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Hi Jeanie

thanks for the "friending"; sorry I took so long.  I'm way behind on checking in here.

thank you jeanie, i am in the virgin islands so it is no wonder you are thinking of Tortola!

lucky girl, getting pointers from alan.  i enjoy piercing.  the only thing i wish i could do more perfectly, is the absolute straight line.  i do well, but not good enough.  i do not enjoy filing, because of my eyes, and it really stresses my neck.  when i'm done with the piece i'm working on, i'll send a pic.  i had to do straight lines throughout almost the entire piece and it resulted in many hours of filing, for both the perfect corners and perfect straight lines.  i'm not the type for perfection in my art work.  i'm almost anti-thetical in philosophy, but, nevertheless, i decided to plow forward.

i would love to see your moving bug when you complete it.  it sounds like a lot of fun.  ineed help with all the things you wanted to learn with alan.  too bad we don't live closer!

hi jeanie,

thanks so much for the kind words!  i only wish i could have posted a pic of the backs of these pieces also.  the amount of piercing i did--yikes!  but it's meditative, if you know what i mean.  anywho, what have you been up to?  i just saw the pic of you and alan revere.  lucky girl.  in our world, it's like standing mext to johnny depp (wouldn't mind that either!).  working on more of my drawing work again.  i was thinking the haeckel ocean series might get me into shows, but it is not being well-received, like my drawings are.  oh well.   so, when do yuo go to hawaii?    peace, anne

omg, i am so jealous of you.  charity hall does great work.  is hawaii just  a straight out vacation or a class also?  

we will be posting pics of the phoenix location within the next day or 2 through the weekly emails, on the web site, etc.  you won't believe this place!!  it's unbelievable.  i never expected it to be so beautiful.  wait and see what i mean in a few days and tell me what you think!  

if you don't make it (altho i think you'll find it hard to resist once you see these pics) at least we got to meet in seattle.

anne

hi jeannie,

i actually just returned from the board meeting in phoenix!  2 1/2 busy busy days.  wait till you see the pics of this location!!  people will love this venue.  lots of exciting news will be coming shortly.  are you planning on attending this year?  will you try to participate in the trunk show?  we're having that again, but you probably know that.  anne

hi jeannie,

i just saw that you won a scholarship to revere.  fantastic!!  since i make beads i'm entering with some of my bead creations.  he is so wonderful to do this for people.  so how was the enamelist soc conf??  did you just love it?

Nice to see all your images.  Hope you're doing well.