Ok here it is... Last day of High School for Erkki! No more driving back and forth every day.
Now I have more time to bead, and sadly less time to talk to him in the daily drives.. He will be going to FSU in the fall. I will probably get to have some 6 hour drives there though.:).
If you can make it to his ope house graduation and birthday party sunday mary 29th, stop on by the shop. It will be from 1:00-5:00.
Have a great night. Now I am going to finish this beautiful micro macrame sample I am making!
Friday, May 20, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Graduation soon! Bead and Button Show
Bead and button show is approaching quickly and we are busy making more kits. And Erkki will be graduating from High School in about a week. I will be at project graduation... from 11:00 pm till 5:30 Am with the seniors. It is an event that goes all night long. We are locked in and have lots of fun things to do. I will be doing the jewelry making event. Should be great fun! His graduation open house will be here at the store on May 29th from 1-5:00. Please feel free to stop in and grab some food and say hi. We have been really happy with the new choora bracelet. Everyone has been making some fab... color combos. It is so beautiful. The stranded is also a fun new wrap around bracelet, and just new on the books... is Emerald city. Have a great day everyone!
Monday, November 22, 2010
Tis the Season
Well we are in full swing with the Florida season. It is so great to see our friends from the North.
Hard to believe that it is only a few days from Thanksgiving with the New year right around the cornor. I am in Chicago right now. Erkki and I made a trip here after his Elon college audition. The city is so busy and holiday decorations all over. It is fun to walk past all the shop windows. We got to see Billy Elliot. It was great. Such a talented young actor. And we ate stuffed pizza at Giordano's. It was cold for 2 days, but today it was in the 60's. Lets see what the rest of the week brings. I will be back in time for Crystal Creations after Thanksgiving day sale... Then it will be time to get ready for the cruise. That should be fun. The 22 new dura coat delica's are in.. and you may want to check out our newest kits., Northern Lights, Carnival, and Twilight.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Hard to believe that it is only a few days from Thanksgiving with the New year right around the cornor. I am in Chicago right now. Erkki and I made a trip here after his Elon college audition. The city is so busy and holiday decorations all over. It is fun to walk past all the shop windows. We got to see Billy Elliot. It was great. Such a talented young actor. And we ate stuffed pizza at Giordano's. It was cold for 2 days, but today it was in the 60's. Lets see what the rest of the week brings. I will be back in time for Crystal Creations after Thanksgiving day sale... Then it will be time to get ready for the cruise. That should be fun. The 22 new dura coat delica's are in.. and you may want to check out our newest kits., Northern Lights, Carnival, and Twilight.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Guest Teachers and other things
I was talking to someone the other day and we got on the subject of guest teachers.. This particular person was pretty surprised at how the whole guest teacher thing works. So I thought I would share with everyone.
We usually select guest teachers who are known to be very skilled in design and teaching, with a proven track record. However since we are always on the look out for new talent we do invite some newer teachers, if I have meet with them and/ or they have recommendations.
Most of the time the guest teacher projects are geared towards the intermediate beader. Meaning the student has a working knowledge of the basic beadweaving stitches, and has completed projects using the stitches. These classes are not intended to "learn how to Bead". They are for the learning experience of studying under a master bead artist. The project being made is a bonus.
Their projects are beads that come to life by using stitches, combining stitches, and creating new stitches.
When teachers come to teach at Crystal Creations Bead Institute, we provide their transportation, their hotel, their food, and all cost involved plus a teaching fee. Some teachers like to bring kits, others don't want to get in to the bead selling business. (It can be pretty costly investing in huge inventory of beads so that you have enough colors and kits to sell)
With or without kits teachers always have a supply list and we make every effort to get in as many color options as possible so people taking the class can get their supplies at the shop and not have to hunt them down all over the place.
Personally I like to respect the guest teacher’s artistic color choices and therefore am not keen on picking out their exact colors etc.. Especially if they sell kits.
I will not go out of my way to try and recreate their exact color wave because I feel that is their trade secret.
Almost every teacher I know, including us, have their designs copyrighted.
