoned the great spirits and changed him into an owl. He waited until night came, then he flew to the top of a tree, and watched.

Finally he saw a creature (no name.) The creature had orange fur and a long bushy tail. He walked on all fours, crouched close to the ground. As he stole some specially prepared Salmon, he noticed an owl up above him. “Hello” he said, do not tell anyone about this. The Owl nodded his head, as the sun started to rise. He then transformed back into a boy. The boy climbed down from the tree, and started to run toward his fathers hut. The creature (no name) ran after him, and tied him up, put a piece of cloth around his mouth so he could not speak. He brought him back to his village, Quana he’ ke’.

The village was strange, but the boy could not figure out what made it strange. The creature (no name) took him into his hut. When the creature (no name) uncovered his mouth, the boy spoke and asked “ why are you stealing our things, & what are you? He answered “we need these things for our village, …I have no name”. I will give you a special gift, if you let me go & return to my village with me. After he thought for awhile he agreed.

They proceeded to the boys village. They went to the chief’s hut. He shows no harm father. I promised him a special gift and he has agreed not to steal from us any longer. We shall have a powwow and give him his special gift at that time.

They announced to the village that they would have a powwow that evening. Everyone got ready - they began. Finally they decided that they would name the creature (no name) - fox which means sly in their native Tatoosh language.

Fox was so happy that he announced he would never steal from them again, only come to visit and stay friends.

Rain Rain & more Rain

2009-01-07T18:43:00.001-08:00

It has been raining like crazy, we live near a local river, which is on flood alert. I am not worried about the house, we are on a side road a little bit away from the river. If it floods though we will be stranded, it will flood across our road to leave the house. It is really high, I am really worried about the holding pond outside our house, DOT doesn't really monitor it much any more. I can't get check to see how high the water is because they have it fenced off and locked with a pad lock. I just hope we make it through the night without being evacuated. Wish me luck.
Rain Rain Go Away.

The Wizard of Oz

2009-01-03T20:04:00.001-08:00

A couple of weeks ago I blogged about the Wizard of Oz play we were suppose to go to having to be rescheduled due to the snow. My family and friends could not make it to Seattle with all of the snow. Well today was the day, we went to the Children's Theater and saw The Wizard of Oz, in Seattle. http://www.sct.org/browse/production.aspx?prod=4495 ( Here is a link about the play in Seattle. It was wonderful, they stayed with the exact song list and story line of the movie. My mom asked my daughter of 8yrs, what part she liked best. She said that when Dorthy sang "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". The Actress playing Dorthy & singing this had a great voice. Everything was fabulous and the sets were fantastic. If you are ever in Seattle with children of any ages, schedule, way ahead of time, to see a play with the Seattle Children's Theater. My mom has a yearly pass & we go about 2-3 times a year with family & friends, who also have yearly passes.

Enjoy the New Year.

My life and family in 2008

2009-01-01T11:19:00.000-08:00

I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Today is the start of 2009 & I hope it is better then last year.

A Lot happened in 2008.

In March my husband finally got disability (social security) he has been very ill for years, and we were able to pay off the medical bills and some of our credit cards. His Doctor has now given up on him & does not know if they can do anything more for him, we are now sending his records to two different doctors out of state, hopefully that will lead to something.

In April I opened up my Etsy acct & spent all the money the government gave everyone to spend. I spent it all on supplies for my business. In June I started selling on Etsy, I sold 98 items in 2008 most all out of state. I almost reached my goal of 100 sales. Next year I hope to sell 200 items + since I will be open twice as long.

My son turned 20, moved out of the house, dropped out of college, got engaged and quit his job all in the same week in October. What a lot of changes. He moved into an apartment with one of his guy friends, now finally has a job he starts in Jan. He applied to approx 40 places without success. He has been doing a lot of volunteer work, he want to feed the homeless and help people in need & show them the way to God if they need direction. He gave up art, which was his previous desire and chose God, I can't be disappointed with that. I just hope he finds a way to make a living at his wanted profession.

My daughter turned 8 and is doing great. She finally got the puppy she has wanted for 5 years. She got a Beagle puppy who was 8 weeks old on her birthday in November.

