PIF Comes to Life and a Giveaway

Let me start by saying, that I LOVE meeting new friends on here.  Through my Pay it Forward giveaway, I met Jane Perala...she is super sweet, talented and makes the greatest glass beads and hearts!!! 

Well, here is what she made with the Pay It Forward Beads.

Isn't it great?  I LOVE the colors and all the fancy wire work!  Alot of love went into that piece.  You can check out her full blog post here!

So, I encourage you to do a PIF on your blog.  Its a great way to spread some cheer, and meets some new beady friends!

Now for the giveaway- today is your last chance to enter to win some Artisan Accents Components on Lorelei's blog!  So hop on over and enter!!!

Another Giveaway

The winner of my PIF blog giveaway is doing Pay It Forward, RIGHT NOW!  Jane Perala is giving away a great stash of beads over at her blog.  You have until sunday to enter.
Here's what she is giving away......

Some of her stash and some of her own lampwork beads.  VERY nice! 

Giveaway, Kindness, Pay It Forward

If you are still Bead Soup Hopping...click here to read that post.

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day. ~Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are. ~Author Unknown





Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. ~Seneca



It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving. ~Mother Teresa
 
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ~Winston Churchill
 
I just read this yesterday to my 4 yr old.  I think we are never to old to learn the lessons in these childrens books.  Sometimes I wonder if they were really written for the parents!

There just never seems to be enough kindness in this world.  So many people walk around stressed and unhappy....I know, I can be one of them.  When I was young, I worked as a cashier at a grocery store.  I used to see these serious business men come in and the stressed out moms, and play a little game.  I would try to make them smile or laugh by the time I was done their order. I inherited the nickname, "smiley". 
These days, I find that is not who I am anymore.  I fall more into the stressed out mom category.  Soooooo, I want to make a real effort to pay it forward, everyday.  Whether it is a giveaway, or a smile. OR letting someone in line in front of me, even when I just want to get home, or lending an ear when I really want to be complaining about something!

So, in honor of all this....I am having a PIF giveaway.  Since I feel so blessed by all the cool goodies I got at the Berks Bead Bazarr, I am sharing a yummy assortment of beads with you.  All you have to do is leave a comment below. 
If you share on facebook or your blog, you get an extra entry...please leave an additonal comment with how you shared and a link to your blog (if you blogged about it.)
Here is the catch....if you win, you must do a PIF giveaway on your blog.  It doesn't have to be as much stash, but share some beady stash with your fellow beaders, make it a PIF, and keep the love going!!!!
You have until Sunday, March 6th to enter.  I will pick a winner Sunday night after 6pm and announce it later that evening! 

Here is the stash, over 10oz of beady goodness.  You get copper chain, a bronz donut by me, two cool buttons I used as molds for future bronz pendants, a cool hook clasp, two sets of my "travelers" pendants, a mix of brown gemstone beads, a mix of ocean jasper and a shell bead, crazy horse stone large focal and a smoke fired Artisan Clay bead, a mix of cool pearls, a bag of glass beads in some great colors, ryolite mix, and a big mix of my favorite colors, blues and greens.  It includes a  mix of the new beads from the show (middle pic below) silk cording, amazonite, turquoise and some drilled genuine sea glass.  I tried to give a mix of all my favorites!!!!  I hope you like them.

You can leave any comment, but I'd like to know what was the nicest thing someone did for you to make you smile when you needed it most???