Hair and makeup has been done. Here is the bead up for this months draw. It is a lime green transparent hollow focal bead that has been rolled when molten onto torn bits of pure (.999) silver and tiny chips of broken glass called 'frit'. Remember, all I need from you is an email with a critique of my site, tell me what I could do to improve it. Or just say Hi...:) Email before the 3rd week in December and your name will go into the draw.

Carol Thompson of Manitoba, Canada has won the heart bead in Novembers draw. So Congrats to her! I have wracked my little brain for something new and exciting to go up for the holiday month. I just made a beautiful little hollow bead in pale green transparent..rolled it in pure .999 silver and bits of crushed glass. It's not ready for its picture yet..it just got out of the kiln this morning and doesn't have its face on yet :)but we will get it on early in the week. Hopefully you will consider it a special gift bead.
The strangest thing happened during the creation of my snowman sculptural bead. I had made the hollow and was finished shaping it when it developed a hole in the glass! It began as a pinprick and right in front of me began to widen..I plugged it with a daub of transparent glass and continued to decorate. The window into the hollow is perfectly placed in the center of the bead...I couldn't have planned it better. So, my little snowboy has a magical belly button!.. and I think he knows it..:D

It's been a while since I rambled in here...that won't do. Most holidays that I've been on, be them long or short, have been a little harried. You're either running to make travel connections or fighting traffic or trying to find a street or the hotels are questionable...any number of incidents that can make your holiday less than perfect. Well. I was lucky enough to enjoy perfection on my little holiday this past week-end..I was with my daughter at my niece's and her husbands place in Edmonoton, Alberta. It was cleansing, it was so perfect. The company, the shopping, the eating, the laughing...oh and the eating, and the shopping and the laughing and the company. Most of all the company. It was entirely too pleasurable. I bought loads of glass and started on my Christmas buying.
Edmonton is a vivacious friendly little city that I love more and more every time I go.. population of 712,391, so it's not so 'little' but while it has all the amenities of the big city, somehow it's maintained a small town flavor..no one's too busy to give you a smile or directions. Take a look here if you're interested..