Oh, Joan, I am so sorry we will miss you!! You were such a help this last year! ;(
We will keep the rest of the GS family updated best we can. Hugs and love!

Brenda, I know it can be intimidating but you did great last time! I think everyone gets a little nervous, at least it is over fast, right?

Time is flying, it is coming fast and I am scrambling too!

Penny, Jo,Melanie, Michelle, ME TOO...I am really getting excited, the line up of teachers ROCKS and sooo many great classes to choose from! We will have the bistro coffee bar plus the regular monster pot we consume every morning, I am ALWAYS up for coffee too ;)

And a belated, super Happy Mother's Day to all, I had a really wonderful, pampered day with family yesterday, precious memories!

Glassy hugs, deb ;)

My biggest gift on Mother's Day was an entry into this event. I can hardly believe it, I read the email about ten times just to make sure. Its going to be great to meet all of you in person. Yippee!!

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2.../sadbanana.gif . . . Joan.
Hopefully next year.

Joan, I'll miss you. :(

Deb, is this your first time? That's exactly how I felt my first year - I'd fully expected to be told I was on the waiting list and had to read the newsletter over and over to believe I was actually coming to GS. You're going to have SO much fun. You'll meet so many awsome peeps, make lifetime friends, try new things, go home with a ton of ideas of things to try and see all kinds of cool, crazy things going on around you.

Glad to see the rest of you repeaters on board for another great year!

You all are the bestest and I have big alligator tears in my eyes...... I will so miss you all.... so, don't have any fun and I'll feel better.... lol....

I am a virgin (for GS) This summer is going to fly by so fast lots of thing planned for July and August and then of to this glassy goodness. Funny how we felt the same way Felicia. We must be sista's from a different motha. lol Its going to be great hanging out with like minded people for that amount of time. All I can say is sweeeeeet!

Leslie, sorry you're not coming this year, we'll miss you. And Lea...was really hoping you'd get back this year. I'm so looking forward to seeing everyone...it's going to be great!! Of course I haven't figured out WHAT I'm going to demo, so no time to worry, yet (LOL). Actually, this year I'm not nervous...(I say that now, haha).

Deb - it was fun seeing you in Vegas and looking forward to coming back to Glass Stock. Hugs to all.
Melody

You are going to have the best time...think of your favorite spot on earth and multiply that times 1,000 Can't wait to meet up with you at Glass Stock

GLASSS SSSTOCK!!!! WHAHOOO!!!! see you all there!
Jodie

Yay! The crazy sistahs will be in the house. :)

Whooohooooo!! Excited to see all you amazing, creative peeps again !

Yea, im excited! I will be there too. Last year rocked!!

Here's a shell I made right after taking Deb's class at GS last year.

http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_570xN.243843939.jpg

Hey all! Show off what you made for the new folks!

Nice job Hannah! I made some of those, too. Very fun.
If ya'll get a chance to take Deb's shell class, DO IT!!

If I could blow tubing without holes when and where I don't want them, I'd be all over that class.

Hey, Felicia ~ If I can do it ~ anyone can! It's Deb's fantastic teaching that does the trick!

You have no idea how badly I suck at tubing. I took a Roger Parramore class a couple of years ago and spent three days accidentally blowing holes in tubing. I really should give it another try at some point.

Felicia: I was really tubing impaired. That's one of the many reasons I took the class. Deb's teaching is fantastic.

I know she's great. I watched part of her fish class my first year. I'll have to see what's available when I'm free.

Updates finished on the Glass Stock West 2011 website. We finally have some really luscious photos from Margaret up there! Be patient with upload. There are a TON of photos on there.

http://www.debcrowley.com/images/beetlemarble.jpg

Instructors, please double check to make sure your classes are correct. Email me if there is a really serious problem (goodrivergallery@aol.com). Instructors, also please remember to email Deb, if you haven't already, with your "most important" class pick and your response to her query on food.

For those of you who still want to come to Glass Stock, there are still a very limited number of spaces available.

http://debcrowley.com/gpage4.html

The text isn't wrapping. Is that just my browser?

It's working fine for me.

Do you need to be able to pull decent points? I did a tubing class my first year but was not so good.

But couldn't those holes be used in the shells? :lol:

Hannah,
That is such a beautiful shell! Deb's shell class is definitely on my list... along with a bunch of others. So hard to decide. I think I need to go to Glass Stock East too (I wish!)
Can't wait to see everyone again and live and breathe melting glass for awhile. Last year was my first year and it was all so inspiring.

Okay, Leslie and Hannah, you've convinced me. The class just so happens to be in my one open time slot. I'm going to go for it, if Deb will put up with my ineptitude. :)

Those shells are easier than they look. And no, you don't have to pull any points.

Here's my first one, with Deb's supervision:

Nice!

The glass stock schedule is now online.

Please note, also, some changes in the intro section.

You'll do fine!

I'll see everyone there!