Janice Parsons’ Beading Blog

Hello Friends,

There is so much to celebrate! I have brought Vicky Nguyen in as my business partner. After 26 years of solo, it’s nice to have such a creative, smart fun person to lean on. It’s about time!

If that isn’t enough to toast to, Vicky went to Italy in September with her sweetheart, Wade Eva, and became engaged in Caraglia by a century’s old spring near a property owned by his family. What can get more romantic than that? She has set the date for May and we are all so excited for her. Congratulations, Vicky!

I have some huge news to share with everyone and I can’t wait to “spill the beads”! My daughter, Ashley, became engaged to her special guy of almost two years, Dan Jablow. It is so adorable; he asked her after a beautiful dinner in Sonoma at The General’s Daughter. She called me and said she was “over the moon”. It was so sweet the way Dan asked both Ashley’s father and me for permission to ask our daughter for her hand in marriage. It was in August so I had to hold my breath for way too long! The families on both sides had to keep quiet until Dan picked out the ring and had the moment planned. Ashley was completely surprised.

Now the fun for the Mom of the Bride begins! My first project is an engagement necklace. What is an engagement necklace? My take on it is it’s a gift of great importance to both the bride and the groom. It has meaning and charm. It is meant to hold their secret love. I will share it with you in my next newsletter I hope you will fill us in on your stories. We can blog together about wedding jewelry, beads, questions, recipes (both for beading and cooking!), etc So, join me for some online connections, when you have some time.

In celebration of our great news, we at The Bead Shop and beadshop.com would like to extend a sale on Bridal Combs and Tiaras for 30% off this week only.
(Sale ends Monday, November 5th at 4pm pst).

Stay in touch,

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