Ok, so I've been trying to update the blog with pictures of the store from before we opened, a sort of before and after type deal but I don't know what my problem was but I just couldn't figure it out! And after a funny conversation with my cousin, VOILA! Geez, it only took me TWO WEEKS! Haha, anyway, we've come a long way since last year...the store looks SO DIFFERENT! We're already starting to run out of counter space...can you imagine? Anyway, I'm so glad that I know how to post pictures now! YAY!
Well, on my last posting I wrote about how blessed that I feel to have met so many creative and interesting people. Well there is one lady in particular that I met last year right after we opened that has made a special place in my heart. Her name is Gladys. She is a cheerful woman who is wise in her years that has really made an imprint on my soul. She just happened upon the shop one day and wandered in looking for beads to use in her needlepoint and knitting projects. She told me from the get-go that she is not a beader and didn't really have a desire to become a beader so, I would help her from time to time with choosing beads for her needlepoint and knitting. As time progressed I would see her more often and I could tell that she was taking more of an interest in some of the projects we were doing in our classes so I offered to get her started on a spiral necklace that she really liked. And so it goes, FIVE spiral necklaces later....she's now a beader and more importantly she has become "ohana"...family. She comes in three to four times a week just to sit and bead with me. I feel like I have known her for years. We have so much in common...she was born and raised in Kauai, my grandmother was born in Hawaii. Her husband is Okinawan, my grandparents are Okinawan. She is one of the most compassionate people that I have ever met and I am so grateful to have such a wonderful beading partner and friend. So when you happen to come by the shop and you see a cheerful Hawaiian lady sitting across from me, you'll know that this is Gladys and she is my dearest friend....
