Adding more and more each day....NEW candy corn beads and Food Chain! Click on pic for link!

My new Etsy store is open and now running. There is a whopping 2 items listed so far...so if you have a minute....check it out, click on the shell photo now!
More listings coming next week!

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My website sure could use an update!
-verb
2. to incorporate new or more accurate information and/or make corrections to existing info.
3. to bring (a person, such as a customer, organization, etc.) up to date on a particular subject, such as Jujee Beads
I am in the process of updating my website

It's true...after two months I am finally updating my website! And not just the front page, but the Gallery too.
I had a very busy summer and I am extremely grateful for that. Thank you to all of my customers from my show regulars to my internet friends, your business is much appreciated. And I want to make it easier for you to see and purchase my beads. I am hoping to have an Etsy store up and running within the next week or so. This is my goal. I am saying it now so I have to follow through!

I haven't been on the torch a lot since I am devoting my time to photographing my inventory, writing descriptions and also catching up with life! But I did have time to make a few new frogs, like Krypto (see above) and Halloween Beads, like my new Wizard Kitty! Please check back frequently over the next week or so (and always!) to see the new changes. And feel free to email me with any inquiries.

Well...as usual, lots has happened since my last post. And this post is way over due! The San Diego Bead Society show was GREAT as always! It's probably a little late for thank yous, but thanks to everyone who stopped by and also to Donna and the BSSDC for putting on that show!

Next was The Gathering which I could on about forever, but I'd run off the page! This is a once a year glass conference, put on by the ISGB and it was AWESOME!!! Glass overload! Plus I had the opportunity to take a class from the famous Master Glass Artist, Vittorio Constantini. This class was very challenging, it was beyond bead and all sculptural.

With three shows coming up practically back to back....I have been keeping myself pretty dang busy! I apologize to those I have had to delay orders until September, but I can only make so many beads! As some of you know, I did sneak out of town for a few days...headed up to Seattle with Roger so he could go fishing with his buddy, Brian. While they were floating around the sound, I got to explore the many glass options in the area, which included the Tacoma Museum of Art for Chihuly, Olympic Color Rods and the highlight, the Seattle Glassblowing Studios. I was lucky enough to catch their artists making a big clown fish sculpture! It was so cool to watch them make a critter I make, only 100 times bigger! The gallery at the studio was bursting with color!

Back to the bead making, I have been busy making all the usual critters, along with a few new surprises...Stay tuned, soon to be revealed!

New frogs are always being made, including the two here, Amber (above) and Gertrude, who I especially like with the ochre colors glass. Click on either photo for more info on each bead.

BTW, Roger and Brian got a total of 5 silver salmon and over a dozen yummy Dungeness crabs. We ate VERY well while in Seattle and thanks again to Brian and his wonderful family for putting us up for a few days. We very well may see you again, same time next year?

Show Schedule:
Bead Society of San Diego County Bead Bazaar: August 2nd & 3rd, I will have my usual booth and also, will be demoing making a fish bead, one each day!
The Gathering Bead Bazaar, Oakland, CA: August 9th
Tucson Fall Best Bead Show: September 5th, 6th & 7th

I want to thank everyone who visited my booth at the 2008 Long Beach SCUBA Show! Another record attendance, over 11,000 people! It was unusually hot, so being inside an air conditioned convention hall was the place to be! I also want to thank my husband, Roger, who helps me at this show (tit's the only one he'll do!) and my good friends, Margaret and Kathi, who helped me take care of the booth. I really could not do this show alone, so I greatly appreciate their help! Also, Rickie Voges of Rickie Voges Designs. for creating some absolutely gorgeous jewelry using my beads, as well as some other talented glass artists. I thought that was a nice fresh touch to the collection this year.

Ever wonder where the name "Jujee" came from? The secret is revealed...Click on my photo above to see my interview for Dive Matrix! My buddy Ken Kopp from Dive Matrix did a nice job interviewing several vendors...check them all out HERE!

