Michigan Cabin Retreat
2006 |
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Below
are pictures that I took at the
2006 Michigan Cabin Retreat. They
are in no particular order and
they don't include everyone that
was there. |
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camera so let's start the show here. This
is Sheryll (a/k/a Mrs. Booger) making
a glass spider. It was incredible
and amazing to watch. You almost
wanted to hold your breath while
she was working. I think she
WAS holding her breath. |
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Here is the
actual bug in process. It
was cold at night in the garage
so it didn't have a great chance
of surviving. :o( But
then again, either did some of
the beads that were in the kiln
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Here is one
of Brenna's beads. She is an
up and coming Booger but she was making
a Loco bead here. See that alien
eye that was being formed. (Sorry
the picture is fuzzy...my camera was
giving me a little trouble). |
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Here is our
wonderful hostess, Nancy. Do
you know how much shopping it takes
to provide food for 40+ people? I
do now...at least part of it. I
followed her up to the cabin and
we made 3 or 4 stops at different
grocery/food stores. Wow.
Thanks Nancy, for all that you
do for this retreat. What
a great place to hang out and get
to know people...and you know,
I'm not that social.
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Here is Brenna, Nancy's daughter,
in her alien head gear. We
told her she probably wouldn't
need it this weekend but she insisted
on wearing it. There's always
one. She was on my team, or
I should say, I was on hers, for
the scavenger hunt so of course,
we won. ;o) |
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Here is Jim
(a/k/a Mr. Booger) working on making
a rose. Another amazing piece
to watch being formed. Gia
showed one on Saturday too but
I didn't have a chance to watch. That's
Julz taking a picture, and here
is a close-up.
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Here is Diane showing off the fish
she caught while taking a break
from torching. Did you know
they had singing fish in Michigan? I
thought it was only Indiana. The
sang a nice duet for us. |
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| Here is Rona
with the witch she won for the
scavenger hunt activities. Watch
out...it might be coming to a mailbox
near you soon. |
I forgot to have my waxing done before
I left for the cabin. Smooches! |
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Jim serenading an enamoured Brenna. Unfortunately,
Stairway to Heaven and Wish You
Were Here (is that the name?) by
Pink Floyd didn't work for her. |
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An elated Melissa loving a break
from her Hot Head. I wonder
if she's ordered her oxygen-propane
set up yet? She encased like
a pro. |
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| Part of our kitchen help. I
gotta get me one of those. Oh
wait, mine was at home with 2 little
kids. Never mind. This
is Dave, Nancy's husband. What
a great guy to come up to a cabin
of 40 women and only a couple guys
and help out! |
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Jim signing his work with one
of those titanium pens for JudyinMN,
I think. |
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Bead trading. That
was really fun! All weekend
people were just sitting around
rumaging around through boxes of
beads and picking out what they
want. I can't tell who the first
person is, second from left is Glassafrass,
then Linda (bolimasa) who I got to
spend some time and get to know and
Joan Cross who I also hung out with
some. I can't believe how nice and
fun everyone was. |
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Here is part
of the upstairs loft. Sorry
to those of you up there Saturday
night when we laughed down below
until about 3 a.m. Between
us and the others around you snoring
away, I bet you didn't get too
much sleep. |
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Another of Diane (rosebead) at
one of the bracelet classes. I'm
so happy that she enjoyed my art
history lesson/vocabulary lesson. I
would encourage all of you to take
that workshop next year. Saturdays
at midnight.
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Here is JoyceMI,
in one of the bracelet workshops. Everybody's
bracelets looked perfect. Thanks
to you great teachers! |
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Deb, caught
by surprise, also in a bracelet
workshop. I think there were
at least 3 altogether. I
couldn't sit still long enough
for those so I was down by the
torches most of the time. |
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Linda (bolimasa)
working some of her magic. You
have to go to the cabin retreat
if you want to see her work. Although
she did make her first sale before
she came so maybe we'll see more??? |
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Diane at the torch and one of her little
glass painted panels before it
goes onto the bead. I managed
to trade for one of her "rub my
butt' beads with a picture of her
dog on it. She told me that
really, he asks for it. |
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Here is Sheryll at the torch and Linda
watching Loco at the torch making
the alien at the right here: |
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Here is JC, probably showing off
her Kronos glass. Not to mention
what she could do with it. I
would have to say that she was one
of my inspirations of the weekend. Now,
if I could just get some of that
glass. Too bad I don't have
any blackmail pictures on her...hm....what
could I get from Nancy? I have
plenty on her. Oh sorry...I
digress...on with the show... |
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And her's her stash. I saw
the case on one of the forums before
and thought it was a lot smaller. A
lot of JC's beads are big! |
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| Here is JudyinMN. Another
one that if you haven't met her and
have the chance, make a point of
it. Sorry Judy...you'll have
people flocking to you from all over
now. She's also the one that
made it possible for me to torch. She
brought all kinds of glass, torch,
and I-don't-know-what-the-heck-else
but a lot of it. Thanks Judy! |
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Judy said on one of the message
boards that she looked cranky in
one of the pictures. I think
this one makes up for it. |
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Her is Barb. Now,
I thought someone told me her screen
name is BarbC but since I've gotten
home I think I've seen 2 other
Barbs from Michigan. I didn't
get to talk with her much but have
you ever made friends with someone
based only on eye-contact? I
think I did. :o) I
can just TELL that she's really
nice. But who from Michigan
isn't? I miss the midwest. Rona
and Nancy are probably tired of
hearing that by now. |
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| Here's Melissa, the infamous,
"everything-melted-in-your-kiln"
Melissa. Whew, that was a scare. Hopefully
everything will be ok when she gets
it checked out. She brought
her husband Rob along...the one that
makes the great bead press, frit
and tool storage...or maybe he brought
her...I don't know. They also
brought "kringle" with them. I don't
have a sweet tooth but those things
are GOOD! Thanks Melissa! It
was great to meet you and Rob finally! |
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Here is the start of our torch
area set up in the garage. I
think we had 7 torches set up inside
and 2 hot heads outside. No,
it wasn't torch discrimination, I
was told that the hot heads are just
really loud. Too bad it was windy
and raining some of the time. |
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| Here is Joan (JCross). Eagerly
dipping her mandrels in preparation
for the weekend but she didn't even
set her torch up. Where were
you, Joan? I think she gets
the bead trading award. Every
time I turned around she was trading
beads with someone. It was
fun to watch. You could see
the wheels turning as she created
jewelry pieces in her head. I
hear she had some really nice pearls
too. |
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This one might have to be removed
if Nancy finds it unflattering. I
think it's cute...probably because
I got this a lot during the weekend. Oh
come on Nancy, "quiche me!" (Notice
I didn't say the other q word). |
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And, last but not least. My
answer to bone beads. Organ
Shards. I think Organ beads
will be coming soon. This is
my second successful shard. Mr.
Booger insisted that it looked like
a part of a hog that a rubber band
had slipped off. I didn't
ask for further clarification as
to where he had seen that. Amidst
the debate over which organ it really
looked like, Mrs. Booger came to
the rescue with documenation (it
looks like from the 50s) of the "Arterial
Supply of the Stomach." My
only question was (after wiping the
tears of laughter out of my eyes)
was, "And you travel with this?" Her
answer? "Doesn't everyone?"
Man,
I love me some Boogers.
Thanks everyone, for a GREAT weekend! |
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