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Lxs — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:54:53 GMT

Well , when I'm not beading in the summer, I'm swimming. The beach is only 5 minutes away, so I'm usually down there...

Winter months are usually spent with my beads. I also love to make sock animals for the grand kiddies, knit and some crochet... But I usually get bored and return to my beads...

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Geezer — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 07:47:16 GMT

"What else do I do"

I sail, with my husband, a 44 foot Bavaria in the Kornati Island, Croatia, we are there now until the end of September then we take our RV to Spain for the winter. We love to travel and spent a year in the USA travelling in our RV, we did 25,000 miles and 24 states, before shipping the RV back to England to start our European travels. I first joined a beading class in Rockport, Texas at one of the campsites and I have been beading ever since, it is something that I can take where ever I go, but I also enjoy quilting, painting, embroidery, cross stitch, bobbin lace making and of course reading about all the crafts I enjoy.

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Catherine Taylor — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 05:17:50 GMT

What else do you do?

August 31, 2012

At this very moment, my husband and I have cruised the entire Inside Passage in our 47 foot Jefferson. We just arrived in Skagway, Alaska yesterday. Yay! We left just north of Seattle on July 10th. When we were south of Juneau we volunteered to rescue two men and their boat and return them to Juneau the next day. Everyone arrived safe and sound. When we leave Skagway tomorrow, we're heading to Glacier Bay and our final stop will be Sitka, Alaska before returning our boat to Washington state for winter storage. We have enjoyed cruising the pacific northwest the last four years. I am a licensed life & health insurance agent (however, not active at the moment with all the traveling). We have six granddaughter's. Two of them are identical twins. I collect vintage rhinestone jewelry, resin bangle bracelets, teapots, chintzware, and Staffordshire tobies. I live with rheumatoid arthritis and connective tissue disease everyday. I am a member of a bead embroidery guild and get inspired by the many talented beadwork artist's. My favorite beading magazine is Beadwork!

- Catherine

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MadelynM@3 — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 04:01:24 GMT

Well what do I do when I"m not beading.....First it would be making my own candles,soap and such....Then we have the knitting, if it's cold outside...Then there is the embroidery work,,,,,Polymer clay.....Resin Jewerly....Oh and I almost forgot Fusing Glass....Seems as if I have enough to keep me busy but I always seem to return to beading....I love making beaded flowers.....And last buy not least is reading....I manage to read 3-4 books a month also.....Computor games also....I think that's all!!!! Have a great day....Madelyn

P.S. I thought about music but then my music is on all day so I don't count that....

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jlee1057 — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 03:41:23 GMT

Besides doing beading and chainmaille I:

Play the drums, piano, recorder, and flute. I have a drum set in the attic, where I can shut the door and crank up the music.

Bicycle and hike.

Do folk dancing and contra dancing.

Do surface embroidery; particularly like stumpwork and Elizabethan embroidery.

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Melinda25 — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:49:43 GMT

In addition to beading, I do wirework, crochet etc, and when I am not doing it, I think about doing it, about what to do next, or I look at other people's wonderful beading...

Seriously, there are times when "have a life" ( as my kids say) then I love reading and spending time with my animals.

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Kate@180 — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:46:42 GMT

When I'm not beading, I am wife to my hubby, mom to two sweet little girls, work for the boy scouts, row, walk/run, play bass, and read. I am living my dreams:)

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White Dog Jewelry — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:00:19 GMT

"What else do you do"???

Interior Design and Color Consultant work.

Design is my passion, jewelry design, interior design, color consultant design work and floral design. Someone once said to me....."design is design". How true!

Color is a huge part of my life, a necessity in all design work.

Chris

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NancyG@83 — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:59:19 GMT

What else do I do?

I sail competitively in the single person paralympic boat. My 2.4mR boat is 14 ft long and called "HOT FLASH!' 8D

I also ride a recumbent tricycle!

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jeanbram@gmail.com — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:48:14 GMT

I've been retired for a little over two years now and my interest in beading really blossomed about 6 - 7 years ago. Beading became a good way to reduce the stress from work. Now I bead mostly for the fun of it.

My interests include beading, crochet, reading, walking, and spending time with my husband and our 2 year old Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Maya. I'm also enjoying being a first time grandmother just this past May. I have such a beautiful granddaughter!

I also take jewelry making classes which has become more of a place to socialize with other headers and is a source of inspiration.

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jyhartman — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:43:21 GMT

In addition to beading, I like to:

- I love quilting and making candles.

- I've been a lifetime student so I'm always going to school. I just wish I had audio schoolbooks so I could listen to my book while beading.

- I'm a military wife and mother of three so there's always something going on.

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LoriF@13 — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:36:13 GMT

In reply to the "what else do you do" question :-)

-I love music and spend an inordinate amount of time listening to and searching out new music; fortunately....I can bead and listen at the same time!

-I love to travel; now that I am retired, that is curtailed somewhat due to the lack of dollars. However, I have visited all 13 provinces and 26 of the states and hope to find some way to get to the rest of North America. Anyone know of a sugar daddy?

-I love to read...mostly contemporary, character-driven novels; mysteries; and historical fiction...and bead books of course!

Lori