{"id":3176,"date":"2010-04-20T01:31:37","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T05:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=3176"},"modified":"2010-04-20T01:31:37","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T05:31:37","slug":"bits-and-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=3176","title":{"rendered":"Bits and pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello friends<\/p>\n<p>Just a quick post to share a few bits and pieces from my day.\u00a0 But first, <strong>thank you<\/strong> to everyone who left such sweet comments on my post about our Pups.\u00a0\u00a0 Many of you have furry members of the family too and really understand what I was expressing&#8230;your kind words were so good to hear.<\/p>\n<p>Today it was a wonderful relief to mail off a special project&#8230;all the way to <em>England<\/em>!\u00a0 This is something I&#8217;ve been working on for a time now (because I admit I work very slowly &#8211; in stages) and can&#8217;t wait to share more details later in the summer!!\u00a0 Just a little hint, as you can see the secret number fits in this little rectangle box&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3177\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=3177\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3177  aligncenter\" title=\"fly-free-2010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fly-free-2010.jpg\" alt=\"fly-free-2010\" width=\"510\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fly-free-2010.jpg 510w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fly-free-2010-150x74.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fly-free-2010-300x148.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Working on little projects like these sometimes require having a bio picture on hand&#8230;and I have to say I&#8217;m just not happy with any I have.\u00a0 Anyone else out there dislike\u00a0their pictures?\u00a0 Well, I happen to know quite a few of you who stop by my blog who are <em>very<\/em> photogenic, so you just don&#8217;t seem to have this problem! \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 \u00a0I had to resort to asking my 9 year old son to take a few pictures\u00a0for\u00a0me&#8230;. and\u00a0then my 18 month old joined in the photo shoot. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3179\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=3179\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3179  aligncenter\" title=\"me-and-nathaniel1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/me-and-nathaniel1.gif\" alt=\"me-and-nathaniel1\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/me-and-nathaniel1.gif 500w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/me-and-nathaniel1-150x99.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/me-and-nathaniel1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The highlight of my day today was meeting up with one of my best friends.\u00a0 I&#8217;m talking about a friend who goes back 20 years.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Several years have gone by since we saw each other last which is such a shame.\u00a0 She was in town for her Mother in Law&#8217;s service so we couldn&#8217;t let this opportunity pass us by.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There&#8217;s nothing like a talking about old times over a slice of cheesecake!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3181\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=3181\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3181\" title=\"me-n-amy2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/me-n-amy2.jpg\" alt=\"me-n-amy2\" width=\"470\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/me-n-amy2.jpg 470w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/me-n-amy2-150x138.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/me-n-amy2-300x277.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3182\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=3182\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3182  aligncenter\" title=\"me-n-amy-cheesecake\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/me-n-amy-cheesecake.jpg\" alt=\"me-n-amy-cheesecake\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/me-n-amy-cheesecake.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/me-n-amy-cheesecake-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/me-n-amy-cheesecake-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now to bring this post back to JEWELRY, after all, that&#8217;s probably why you&#8217;re here&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>Remember way back when I mentioned that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Richard Salley<\/span> is coming to town?\u00a0 His workshop is getting very close!\u00a0 There is still 1, maybe 2 seats left in his Fabulous Found Objects Pendants workshop on May 24th.\u00a0 There are going to be so many great techniques covered in this class&#8230;think about joining us if there is any way you can come to the DC area!\u00a0 For more details, please visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fundametals.net\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=100&amp;products_id=605\">Workshops page <\/a>on the fundametal&#8217;s site.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3183\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=3183\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3183  aligncenter\" title=\"richard-salley\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/richard-salley.jpg\" alt=\"richard-salley\" width=\"210\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/richard-salley.jpg 210w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/richard-salley-150x202.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3184\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=3184\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3184\" title=\"siggie3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/siggie3.png\" alt=\"siggie3\" 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