Sunday, June 6, 2010

Babes and Beads and thanks, Virginia!

Just home from an annual Babes weekend with 8 other women at the Jersey shore. More than ten years old, this tradition means food, wine, beach, more food and wine, good books, laughs, and maybe a bit more food and wine. Oh, and I bring beads.


I'm the only beader, so I play with something while we sit around and swap stories and catch up. But I sell, too– my pals always want me to bring stuff for them to buy, especially those from out of town who I don't see all year except during this weekend.


This year it was time to make some converts. Last year I brought finished stretchy cuffs for everyone. This year I had a deal: I brought huge bins of resin, Lucite and wood beads and lots of stretchy cord. Make a bracelet for yourself but you also have to make one for me.

Not everyone was into making bracelets (though everyone was interested to see the results) but I got a nice armful of cool cuffs from a few of the babes (thanks George, Sam, and Kath) and they learned about balance and scale and other design basics. It was bead camp!


I was inspired to stretch from my usual symmetry (such as the cuffs at the top of this blog) by Sam's multi-bead black and green cuff. Hey, a bracelet of all focal beads! (Duh, right?) Here's my beachy version to remind me of Babe's Weekend 2010.


You just never know what will happen when you have babes and beads together–I also got a fabulous pasta-free zucchini lasagna recipe!

2 comments:

  1. Dear Leslie,
    good luck with your new venture. You are so talented. I'm happy you are following your heart. That's the best way to lead this creative life most successfully. I wish you the best. YOu did a great job energizing Beading Daily which was getting so very boring. Your ideas were infectious.......stay well, productive and prolific........
    Pat Wiley

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  2. Thanks so much for getting us involved in the beading. It was the highlight of babes weekend along with the food, wine and much laughter. People might question a babes weekend with a George and a Sam! Can't wait until next year..maybe earrings. XO George

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