Were Will They Be Next?

I started with the idea of having one bracelet on a journey to spread positive energy and good thoughts after my surgery in May 2012. I was scared, I feared the worst of all possible outcomes. Cancer, even at it's best is not an easy thing to face.

After posting about what I was facing on my Beaded Bear's Nonsense blog, I received so many well wishes as comments on the blog, emails and even cards by snail mail.

I wanted to pay back in some fashion those good vibes I could not have done without. One bracelet became two, then four, and now.... there are 24 traveling the world!!

All I know is, is that this is a good thing. The bracelets are traveling all over the world.

I hope this continues on for a good long time.

Who can't use some Positive Energy and Good Karma?

Sign up For Traveling Bracelet



Help Marcia with her goal to host all 10 bracelets!! Can she do it?? With your help she can. So far she has hosted:



Just in case someone has no idea of who to pass on one of the bracelets to, you can add your name here in the comments section.  Perhaps someone will choose you to have the bracelet next!

PLEASE USE THIS AREA ONLY TO LEAVE YOUR NAME AND CONTACT INFO. Perhaps what state or country you are from would be nice too. This is where someone may come to choose you. If you do not leave an email, you cannot be contacted!

If you do get a bracelet, your name will be taken off the list so that others will have a chance.

DO NOT sign up if you do not FULLY intend to take part. The "RULES" are simple. Let me know VIA EMAIL (NOT FACEBOOK) that you have the bracelet. You keep the bracelet for 1 week. Take some pictures to email to me along with a report of your week with the bracelet. Then pass it on to someone who would like to take part. If you do not want to/cannot do this PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP OR ACCEPT THE BRACELET WHEN IT IS OFFERED TO YOU. An "instruction/informational" booklet accompanies the bracelets with all the details needed.

PLEASE LEAVE OTHER COMMENTS EITHER ON THE BLOG POSTS, the RANDOM COMMENT section or EMAIL ME at beadedbear@earthlink.net


82 comments:

  1. I'd love to be a part of this.

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  2. I think this is such a cool idea. And the bracelets are lovely. Would love to participate. You can reach me at slauby [at] bellsouth [dot] net.

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  3. I'd love to show your bracelet around my village in Northern Wales. I found you through Caly's After Moon Wellness website and I'm also studying to be a health coach. My email address is sandy@activeonhealth.com You can also find me on my website www.activeonhealth.com
    Sandy Maberly

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  4. I would love to be part of this. My email address is margaret.haigh2@btinternet.com. I am in the south of England. No special qualities or connections but just love beading.

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  5. I'd love to get the Deruta bracelet to remind me of the great time I had with a group of 14 (Maggie Meister was our guide)as we traveled together in Italy. Deruta was one of my favorite (too short) stops; a beautiful town with the new at the bottom of the hill and the old, ancient town up the hill. You can contact me at moon2bead (at) charter (dot) net.

    Bev Moon

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  6. I would love to give one of your bracelets a temporary home in the UK. I've only
    Just started beading and hope one day to get this good

    Gill

    Gill greenaway@yahoo.com

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  7. This sounds like a lovely idea and the winners have to be even more excited to be chosen......i would love to participate, who knows maybe i will get lucky!!!! Fingers crossed... I can be reached at showey1@hotmail.com. Thank you!!

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  8. On August 27th (my birthday) I am planning to take my first trip on the Maid of the Mist which runs in the Niagara River below the American and Canadian Falls. (We will be enjoying the views you might have most recently seen in the televised Nik Wallenda tightrope walk in June.) If there's a bracelet that would like to make the trip with me (since I can't seem to interest any family member in doing it), it can come visit for that week. You can reach me at scot deerie (at) verizon (dot) net Remove the space between the two words that make the "username" at the beginning and close up the rest per the usual email patterns. :)

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  9. What a great idea for a blog. Very interesting and all of the bracelets are beautiful. It's hard to pick one that stands out. I'm a North Dakotan and have traveled from one end of the USA to the other end. I have settled in Arizona for now, but who knows when I'll pick up and head for somewhere, North, South, East or West. So much beauty in America yet to see.