That means a student is not allowed to copy the instructions, to teach other people the design, to share the instructions, or the make the piece and sell it in shows, stores, or send it into competitions or magazines for publication. I know for alot of customers they feel like "whats the big deal? " I download movies, or copy my fiends cd’s... etc.. that's not right either. I know the teacher’s personally and I know how hard they work for their business. I stand up for their rights them in every way possible. We want more people to be able to share with us.
So, taking a guest teacher class can be an extremely rewarding experience if you go in to it with an attitude of learning new ways to create with these things called beads. I also love meeting up with teachers who come to us from other parts of the country with fresh new ideas. It’s like waiting for the wells fargo wagon...
Thanks to all and Hope to see you soon... Glenda
We usually select guest teachers who are known to be very skilled in design and teaching, with a proven track record. However since we are always on the look out for new talent we do invite some newer teachers, if I have meet with them and/ or they have recommendations.
Most of the time the guest teacher projects are geared towards the intermediate beader. Meaning the student has a working knowledge of the basic beadweaving stitches, and has completed projects using the stitches. These classes are not intended to "learn how to Bead". They are for the learning experience of studying under a master bead artist. The project being made is a bonus.
Their projects are beads that come to life by using stitches, combining stitches, and creating new stitches.
When teachers come to teach at Crystal Creations Bead Institute, we provide their transportation, their hotel, their food, and all cost involved plus a teaching fee. Some teachers like to bring kits, others don't want to get in to the bead selling business. (It can be pretty costly investing in huge inventory of beads so that you have enough colors and kits to sell)
With or without kits teachers always have a supply list and we make every effort to get in as many color options as possible so people taking the class can get their supplies at the shop and not have to hunt them down all over the place.
Personally I like to respect the guest teacher’s artistic color choices and therefore am not keen on picking out their exact colors etc.. Especially if they sell kits.
I will not go out of my way to try and recreate their exact color wave because I feel that is their trade secret.
Almost every teacher I know, including us, have their designs copyrighted.
That means a student is not allowed to copy the instructions, to teach other people the design, to share the instructions, or the make the piece and sell it in shows, stores, or send it into competitions or magazines for publication. I know for alot of customers they feel like "whats the big deal? " I download movies, or copy my fiends cd’s... etc.. that's not right either. I know the teacher’s personally and I know how hard they work for their business. I stand up for their rights them in every way possible. We want more people to be able to share with us.
So, taking a guest teacher class can be an extremely rewarding experience if you go in to it with an attitude of learning new ways to create with these things called beads. I also love meeting up with teachers who come to us from other parts of the country with fresh new ideas. It’s like waiting for the wells fargo wagon...
Thanks to all and Hope to see you soon... Glenda
Monday, May 31, 2010
New Classes
Ok so here it is 11:49 on Monday night. Of course I feel like it is Sunday because of Memorial Day. I know tomorrow is going to be a little tough. Shorted a day a work.. and yet at home I was given an extra day. Did some cleaning. I am almost finished with my Diane Fitzgerald Starfish too! I probably would have finished it but I had lost my instructions.. and then found another set but that didn't have any markings on it so it took me quite some time to figure what row i was on. The count down is on for Bead and Button. At this point I need to take anything else we need in our suitcases. I was hoping to see something at the REP theater there but it looks like nothing is going on at this time. That's too bad. One year Erkki and I saw "The Nerd" It was so funny I had makeup running down my face... and last year Liisa and I saw "Shampoo" Which was also Really funny. Actually now I am wondering if that was the real name of it. Well it was an audience participation murder mystery... had several endings.. 3 more days of school.. hard to believe that Erkki's junior year is over. Ill put some of the new classes up here, as well as my starfish as soon as it is done.. Have a great week. Glenda
Monday, May 24, 2010
New Guest teachers
We finally changed the front page photo... I still have the dogs (greyhounds) Linkin and Lilly, and I still have my son Erkki who actually will be 17 tomorrow. Everyone was saying his photo is so outdated... and many people didn't realize that Liisa our head designer is actually my daughter.
We will have to take some new photos of the dogs and put them on the staff page as welcoming committee. And get my son there as packer, and Jaani, Liisa's husband who is our computer and internet guru. Though he said he will use his same silhouette photo that he has on facebook.
