one more day to work

yup in the fall i only work about two months. those two months just flew by    The fall activities at Koetsier's can be kind of fun.   But at the same time over whelming.  But over the last couple of days i have been making alot of 2 drop peyote bracelets.  my jewelry inventory is adding up before my eyes.  sometimes it seems to take forever for a bracelet to get finished, and sometimes its done before you know it.  So now that tomorrow is my last day working you can only guess what i will be doing this winter months....Beading madly.   So here a few pics of the bracelet i made.

what a crazy couple weeks

the last couple weeks haven't been all that great. two weeks ago from today my grandma was admitted into the hospital with side and back pains. and for days they couldn't figure out what was wrong.  then just last week they found something and did surgery to fix it.  I thought now that its taken care of she would be on the road to recovery  and now she is not doing good.  I ask for prayers for her and our family as we go through this.

in all of this i have been working and making bracelets.   there is one that I just finished and it took me three days to complete. i think you will be amazed.

pics i forgot to post

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ok so i just went through my pics and realized that I haven't posted them yet, so here they are. Enjoy

Newest bracelets

Well remember in the last post I was doing different peyote weaves. ( regular, 2drop, and 3 drop)  here are two bracelets I did with the two drop, and a few other bracelets i did a while ago.  and few rings.
Enjoy( feel free to leave a comment)

regular, 2drop, 3 drop peyote

well I bet you are wondering what that means.  they are different sizes of one kind of beadweaving stitch. For the past few days i have been looking at jewelry on Etsy.com and I have seen some of these and thought they were pretty cool so i have tried them myself.  I am working on a 3 drop peyote bracelet now.  And I am thinking of starting themes with my bracelets.  "flowers" is the theme I am going to start with. 
As of friday I have started back to work at the greenhouse for the fall plants and activities.  so not so much time for beading now, but in two months i will be done working for the year. And i will have plenty of time in the winter to get an inventory of bracelets and rings done.   will have pictures soon.

remembering the tragedy

Sept 11 2001  we were all struck when the towers got struck.  This panic, the terror, the sadness, the unknown.   Where were you when the towers were struck?  It was my freshman year and i was in choir my first class of the day. 
Now 10 yesars later we still are shaken  as we watch replays of the towers getting hit, people trying to get out, and the building crumbling to the ground.  Still so sad, but we still stand united at a country. 

sold alot of bracelets

                                                               the newest bracelets and rings

                                                            the Hospital that got hit in Joplin, Mo. 
                                        below: more distruction.  there was miles and miles of damage.
                                this reminded me of   New Orleans  after Katrina went through

my dad took my younger brother, younger sister and I on a relief trip through his work, and gthe national relief network. We went down to Joplin, Mo to help clean up after the tornadoes.  it was agood experience. It was pretty sad to, to see all the houses, the highschool and the hospital that got hit.  but on the bus ride home i passed around my card and alot of people bought some of my jewelry.  I made $65. now I have to replenish my stash of bracelets, because thats what i sold the most. only sold 2 rings I guess its " when you got the chance to spread awareness, don't hesitat, do it.