Memories and Thanks Blog Hop Reveal

When Lori Anderson of Bead Soup Cafe posted the following request, I was like yes, I'll do this:

This Blog Hop is for Marianna and for someone that is close to your memory:

"  This blog hop is both for Marianna and for those people in our lives who mean a lot to us -- a mom, a friend, a brother -- anyone who has meaning to us.  Create a piece of jewelry that tells that story. For instance, Marianna loved red and cardinals, so if you would like to make something in honor of her, you could use red, or you could use beads of birds, leaves, trees, nests, eggs -- things like that.  If you have a friend you want to remember and thank and she's a painter, you could make a necklace full of the colors she often uses in her paintings.

Bead Soup Blog Party".

It was kind of funny that I had just completed the Sherry Serafini Piece " Ripple Effect" in Reds and White and is now in the header of my blog.  

Who did this piece remind me of?  My mother " Ellen Magdalene Brown " and my best friend of thirty years " Leah G Schad ".  Both strong women and both loved to wear red.

I kept thinking as I was putting the finishing touches on this bracelet that my mother and Leah would be arguing over who was going to wear this.  I lost both of them over the past five years.... WOW!  Five years.  My mother Ellen was a breast cancer survivor but with multiple surgeries and anethesia she entered into the twilight of Alzheimers'.  A disease that has taught my family a thing or two on suffering.  Leah was also a breast cancer survivor and my last week with her was walking in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in West Palm Beach, FL .  I could tell she was tired after this but she enjoyed the celebration of surviving.  She passed from a heart attack within the week.  

I was blessed to know them both.  My mother was my best friend and Leah was my best friend.  I miss them both, the comradery, the love, the laughter, the tears.  We had experienced so many years together that there will always be that place..... right there in the middle of my heart.  This spot is always reserved for them.

2008 " Race for the Cure " with Leah Schad

Now join with me in visiting the following blogs that are participating in these memories with Lori.....

Hostess, Lori Anderson       Pretty Things

Adlinah Kamsir                 Dream Struck Designs

Aimee Biondolillo              Aimee's Jewelry Treasures

 Alicia Marinache               All the Pretty Things 

 Andra Marasteanu            Handmade by Indra Marasteanu 

 Andrea Trank                     Heaven Lane Creations

 April Grinaway                   Brooklyn Bead Goddess

Barb Solem                          Vivi Magoo Presents

Becky Pancake                    Becky Pancake Bead Designs

Beth Emery                          Stories by Indigo Heart

Bonnie Coursolle                Jasper's Gems

Cassi Paslick                        Beads: Rolling Downhill

Catherine King                    Catherine's Musings     ( your are here !)

Cece Cormier                       The Beading Yogini

Chandra Leitz                      Juniper Goods

Charissa Nesler                  FireStorm Designs

Charlie Jacka                       Clay Space

Christina Hickman              Vintage Treasures Jewelry

Christine Murrow               Charis Designs Jewelry

Christine Stonefield           Sweet Girl Design

Chrizette Bayman               Bead Soup Mix

Cindy Wilson                     It's My Sea of Dreams

CJ Bauschka                       4 His Glory Creations by CJ

Crystal Thain                      Here Bead Dragons

Cyndi Lavin                        Beading Arts

Debbie Rasmussen           A little of this, a little of that

Denielle Hagerman            Some Beads... and other things I like

Diana Gonzalez                  Arte y Poemas

Diane Hawkey                   diane hawkey

Dita Basu                           ankarshilpa

Donetta Farrington           Simply Gorgeous

Dyanne Everett-Cantrell   Deeliteful Jewelry Creations

Emma Todd                        A Polymer Penchant

Erin Kenny                         beadiful therapy

Erin Prais-Hintz                 Treasures Found

Gina Hockett                      Freestyle Elements

Gloria Allen                        Innovative Dreams Jewelry

Heather Marston               CSW Designs

Inge von Roos                   Inge's Blog

Iveth Caruso                      Creative Atelier

Jacqueline Marchant        Fiddledeedee Jewelry

Jami Shipp                          Celebrating Life!

Jean Yates                          Snap Out of it Jean, There's Beading to Do!

