{"id":2404,"date":"2009-12-31T11:42:41","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T15:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2009-12-31T11:42:41","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T15:42:41","slug":"last-post-for-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=2404","title":{"rendered":"Last post for 2009!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left\">The last day of 2009 is here!!!\u00a0 How can that be?\u00a0 Do you feel as if the year flew by too fast??\u00a0 It was a good one and I am content.\u00a0 You all &#8211; my blogging friends\u00a0old and new\u00a0&#8211; have been a huge part of 2009 for me!\u00a0 I met many of you for the first time this year and I&#8217;m looking forward to meeting many new friends in 2010 (can you believe, a new <em>decade<\/em>?)\u00a0 Which brings me to this word&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria Math, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong>DISCOVER<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; TEXT-ALIGN: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria Math;\">A little while back my friend (one met in 2009!) <a href=\"http:\/\/treasures-found.blogspot.com\">Erin<\/a> announced her <strong>Word of the Year<\/strong> for 2010 on her blog and encouraged us to do the same.\u00a0 I like that concept:\u00a0 picking a word to serve as a sort of guiding light for the year.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve seen others do this on their blogs.\u00a0 Erin emailed me the other day and asked if I had picked mine yet&#8230;.so here it is!\u00a0 I hope to DISCOVER more wonderful artists (and their blogs!), DISCOVER new jewelry techniques and learn new skills, and DISCOVER where this path will take me in 2010.\u00a0 Please share your <strong>Word of the Year<\/strong> if you have chosen one too!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria Math;\">I received a package this week from a pair of talented jewelry designers in Austrailia, <a href=\"http:\/\/sissysparrows.blogspot.com\">Sissy Sparrows <\/a>(they just started their blog in 2009).\u00a0 I coudn&#8217;t resist this beautiful soldered &#8220;shadow box&#8221; when they listed it in their new Etsy shop.\u00a0 Just look at the sweet earrings that they sent along as a surprise.\u00a0 I just love their work&#8230;right down to the packaging made from tea-stained muslin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2409\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=2409\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2409  aligncenter\" title=\"sissy-sparrows-003\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/sissy-sparrows-003-450x417.jpg\" alt=\"sissy-sparrows-003\" width=\"450\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/sissy-sparrows-003-450x417.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/sissy-sparrows-003-300x278.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/sissy-sparrows-003.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria Math;\">Just found out about a Bead Soup Party set for 2010!\u00a0 My friend <a href=\"http:\/\/lorianderson.blogspot.com\">Lori<\/a> is hosting a virtual party so stop by if you&#8217;d like to learn more&#8230;.what a great way to kick off the new year!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lorianderson.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/bead-soup-party-and-bead-swap.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2405  aligncenter\" title=\"beadsoupparty1-lori-anderson\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/beadsoupparty1-lori-anderson.jpg\" alt=\"beadsoupparty1-lori-anderson\" width=\"296\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/beadsoupparty1-lori-anderson.jpg 296w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/beadsoupparty1-lori-anderson-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; TEXT-ALIGN: left\">Have a safe New Years Eve!\u00a0 See\u00a0 you in 2010!!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; TEXT-ALIGN: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2406\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=2406\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2406\" title=\"siggie9\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/siggie9.png\" alt=\"siggie9\" width=\"138\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; TEXT-ALIGN: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last day of 2009 is here!!!\u00a0 How can that be?\u00a0 Do you feel as if the year flew by too fast??\u00a0 It was a good one and I am content.\u00a0 You all &#8211; my blogging friends\u00a0old and new\u00a0&#8211; have been a huge part of 2009 for me!\u00a0 I met many of you for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,15,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-love","category-good-reads","category-indie-artists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}