http://www.edge.ca/ConcertsandEvents/Edgefest.aspx

Gay Isber Designs/Sugar Beads & Co will be providing jewels to the bands at Edgefest! Behind the two stages I will set up a shop where all of the rock n’ rollers will be able to  get free Sugar.  I am looking forward to seeing all of these bands and their styles. 

Jewellery will be customized and made on the spot, too! I love summer!

JL took me through Quebec on the Harley to celebrate my upcoming birthday.  The countryside was coming alive for spring.  Such a romantic get away. Can’t help but get excited every time I hear the roar of a bike. So many adventures! We did freeze though!  But we laughed the entire trip!

47 of 47 Birthday Parties for me!

Do I smell Birthday Cake?

Join me on the day after my birthday  June 18th

 (The Shopping Channel is coming over on the day of my birthday the 17^th - to talk about my fall appearance and pick the pieces for the show so I moved the party to the following day!)

PARTY FOR ALL

A Gaypooloza Party

Thursday, JUNE 18^th  3pm – midnight! Or later….

Campaign, cake, fun, wow, mix and mingle, music, surprises,

guest appearances, stunning views of the city, nibbles, jewels,

plus everything else that I can think of between now and then!

 You know that my parties are talked about for years to come and

you should not miss this one!

Don’t be shy come on by! 

Send the invite to your friends. 

The beads will be out to play! Mark your calendar!

E! Channel Arisa Cox was wearing Gay Isber Design jewels on the Banff Film Festival red carpet this weekend and on E!Talk as she is one of the weekend hosts!  I am seeing big earrings in her future! She is so yummy! 

Look for more and more celebs to jump on the Gay band wagon..that is Gay Isber Designed jewellery!

Recent blogs  - end of May 09:

http://scarlett.redflagdeals.com/blog/in-the-know/

http://www.yourhome.ca/homes/article/634832 

The restaurant Philthy McNasty’s is hosting this event and invited me to come and make jewels on the spot for the riders.  Join Jess and I to raise money and play and eat and make jewellery!  What could be more fun than that?

http://www.thehotride.ca/ Saturday June 27th 2009 9am-2pm

COME FOR THE MOST AMAZING CHARITY MOTORCYCLE RIDE IN THE PROVINCE. THE "HOT RIDE" ONLY $25 TO RIDE AND $10 FOR PASSENGERS.

You can now shop for Sugar online! (well, by the end of the day, as I still have a tiny amount of stuff to do)

CHECK OUT MY NEW WEBSITE!  www.gayisber.com 

Come visit my Sugar Beads & Co. at The ROM!

Here are a few of the pieces.  Visit their fabulous gift store and buy some Sugar!

I am so happy to be represented in such an amazing Canadian iconic location! 

An evening with Dr. Date! We learned a lot! Don’t miss the next event!

One year in TORONTO and I love living here!  I will be busy this summer with the CN Tower and Jess will be here making jewellery for The Shopping Channel.

BIG BEAD SALE!  Mark your calendar.  You can come by from my collection of vintage beads just to thin out the studio.  It will be by the bag - which I will supply.  Tell your friends and come buy!

Monday – Saturday June 22- 27^th.  All day….every day of the week until I go to sleep….10 – 10pm

TONS OF AMAZING BUYS AND BEADS!

SALE SALE SALE SALE!

 Canadian Idol winner Melissa O’Neil gets Sugared!

Look for her wearing my jewels on her new album with her new band! 

She is the sweetest and prettiest young woman! A sweetie pie!

So happy to have met her!

There really are four trailers in rural Virginia that hold tons of vintage, never been used before beads and miles of chain.  I got to visit my beading family in May.  Drove down, slept in my car, looked through box after box for wonderful chain and drove back all in four days.  I WAS TREATED LIKE ROYALTY…even got the royal bed.  I am so lucky.  I look forward to more tomatoes, seeing my new far away pet Casey, and visiting with the family of John and Kathy.  THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY BUSINESS SUCH A SUCCESS!

 I love making memories! Book a party today!

Gay Isber Designs is now on Queen Street in Toronto:

http://www.cabaretvintage.com/  Cabaret

Phone: 416.504.7126

info@cabaretvintage.com
672 Queen St West
Toronto, ON

Dirrty Glam Magazine

http://www.dirrtyglam.com/

NO this is not a dirty magazine it is very cutting fashion. 

I have not seen the photos but the jewels that they picked for the photo shoot were wonderful.  Can’t wait!

In St. Jacobs my jewellery can be found  

ALEXANDRIA'S SHOES

Located in 'THE SHOPS At Riverworks'

Tel: 519-664-3149

Shoes and Jewels…the perfect accessories!

I found this in my files and thought I would post it on my website.  It has been one year now since becoming a Canadian Citizen.  I am very proud of it! I started making jewellery during this time of my life while painting.  My life has changed a lot many times during my 47 years.  It is nice to have time captured on paper so you can see how far you have evolved.  Enjoy the read.  I was applying for my MFA at UW when I wrote this...I did not make the cut.  gay '09

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2002
About three years ago, I married a Canadian from a computer matching service. Reminiscent of the old west’s mail order brides taking the stage coast out west to settle the open prairie, I was ready to relocate. I thought moving to Canada would be as difficult as moving from Houston to New York; one would just call up the movers and move. Somehow the border never crossed my mind. I had so much to learn and many, many forms to fill out.

For the first year, as an applied immigrant I could not work. This came as a big shock. I had always worked. I used the time to drive the countryside of the Waterloo Region to learn the back roads and small towns. It was so much prettier than Texas and I found the Mennonites charming. My husband started thinking I was a Mennonite stalker always ready to go for a “drive-by”.

I quickly got accustomed to the snow, the new currency and a new life. I found I loved the newspapers, CBC and my new friends. I would tag along on my husband’s early commuter drive into Toronto and spend the days walking through museums, learning the subway and shopping. I soaked up the diverse culture and was so proud to bump into an American and tell them great things about Canada.

I decided to return to what I had enjoyed the most – school – to get a doctorate so I could teach. Watching Oprah and her rah rah about ‘find your passion and you will succeed’ made my next life adventure seem effortless. I applied to several universities but was lacking a needed portfolio. My years of creating ceramics had been scattered to friends, family and tag sale pickers for the move, making creating a catalogue from objects now lost was impossible.

Starting from scratch in ceramics was impractical, but I was determined to have something to show. I started to work in the only medium that I could fit into our tiny condo – painting. Now, I had painted before but only stuff – furniture, flower pots, ceramics, miles of interior walls in homes throughout the years and even a swimming pool slide, but only a couple of times had I conquered a canvas.

I bought the largest foam core pieces I could jiggle into my car, tons of paint and got to work. Sitting on the cold concrete floor in the tiny basement laundry room, using the washer and dryer as my easel and balancing the boards on my knees to paint. I given myself the time to create and the paintings turned out colourful and cheery. With sometime, I had a new portfolio, a new passion and a new way to express myself. I even got into the One-of-a-Kind Show in Toronto with my new artworks.

I did get into the doctorial program of my choice but my two sons where so entrenched in their new Canadian life that they revolted, demanding to stay. Sometimes life is all about staying in one place. Sometimes staying opens bigger doors than moving, as I found, Texas is not the only place to have big dreams and big ideas. I still say, “ya’ll” but I have also caught myself saying, “eh?”. Canada is feeling mighty homey right about now.

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