The Next Show Looms…..
We are preparing for our third year at the Mary Queen Christmas Bazaar–it’s one of the only two shows we are now doing annually, but it’s our favorite! If you have never been, I will describe it in short order: WE LOVE CHRISTMAS! 🙂 🙂 The Bazaar suits that attitude because booths are appropriatedly decorated and since many of them sell goods for the holiday, the atmosphere is ripe. Everyone is happy and happy, o’course, and since we are all under the roof weather isn’t an issue, and then there’s the lifeblood of the show–piles of people trek through. The event always attracts loads of visitors, to which our success last year attests! The Bazaar offers dining, too, with tables set out with coverings and centerpieces–it feels elegant and in turn (conjure Austin Powers if you dare) makes you feel it, baby! And, as ever, that instrumental Christmas music is piped through to buttress the mood.
So come on down! We have new work to Show & Sell–those of you who have been watching the website know that, but some new things will be presented in the next couple of days…one will be my new necklace and earrings set, so I will give you a preview by posting a pic of the necklace. The stone is a fluorite bought last year at the Beadoholique Bead Shop in Copperfield, Houston. I love the subtle color of this particular stone (fluorite comes in many colors). It has nice soft facets and the shape is perfection on the necklace. Are you interested in the powers of fluorite? This stone purportedly promotes calm and mental balance, and an increase in perception of higher reality. WOW! You need to wear this puppy! And the earrings, too!
I made this one by hammering out my frustrations…..16-gauge wire hammered into a circle, riveted, then sawed in half, drilled, wrapped with wire and hammered again…then I began to calm down…especially after I decided to use the fluorite, pulling it out of the gem box, shaking out the gems, pushing them with my fingers to pick the best ones, holding them while they were captured by the wire that would tie them to silver forever….the calm of the stone began to permeate my stressed-out state of mind and………or was it all that hammering??!! I don’t know, but I am not one to cast off the powers of Mother Earth, so don’t get me wrong…
Please check the website soon for more on this necklace and the matching earrings. And please come see us at the Mary Queen Christmas Bazaar, November 30 & December 1 at Mary Queen Catholic Church in Friendswood, Texas! Phone is 281-482-1391, and the following link gives driving directions: http://www.maryqueenchurch.org/index_files/Page414.html
