going to aspiring metalsmith spring gathering in Fl

yahoo, hubster agreed to change the date for client spring party so now i can attend the aspiring metalsmith May gathering in st petersburg, fl.
still in the final planning stages, around 15 or so going. 3 four hour metal workshops, an evening craft booth at saturday nite Art walk.  lots of time to talk, hopefully some beach walking time.
our group has never had a meet-up but some lucky folks have met on their own in various parts of USA.
the reason i woke him up this a.m. to ask about changing party was the fact that Barbara Lewis will be teaching one of our workshops. i've been a member of her online Painting with Fire group for years (actually met a fellow PWF member when i did the thompson enamel workshop in Ky in sept '10.)
Here's a link to Barbara's book, so many new PWF group members from their seeing the book.

http://www.amazon.com/Torch-Fired-Enamel-Jewelry-Workshop-Painting/dp/1440308861

 how lucky for us she is moving to St Pete and will have her studio ready to teach us....

the party date adjustment will mean a bit of crazyness. Saturday will be hubster's high school yearly reunion party and then Sunday will be client party. we usually have about 80 or so folks hanging out in the back yard for that one.

valentine's day

must share this joke a fellow crafter posted on one of my etsy team threads.......

After she woke up, a woman told her husband, "I just dreamed you gave me a diamond necklace for Valentine’s Day. What do you think it means?"


"You’ll know tonight," he said.

That evening the husband came home with a small package and gave it to his wife. Delighted, she opened it--to find a book entitled “The Meaning of Dreams.”

hope you enjoyed the chuckle.
I don't have any diamonds in the shop but check out my other goodies...