Re: Here is a quick search from past posts
Re: Here is a quick search from past posts -- Joyce Post Reply Edit Forum Where am I?
Posted by: PuppyLoveJewelry Mail author
07/29/2012, 21:14:25

Thank you everyone! That makes complete sense- the African Art Village is the only location I have not been to- because I am always told there are no crystals there!

Yes, I was sad to hear that Grant Inn stopped hosting the bulk of their vendors (only a handful still show up and sell there).

I would love to join you all for the dinner and to say hello in person if I am not completely exhausted by then (because I actually go around to all of my favorite vendors who are just unpacking BEFORE the show opens...they arrive here days in advance. I hand pick my crystals and want to get the best of the best so I work overtime to get all over the city before any travelers arrive (and I do it by bike- great for the parking issue but I am one tired girl by the end of the show, having put on a couple hundred miles).

I go to the gem show almost every day it is here, 9 to 5. and I spend the evenings making and listing jewelry to sell for more funds to go out and shop again (my die hard customers are waiting for the new finds to show up on my website- I am lucky, they get bought up quickly because I list the most unusual crystals first).

So yes, I am very blessed to live here. Truth is the summers are brutal and I am an ocean girl, so I stay here only because of the gem show- it is such an advantage for my business. My real dream is to live in an RV so with my dog and guinea pigs, so that we can spend Christmas in snow, the rest of the time near the ocean and still be here for the gem show.

I guess I will need to start setting aside some extra funds for the antique beads now :) So excited to know that they do come here! I can't wait!

♥marjorie



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