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Me Bad - Not Blogging Again

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I know, I know, I should spend more time with my blog to promote my work, but I always seem to forget after spending hours surfing the web with my Etsy stores, Facebook pages, team pages, twitter feeds, team blog posts and now Pinterest (what did I get myself into) the day just flies by and I find that I have not done any beading which is my passion. This year I also have the added excuse in that we spent the summer refinishing our home Angelique of Vancouver our 34' Coast sail boat.  She got a new paint exterior, new paint interior, new fabric and cushions, new black out curtains for the windows and hatches, refinished flooring.  But that is not all, still to come is new headliners, new electric windlass (for setting the anchor and then for hauling it up, hubby says he won't manually do this anymore as he is getting old), new canvas enclosure, new hard biminy top, new main sail traveler (this helps us control the main sail) new boom vang (controls the boom when jibing and t...

A Whorl Wind of Activity

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I know that it has been a while since I posted anything to my blog.  I have not been neglecting you, well maybe just a little.  November and December were just a whorl wind of activity for me because I started my Xmas Craft events with 10 days straight.  The first event was at Thursday at BCIT, then 3 days (Fri-Sun) at Abbotsford Cristmas Craft Fair, then Simon Fraser Universitys Craft Fair (Mon-Fri) endng with my usual Saturday at the Abbotsford Farmers Market.  The weekend before this 10 day stretch I was at the Delbrook Rec Centre's Craft fair, and the week after the stretch I was at the Langley Craft Fair.  Some of the events were more successful than others.  Simon Frasers week long event was my best seller and I sold more this year than last year.  I had some slow days but overall sold many of my newely created and not photographed beadwoven necklaces and bracelets.  Delbrook on the Sunday prior was also good as it was a very busy event....