OT Can we have a roll call.

Hello All,

My name is Kathie Nightingale. I live with my DH and my two sweet little dachshunds in Victor, New York, which is on the southeast side of Rochester. This is a wonderful area to live if you are in the craft business. There are festivals and craft shows every weekend around here from May to September.

I have lurked in this group for years and always read posts but never seem to answer much. I work full time at a medical supply company as the bookkeeper, but my passion is jewelry making. Mostly, I create my pieces with jump rings, semi-precious stones and Swarovski crystals. Lately I have been dabbling in chainmaille, with taking classes and trying to expand my horizons a little. I started my own website a few months ago, and I plan on hitting the craft show circuit this year here in the Western NY area, specifically in Rochester.

I have learned a lot from all of you, and I hope to contribute more in the future.

Regards, Kathie Nightingale Website:

Welcome Kathy. I like your elegant designs. Good luck with your craft shows.

I am a Jack Russell fan, but we borrow one now from our son. Shirley

In message , BensGirl1998 writes

Nice website, Kathie! And, being another dog person, I love the name!

Jerri from Ga. here! Lampworker, wire worker, seed beader, chain mailler......I'm addicted to it all.

Also known for dressing up Bella the guinea pig, as well as the dog, Spike and Caesar. I'm still volunteering with the rescue, fostering and helping with adoptions, and at the moment have a darling beagle/mix (thank goodness he's got enough mix to lose all the obnoxious beagle behaviour!) The new guy is Arlo, and you can see him here:

And it's freezing cold in Ga. today!!!

How interesting that there is no record of your sons' birth, Shirley! I was born in England (My did was Air Force.) but I still got a birth certificate! Thank goodness, knowing my parents, if I hadn't had one, I'm sure they would have told me I was hatched!

There are records but not in UK. They have Maltese birth certificates written by hand in lovely copperplate writing. I had the foresight to get a copy of each before we left Malta. They have one and I have one. There is no record of them in the public record office in London. They could have had duel nationality but are solely British born of British parents in a British commonwealth country, as Malta was then. Shirley

In message , Beadbimbo writes

Hi Shirley -

I stop by often to read the posts and to check to see that you're okay (really! I worry about you!) but as I'm not doing anything but selling beads at the moment, I don't like to just post ads and then run.

I have very limited time to do any online posting as I was elected mayor of our little town (very, very little - 850 or so population) last November, my husband is on the road six weeks at a time training new truck drivers for the company he works for, which leaves me with all the household stuff to do myself, and I'm still selling beads on eBay. Add in several indoor cats and a group of strays outside and our large veggie garden and several flower gardens that need work year round, I'm pretty short on time!

I thought of you on Monday when London virtually shut down for the day because of snow. I was trying to figure out why the Underground was mostly shut down when the trains run underground. I almost emailed you to ask about it. I hope you enjoyed seeing the snow and weren't inconvenienced by it. It seems such a rarity in England these days.

I remember your robin very well - I hope a new one will soon make your garden its home!

Mj

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Hi Shirley.....

Hope you are not totally snowed in. We have a couple of feet of the stuff over here.

Odd that the Navy didn't see to registering the boys in England, but I suppose it wasn't needed if Malta was a member of the British Commonwealth. I shall tuck that tidbit away in case I ever run across something like that. Our ancestors were mainly British and Scottish, with a touch of Spanish for good measure. (G)

All the best.....Heather

In message , snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com writes

I am still battling on inspite off having another PAF attack two weeks ago.

Even posting an Ad is better than not posting at all. It keeps the number up and you never know someone may want something you have for sale.

Congratulations Mrs Mayor. I am proud of you.

Well there are areas where it comes up to the surface. Since it rare I have been to London I do not know much about it. We have had the snow here and the state of the roads have been abysmal. No gritting done. We managed to get to the super market today for food. More snow promised tomorrow.

Nice of you to drop in. We are expecting more snow tomorrow. My great grandmas came from Scotland, Wales and Norfolk so I am a bit of a mixture. Hugs Shirley

In message , Heather writes

well, if it's a roll call, and especially if you're calling it I obviously have to reply.

Currently, I'm afraid, more busy with selling beads (like Marjean

- BTW, Marjean: congrats on being mayor!) than with making beads or jewelry (and especially than with taking pictures), but here's a jewelry pic:

_coral_001b.jpg The coral chips are from Linda Harmeyer (and the black bead at the bottom is one of my lampwork beads)

Maren HiloBeads: Beads - Beading Supplies - Hand-made Jewelry

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Wow. We're rubbing cyber-elbows with the mayor!!

Very pretty, Maren!

Annie here......long, long time member, but alas, I do not post on a frequent basis, tho I do read several times a week. Shirley, I think of you often. Here in Northern California we have thousands of robins that winter over here and it always reminds me of you and your robin. I am also lucky enough to be able to see a pair of bald eagles every now and then.. Birdwatcing is a daily activity for me. I have my beading table set up so I can watch the birds out on the deck at the same time as jewelry making.

In message , Annie Bauer writes

Nice to see you here. I spend lots of time watching the birds on the feeders I have out for them. Hugs Shirley

Good to hear from you, MJ. Miss you around here.

All - if you need Czech beads, MJ's your gal. Great stuff.

Barbara

Bead & Polymer Clay Habitué

There is a very fine line between a hobby and mental illness. (Dave Barry)

Hi Shirley -

Thanks for checking out my site! I need to get some more items listed and I need to find a way to take better pics. My camera is not very good!

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Glad you checked in, was missing you.

Maren HiloBeads: Beads - Beading Supplies - Hand-made Jewelry

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I'm here ... I live in the Pacific Northwest with my dh, two young adult sons, and we share our home with two dogs and a cat.

I started reading r.c.b. in early 2007, and have only been beading / stringing since then. Lately, I've been trying to do more beading than reading or posting. I prefer bead weaving to stringing, and want to learn brick stitch, square stitch, and looming this year. And I'm still practicing herringbone or Ndebele, as some variations continue to be a challenge for me.

I just started testing patterns for a bead pattern designer, and am also working on squares for Jeannette Shenigan's breast cancer bead quilts

Oh, and check out my contribution to the Beading for a Cure foundation auction at and check out the rest of the 2009 Gallery while you're there. These pieces will be auctioned off through eBay beginning March 1. This was a fun challenge, coming up with a piece based on the colors / beads provided in the kit. I'm already looking forward to trying the challenge again this year. Bead well,