Beading Chicas at my casa!

This week I was the chosen hostess for our beading frenzy of Beading Chicas. Quite happy I was, because one of my other favorite things to do is entertain which is another outlet for my artistic addiction to vent.

I just now gave us the name, the "Beading Chicas", because it sounds chic and for me it began here in Puerto Vallarta so, something with a Mexican twist seemed appropriate. Chicas is what the Mexicans may say referring to a group of girls, so alias, the "Beading Chicas". Sorry fellows, but no boys allowed!

Well this was the first time for the Beading Chicas to come to my end of the city and "up the mountain top". Some of the lady's had to drive over an hour to get here! Now I remember very clearly the very first time I had to drive "up, up, up," the mountain to move into our new condo. Up, up, up is the way it was described to me by my rental agent, hmm? It's a 4 - 5 minute twisting and turning mountainous path going straight up at times. Some of which, makes you feel like you better have easy access to a working emergency brake at any moment, a gondola cable or a giant shot of tequila. So, I figured if I wanted them to come back again I'd better serve coffee, danishes and a nice lunch. So, I lured them with the spectacular view that they would enjoy while beading and enjoying lunch! Needless to say superstar Sue endured the adventure to the top along with all the other chica's, all 7 of them, and here's my lunch concoction and a link for the recipe(just click on this sentence).

The Lunch

The View

The Chicas

Well, I do hope they return at least one more time before my departure sometime the end of March. It's been a fabulous fun beading frenzy with wonderful new chica's from all over the globe! And Flo if you're reading this, I do hope someday soon to finally meet you! I've heard all great things so often! :)

Beading Bezel Symposium

Our beading group met over a 3 day span from 9am to lunch time each day for a very special intense class this week entitled "how to peyote stitch a bezel around a small or large pendant". Our daring and patient "ring leader" was a lovely lady named Elle who flew in from Arizona for a little R & R and to teach us. She is an experienced weaver of intricate and lavishing pieces of art. Here's Elle and just a few of her pieces.

One of the girls gave us all a piece of her antique chandelier. Elle was quite generous and gave us each a large piece of Swarovski crystal. Plus, we all brought some of our own trinkets and baubles some of which we found on our favorite beaches. Here's our creations!

After 3 to 4 hours of intensive fun beading each day we had a rendezvous at extraordinary restaurants. El Farro in Jarreterdaras, Common Ground in Puerto Vallarta, and Los Arroyos Verdes in Bucerias. I can't help but take pictures of anything beautiful! Here's my lunch at Los Arroyos Verdes in Bucerias. What a fabulous new resort and restaurant! Check it out...

Here's some of the group. One important lady is missing who is taking the picture and that would be hostess Sue. We'll snap her next week when the beading session comes to Amapas at my casa!