You mentioned on another thread that you were going to Santa Fe for the Bead Expo....where else might you be headed for shows this year? Those of us newly located in California want to know.
Becki "In between the moon and you, the angels have a better view of the crumbling difference between wrong and right." -- Counting Crows
Becki...
There is the Bead Faire in Santa Monica each year... Gem Faire puts them on.
You can go to
B&B show in Milwaukee in May and the Puget Sound Bead Festival in July.
We still can't do more than 2 to 3 shows per year...the kids are all teenagers...and well, frankly I have worked too damn hard for my home to leave them alone in it too often. ;o)
I am looking forward to when we can do many shows per year....I miss making personal contact with my customers. Let me state for the record that I do NOT miss the aches and pains of doing a show, however...lol.
I am planning on attending By the Bead Blue Sea down in Cambria in June...maybe I we can find a way to meet up Becki??? Wouldn't that be totally cool?!
Beki
Yes! Yes! Come to Santa Monica! That's only a ten minute drive from me ;o)
i know where Cambria is, and if not that then I will come to see you, wherever Coati is (I know it is spelled something like that). I WILL meet you.
Becki "In between the moon and you, the angels have a better view of the crumbling difference between wrong and right." -- Counting Crows
And I will have to go to a map to find Santa Monica, LOLOLOLOLOLOL. Mostly I wanted to see Beki not buy beads, but thanks for the info.
Becki "In between the moon and you, the angels have a better view of the crumbling difference between wrong and right." -- Counting Crows
So, this year I am using up my remaining savings (dog had surgery last month) to go to this retreat.
My close brush with death last year has given me a new perspective on how I should be living my life. Working and spending any other free time abosorbed in my kids wasn't working for me. ;o) So now, I plan on taking some time just for myself. Whatever I want to do. The better I take care of myself, the better I can take care of the people I love.
I figure...what better way to take care of myself than to surround myself with other beaders! =o)
Beki
You are by SLO? That's not far from Cambria...I can take an extra day. Cotati (named after Indian Cheif Kotate) is in the heart of Sonoma County. It is about 45 minutes (depending on traffic) from San Francisco. Its about 30 minutes from the Napa Valley, 30 minutes from the coast, an hour from the hot springs, 3 hours from the Giant Redwoods...basically it just sits right in the middle of some of California's greatest places. =o) I feel blessed to live here.
We will meet...most definately....
Beki
Beki -- 45 minutes from San Francisco described it for me. I picked up my current houseguest at the San Jose airport -- I know how to find San Fran, LOL. And yes, I am 1-1/2 hours from SLO, which is about as close as anything gets to me. I describe my location as 1/2 way between Bakersfield and nowhere. LOL
Becki "In between the moon and you, the angels have a better view of the crumbling difference between wrong and right." -- Counting Crows
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@aol.combuybeads (BeckiBead) :
]1/2 way between Bakersfield and nowhere.
boy, i'll bet those in S. California love that! LOL!
[not that i don't agree with you, understand. S. California just doesn't make it for me.]----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)
Vicki -- Vince and I were at a Mexican restaurant in Nipomo on the way to LA (actually I drive to this restaurant all the time to eat. I found it when I took my rental truck back to the dealer after unloading, and liked it a lot). The waitress already knows me, and a lady sitting at the bar asked me where I lived. By the time we got done talking, she was ready to move here. It is WAY out there, but also way cool. I love quiet and privacy. As soon as I get rid of all the damn houseguests (there always seems to be someone here, LOL), I get to enjoy it again! Actually I have most of this week to myself, and am loving it.
Becki "In between the moon and you, the angels have a better view of the crumbling difference between wrong and right." -- Counting Crows
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@aol.combuybeads (BeckiBead) :
]It is WAY ]out there, but also way cool. I love quiet and privacy.
that's the biggest thing for me about Paradise, too. i don't mind company. but you have to really want to see me to drive up here!
----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)
5 perfect 10's!!
I am really looking forward to it. I got my confirmation letter today, with a little note from the organizer of the retreat. C'mon June!!!
Beki
I have been there many times! LOL I have also been 1/2 way between Barstow and hell...lol
Beki
That is so very Calif. Society there is so malleable. My favorite thing about Calif. Well, that and dear friends, and private wilderness places.
Alaska is like that too.
Tina
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