The Sisterhood of the Traveling Bead Box Giveaway!

UPDATE: ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED, I'LL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER AT 10 am E.S.T. TODAY!

If you're tracking the Sisterhood around the country, here's the path she's taken so far: 1. Heather Powers of Humble Beads- San Antonio, TX. 2. Mikki Ferrugiaro of MFD Beadwork Originals- UT. 3. Nancy Dale of NED Bead -Vermont. 4. Hannah Rosner of Good River Gallery- NM 5. Chris Neit of Good Quill Hunting-Maine 6. Sandy Spivey of Sandy’s Treasure- California 7. Katie Nelson of Katie’s Creations- TX 8. Kristie Roeder of Artisan Clay- PA 9. Lorelei Eurto of Lorelei Eurto Jewelry- New York State 10. Becky Caldwell of The Gritty Bird- North Carolina 11.Cindy Wimmer of Sweet Bead Studio – Virginia
12. Cindy Gimbrone of Lampwork Diva- New York State
13. Paige Maxim of Paige Maxim Designs- Maine

The giveaway: The entire box of goodies, WELL over $400 worth of beads.
The stipulations: Must have an online forum to host the next giveaway. Must be living within the United States to enter and be willing to pay for shipping: $15.00 for flat rate priority mail billed via Paypal.

The rules: You’ll take what you want from the box, add in items of equal value from your own bead stash to replace the items you took and then do the same giveaway on your blog. We’ll keep the beads traveling for as long as we can.

A Book Review and Quick Update

I am stopping in for a book review and a quick update on the happenings here at the 2 If By Sea household. During the last 3 weeks the following events have transpired, they are in no particular order:

My 3 yr old fractured his foot in 3 places
I contracted viral laryngitis and have been silent for a week in hopes of getting my voice back
My 5 yr old had a cold
My husband had the same cold, only worse. We all know how men get when they are sick right?
You know what I'm talking about! You'd think the world had ended, lol.
I've been preparing for a small neighborhood craft show I commited to last month.

We are all coming through these trials just fine and everyone is on the mend, I am happy to report.


So, on to the book review. Today, I received my pre-ordered copy of Denise Pecks' Wire Style 2 - 45 new jewelry designs. I was excited when I found out that it was releasing sooner than I thought. Now that it's here...I LOVE it! I just browsed through each page quickly and haven't completey studied each project yet, but what I see, I LIKE. For my readers who are beaders and designers please grab a copy of this book. It will be a staple in my library as is Denises' first book Wire Style - 50 unique jewelry designs.

- I was not paid or compensated in any way for this review -

Dream Flower

These new items are now for sale in my Etsy shop!

Stop by and see if there's something

you just can't live without!

Sharing the Love

My friend Shelley over at Single Stone Studios showed what a kind heart and good friend she is today by doing a post about my art and the art of 3 other very talented ladies. The 4 of us have become fast friends via blogging and Facebook and admire one another's work immensely.

Above are pictures of their art. The first picture is a painting by my friend and fellow Jacksonville neighbor Catina Jane Gray, the second photo is a wonderful wire heart sculpture by Jennifer Swift. The third picture is one of Shelleys' vinyl wall decals that she designs.

All 3 of these ladies have many talents other than the ones shown above, but more importantly they have big, open hearts and generous spirits of creativity.