{"id":5664,"date":"2011-03-11T03:18:57","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T07:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=5664"},"modified":"2011-03-11T03:41:24","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T07:41:24","slug":"these-magic-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=5664","title":{"rendered":"These Magic Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Blink, and then it&#8217;s gone.\u00a0 That&#8217;s how this week has been around here.\u00a0 How about yours?\u00a0 Seems as if the week was just getting started when we celebrated\u00a0Mardi Gras with\u00a0a traditional <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/King_cake\">King Cake<\/a>.\u00a0 Wow,\u00a0 it&#8217;s been 2 years since I mentioned them on my blog last, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=681\">in this post<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5666\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=5666\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5666\" title=\"king-cake-collage1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/king-cake-collage1.jpg\" alt=\"king-cake-collage1\" width=\"515\" height=\"1965\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/king-cake-collage1.jpg 515w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/king-cake-collage1-150x572.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>______________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5667    aligncenter\" title=\"metal-magic_1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/metal-magic_1.jpg\" alt=\"metal-magic_1\" width=\"416\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/metal-magic_1.jpg 416w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/metal-magic_1-150x173.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/metal-magic_1-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>We kicked off the the \u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artblissworkshops.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=18&amp;Itemid=15\"><strong>ArtBLISS Metal Magic <\/strong><\/a><strong>workshops with Stephanie Lee!\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0 Just this morning at the registration\u00a0table alone I witnessed a bit of\u00a0<em>magic <\/em>myself<em>:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0I met a lady who dropped off her sister.\u00a0 Why was her sister carrying a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sees.com\/index.cfm\/about_us\">See&#8217;s<\/a> candy bag?\u00a0 She came <em>all <\/em>the way from CA to attend the workshop!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I fell in love with See&#8217;s chocolate myself \u00a0back when I lived in Monterey as a newlywed.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">I had the pleasure of meeting the most enthusiastic lady, one who traveled 4 hours from PA and said she has been waiting for this for <em>20 years<\/em>.\u00a0 Her kids are now grown and she is excited to finally take a class in person&#8230;she signed up for <em>all<\/em> 3 workshops.\u00a0 Her outlook was great &#8211; if she only learned one thing today she would be happy (I have a feeling she learned\u00a0 a whole lot more!).<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">I watched the giggles and hugs of art sisters reuniting and anticipating a fun-filled day together.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">I enjoyed talking with <a href=\"http:\/\/sandivolpedesigns.com\/\">a new friend\u00a0<\/a>who came just to help with registration, although her class is not until Sunday!\u00a0 It felt great to chat with a like-minded soul who really &#8220;gets&#8221; what all of this bead-related excitement is all about.\u00a0 And as it turns out, her nephew is my son&#8217;s class!\u00a0 What a small world.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">And one of the best things ever&#8230;.. <strong>I met Stephanie Lee!!!<\/strong> \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I left the event in good hands with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeanetteblix.com\">Jeanette<\/a>.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll return tomorrow to meet students and new friends, knowing there will be more tales of magic ahead.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll be sure to post a few pictures when I things are quiet again next week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5669\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=5669\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5669  aligncenter\" title=\"metal-magic_2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/metal-magic_2.jpg\" alt=\"metal-magic_2\" width=\"515\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/metal-magic_2.jpg 515w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/metal-magic_2-150x106.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/metal-magic_2-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Have a great weekend!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5668\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=5668\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5668\" title=\"siggie5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/siggie5.png\" alt=\"siggie5\" width=\"138\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blink, and then it&#8217;s gone.\u00a0 That&#8217;s how this week has been around here.\u00a0 How about yours?\u00a0 Seems as if the week was just getting started when we celebrated\u00a0Mardi Gras with\u00a0a traditional King Cake.\u00a0 Wow,\u00a0 it&#8217;s been 2 years since I mentioned them on my blog last, in this post.\u00a0 ______________________________________________ We kicked off the 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":[31,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artbliss","category-life-and-times"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5664","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=5664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}