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Happiness reigns - they couldn't find anything wrong with my car. Just cleaned out some parts, checked for vacuum leaks and I'm on the road again! Yeah! Considering I just bought a new lap top I was cringing at what my car was going to cost. Just the same I need to start thinking about a new car - hopefully in the Spring. Got to sell more beads. Need to open an etsy store soon. I'm researching and thinking about it now. Soon, soon soon. I've change my About Me paragraph and I like it much better. I think I need to start a challenge on Monday so stay tooned. I'm demonstrating my bead making this weekend at Pacific Art Glass's Open House and Sale. Should be a fun two days. Hope it's not too tiring as next week is going to be a very busy work week.
I have 3 beads on eBay this week, no new bead until Sunday. I think this post is very scattered with thoughts but there's alot going on in my head right now!
Sometimes we get so caught up in getting through the day, doing what we have to do so we can grab a moment doing what we want to do. Then we have the eyeopener! I'm a new grandma, my second granddaughter was just born and I took a vacation day to go spend it bonding! Now that's what's important. My daughter just needed to get some sleep as all you new mothers can relate, so I gave her
one of my vacation days and she gave me the best gift of all. I got to have little Quinn all to myself! We forget that all of us came into the world that small, that helpless, that innocent. My car broke down that night but I just kept remembering the glow of "Grandmotherhood".
See how I snuck in the car breaking down! That is one of the things that can send me into a total funk. I hate car issues! Luckily I have a good mechanic even if he was 45 miiles away! So I drove my daughter's car home last night, went back today and had my car towed, rented a car and went to work! My bead on eBay didn't sell! Don't know what's wrong with my car yet - I don't really care whats wrong with it. I just want to know in the terms of $$$$$ and how soon can I have it back. But I have a new granddaughter and that is the best! Look at that little face!
I think these two pictures came out so great considering how camera challenged I am. I might use one for my thank you cards. I've got some great ideas to work with from some other blogs I've been looking at. I'll post a picture when they are done. I guess I better hurry - I want them out before Quinn walks!
I'm still trying to set up my blog to my liking. I've added my profile but I'm not real enthused with it so I'll probably change it. I've got 2 beads to go up on auction on eBay. A pretty blue teardrop floral and I'm following that the next day with one of my Still Life Flower focal beads. Both of these beads have so much design potential. EBay is kind of slow right now so we'll see what happens.
Are you wondering about Another Day, Another Step Forward? Well I'm trying to work on my bead business every day. Today was a good day - I reviewed a couple more merchant card companies, I set up 2 auctions, and played a little with my blog. I'm also thinking I need 1 day to rest but since I have a need to be creative every day I haven't come up with a solution yet.
This is my first post on my new blog! Welcome everyone!My intent is to use this blog as a journey in creativity. As a lampworker I am constantly searching out more creative ways to express myself in lampwork glass beads. I hope from time to time to show pictures of my work, offer tips and tricks and maybe some design challenges - not making beads necessarily but what can or have you done with my beads. I know I won't be able to resist pu
tting in some personal stuff as well.Currently you'll find my beads on my website, www.jackiemixon.com. I also have beads on eBay. Here's a picture of two auctions presently on eBay right now.I hope that you will continue to come back to this blog to see what's new. I may be offering some specials exclusive to blog readers. - Jackie
hang out, watch demos and talk glass would come and visit. And they did! Cathy McNassar and myself demonstrated lampworking. Rich was making marbles with soft glass. There were a couple of glass blowers - glory hole and all! Plus some other demonstrations as well. All as related to glass. John served lunch and on-going soft drinks throughout the day. I really had a good time. Cathy and I split torch time and demonstrated some interesting techniques. John held a raffle both days. I won some great dichro frit from CBS which I gave to Cathy because she is the fuser and works with bullseye. My glass is usually effetre. After two days I was exhausted! I went to work today to recover! Oh and the best part sunday noight I went to my daughter's house to pick up my new lap top (really excited) and of course to kiss my two grandbabies.
hang out, watch demos and talk glass would come and visit. And they did! Cathy McNassar and myself demonstrated lampworking. Rich was making marbles with soft glass. There were a couple of glass blowers - glory hole and all! Plus some other demonstrations as well. All as related to glass. John served lunch and on-going soft drinks throughout the day. I really had a good time. Cathy and I split torch time and demonstrated some interesting techniques. John held a raffle both days. I won some great dichro frit from CBS which I gave to Cathy because she is the fuser and works with bullseye. My glass is usually effetre. After two days I was exhausted! I went to work today to recover! Oh and the best part sunday noight I went to my daughter's house to pick up my new lap top (really excited) and of course to kiss my two grandbabies.
