people watching at starbucks

I was at starbucks this am having a much needed coffee...ran out of my morning nectar at home...so I decided to sit and people watch for a bit. It is a pleasant pastime and many times it provides inspiration for designs.

No inspiration today...but I was surprised at the well-dressed lady with her starbucks coffee in hand, go through the raw sugar packets and pocket the lot of them! Did she really need 10 sugar packets to go? Did she think that because they are set out in the "help yourself area", that it means "help your self to all of them"? Is she a kleptomaniac and the small sugar packets were too "sweet" of a tempation to pass up?

Spoiled my small window of me time today..curse you well-dress lady with the sticky fingers...curse you.....

Hope you have great Halloween...

Annette

I will be at st. norbert this sat oct 3rd!

I know mother nature has decided to send in autumn weather and it is pretty chilly setting up at 7 am on saturday mornings now. But I have pulled out my cold weather gear...gloves, hats,sweaters and even a poncho to kep me warm as I display my wares.

Hope to see you there!

Keep warm and toasty...
Annette

hollow beady...hugh and lovely!

Thought I would add a few pictures of my new "star" bead..a lovely BIG hollow in medium aqua, ivory and turquoise.

This baby is really BIG...but surprisingly light-weight....not unlike myself.. ;>P

All kidding aside, Mom took a really nice artistic shot of it here...all reflective and dreamy...

Love how the light looks all swirly and magical! Imagine how it will look on you! Go ahead ...close your eyes....nothing better than day-dreaming...especially about such a pretty piece of adornment!

Happy thoughts!

Annette

new studio calendar

Well it's Sunday evening and I have just installed my Google Calendar to my blog. Listed are the events that caledonea studio will be attending so far for the upcoming season. We will try this calendar to see if it fits my needs...if not...to the chopping block! (I like to change things all the time anyway...that old ADD again!)

If you want to be on my mailing list for my 5th Annual Holiday Open House...( dates to be confirmed shortly)...please drop me an email with "add me to your mailing list" in the title. Then in the body of the email, your name, where you have seen caledonea studios before and any of my designs you have purchased or have been gifted in the past...it helps refresh my memory!
email is annette(at)caledonea.com...substitute the @ sign for (at)...trying to fool those spybots if I can!

Hope to hear from you soon!
ciao!
Annette

another market day come and gone...sigh..

Summer is finally here???

Wonderful weather, wonderful busy day! I really enjoy getting out to the market to sell my "little wares". It gives me great satisfaction to talk to the people in our community and witness their enthusiasm about having the St. Norbert Farmers' Market to go to and experience all the fantastic produce, food and creations from their fellow Manitobans.

This is a pic of my crocheted pure silver, copper and gold plated wire earrings. They have become my caledonea studio "signature designs".

Just a reminder...

If I do not have the style you desire at the market on Saturdays, drop into the Manitoba Museum Gift Shop...they may have a pair for you!

Until next week...

Cheers!

Annette