I quit my job to start a new job in November - it is going OK, I miss my old customers, but not my old work as much as I thought I would. The money is better and we need that, since I have to support the whole family on my own. The Craft show season was down overall, and I had another promoter go back to work so 4 - shows were canceled. Last year a major promoter also did this and I lost 6. Times are tough, 4- of the stores I was in closed due to the economy, which is rough they were my best stores.

My Grandma died of Cancer in 2008- I miss her a lot - this was the first Christmas without her in my whole life. Grampa didn't come either - he is doing OK, but not very social now.

My Mom is still fighting Cancer- I hope she beats it this year, but things don't look so great.
My Dad's health is poor and his current wife left him, he is a wreck mentally and physically.
My Step dad almost died, he had simple shoulder surgery and the next day ended up in the hospital with blood clots in his lung and leg, he will be on blood thinners for at least 6 months to the rest of his life.

One of my husband's four sisters just discovered right before Christmas that she has Breast Cancer, she is having surgery next week - double Mastectomy and part of the reconstruction. My husband will be flying down to CA. for about a week to spend with her.

Life is hard for all of us, but I try to keep up a good attitude. It is not always easy, but hopefully 2009 will be better then 2008.

Best wishes to all.

Snowing

2008-12-24T09:20:00.000-08:00

It is snowing again today & I am missing work again. I was suppose to go in for a half day, but it is not safe & I can't get out of my driveway, let alone my road. Yesterday I walked to the top of my road & my boss drove me in. Today is only suppose to be a half day so we didn't bother, too much of a hassle & I worked really late yesterday so that should make up for some of it.

Best wishes to all & to all a good night. Merry Christmas & have a safe & Happy New Year.

Volunteering

2008-12-21T20:13:00.000-08:00

Today my mom & I volunteered at the local community center.

My step dad picked me up & drove both my mom and I to & from the center. This was due to the extreme weather outside. We had a great time,even though I am exhausted, it was very busy. In our community the gift give away, this year covers 1000 children in the area. Today we had families for 600 of the children, and 400 more will be tomorrow. I have been helping with this every year for at least 10 years, maybe more. It is always worth it, so many people are helped and it feels good to help others.

I was happy to see so many people helping out this year, despite the bad conditions in the area.
So get out there and volunteer, it is worth it for everyone.

A Dinner, Movie & Christmas Shopping

2008-12-20T00:56:00.000-08:00

My family & I went to Red Robin for dinner & to a movie after I got off of work tonight. We saw The Tale of Despereaux it was a cute movie. We then went to Target and finished shopping for the few people I had left. My husband actually found something he wanted, then I went & got it, he saw it in the cart since it was a remote control car - it was a huge box & took up most of the cart, pretty hard to miss. I told him he has to forget about it before Christmas. I also got some stocking stuffers & gift cards for 4 of my nieces that are at the impossible teen years & are not happy with anything. I will be wrapping alot tomorrow.

Snowed IN

2008-12-18T14:46:00.001-08:00

It snowed so much last night - I am snowed in, my car will not make it out of our road. We live by the river & would have to go up a little hill. So too bad, I can't make it into work today. So we are staying in, we did take our new puppy out for a walk. Check out some pitures of the snow. I don't like the cold, but it normally does not snow much here.

Best wishes to all for the upcoming holidays

Snow & the Wizard of OZ

2008-12-14T11:20:00.000-08:00

It snowed so much last night, we are going to miss the Play downtown in Seattle @ the Children's Museum of the Wizard of Oz. It is so sad, my Mom, my daughter (8yrs old) and some friends of ours were all going to this in the afternoon today. Now it is too dangerous to drive there and we have been looking forward to this for about 6 months. ): My daughter cried, she is very sad. Hopefully we can find something to cheer her up today, maybe a snowball fight, and decorating the Christmas tree that we just got last night.

Enjoy your time with your family, I will.

I am on ArtFire ! !

2008-12-08T23:17:00.000-08:00

Check it out I am on Artfire, check it out.
http://kimforbeads.artfire.com I just joined on the 7th, I have started posting items, and wanted to let everyone know.

