Winners
Thanks so much to all of you for your wishes and comments! You bunch of beadaholics were the cause of many birthday smiles.
And the 5 winners are...
Esther
Rimma
Orit
Rozelle
Laura Critchfield
Congrats! Please e-mail me (sarah.hornik@gmail.com) with your mailing address, and let me know the name of the bead you'd like from my Etsy shop!
(Give me a couple of options, in case two people want the same one... I will try my best to make everyone happy!)
As for the rest of you... well, one Sarah Bead has officially been buried deep in the sand on the beach in Tel Aviv. Yes, I actually went to the beach! It turned out to be quite the surreal experience, because on the way there, I ran into an ancient ex - whom I hadn't seen or spoken to in years - baby stroller, baby and all.
"Uh... is that yours?"
"Yeah, he's mine."
"Oh, cool. How old is he?"
"He's a year and nine... wait, today is the first of the month, right?"
"Yeah, I think so."
The little blue-eyed guy waves at me enthusiastically from his stroller. Cute kid.
"No, uh, wait... it's the second. It's my birthday! Duh."
"Oh, right. Happy birthday!"
We do a bit of catching up. He asks if I'm still doing that bead thing. Yeah, I am. I proudly tell him about how I just got back from Italy, and am going to Australia next month.
"Does that have something to do with the beads?"
"Yeah, I'm teaching now."
"Teaching? You?" He stares in me in disbelief.
"Yeah, I teach workshops.
"You mean, teaching? Like, teaching, as in standing in front of a class and explaining to people how to do stuff?"
"Yeah, something like that."
"Teaching? Are you sure?"
"Teaching."
"Teaching? You actually have the patience for that now?"
"Well, I haven't killed anybody yet."
Mr. X keeps staring in disbelief. X Junior is still waving happily. I find myself feeling slightly old (hey, it's my birthday), but happy. Mr. X is probably a really great dad.
Then, I went to find a nice spot on the beach to bury my sacrificial bead. I've got photos to prove it!
See? I went to the beach. I was actually there.
I could not have taken this photo from my balcony!
A last goodbye to the bead
I left a little marker in the sand.
(Does it look a bit like a millefiori chip, or is that just me?)
This has nothing to do with the bead thing - I just really like this photo.
I really like this photo too.
Maybe I should go outside more often.
A year older.
Thanks again to all of you, for your part in making my birthday a happy day.
hope the first day in your new year was up to your expectations and the following 364 will give you lots of good experience. a big hug.
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Woo hoo!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I e-mailed you my address and preferences.
Interesting meeting with Mr. X and his baby.
Would you say lampworking has taught you patience, or is it just time? Or maybe you were only impatient when you had to talk about things you didn't enjoy?
I think I better hurry to the beach, although I suppose those tractors that clean up the beaches will have scattered your marker already.
Have a great year!
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where did you say it was buried, exactly?
Happy birthday for yesterday.. lovely sandy beach to go to on your birthday!
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Sarah- I loved the photo of the shell markers over your special bead. Glad you got out to the beach yesterday; maybe the connection with water on the first day of your 33rd year has some significance, as in an association with another place where water is kind of everywhere. I hope this year is an extra happy and creative one for you. ~Julie
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Sarah,
Glad you had such a nice experience on your birthday. The bead you buried is perfect...has an oceanic, aquatic feel to it.
Isn't it nice to run into an ex and to be able to show him how great your life is now. A special treat on your birthday for sure.
On a side note, I just looked at your "my del.icio.us" list on the sidebar and I LMAO at those "the worst album covers ever created"! I am still chuckling here thinking about some of them, especially "Ken - By Special Request"!! WTF were those people thinking?
Thanks for the laugh!
Laurie
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Dear Sarah, thank you very much. I am one of the lucky winners of one of your beautiful beads. I will take very good care of it. Thank you thank you thank you!
Kindest regards from a very happy Esther
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Happy Birthday!
That's a cool idea, this buried treasure thing. Had i seen this post earlier, I might have gone looking (I can generally guess in which beach this bead sleeps).
BTW, your new beads look very optimistic. I hope they reflect their makers mood.
Kisses.
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Sarah a very late happy birthday to you. I hope this year will bring you happiness, love and lots of inspiration and not to mention glass
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