Did you miss me?  I know this blog has been left a little high and dry of late.  And I apologize once again.  There are times in life when things have to take the back burner.  I’ve been as busy as the busiest worker bee, and getting a lot of things done.  And I have to admit that I have become a big fan of Facebook and the status updates.  It’s so much easier than logging in to the blog, typing a whole post, adding the pictures, and posting.    So if you are in need of more frequent Carter commentary, come find me over there.  More brief comments, but more up to date.  But I do have good intentions of blogging more often.  At least the intention is there!

So what have I been up to, you ask?  Well, in a nutshell: paperwork, filling orders, paperwork, wedding planning, paperwork, adding Summer designs to the website, paperwork, going home for my cousin’s wedding, paperwork, getting ready for the ACRE wholesale show, paperwork, getting Bead Trust ready for Bead & Button, paperwork.  Get the idea?  Oh, and a bit of sleeping and eating and exercise.  And I have taken a little time for a visit to a friend’s vineyard in the wine country, a few dinners with pals, and the like.  We can’t deny ourselves of all leisurely activities!  It’s been a whirlwind of a start to the summer.  But I’ve been having fun, and that’s important.  

I’m at the ACRE wholesale show right now in Las Vegas.  It started today, and there’s a pretty good feel so far.  It is significantly smaller (in terms of number of vendors) but I hear that the buyer count is up.  And there’s a good energy here, so that helps a lot.  There’s nothing worse than a slow show where everyone is sitting around moping and feeling sorry for themselves.  It just brings the whole mood down.  So I’m so thankful that the mood is up here.  

From here I go straight to Bead & Button where I’ll be working the Bead Trust booth with Aveesh.  I look forward to B&B.  It’s a fun show, and we get to catch up with all of our friends.  So I’m looking forward to it.  Though the traveling does get a bit exhausting, it’s worth it.

I’ll try to be back sooner rather than later.  If you’re at ACRE or B&B, come by and say hi!

Hey y’all!  I’m still here, still all in one piece, and life is good.  I just haven’t been in the blogging mood of late.  So I didn’t push the issue.  I’m in Phoenix, AZ  for the Museum Store Association show today and tomorrow, and then we’ll be on the road again.  Aveesh, Finn, and I have been on the road for about 2 weeks, bouncing around between Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, and having a great time.  Bead Trust had a booth at the Rocky Mountain Bead Society’s Bead Bazaar, and there was no since in returning to Berkeley before heading here.  So we took a few days to enjoy ourselves.  We sped through some towns, and stayed a day or two in some others.  But we made it through Denver, Boulder, Santa Fe, Taos, Albuquerque, Sedona, and Phoenix.  A few more stops in CA after we leave here, and then back home.  I have two new favorite spots on the map: Boulder and Sedona.  We’re already dreaming of retiring in one or the other; or maybe a house in both places would work.  Sedona is quite a magical place.  The natural beauty is astounding.

Something has gone a bit funky with my blog.  Sorry folks!  I’ve changed my website hosting company and upgraded by Wordpress, and something went  awry during some part of that process. So bear with me while I figure all of this out!

It was a rough few weeks for me, but I’m trying to bounce back better than before.  After spending way too many days in bed with vertigo, and then loosing a dear friend in an accident, I was feeling a bit beaten down by the world.  And then there was the paperwork that amassed from my absence in the office.  But enough of those somber details.  On to happier times!

I have a busy month ahead.  The first big thing on the horizon is the Museum Store Association wholesale show in Phoenix, AZ, the first weekend in May.  I have never done this show before, and I have a lot on the line.  So I hope it’s stellar.  Send me all of your good juju, cast lots of spells for big orders, and wish me luck.   I have a lot to do between now and then to prepare, but if I keep ahead at the pace I’m going now, I’ll be more than ready.

Here are a few new designs that I put together.  These pieces are all at Kittrell/Riffkind Glass Gallery in Dallas, TX.  I am a featured artist this month, so they have a really nice selection of my work right now.  I hope to have some of this new work up on the website in the next week or so. 
Now that I’m back on the scene, I’ll try to blog more often.  Thanks to those of you who e-mailed to make sure I was doing ok.  I was hanging on by a thread there for a while, but watchout world, she’s back!

I feel like a pirate holding bootie, and I have to share my loot!

Hello March!

Howdy folks!

Where did the weekend go?

The Divali Glass Jewelry sale has begun!

It’s the dawning of a new day for America.

Sniffle, sniffle, sneeze, sniffle.