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  10. Hi Sig, I'd love to follow your blog and the bracelets, too.I'm learning how to finish some loomed bracelets and looking for a good tutorial about ultrasuade covered bracelet blanks.
    Thanks for the opportunity,
    Suanough Zentell
    AArdvaark Bead Designs
    Katy TX
    suanough@gmail.com

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  11. Hi Sig
    Would love to be a part of this.I think its such a great idea.I live in mumbai India.
    My email is prayi(at)hotmail(dot)com
    Thx
    Pradeepti

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    1. It would be great to include you and have a bracelet visit India! An amazing country I visited last year!!

      Sig

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  12. I would love to be apart of this. I can be reached at jfleece@empirepaving.com

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  13. I would love to participate and promise to abide by Sig's wishes - would willingly send along photos showing the bracelet's adventures in northern New Jersey where I live and bead. Jeanne Evans - beaddesign@optonline dot net

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  14. I would love to be included in the journey for one of the bracelets, what a wonderful idea. Kim Dworak in Wisconsin. kdworak69 at hotmail.com

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  15. I would really like for one of the bracelets to visit me in Laramie Wyoming, USA. This is such a wonderful idea. I am so glad Sig thought of it and started it. My e-mail is b_b_anthony@msn.com.
    Bethel Anthony

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  16. This is a wonderful idea. I would love to participate. Sally Laidlaw near Seattle, WA. SariL13@aol.com

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  17. Well I must dutifully add my name to this list, as I want all of the traveling bracelets over time! I currently have Memories of Istanbul, and the book that comes with the bracelet, with photos of all of them, enticed me to want a visit with each of them. If you are so inclined, you can support my goal of receiving all ten at some time in their journeys, email marcia at decoster dot org no spaces, replace the at and dot with punctuation. I know it will always be a hard choice, I want to send the one I have to each person on this list, many of whom I know, which is crazy to me, this big wonderful bead community of ours!

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  18. I love the paisley bracelet. This is such a great idea. I would love to participate. Dana Powers mikni494@yahoo.com
    Peoria, Illinois

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  19. I had no idea we could apply more than once! All I can think of is YIPEE and PICK ME - PICK ME!!!!! I would love to serve as a host family once again. I love reading about all the places the various bracelets are headed and the good karma they are delivering. I love Marcia DeCoster's idea of eventually getting all 10. I really would love to continue to participate. If you have one of the bracelets, and it needs a home, my house is safe, warm, and dry. smcmanus2@me.com

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  20. I would love to have the Alpine Flower bracelet to come and visit me for a week.I had a great time with Roo and I know she had a great time here in Colorado.I'm sure I could show Al a great time also.Oh the places we would go and the things we would see.Come on give it a try,ok? tattoogranny@yahoo.com

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  21. What a great idea! I would love to have a bracelet visit me in Sugar Land, TX. whimsee@windstream.net

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  22. This looks like such fun. I'd love to introduce a bracelet around my area of Colorado. My email is gdewey4497@aol.com

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  23. It would be an honour to be picked to have one of the bracelets. I live in Kettering, Northamptonshire UK and my email address is janeerevell@googlemail.com.

    Thanks - Jane Revell

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  24. This is such a super funtastic project! My friend Marty Measle in Lutz Florida was the first one to get the "Tiles of Rabat" bracelet!!! Good luck Marcia DeCoster at getting allllll of the bracelts! I am sure you could take them about and show them a great time :) I too would love to show one of the bracelets a good time!!! my email address is judi@judidean.com Thanks and can't wait to check back and see the updates of the travels!!! Hugs

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  25. Hi all, I would love to join the Traveling Bracelets group. I have had lots of fun with children and Flat Stanley, and love the idea for adults! You can reach me at dancingdogdesign@comcast.net. Thanks in advance!

