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Well yesterday was productive in the way of delivering the display boards to the Hair Four You salon and to Art & Soul in New Canaan. I was up late Monday evening putting the final touches on them, printing out an inventory sheet for the shops and making sure each piece had the correct label. I went grocery shopping last night for tomorrow's holiday dinner and today is another very busy day of shortened school for the kids and just trying to pull my house together for my family's arrival on Thursday. 
Once Friday hits, it's all downhill from there! Starting Friday, I will be participating in the CT Etsy Team's Holiday Sale! I'm going to try something different this time. I am going to offer 10% off purchases over $50 and 15% off purchases over $100 or more, plus free shipping! I have rearranged the entire store and will be adding pieces before Friday and throughout the month. This sale will start on Black Friday and end December 24th!
I went to work this morning at 9am, right after dropping my daughter off at school. I did not stop until 4pm, and that was only to step outside before the light went away so I could photograph what I made today! These will be either added to a display board or taken with me to the craft fair or put up on Etsy... can't decide. But I'll know by the end of the evening where their fate lies.
Holy cow, I am really having a hard time putting this piece up for sale! These are GORGEOUS beads made by Carey, that are an amber color with lots of swirls of purples in them. Oh my gosh, just so pretty! I had some disks that matched as well so I threw them all together with Swarovski Crystals in Smoked Topaz, Amethyst and Light Colorado Topaz. There are some pewter pieces separating the beads and some awesome drum beads. I made lots of charms and then wrapped it all up with coordinating seed beads!! Yummy! The only problem is that it started off as a size 7 1/2" and once I finished wrapping it it fits more like a 7" now. So it will have to be for someone with a small wrist or I can resize it with a slightly different end result (same concept but the seed bead wrap may end up in different places, if you know what I mean?).
We had the pleasure of touring the NBC 30 News Station today with our Girl Scout Troop and we met with Ryan Hanrahan, Lauren Petty and Michael Ratte. They were all very nice and it was such a pleasure to have the opportunity to speak with them, ask them questions and we were able to stay and watch the 6:00pm news live! I know the troop leader, Carol and I were thrilled to be able to do this and the girls have now earned a badge and are on their way to earning another one! It was so much fun, we all learned a ton about what goes into a news broadcast and how the anchors prepare for the show. The girls had a taste of what really cool jobs there are out there and maybe we'll have some future Journalists or Meteorologists in our midst! I know they all said that they would be watching the news more often now! :) Ah, success!
Here's the last of what will be brought to the show tonight! I just have to pack it in and start packing up now, even though I am on a ROLL! :)
Inspired by Monet's Painting "Water Lilies", these beads were created by Jenelle of Sortaflowering Designs. Another set that I have had in my secret stash forever, I feel now that I need to share. I like to hoard things, can you tell? :)
Earrings, earrings and more earrings! The show I'm doing on Friday has a big earring crowd so I am trying to get some really cool ones done for them. Here's a preview! These probably wont go up on Etsy, as the show is getting closer, but if you see something you like, give me a holler!