You can buy from either my Etsy shop or my Artfire shop. I will be posting some different items on each site. Right now I do have some overlap, any items that I have more then one of, or that I custom make for each sale I have listed in both. Or at least I will, lol.

I want to know who else is on Artfire, what do you think? They had a special to sign up, it is only $7.00 a month right now with unlimited postings, no charge on posting or sales as far as I understand. They are doing this for a promotion, to get more people to join, after they reach a certain number. After that they will charge $20. , so I signed up. It is less then I am paying on Etsy with all of my renewing. I hope in the long run this will work out, alot of stores I had my jewelry in closed this year due to the economy. Times are tough all over. Best wishes to all of you.

Victorian Christmas

2008-12-03T23:44:00.000-08:00

Check it out I am doing Victorian Christmas - it starts December 3rd - Wed & runs thru Sunday.

I am in the Expo Hall - in the booth called The Handcrafters Guild. Some friends and I bought 6 spaces together . We all set up like one really big booth. We have a great variety & I brought tons of inventory. It is like a mini craft show in this really big one. We have a central check out - with a really cool register, thanks to one of the ladies.

If you are in Puyallup, WA- you should check it out, the show is amazing. Just make sure to look for handcrafted booths, it is not as common to find us as it use to be in the good ole days.

After the show has ended - I will be posting lots of new things on to my Etsy site, look for it.

Free Beaded Bug

2008-11-28T15:52:00.000-08:00

SALE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Black Friday thru Cyber Monday!! I will be offering a free beaded bug & a free gift box made out of recycled Cards with all orders - no matter how small. - See some examples below & more on my Etsy site.

Along with that I will give 15% off any orders over $20.00 not including shipping charges. I will either refund the discount back to you after payment, or if you wait I will revise your invoice before payment, I will send you a convo upon completion.

This sale includes any & all custom orders if placed on Friday the 28th thru Monday the 1st of December.

BLACK FRIDAY SALE ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

2008-11-24T20:09:00.000-08:00

S A L E !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Black Friday thru Cyber Monday - I will be offering a free beaded bug & a free gift box made out of recycled Cards with all orders - no matter how small.

Along with that I will give 15% off any orders over $20.00 not including shipping charges, check it out I have over 200 listings to choose from. I will either refund the discount back to you after payment, or if you wait I will revise your invoice before payment, I will send you a convo upon completion.This sale includes any & all custom orders if placed on Friday the 28th thru Monday the 1st of December.

Thanks & have fun shopping.

Etsy Front Page

2008-11-23T01:39:00.000-08:00

I was featured friday on the Etsy front page, for the first time. It was in a fantastic treasury. Here is the screen shot. http://flickr.com/photos/oldworldprimitives/3048842514/

Mine are the fossils in the center row. They also sold that same day, fabulous. I do have some other fossil earrings if you are interested see the picture below.

thanks for checking these out.

Uber Amazing Blog Award

2008-11-16T20:53:00.000-08:00

I just won a blog award it is wonderful,this honor was bestowed upon me by http://seefairies.blogspot.com/ check out here awesome blog. Check out my badge. Here are the rules.

Here are the rules for the award:

"How is the award determined? The rules are as follows:
The award is presented to blogs that-
1. Inspire you
2. Make you smile and laugh
3. Or maybe give amazing information
4. Are a great read
5. Have an amazing design
6. Or any other reasons you can think of that make them uber amazing!
If you receive this award: 1. Put the logo on your blog or post. 2. Nominate at least 5 blogs that you feel are Uber Amazing! 3. Let them know that they have received this Uber Amazing award by commenting on their blog. 4. Share the love and link to this post and to the person you received your award from."

I am awarding this Uber award to:
1. http://creativeladies.blogspot.com/
2. http://goshery.blogspot.com/
3. http://www.alipuckett.typepad.com/
4. http://prettypeardesigns.typepad.com/
5. http://www.sylvias-journal.blogspot.com/

Check out these blogs - they deserve this award.

Stocking Stuffers

2008-11-13T13:46:00.001-08:00

I wanted to remind everyone one of the fabulous stocking stuffers that I carry in my Etsy shop.