So, moving on to the next show...the San Diego Bead Bazaar put on by the BSSDC, August 2nd & 3rd. This is one of my (many) favorite shows to do. It's a big show, with lots of great vendors, plus I get to spend the weekend with my sister, Lisa, who also helps me out at the show. And right after that, I am going to The Gathering which is a HUGE glass beadmaker conference. This year it will be held in Oakland CA, so I am finally able to attend! On Saturday, August 9th, I will have a table at the one day bead bazaar at the Oakland Marriott Convention Center. This is the MOST amazing gathering of glass artists from all over the world! So if you are into glass beads, better make your plans now!

Well, I have lots to get made. BUT, sometime with in the next couple of months I PROMISE to update my web gallery. I know I have said this many times, but it is just been too neglected, and I will make the time to put up new pics....even beads that are available! So keep checking back...or email me and bug me about it!

I can't believe that is has been a month since I last posted! Jeez!! But I can tell you that I have been a busy beader....and all is done and at the show! A quick preview...I am quite proud of my "Hypseledoris bullocki laying eggs" neckalce. This is a one of a kind piece. I was making nudibranch pendants and this one was slightly off center, so I thought it would look better strung sideways....then the imagination took over.



I have also been experimenting with silver chain, which I think looks particularly good with this fish, encased with teal glass and silvered ivory shards, with fine silver accents. And of course, lots of big Swarovski crystals for sparkle. I have a few of these in different colors. (silver chains and designs vary slightly)

And last but not least....and one of my most proud accomplishments, was making clown trigger fish beads small enough to use for earrings! Now...these were not easy, and I only got 3 pairs made. But I will be taking orders for these at the show, or you can email me and I will tell you more details.


And yet more exciting news, I will be showing a collection of (and selling!) amazingly beautiful jewelry from one of my favorite designers, Rickie Voges of Rickie Voges Designs. She makes bracelets and necklaces that always include lampwork beads and quite often have an ocean theme. Each piece is very unique. Check out her work here.



I will be in booth #523....but just look for the pink dolphin balloon in the sky! For more info, go to SCUBA SHOW. I hope to see you this weekend.

Once again, Indonesia is the most AWESOME DIVING IN THE WORLD! I mean, can it get better? I am willing to go in search of a better a place, but I have a feeling, I will anxiously return to N. Sulawesi to be with the crazy critters that reside there! Now that I am back to reality, I will be spending the next 5 weeks preparing for my biggest jewelry show of the year, the Long Beach SCUBA Show. I will be very busy so I will not be able to take on custom orders until after the show (end of June), however, if there is something you are interested in, please don't hesitate to email me and will add you to my order list. Keep checking in as I will post photos of some new jewelry designs for the show!
With fresh inspiration, I plan on having lots of nudibranch pendants for the show, like these little Risbecia tryoni beads! These nudibranchs are often seen in pairs, trailing each other, following the others "scent". My Risbecia beads will be sold separately, but I'm sure they will be happy that way! (click on photo for more info)

...for the next two weeks, I'll be in search of new inspiration! As well as sea slugs and the craziest critters in the world! I will be off email until May 18th. If you would like to inquire about an order, email me and I will respond when I return. In the mean time, I would like to thank my friends who are taking care of our babies....Charlie, Kathi, Maryann and Maya. And speaking of babies, this is Maya and her new baby kitty, Kira. I met Kira this afternoon and she is adorable! See you all when I come back to the surface!

Spring is here in So Cal, the flowers are blooming, the sun has been shining and the beads shows are abundant! I was in Las Vegas at the beginning of the month...always a fun show and weekend there. And even though "lady luck" decided not to join us, Lisa and I managed to eat, drink and be merry!
So moving on this month, on April 26th, I will be at the Bowers Museum for the BSOC Art of the Adorning Bead Bazaar. This is a biggie! It's a wonderful outdoor show with lots of vendors, plus you can visit the museum while you're there. (if you can pull yourself away from the beads!) I don't have an exact booth number, but we are right along the sidewalk on 20th Street. I'll be sharing the booth with Charlie Warner of Charlie's Creations. And if you can't make that show (or need more!), April 27th, I will be showing at the L. A. Bead Society Bead Bazaar in Culver City. I'll be in my usual spot...first booth the entrance into the the main room. I am working on my inventory every day, so I'll have lots of goodies all weekend long. Like my new froggie pair "Spring Fever" and plenty of shell beads. (click pics for more info) I hope to see you at one of the shows!