GemsandKnots' Blog

Greetings from St. Petersburg, Florida!
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Mary's Christmas Village with Train Daytime 2011


Makin' it easier for y'all...here's this year's display shot in the day-time (where you can see details better):... » Read More

Merry Christmas!


Our 2011 Christmas Village Display is all set up and running! Did two vids this year, one "dark" (this one) and one during the day. Last year's vid has over 15,000 views now! Who woulda thunk?  ... » Read More

Merry Christmas!


Hope you enjoy!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et0sZ_fALG8... » Read More

ArtFire Scores Tops in Seller's Choice Marketplace Ratings!!


Woohoo! ArtFire rocks!!! FIRST in Sellers Choice Marketplace Ratings: http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y211/m01/abu0279/s04 ... » Read More

Can't help it! I love Halloween!


Bwahahaaaaa! ... » Read More

Ahoy There Matey!!


Love Jack Sparrow? Then you'll love my butterfly bead story! Check it out at http://vintagelucitebeads.typepad.com.... » Read More

Lucite Flower Beads


Spring Has Sprung! I just was checking incoming links and just found a really nice blog! They featured one of our flower mixes earlier this week. :-)http://abeadaday.blogspot.com/2011/04/lucite-flowers-for-spring.html... » Read More

Worth a Thousand Words...


Greetings everybody! I'm not "big" on New Year's resolutions 'cuz I tend to think most of us are just setting ourselves up for self flogging when we don't achieve what we set out to do...but one of "secret" ones (or it was "secret" until I just announced it...heehee) is to try to be a better blogger."Better" being the operative word here. In my case, it wouldn't take much to improve to "better." :-) Santa "brought" me a beautiful Christmas village train display set up (i.e., hubby built the base, complete with tunnels, a bridge, "mountains," out-of-sight electrical, etc.). There's just NO way that I could match, let alone, top that. Besides...he ... » Read More

I Have a Dream


Only takes 17 minutes of your time. We're not "there" yet...but it was a start.Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbUtL_0vAJk... » Read More
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