We will have to take some new photos of the dogs and put them on the staff page as welcoming committee. And get my son there as packer, and Jaani, Liisa's husband who is our computer and internet guru. Though he said he will use his same silhouette photo that he has on facebook.
We have been getting ready for our Bead and Button teaching jig.. If you are going be sure to look us up. Consider taking one of our classes! Find us at meet the teacher night.
I just posted the classes that Jean Campbell will be teaching. She will be here Nov 12, 13, 14th 2010. Above is one of her classes. Check out all the guest teachers.. We have some great ones!
Go to Facebook.. and look us up ..Crystal Creations Bead Institute
Make it a super week.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Home From Bali!
Well it certainly was an exciting 12 days. The trip there was about 37 hours all together. The longest being a 14 hour stretch on EVA air. But I was middle class so the seat reclined and other than the guy next to me coughing all the time it was very pleasant. The layover in Taiwan was fun. All the shops were manned by young kids in suits, black with pink shirts. Very high tech looking and professional. Arriving to Denspar was hot.. the air port was hot and there was my first real exposure to Bali. Lots of fast driving cars.. tons of scooters. Mothers with high heels and kids on scooters, and 3 people piled on with no shoes. The scooters drove really fast too and even when it rained they still drove fast. I asked on driver how come I never see anyone walking on the streets.. he said it is cuz they scoot everywhere. The hotel was considered a 5 star in Bali. It was really a beautiful resort with lots of old Indonesian charm and charter. The registration was open air, and there were many lush gardens and the ocean. I had a Balinese massage to start the time off. Monday started the 6 day "Date With Destiny" program with Tony Robbins. 800 people were there and it was fantastic. Long days. Most nights we got back to the hotel about 12:30. In fact the day after the event I was going on a tour and forgot something in my room. When I went to get it I realized that something was different.. I had not gone to my room in the day time up till that point. For 2 days after the event I was able to see some of the Bali lifestyle.
Went to the market.. Where you need to offer 1/3 of whatever the item is marked. Had the privilege of visiting several bathrooms. OMG Pay for the toilet, ( I have a feeling any guy puts a box there and charges you) and you have to pay more for paper. The toilet usually doesn't flush and there is a bucket of water there for you to pour some into the toilet. And the floor is usually very wet from people spraying water around. I saw a sign in the airport that said.. This toilet is free. And then there was a sign in another bathroom showing how you are supposed to sit on the toilet not squat on it. In some of the department stores again I saw a huge amount of young workers in uniforms.. A driver told me they get about 120 per month to work full time.
I had lunch in a mountain resort overlooking the rice fields.. and it rained so beautifully.
All in all in all... I had a great time.. and I am really happy to be living in a place where you can count on a reasonable bathroom (other than the occasional gas station), and where you drink bottled water for fun rather than it being a must. The Bali people that I met were very sweet and soft spoken. Tony was outstanding... and I think EVA air was great though I never want to fly American Airlines again. Ill post photos as soon as I can get them off the camera.
Went to the market.. Where you need to offer 1/3 of whatever the item is marked. Had the privilege of visiting several bathrooms. OMG Pay for the toilet, ( I have a feeling any guy puts a box there and charges you) and you have to pay more for paper. The toilet usually doesn't flush and there is a bucket of water there for you to pour some into the toilet. And the floor is usually very wet from people spraying water around. I saw a sign in the airport that said.. This toilet is free. And then there was a sign in another bathroom showing how you are supposed to sit on the toilet not squat on it. In some of the department stores again I saw a huge amount of young workers in uniforms.. A driver told me they get about 120 per month to work full time.
I had lunch in a mountain resort overlooking the rice fields.. and it rained so beautifully.
All in all in all... I had a great time.. and I am really happy to be living in a place where you can count on a reasonable bathroom (other than the occasional gas station), and where you drink bottled water for fun rather than it being a must. The Bali people that I met were very sweet and soft spoken. Tony was outstanding... and I think EVA air was great though I never want to fly American Airlines again. Ill post photos as soon as I can get them off the camera.
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