Hi Shirley, and allmy friends here, Glad to see your alive and well I too fight DM (diabetes) Your keeping very busy it seems! Planning a wedding and doctor visits ! I understand having my own medical issues but no wedding yet my son is 23 and no girlfriend yet! I getting more and more back into my bead making and Jewelry design after a long sabatical smile! I decided to go back to School and get a art degree wanting to improve my designs and my Jewelry making skills ! I do read sometimes the things going on with you and others who are still in this group but i not very active I admit! I like to get into the swaps of jewelry or hand made beads again I always thought those where the most fun! I glad you still collect spoons and old jewelry to make new as i do my self! I do have a collection of lovely beads from this group and some have not been made into Jewelry but they will again Now and my Muse is back! I do thank those i brought from before and you those who are still here and producing lovelies happy to see you work! I know we all drop out but hopefully we see a return to our Art at some point and time! ! If you recall i worked in Polymer clay and still do but also I used all kinds of beads to do my designs I also now learned to add leather to my work as well of course I soldered rhinestone and I am leaning more metal smithing to follow my dream to work in Precious metal Clay mixtures! I love to see the questions and the ads and the drool worthy list smile! I was laid up in my Back and Made a series of Heart Necklaces None which were red or pink before, I took a trip to CanCun Mexico with my Husband Yes he is still alive and well 76 this past dec! We had a Great time went with another couple and I went snorkling for the first time with my Girl friend as the guys were not into getting wet! She and I also went to Tulum to see the Mayan primaids ! I was tired but thrilled at doing it ! Such fun to have a buddy to do this with as Hubby wont and probally shouldnt with his medical issues Sigh planing a trip to the Florida Keys next year smile ! Well this was kinda an up date will post some but I most read and look and pretties! Hugs to all my friends Vicky
HI Shirley and the rest of you Lovely Friends and fellow artist! News on me redcrazy vicky or victoria
Feb 20, 2007
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Lovely to hear from you after all this time. My DH was 75 last Dec.
I am afraid there are not many spoons out there now, I think I cornered the market before. I still have a few spare ones somewhere around.
I am at the moment doing a Digital Imaging course at the local Adult education centre. It was a 71st birthday present from my DH.
I have tried my hand at quilting and have a full sized top ready to baste to the backing. Trouble is finding a table large enough to do it. I cannot get down on the floor anymore.
Post often now you are back Hugs Shirley
In message , Vicky writes
Not that I really collect spoons. A few years ago I bought an antique salt spoon to use for shovelling up beads. Then I hit on the idea of enclosing one in swap parcels with friends on RCB. I called it Shirley's Spoon Club. Everybody seemed to adore them for their versatility. Shirley
In message , Vicky writes
Oh Yes Now I remember Smile Yes I enjoyed the swaps and surprises too though i never got any I did give some !
Hey Shirley, why don't you try a quilting frame? It stretches the quilt as you work on it, and rolls up the ends you aren't working on. And you can sit under it to work.
I don't know if this one is any good, just an idea of what I mean:
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Thanks for the advice but I am machine quilting it. It is a double bed size. Hand quilting would take me too long and I am sure I would lose interest in it. It would be another UFO then.
I am getting to the stage in my life where I should stop buying things and use up what I have got and get rid of others.
There is an antique fair on today with half price admission. I am debating whether to go or not. One half of me wants to go, but the other half says I shall probably come home with yet another crystal necklace. That would be added to the twenty or so I already have. LOL Weather wise it is not a bad morning for me to drive there. Shirley
In message , Vibrant Jewels writes
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