B Gorko's Celebration of autumn glory http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=34070&item=4930432499&rd=1 Gina de Stevens red roses http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=34070&item=4929842585&rd=1 Tina

For the past week, I've been barely skimming the newsgroup. Now I've got over 500 messages to catch up on sigh. Last Monday, hubby and I came home to the following message on the answering machine - "This message is for Steve...calling from Northwestern Memorial Hospital about your father, who...

How kind of her to wait until I was up again this morning! Mount St. Helens is erupting as I type. This is NOT just a steam emission, but a real eruption. The cloud coming up from the mountain is dark gray this time indicating lots of ash content. Wowsa!! Plume is going almost directly north...

Sorry, to put my mushy stuff out there, but it's been going in my head day, and I had to sha) There once was a lady from Boston, Who told stories that folks could get lost in. She had a daughter with brains, She smiled through her pains, And I wish I could visit her often! Okay, someone get...

People have been asking for smaller sets (smaller beads and fewer of them), and sets of just twists - your wish is my command! LOL Night Life - purple twists on black - etched - 9 beads http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4931103902 Forest Shadows - pine and moss twists on black -...

Did you miss me? (Don't answer that.) I've had about 5 minutes on the computer in the last 4 days! We had some kind of crash, and hubby was not a happy person, getting everything working again. Now I have a ton of e-mail to catch up on! Have I missed anything on RCB? Anyway, here's some new...

Does anyone receive it through subscription? I ordered a two-year subscription in May and received my first issue today. *sigh* They said my subscription would start with the June/July issue, and it turned out to be the April/May one I already have, and it arrived without any sort of shipping...

A friend has expressed a love for teardrop shaped pearls a la 'The girl with the pear earring'. Anyone know where I can get some via mail order? Faux is ok as long as they're good quality. -- Marisa (AU/NZ) www.galleryvittoria.com "She who dies with the biggest stash, wins."

More icicles, hearts, waves, spacers, cased spacers, and ruffles. Mostly the same colors I had two weeks ago, but on opposite auctions, so people who only shop on JustBeads or only on Ebay have a chance. If I can just keep up this level of productivity, I just might be able to get the furnace...

Hi all, I am happy to announce that I will be teaching my Totally Textured Beads workshop here in my hometown of Canyon, CA just minutes outside of Oakland. The class will take place in the Redwoods at beautiful Canyon School on November 20th and 21st. The cost will be $135. To sign up, e-mail...

What a cool way to use beads! http://www.madbbs.com/users/ggab/cjgardendancers.html

As I've mentioned in the past, I belong to the Embroiderers' Guild. Our chapter has a different challenge every year. A theme is named and you create soemthing and interpret that theme in your own way. This year's challenge is "Bead What??" I have an idea that I may use but I'm curious what you...

It belched today at 12:03 - the eruption lasted about 25 minutes. They got some killer video of it that will likely be all over the TV everywhere today. :) Here's a local new station that is likely to have video and already has pics up. Apparently a helicopter happened to be in the air right as...

please take a look at our unusual beads and pendants on ebay! Click here to see my auctions in pictures! http://mygallery.timegonebuy.com/customer/opal955/opal955.html?/

And the winner is... *rustling through the stack of stuff in my corner of the boat* Hmm... let me see. I didn't have a hat so I used a cool carrier bag from a shop in York... ok, I digress! The winner of the holiday beads and Bali silver accents is..... Rachel Tarter!!!!!!!!!!!

I received an email to join the beadinggroup group. I don't know what that is, and I won't open the email because it's from someone I may not know, and it contains a picture (or something). So it could have a virus -- or a worm -- or something. Did someone here send me this email? Could you...

Just when I was in the groove tonight I did a very stupid thing. I was reaching for some twisty that fell off my graphite platform and the palm of my hand hit white hot glass that just came out of the flame. Yeeouch! I'm surprise that DH didn't wake up from all the bad words flying out of...

Would you mind telling us about the very, very first time you sat down at a torch? Everything you can recall--details, people, we want details! *s* -- ~Candace~ Orphan Beads ~low cost and bartering for the financially challenged beader~ http://snipurl.com/6s4t

North Carolina Women Sells Naughty Barbies. http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-APO-1120&idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20041004%2F1747067060.htm&photoid=20040803NY309 Ray

As if the Tucson shows weren't tiring enough to both pocketbook and feet, Swarovski (yes, the "Austrian Crystal" people) will be hosting a show in Tucson on February 3-6. I've seen mention of this event in two of the newer bead/jewelry magazines. They'll be set up at the Omni Tucson National...