Happy New Year!

Nepali New Year takes place in Baisakh which is in April.  And now it is the year 2068.  HAPPY NEW YEAR.The ladies wanted to come in and work but how can you work on New Year’s Day?  And the days before had been very, very busy as we prepared to get things organized and made to send to wonderful folk in US and Australia to market for us.  (See how organized our office didn’t look while that was happening!We decided to do something fun for OURSELVES!  The ladies were going to make a necklace they would keep.  Over the past few months, they had pored over polymer clay books that had been left in the office and there were two things they particularly wanted to learn.One was how to make “faux” turquoise and the other was to make the petal mala from Lindly Haunani’s design in different colours, into a necklace THEY COULD WEAR!  And so we did.It was a crazy, intense day because you had to fit eating special New Year food into the program and there were a few wedding anniversaries and birthdays thrown in there as well.  But we did it!  The ladies went home gorgeously garlanded and earringed and we felt we’d begun the New Year well.  We are still finding “faux” turquoise beads in surprising places-little bags popped aside ready for polishing and assemblingNow, it’s back to work!