Aaarrgh!

I just found out our local bead shop is closing its' doors. The liquidation sale starts Monday.

Say it isn't so!

Not now!!!

I don't have room in my house to store all the beads I want!!

I would buy the complete inventory of glass beads if I could. As it is, now I have to go through what I do own and see if I can identify any holes I could try to fill at sale prices. How do I know what I'm going to want to use 3 or 6 months from now???

This is the second business I love that has decided to call it quits in the last 10 days or so. I'm afraid of what may be next.

At least I'm in a position to drop a few coins in their bucket. Guess I'll go down and spend as much money as I dare in a final gesture of support and fellowship. {deep sigh}

A very unhappy Magpie Sue

Wow. I'm loving everyone's pieces. I, unfortunately, haven't been able to start mine. Life has been full of curve balls so far this year, and beading (or anything creative, for that matter) have been put on a side burner. I have a couple of things promised to people, two of which are now late, and three are due in a few days. Those have to be done first, then I can start on my BJP project.

Because of starting so late, I'm rethinking my size. I'll still do the paisleys, and white is my January color, but I think I'll size it down a couple of inches. I'm feeling a little overwhelmed about it all. I hope to start in the next week or so, and will post on my blog when I've got more to show.