On My Own But Not Alone: ~HeArtS oN FiRe~

I'm back from Munich and it was a really rAd experience. It was late when I arrived for the Inhorgenta Exhibition on Sunday. There wasn't much time to look around when I arrived, so I just hung out at the Zobel showcase instead drinking champagne and watching the whole process go down. The chain I made was displayed :) and I got to wear the necklace that I posted about in my last posting, Rock'n'Ruby. The thing is worth 7000euros! So you can imagine I was totally rockin' it and having a great time doing so. That night we all went out for dinner and along with us came the Munsteiners http://www.munsteiner-cut.de/. These great men are one of the top stone cutters in the world, if not the best. They are very close friends to Peter and the Zobel crew. The next day I was feelin' a little hurt from the many glasses of champagne the night before, but I wouldn't miss halls and halls filled with fine jewellery for a bad hangover. So off I went to the exhibition grounds and spent the whole day walking around trying on bling and scoping out stones and really cool boxes for my e|e designs. I also got to visit Irene Wolf who I taked about in my last posting. She had a great reaction at the exhibition and I told the Zobel people about her and they totally DiG her work. And of course while doing all of this I was wearing my BliNg BliNg 'on loan' necklace for the weekend :) Can you tell I was sUper excited about this! Now it's wednesday, the night before FAsnAchT! (Carnival). Tomorrow morning the whole city will be woken up and 5am to the sound of music parading through the streets. Of course I will be prepared with ear plugs or muffs or anything! Then everyone goes to work until noon, and by 1pm everyone is already half drunk and dressed in costume ( we have a Zobel parTy at the workshop from noon until 3, then it's off into the stReEts to parade around and be wiLd and then off to the cLubs. I've got my hands on a bear costume from a friend.... I know. There are many "canadian" jokes going around the workshop that i'm coming as a grizzy bear or why not a moose! But tonight I got creative and pulled together a preTty rAd clown costume with a typical huGe pleated neck piece, striped socks, gloves, a corset, and my McQueen Tutu! And of course the fun makeup and lotsa SpArkles! So I probably wont be blogging for a few because Carnival runs all weekend and the city is, so i've heard, an absolute gong show.

Happy Fasnacht!