Fall

Well I have been working now for about 3 weeks. and all is well.  Having fun with the kids and carrying out mums and pumpkins galore.
But in other news.  I just got an email today saying that all my paper bead bracelets that I sent to California
 sold. And the ARTS organization was very pleased.  and they want me to continue to make paper bead bracelet for them to sell.   I am more then willing to make more.  I enjoy doing it.

Back to work, fall activities

Yes I have started back to work Friday. And so far the two days that I have worked have gone by fast.  its good to be back.
In other news, last week Wednesday I sent out my paper bead bracelets to California.  and got an email saying they got there safely.  Now we want them to sell like hot cakes.
I am still working on bracelets and rings. but mostly the seed bead ones. Now that I am working I don't have  much time to make jewelry. Though I have finished a few bracelets that I started awhile ago including one I way making for my mom for her birthday.
Here are some pics of  what I have made lately

                                                                at the Fulton Street Market

                                                                only did the market for 3 weeks. not much luck the for my first time.

                                                                     a new kind of stitch learn online

to market to market..

To market, to market, to sell some jewelry, home again home again. with some money!:-)  well the first time selling at the market was ok. I only sold 2 paper bead bracelets. but on the up side i did hand out alot of my cards. and i met a few people who knew someone who had FAS and thought it was a great thing I was doing.
I will be at the market again this coming week Tuesday. from 8am to?
I have been making a few more rings using different bead weaving stitches.I have also been making paper bead rings. to match some of the bracelets.
 I will have pics up soon.  other then that. the time to send my other paper beads bracelets to Cal. is coming soon. I got an email as a reminder today.

Selling in Town

My friend Rob and i went to the Fulton Farmers market to see if I could get a booth so i could sell my jewelry there.  I talked someone there and before I knew it. i was approved.  So I am able to sell my jewelry at the market. I am pretty excited.  I will be down there this week Tuesday.

                                          Paper bead bracelet I made for my sister, who is a senior this year.

                                                       Can you guess what these are?

A bracelet I finally finished. 

Right Angle Weave.

 

I have been working on finishing a lot of bracelets that i have started along time ago. and making new.   

lazy summer

Well I haven't been working all July and I won't be working in August either. but will be back at the greenhouse in September.

With this time off it gives me plenty of time to: make, glaze, and create. beads and bracelets.  I just got word that the Art fair in San diago isn't till October so I have alot of time to make more.  though I have made alot already.  I will be sending 30 of the bracelets to sell.  I am still excited and happy for this opportunity.  
And as you can see I have found creative ways to display my jewelry.

Email titled "bracelets"

The other day I recieved an email from a well known doctor in the FAS world.  He knows alot about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. He was at the conference in Washington D.C. And bought some of my bracelets. some with just seed beads and some with paper beads and seed beads.
he had given one of the paper bead bracelets to a friend who works for an organization called ARTS.(A  Reason  To Survive.)  and she is interested in selling my paper bead bracelets at there artfest coming up.  and this organization is in San Diago CA.  so I am going to send  them my paper bead bracelets
for them to sell.   I am pretty excited  about this opportunity, but alittle afraid to be sending my  bracelets by themselves.  I will keep you posted.

Washington D.C. Conference

Sorry this is late, but better late then never.
So a few weeks ago my mom and I were invited to a FAS conference in Washington D.C.  We met alot of people, the Adult with FAS and the support people.  For three days we had different sessions, both together with the support people and by ourselves as the FAS Advocates.  We got to Washington D.C. a day early( monday). But the first actual day(tuesday) of the conference after a few group sesions. we all(FAS adults and the support people) took the subway to the National Mall.(where all the monuments are and the Smithsonian museum is. some people in the group wanted to go to the museum, and some wanted to see the monuments. Thats what my mom, and I, Rob and his sister did.  I saw the washington Monument, and the white house.  It was my first time in Washington D.C. so it was really cool.  I hope to go back someday to see the other monuments and the museum. 
That night  we had a poster session. and some people sold things they had made. Like me. I sold my Jewelry and made over $100. I had also brought a check for $150 from the money I made from what jewelry I had sold before the conference to give to a lady who works for NOFAS. and she also knows my friend Rob.
the other days we had sessions all day. in one of the sessions with just the Self Advocates we talked about how to get a Job.  It didn't really help me because I have a job. 
so that was pretty much it. and then we came back home on thursday night and I went to work Friday. and I have been working ever since.  My birthday was on Mother's day.
Here are some pics from the trip. and some of my paper bead bracelets