Time! Time! Time!

Time has really gotten away from me. It seems like all I do is work on this up coming bead show in Fresno, Sept 19. Trying to get the seed beads ready and the rivolis. The rivolis look really pretty hanging on the racks instead of in the cases. You can really see them now, what a beautiful sight! Love those crystals! Not much to report other than work and the weather is wonderful here, it's been in the high 60's sometimes sunny and sometimes foggy. I'm going to try and make myself swim in our pool at least 3 times a week, it's heated and wonderful but I just won't let myself take the time. I think I need to stop and smell the roses! Speaking of roses the @!!@!!@ gophers ate one of my rose bushes, the little butt heads! I won't put bait out because I have 2 dogs and the neighbors have cats that come in my yard and I don't want to hurt them I just want them to go into the big field by my house and stay out of my yard. For some reason they just won't listen to me! ha-ha Next year I'm planting very large sunflowers in my back yard, I just love the way they look! I also want to put in a lemon tree, I miss the one I had in Clovis. I use lemons a lot in my cooking so if anyone has any ideas on which kind of lemon tree I should get please send me an email. I didn't know there were so many different kinds! The fog has rolled back in I can't even see the ocean now, but it will go away by 11 am tomorrow and then I will be able to look out at my wonderful ocean! Enough of my going on about not much, hope everyone is doing great and I will see a lot of you in Fresno on the 19th of September for the big bead show at the Ramada Inn at Shaw and Freeway 41. Love, Kandra

Taco Temple Morro Bay

I took a break and went to lunch with Susan who owns Beads By The Bay and where did we go you ask, my favorite place Taco Temple in Morro Bay. If you have not been there you really must stop and eat. You need to have cash because they don't take credit cards. There food is mouth watering and delicious! My favorite is the chili relleno and the carrot cake. You eat the chili relleno and you take the cake home to eat and two people could share this wonderful cake!

Susan had a taco and I had the chili relleno.

Beads By The Bay 2

And the journey continues in the garden in the back! As you walk out the back door you see this quaint old building in the back and if you walk closer you will see that this is Susan's class room and what a wonderful, peaceful setting. If you look to the right you will see herbs and plants of all kinds for sell and such an incredible selection of hard to find plants, like the kool aid plant she has for sell, it smells like grape kool aid. I will be buying one of those when I finish unpacking (a year from now) ha-ha. The Koi pond is my favorite in the back yard as I am partial to koi fish. You can sit by the pond and feel how peaceful it is in the back yard of Susan's shop, the energy is wonderful. I am sure as I was walking around taking pictures the little Faries in her back yard were peeking out of the plants laughing at me! I will post all of the pictures that I took of her shop on my Facebook page so everyone can enjoy them. This is a must stop place if you are anywhere near Morro Bay, I promise you will not be disappointed!

Beads By The Bay

Beads By The Bay is a beautiful bead store tucked away in Morro Bay the address is 333 Morro Bay Blvd Morro Bay, CA 93442 805-772-3338 When you see the front of this shop you think what a cute little shop, but when you walk in you are greeted by the beautiful Miss Lily and then the adventure begins! As you walk around this charming bead store you will not believe how many beads are in there! They are tucked into every nook and cranny of this shop. The glass on the wall is incredible with every color you can think of and shape. Then you walk a little ways and you will see pearls like you have never seen. Then the seed beads are of course beautiful hanging on the wall. But then it gets better, Susan has a wonderful selection of crystals in all shapes and sizes to pick from. They are just magnificent tucked all over the shop and then you walk out into the back and it is like you are in Fairy Land! I will continue on a different page so I can add more pictures.

Betty's Fabrics San Luis Obispo

Went to Betty's Fabrics today in San Luis Obispo they have the best selection of Ultra Suede I have ever seen! They have many colors and patterns to chose from. Of course the minute I walk in I want to start quilting and I don't have the time right now to even think about that, but I must say if you walk into that store you will want to start sewing even if you don't know how! Ha Ha Buttons and Buttons, they have a whole aisle with just buttons! I didn't get a shot of that but when I go back in I will try to remember to take a picture of the button aisle so you can see all of there beautiful buttons. If you are in this area it is worth a stop! The address is 1229 Carmel San Luis Obispo, CA 805-543-1990 Had to get some ultra suede for a project I want to start and of course I bought more than I needed because the colors were so nice. You can never have to much ultra suede! Well back to unpacking I just wanted to share Betty's with everyone. Love, Kandra

Still Unpacking

Yes I'm still unpacking and I must say I'm getting pretty sick of it. I'm down to 10 boxes in the dining room, living room and office. Sounds great right, well then I still need to unpack my pressed glass at the bead warehouse. Then I need to unpack my glass studio which will take at least a week to do. :(

On a lighter note, I have tried to add a free pattern to the blog which I must say almost kicked my butt! I wish with all my heart that I was good with computer stuff but this is the best I could do. If you click on the pattern picture and then click on it again it gets larger and then click print and you should be able to print it out in a size that you can read. Let me know if this works for everyone. I will now try to add a picture of the bracelet I made with this pattern, hope it works.

I used delicas and three colors of purple (light, medium and dark) then I used the good gold of course for the background. The edging is 15/0 seed beads in 462D and 465.

Hope everyone enjoys this bracelet pattern it is one of my bargello patterns and I have made a lot of them up. I love the way bargello looks and the way the colors blend together. One of the colors of purple is a matte color because I like to put matte with shiny beads because it gives your piece depth.

Again please let me know if the printing out of the pattern works and by the way I did this piece in peyote stitch. I used snaps as the closure because it is easy to get on and off.

Love, Kandra

The Ocean

I stopped unpacking for a while to go down to Shell Beach and look at the ocean. To sit and watch the ocean moving and churning is so awe-inspiring. I never tire looking at the ocean and enjoying the wonderful smell, even on a foggy day like today. Up on the Mesa where I live the sun has come out and then went away as the fog would move in and out. I started setting up the deck today with my patio furniture, had to stop and go to the store to get covers for the chairs. I didn't need them in Clovis but here the fog comes in at night and the chairs will be wet if I don't cover them. Hope you enjoy the pictures it was a wonderful 65 degrees here today!