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  26. Hi all, I would love to participate. I live in rural Oregon,USA. I can be reached at susanki(at)gmail(dot)com. The idea to have these traveling is fantastic. We will make lots of new friends and be able to send joy and happiness to the next person. I learned about the project thru Marcia blog. She has such wonderful charm and I enjoy reading her blog and admiring her designs.

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  27. I too would love to join the traveling bracelet group! I'll be heading to the Myositis association conference in Orlando and would love to sport one of the bracelets!

    njgraver@hotmail.com

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  28. I have already had Tile of Rabat, but I would love to have another one. Soon activities will start up again and I know lots of people that would love to be apart of this wonderful thing that Sig has started. I was lucky enough to get Rabat first, and managed to do quite a bit with it. Sure was fun and I felt so special to have first chance. I hope someone will include me again.

    Marty
    goldenmom3@gmail.com

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  29. I would love to have an opportunity for the Elephant
    one! I had the pleasure of wearing Fiesta:)
    My email is Mauied03@comcast.net
    Thanks,
    Christine Carpenter
    Manchester, NH

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  30. It's the Genesha:) I'm a huge elephant lover!
    Many thanks,
    Christine Carpenter

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  31. I would love to have a bracelet visit New Hampshire as we enter apple season and the gorgeous colors of Fall that we are so fortunate to enjoy. Karen Anderson. Karenandrsn@hotmail.com

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  32. I have been beading sonce about 1985 and have loved your designs and patterns. It is a delight to watch someone grow in their craft! It would be an honor to host one of your bracelets in northern Idaho. Karen Davis
    kanddster at gmail dot com

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  33. um Karen, that could be arranged if I meet my ten ten goal, you're it, unless you get one first!

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  34. I would love to take part in this. It's a great idea and helps make the world more cohesive and much smaller -- at least out beady part of it. Also, good karma would be welcome right now! My email is sba13221 at flash dot net. Thanks, Sig!

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  35. I would love to invite any bracelet to see the Oktoberfest here in Munich that takes place soon- and if it arrives later, there's enough mountain scenery, pretzels and beer to enjoy. Of course I promise not to dip, just let it have a look!
    I love that idea with the traveling bracelet!
    My e-mail is mexicolizard@googlemail.com or contact me under http://beadinglizard.blogspot.com/

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  36. Following the travels of each bracelet has been fun, still hoping one comes my way, but will enjoy them via the web otherwise. Thanks Sig. akseasidebeads@yahoo.com, Happy Beading all, Char

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  37. I think it is time the Alpine Flowers came to Canada. I would look after it carefully . I enjoy reading about all the bracelets adventures. Louise mlduthie@cogeco.ca

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  38. I'd love to take part in the travels - gr8ful4grace@sbcglobal.net. Alice in Illinois.

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  39. This is my second time applying. I would love to have the paisley bracelet visit Illinois. Actually I would like to have any one of the bracelets.

    Dana mikni494@yahoo.com

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  40. I posted a while ago that I would love to get the Deruta Bracelet--if I do I'll send it to Marcia--don't think she's had this one yet!!
    But, the other one I'd like to have is the Asian Crane as this was the design of my very first beaded amulet bag. I walked into my favorite needlework shop and there on the wall were these wonderful little bags. I KNEW I had to do this so I got a quick lesson in circular Peyote around the toilet paper tubes, picked out a pattern and bought the book, beads, thread, needles to do it. The book was Sig Wynne-Evans' "The Magical Amulet Bag' and I went on to do 4 more of the bags in this book and by then I was hooked and haven't quit beading since!!

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    1. Deruta is presently enroute to a far off country. I am hoping that it will arrive there SOON!!

      But perhaps the person who is awaiting Deruta will send it to you!! You just never know who people will pick for the next person.

      I am happy you were able to learn to bead from my book!! That is terrific. Keep beading!!