I have beaded bugs. $2.00 each or 3 for $5.00,
Beaded rings $1.00 to $2.00,
Beaded blobby pins $3.00 pair
Beaded gloves $5.50 pair
Fun Fur gloves- $ 8.50 pair

and much more, like jewelry of all kinds. Check it out @ http://www.kimforbeads.etsy.com/

Puppies Name

2008-11-07T00:26:00.000-08:00

OK my daughter has finally decided to name the puppy Princess. She liked the name Sadie until she accidentally said Satan, and realized she never wanted to accidentally call her puppy that, so she decided right there that her name is now Princess.

Princess has kept me up for many nights, she misses her sister. She is getting better at it, and at potty training.

Wish me luck, I am tired.
Kim

My daughters birthday puppy

2008-11-03T09:46:00.000-08:00

My daughter turned 8 years old over the weekend & we got a new puppy. I also did a show this weekend. Lots of activities and fun going on at my house. Yesterday I worked my show came home unloaded, picked up the kids, got the cake, got the balloons and then went to the party we had it at a local pizza place. We took up 1/2 of the resturant, it was a blast. My husband came late and left early, so the puppy would not be buy herself for very long. Luckily she fell asleep in her kennel right before he left, great timing. The puppy is 8 weeks old check out the picture. My daughter is deciding between, Sadie or Princess- leave a comment and let me know what you would name the puppy.
Thanks for your input.

Over 200 listings

2008-10-29T12:16:00.000-07:00

I have finally reached over 200 listings- what an accomplishment. I have been so busy trying to bead, take pictures & post to my site. This was my goal for the holidays, before the rush, at least the rush I am hoping for. lol

I have beaded jewelry of all kinds & all price ranges, beaded bugs, beaded bags, beaded gloves, chenille gloves & much more. I also do custom order, check out my shop & let me know what you think.

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5821737

Have fun shopping.
Thanks again
Kim

Feature in the Little Black Box

2008-10-23T11:31:00.000-07:00

Have you heard of the little black box, well if you have not - you should. They are a great company that helps out all of who make handmade arts & crafts. Check out the website.
http://thelittleblackboxes.com/etailers.html I will be in the October boxes, which go on sale tomorrow the 24th. Don't miss out artists of all kinds and from all over in the USA, send in samples of their work (promos) along with a business card, in hopes to reach some new people. They advertise your shop on the month you will be in the box, this is a great opportunity & I hope to get a lot of new customers. I shipped out over $200. of merchandise- at no charge for the opportunity to meet some new people. I will give you a preview of what I sent. I sent lots of beaded bugs & critters, beaded rings, beaded bobby pins, beaded gloves & fun fur chenille gloves. Check out my Etsy site for more details & pictures of the items listed. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5821737 . The boxes are only $23.00 - wow - I am getting one, I hope to find some great gifts for Christmas.

New Inventory

2008-10-21T11:31:00.000-07:00

Check out my Etsy site, I have listed alot of new things over the last couple of days. Here is one of them.

Blue Nose Play

2008-10-20T07:43:00.001-07:00

Hi everyone,
My family & I went to see a play at the Children's Theater in Seattle. We went & saw BlueNose it was a fun play with a great meaning behind it. Their were many messages that the play portrayed. The main message was that it was OK to be different, and not to be afraid of others that are different. Not to prejudge people & to speak for yourself. Not to let others speak for you or give you opinions about things that you have not seen first hand. Do not prejudge a race or a person when everyone is different or special in their own way. The play was fun, and was great for kids. My seven year old not only enjoyed the play, but understood the meaning of it and it lead to a great discussion about what everyone learned. Check out the Children's Theater if you are in Seattle they have great plays, my family & I have seen many of them.
In December we will be going to the Wizard of Oz & I will let you know how it is.

Enjoy your week.

Life Sucks Sometimes

2008-10-17T22:02:00.000-07:00

It has been a rough week.
I had Monday off, I did get to volunteer for a couple hours at my daughters class, but did not get much done besides that.
Tuesday & Wednesday I spent playing catch up at work.

Thursday I had to take my husband to the hospital , we were there most of the day. They did many tests, that amounted to nothing and send him home after 8 hrs. More docter apppointments for next week. He is sick & crabby, and not getting any resolutions.
Today I played catch up from yesterday. Glad the weekend is here, and hope it is not more of the same.

