Sue Beads

Barbara Lewis, of Painting with Fire, is having a giveaway on her blog - check it out! I chose this picture to post because it's my favorite color set of her beads! I hope I win it!

Here's a blog giveaway from Fab Fibers! A set of cool Calypso beads from Bluheeler! You can enter on the blog!

I used random.org to pick a number (someone left two comments, in a row, so I counted hers as one comment) and random.org gave me the number 20. I don't know how to do the screen shot thing - please just trust me! Marie Cramp is the winner! Congratulations! Marie said:

"I just discovered you from silver parrot designs, and I cannot wait to explore your site. I am a new designer so I hope you check out my site and blog.

Marie"

I'll be contacting you for your address, Marie!

I'll pick the winner of the giveaway tonight about 8pm eastern time.

Check out the most beautiful work by Lilibulle in France!

Check out this giveaway by Arlene, Altered by Me, for "International Charm Day" - isn't that fun?

Check out Jen's profile of me on 10oneworld today, and you can have a chance to win these earrings!

Check out this link to Forbes Farm Giftsfor a great blog giveaway!

Hey everyone! My computer friend Lorelei is having a giveaway on her blog - check it out! If you win, you get this beautiful bracelet! Go to her blog to find out how to win!

I have been meaning to blog about this for a while; the engineer was able to take this great photo for me to show you what I won from Gaea - she had a one world, one heart giveaway on her blog for a grab bag of her ceramic pendants, and this is what she sent! I know, there's not 10 there - I shared a few of them! I feel so lucky to have won this giveaway - I have been admiring her work for a while, and recently found her blog and her 0n-line store, Gaea. She makes the most wonderful ceramic pendants, but I really love her calaveras (sugar skulls). They are so colorful and fun! Check out her work, it's great. Thanks again, Gaea!

Random.org gave me the number 16, so Desiree is the winner of the bead giveaway! I will send you an email so you can send me your address! Congratulations!

This is a photo I took when I was in Japan, in Yokohama. It seems every big city has their big Ferris Wheel - London, Paris, Yokohama! It wasn't a very nice day when I took the picture - but you can see how big the Ferris Wheel is. The engineer and I went on it - and as soon as we got 1/4 of the way up, I closed my eyes and held his hands, until we got almost back to the bottom again. Seems I am even more afraid of heights than I ever knew! But at least I can say I went on this one - I did NOT go on the London Eye (learned my lesson in Yokohama!).

Don't forget about my blog giveaway. Also, I added some more beads to the etsy store. And there's still a voucher available for my web site made-to-order beads - 15% off any order until the first day of Spring! Have a great Friday!

Three more days to enter my giveaway that I blogged about here. All you have to do is leave a comment and what you do to combat the February BLAHs! I've already gotten some really great comments, but you have to play to win! Anyone in the world can play, but only one comment per person, please! Giveaway ends February 28th, probably around 7:30 pm EST. These beads and more are the prize!

In case you didn't notice from my little weather gizmo to the right, the weather here in the 'Burgh is fantastic today! I filled up my kiln with pretties and hope to get some listed tomorrow!

Everyone has some really great ideas about how to beat the February blues - I love them! Thanks for all the comments! Remember, you just have to make a comment and you'll be entered in my giveaway for some beads!

I listed some really cute earth-toned tab shaped beads in my SueBeads etsy store this morning - they are kind of shaped like tic tacs. I like them because they lay flat - I think they'd be a great addition to a bracelet, or earrings would be a good idea too! I'm sure you jewelry designers can come up with some really good ideas for them! I'd be happy to make them in other colors, as well! Have a great Friday!

Ok, I said it. I'm feeling blah. Sales are (WAY) down, I can't get warm again today, ideas are not flowing, and I'm sick of being in this house! February, be gone! I tried torching for a bit this morning, and even though I made some funky tab tic-tac shaped beads (new for me) I just wasn't feeling it, so the engineer and I went to Applebee's for lunch. And it's COLD outside! And blustery, and snowy, and just not nice! I need to get back in the zone... Speaking of which, since the blahs are really creeping in, I think agiveaway is in order! Tell me in a comment what you do to combat the February Blahs, and on February 28th (thankfully the last day of February and only 1 1/2 weeks away!) I will choose via random number dot org (a really cool fun little random number generator) a winner. This winner will receive a random assortment of beads which will include the beads in the picture plus a couple more just for fun! So go ahead, leave your comment (anyo…