      Sig

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  41. OOPS-forgot to give my email address:
    moon2bead (at) charter (dot) net

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  42. It would be so awesome to be picked to wear one of the bracelets.I do beading as well and enjoy sitting and doing my bead work it calms the mind. my email address is kggoulet_21@hotmail.ca

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  43. I would love to be honored with a visit from one of the Traveling Bracelets! The energy these beautiful creations carry with them must be very inspiring and I think being able to be touched by this energy would be a luscious experience :-D
    My email: minkeygirl@gmail.com

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  44. That sound wonderful & I was lucky to be witness when Marcia did a hand off to Liz. So much fun
    dot
    scotdog@wideopenwest.com

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  45. I would love to be a part of this. Love your designs and the whole idea of this project. I live in Pocatello Idaho. My email is flute1@musician.org. Thanks! Elizabeth

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  46. Thank you so much for 'Crane' had a wonderful week. So much fun and so much joy. Sending it to Bethel tomorrow.

    ~cryssT

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  47. I just found your blog via Beading Daily and would love to be a part of this amazing journey. I already know who I would pass it on to if I were selected. What a wonderful way to pass on the healing powers each bracelet holds. I love it. charitymharrison@gmail.com

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  48. Saw this on Beading Daily-what a wonderful concept! I have been beading for several years now and am currently undergoing cancer treatment so would love the positive energy and healing of these traveling bracelets. My jewelry making keeps me going! I hope to receive one for a visit! cgilbride13 (at) gmail( dot) com

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  49. I love the project. Currently,I am undergoing cancer treatments and I am hesitate to request a bracelet because my travels are so limited (to doctors visits, chemo, radiation, in bed and back to the doctor). Since ths project was created during your healing, have you ever thought of creating a bracelet just for patients currently in treatment (an angel image would be perfect). We need the inspiration. I have been beading while I am ill and it really helps.

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  50. I love this idea, and would be honored to host a bracelet for a week. I can be reached at kdemra@hotmail.com

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  51. I would love to participate. I can be reached at www.chicadesigns.com or email shelleygross144@yahoo.com

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  52. I would love to host a bracelet! I live on beautiful Vancouver Island off the west coast of British Columbia. As a teenager I adored beading but haven't done any myself for a very long time. All the same, I love the beautiful bracelets and admire the work that has gone into them and the special karma they hold from their journeys. I can be contacted at lesart@weallr1.org. Thanks!

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  53. I would love to host a bracelet for a week. I am an English expat living in El Salvador in Central America and can be contacted at casacicak@gmail.com

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  54. I too would be thrilled to host a bracelet for a week. I am a Transplanted Upstate NYer living in Western WA. I am certain that the Troops I deal with daily would get a real kick out of this too. I can be reached @ castuartblom@yahoo.com Chris Blom

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  55. Sig, this is such a wonderful project. I live in Ontario, Canada and I'd love to host one of these beautiful bracelets. linda.kittmer@gmail.com

    http://lindakittmer.blogspot.ca

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  56. I would to have one of the bracelets for a week. I have recently had surgery which is not healing as it should. I believe the bracelet will help. Surprise, Arizona

    happybeader85268@aol.com

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  57. I too would love to be part of this endeavor. Maybe I could even get a photo of Elaine W.(trying to recall your name for her brillo head?) from your college days to wear and get a photo
    masonjarbeading@yahoo.com
    Sara
    Athens NY

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  58. Hosting a bracelet would be AWESOME, I live in the Washington D.C. area (Maryland to be exact).

    dalcalde@creationsofagape.com

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  59. I would be honoured and blessed to host a bracelet. I would love to take a picture of it on my altar and wear it during a healing ritual.

    Traci Chrisco
    Angels Camp, CA

    tracichrisco1969@gmail.com

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  60. I have a friend Pat Wiley who is a very talented beader from Michigan. She has sold her work and won prizes. She is an amazing person and suffers from Ovarian Cancer, I would appreciate it if someone would be kind enough to send her a bracelet. I know it would mean so much to her. If you would like to do this please contact me at beaddoll@yahoo.com and I will give you her information
    Thank you in advance Joanne Goldberg

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  61. I am putting my hand up again to receive a bracelet..but it is for a very specific one..

    The Aboriginal bracelet. