Archive for April, 2007

I will have lots-o-goodies tomorrow in my online store which you can find at www.dudamart.com. I’ve been busy making beads and updating my tutorials. Have you noticed the new link up on the menu above? I finally finished the fringe bracelet tutorial and if you buy beads tomorrow you will get the password for that tutorial in your shipping confirmation… Otherwise I’ll be trying to send out the password to past customers sometime this week. If you just can’t wait, feel free to email me at the link over on the left under Contact Duda! Okay, gotta get the wee ones in bed and clean some beads!!

Did you wonder if I took any beads to Maui? As a matter of fact I did! I spent the week making these (and other) beaded beads. I have to say I found it very relaxing to make them and I was quite delighted with how well the beaded beads matched this set that I just had sitting on my desk!

My daughter’s school has a blog for ocean week which is a big deal at their school. Aren’t they all just too cute!! Did you know that both male and female walruses have tusks? Those darn kids are all just so smart!

Victoria showed me her new site and it is pretty darn spiffy! I love her jewelry using my beads of course. Take a minute to browse if you’d like to see lots of cool lampwork and jewelry designs.

Have you seen Planet Earth yet? My kids love it! I have to admit that it is pretty amazing, especially if you have HDTV. We are slowly getting back into the routine, it has been a little rough I must admit. If I could figure out how to move all my friends to Maui with me I think I might try to make it happen!

I’ve just added some new beads to my store which you can find at www.dudamart.com so take a peek if you have a minute!!

I’ve been kind of busy getting unpacked and hanging out with the kiddos these last few days, but I will new sets for tomorrow! I have been in a mood for brights, flowers, and fish… hmmm… almost like I went on a tropical vacation!

It was a great week and it was certainly way too short … but it will be nice to be back home and to see the wee ones!

Today we went to Honolau bay to snorkel. It was a little cloudy but we were brave anyway, somehow cloudy in Hawaii just isn’t that bad! We saw whitespotted puffer fish, picasso triggerfish, needle fish, parrotfish, unicornfish, moorish idol, and teardrop butterfly fish. I think maybe we saw some big tuna too… I don’t know, we just saw lots of fish and lots of gorgeous coral and starfish. I LOVE to snorkel. It sort of feels like you are flying over the coral, it is very cool. I certainly recommend that if you have the chance to snorkel that you give it a try. Tomorrow we are trying a helicopter ride… hmmm… hopefully it is fun! But really, in Hawaii isn’t everything fun?!