Life sucks sometimes. I hope everyone else if having a better week then me & my family.

Mom's normally busy working

2008-10-13T13:04:00.000-07:00

I normally am busy working during the week, but not today.

I volunteered today at my daughters 2Nd grade class. I had the day off so I spoke to the teacher and she let me come read to the class and also play site word Bingo with the class. All of the children loved it & my daughter was so proud and so happy. I also got to do her hair this morning for school, the first time all year. I picked out her clothes & waited at the bus stop with her.

Now the kids will believe that she has a mom, last week someone asked her if her mom had died. She tried to explain that I just go to work early in the morning and I don't get back until after school is out. Dad is always the one to get her ready in the morning and take her to the bus stop. She never has her hair done anything more then just brushing and pulling back in a headband.

This was a special day, I am sure everyone will be talking about it all week.

Do you know what a BNS is?

2008-10-10T09:44:00.000-07:00

BNS probably stands for many things, but I am going to talk about a term that is used on Etsy.
Etsy is a website which promotes handmade artists as well as suppliers & others who sell vintage.

I have an Etsy website as many many other artists do, you can check it out if you like @
http://www.kimforbeads.etsy.com/ I have beaded jewelry of all kinds, beaded bags, beaded bugs, beaded gloves & much more.

On Etsy they have many things to help promote other artists and also your own website. One of them is a BNS ( thread- (line of communication) ). BNS stands for Buy & Stay, basically it starts out with one or more website (shop) and then when someone that sells on Etsy buys from one of the shops listed you also get added to the Buy & Stay list.

While on the list you promote other shops & yourself, and keep the Thread- (lines of communication) open for others to see. Since it is a BNS- you do not get bumped off of the list when you have a sale. It is great to get to know new people & new shops & also to promote sales and new products & what you have for others to buy.

I am in two BNS right now so check them out here is today's thread http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5851378

Here is the other one.
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5850548

- Most threads change daily or every couple days. The list is always updating. If you do not check in or promote on the BNS you will be bumped for your lack of participation.

Have fun shopping. I personally have not seen alot of sales from these BNS yet, but I hope to soon, and I have meet alot of fun shops & great people.

Have fun & check everyone out on these BNS- maybe you will want to join us.
Enjoy - P.S. Christmas is coming.

Starving Housewives Crafts Show

2008-10-09T12:49:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

I am in an awesome Craft show right now. It is juried & full of wonderful artists.

The show is in Bothell, WA. it started on the 7th and runs thru Sat. the 11th. If you are in the area check it out, I have a ton on inventory at the show. Way more then is on my website.

I have beaded gloves & a lot of Chenille Fun Fur Gloves in all colors. Of course you will find my fabulous jewelry, I have three rotating racks of various earrings in all prices. Along with many one of a kind pieces, necklaces, and bracelets alike. My beaded bugs & beaded spiders are not to be missed. Check it out. If you cant make this one, check out my website, I try to have the next couple of shows listed for your information.

Have fun & enjoy yourself.
Thanks again.

International Shipping

2008-10-08T13:12:00.000-07:00

I wanted to make sure everyone knows that I will ship internationally, anywhere in the world.

I also will do custom orders, and design jewelry for that certain outfit, or wedding.

Just let me know I will do my best & I do not need payment upfront, just upon approval of finished product.

I have been beading for 18yrs or so, and I make all styles of jewelry & in all price ranges. So if you don't see something you want, let me know I will see what I can do. I have over 180 listings in my shop & way more inventory not listed, since I do lots of shows during the year.

Halloween

2008-10-07T06:36:00.001-07:00

Sale!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SPIDERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FOR HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!
My spiders are still on Sale for Halloween, check them out while you can.

I only make them this time of year, spiders creep me out. It is hard to bead something, when it is giving you the heebeejeebes, lol I just made up the spelling for that.

I hope you all have a fanastic Halloween, and have fun decorating for the occasion. I have had many people over the years use the beaded spiders for many things, cake toppers, quilts, to put in plants, decorations, sewn on clothes,sewn on purses and many more things I don't know about. I am sure you can come up with something fun also. Enjoy.