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July 28, 2005
The Gathering
Oh, the Gathering is going on right now and I really wanted to be there, but this year has been very topsy turvy for me, so I decided it was best to stay home this time...Next year, it'll be in New Orleans (Nawlins) and a bunch of us plan to go...after all, its 'just down the road' from Austin (about an 8 hour drive I think...)...
I'm doing a quickie 2 hour class for an old buddy of mine who I worked with a million years ago..Her birthday was way back in April and we were going to get together then, and now its almost August and we're finally hooking up..She has 4 small boys, so finding 2 hours in her schedule isn't so easy...I'm looking forward to seeing her!
I did play around with some new ideas, they are still in the kiln, so I better go see what happened...I dunno if they are worth anything, and I'm still playing with colors and ideas in my head, so don't expect to see anything for sale, but i might post to get an idea of feedback on what you think of the technique...I do know that it's very shiny, or at least it was when I put them in the kiln last night...
I'm also jazzed about my 'interblog references' this week..Paula Best and Lisa Niven Kelly are nice enough to mention me in their Blogs...how groovy cool is that...(well, Lisa told me last night she was gonna mention me, I don't think she's updated her site yet...so I could be lying thru my teeth bigtime...)...I just write about THEM cause I like their work (not to mention I think they are super cool people themselves) but I don't do it for cross publicizing, so I appreciate that they'd say anything at all...You know when I find something that I dig, that I like to share it with you...its not about 'what can you do for me'...so I'm tickled that they'd take the time to even mention me...rock on twisted sistas...!
Posted by Donner at July 28, 2005 09:52 AM
Comments
Hello,
Great wildlife picture! For us big city girls...is that a red-headed woodpecker?
Susan from LA, CA.
Posted by: Susan at July 28, 2005 08:09 PM
I had a great time with you today, Donna! Thanks a bunch!
Posted by: Lisa at July 28, 2005 09:39 PM
Hey Donna...I feel your pain. I've been trying alot of new things lately and I never know exactly how they're going to turn our until I open the kiln. Thankfully, my little bead faerie has been pretty kind to me lately. *grin*
I'm not at the Gathering this year either. I loved my first one here in Portland last year and plan on going to the Nawlins one. Can't pass up and opportunity to get that close to where my family is...they're in Floriday and Alabama...gives me an excuse to take a side trip after the conference. :)
Oh, and I checked out Paula's and Lisa's blog and you were only half lying. ;) Paula mentioned you already, but Lisa hasn't updated her blog since yesterday and that was just a quickie entry. Oh and what Paula said about the three dot thing...I can totally relate! I do it all the time!!!! LOL!!!
Posted by: Paulette Insall at July 29, 2005 12:33 AM