Jennifer Reno                     Musings of a Crafty Jenny

Jenny Robledo                   Peppa's Dream

Jennifer VanBenschoten   Jewelry, Art and Life

Jessica Klaaren                   Cellar Door Jewelry

Jessica Murray                   Whimsical Monkey

Joan Williams                      lilruby jewelry

Jo-Ann Woolverton           It's a Beadiful Creation

Joanne Browne                    josjewels1

Jodie Marshall                     Jodie Marshall Lampwork Beads Wearable Art

Johanna Rhodes                 Fire Phoenix Creations

John Rasmussen                 Rasumussen Gems and Jewelry LLC

JuLee Wolfe                        The Polymer Penguin

Julie Bean                             Blue Pig Blog

Karen Mitchell                    Over the Moon Designs

Karin King                           The Sparklie Things Blog

Karin Slaton                         Backstory Beads

Kat Douglas                        Washoe Kat's

Kay Bolton                          Toodles and Binks

Kelly Hosford Patterson   The Traveling SideShow

Kim Ballor                           Vitamin C ... A Daily Does of Creativity

Kim Dworak                        CianciBlue

Kim Houston                      The Pink Martini

Kym Hunter                         Kym Hunter Designs

Laren Dee Barton                Laren Dee Designs

Lea Avroch                          LA Jewelry Designs

Leanne Loftus                      First Impression Design

Liddy McLaughlin               Liddy McLaughlin Art

Linda Florian                        Lily's of the Valley Jewelry & Creative Creations

Linda Inhelder                      Must-Haves Jewelry

Lisa Hamilton                       Simply Irresistable Jewelry

Lisa Suver                             Fancee That

Lori Bowring Michaud       Artfully Ornamental

Lori Poppe                           Adventures in Creativity with Lorillijean

LouAnn Elwell                     Southpass Beads

Mandi Effron                       Craft-o-licious

Marcia DeCoster                 MadDesigns

Marcia Dunne                     The Alternative Foundry

Marie Covert                        Creating Interest

Marjorie Savill Linthwaite   bennubirdrising

Marlene Cupo                       Amazing Designs by Marlene

Martha Aleo                          Ornamento

Marti Conrad                         Marti's Buttons -n- Beads

Mary Ellen Parker                  BeeTree by m.e.

Mary Govaars                       MLH Jewelry Designs

Mary Lindell                         Mary Lindell Artisan Jewelry

Maureen Connolly               Mrs Beadsley's Workshop

Maybeline Tay                     The Jewelry Larder

Melissa Elgin                        The Addicted Beader

Melissa Mesara                    one-eared pig beads

Menka Gupta                        Menka's Jewelry

Michaela Pabeschitz            la mar de bonita

Mischelle Fanucchi             Micheladas Musings

Mona Rae Baroody             Who Does She Bead She Is?

Nan Emmett                          Spirit Rattles -- Spirited Earth

Nancy Pedersen                   Something Heartfelt by Nancy

Natalie Davidson                  NorthShore Days

Nikki Douglas                        Bead It and Weep

Pam Farren                             re-maker

Pam, the Crazier Sister         The Crazy Creative Corner

Pam Traub                             Klassy Joolz

Priya Krish                             Hellopalz  

Rebecca Anderson              Song Beads

Rebecca Sirevaag                 Becca's Place

Robin Kae Reed                   Artistry HCBD

Rochelle Brisson                  a creative chelle

Rosa Maria Cuevas              Helena de Troya

Sabine Dittrich                      perlendschungel

Sandi Volpe                           Sandi Volpe

Sandra McGriff                     Creative Chaos

Sarah Goode                         Pookledo

Sarah Singer                         String a Song of Sixpence

Serena Trent                        All Things Made Jewelry

Shai Williams                       Shaiha's Ramblings

Sharon Palac                        Sharon's Jewelry Garden

Sharyl McMillian-Nelson  Sharyl's Jewelry & Reflections

Sheila Davis                         Stone Designs

Shelley Graham Turner       Fabric of My Life

Sherri Stokey                       Knot Just Macrame

Sherry Baun                         Unicorns Jewels

Skylar Bre'z                           Brising Beads

Stephanie Haussler             Pixybug Designs

Tania Spivey                        Moobie Grace Designs

Terri G.                                  Blooming Ideas

Terry Carter                         Tapping Flamingo

Terry Matuszyk                   Pink Chapeau Vintage Jewelry

Toltec Jewels                       Jewel School Friends

Tracy Kruse                         Goldkisses Art

Tracy Martin                        Nutkitten's Jewelry

Zia Parks                              Anzi~Panzi's Work Shoppe

Zoe Marcin                          Beads, Tea and Sweets

  

Thank you for spending time with our Memories.............................