{"id":5232,"date":"2011-01-27T01:40:42","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T05:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=5232"},"modified":"2011-01-27T01:40:42","modified_gmt":"2011-01-27T05:40:42","slug":"the-snow-miser-paid-a-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=5232","title":{"rendered":"The Snow Miser paid a visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you happen to hear?\u00a0 Winter descended upon us\u00a0late this\u00a0afternoon with a\u00a0vengeance.\u00a0 The DC area experienced what they are calling &#8220;thundersnow&#8221; and &#8220;thundersleet&#8221;&#8230;it was incredible.\u00a0 Flashes of blue in the night sky while the snow came down.\u00a0 Rush hour was a nightmare.\u00a0When my husband attempted to come home for the second time, it took him 3 hours.\u00a0 The pictures in this<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/gallery\/2011\/01\/26\/GA2011012603988.html?nav=hcmoduletmv#photo=1\"> Washington Post gallery <\/a>capture the chaos.\u00a0 The kids will finally don their snowsuits tomorrow and grab their sleds.\u00a0 Finally a good reason for that steep hill in our backyard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I have a few pictures of jewelry that I can show, after mailing off pieces that won&#8217;t be revealed until later this year.\u00a0 My custom order is complete for a very, very patient special customer.\u00a0 For this first bracelet, I recreated my Classic Charm Bracelet&#8230;just in time for Valentine&#8217;s Day.\u00a0 For the backdrop, I used a nostalgic postcard sent from a soldier in France.\u00a0\u00a0 I love the embroidery and the touch of Red, White, and Blue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5233\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=5233\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5233  aligncenter\" title=\"custom-bracelet_classic-charm-bracelet\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/custom-bracelet_classic-charm-bracelet.jpg\" alt=\"custom-bracelet_classic-charm-bracelet\" width=\"515\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/custom-bracelet_classic-charm-bracelet.jpg 515w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/custom-bracelet_classic-charm-bracelet-150x114.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/custom-bracelet_classic-charm-bracelet-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5234\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=5234\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5234  aligncenter\" title=\"custom-bracelet_detail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/custom-bracelet_detail.jpg\" alt=\"custom-bracelet_detail\" width=\"515\" height=\"589\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/custom-bracelet_detail.jpg 515w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/custom-bracelet_detail-150x171.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/custom-bracelet_detail-262x300.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This next bracelet is such a contrast to the weather today.\u00a0 I recall\u00a0our summer\u00a0days spent at the beach &#8230;&#8230; here a mix of ocean charms and Swarovski crystals complement <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afterhoursartglass.com\/\">Shannon Westmeyer&#8217;s <\/a>beautiful white lampwork beads.\u00a0 On a day like today, thoughts of warm weather sure\u00a0seem wonderful.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5235\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=5235\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5235  aligncenter\" title=\"custom-bracelet_white-lampwork\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/custom-bracelet_white-lampwork.jpg\" alt=\"custom-bracelet_white-lampwork\" width=\"515\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/custom-bracelet_white-lampwork.jpg 515w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/custom-bracelet_white-lampwork-150x170.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/custom-bracelet_white-lampwork-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had some fun editing these pictures &#8211; with the help of my friend and mentor, <a href=\"http:\/\/rosa-josies.blogspot.com\/\">Diane Cook<\/a>.\u00a0 I cherish her friendship since we &#8220;met&#8221; almost 2 years ago.\u00a0 I&#8217;m crossing my fingers that we&#8217;ll\u00a0finally meet in person later this year. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Stay warm and thanks for stopping by!<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5236\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=5236\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5236\" title=\"siggie8\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/siggie8.png\" alt=\"siggie8\" width=\"138\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you happen to hear?\u00a0 Winter descended upon us\u00a0late this\u00a0afternoon with a\u00a0vengeance.\u00a0 The DC area experienced what they are calling &#8220;thundersnow&#8221; and &#8220;thundersleet&#8221;&#8230;it was incredible.\u00a0 Flashes of blue in the night sky while the snow came down.\u00a0 Rush hour was a nightmare.\u00a0When my husband attempted to come home for the second time, it took him [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,12,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indie-artists","category-jewelry-design","category-life-and-times"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5232","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=5232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}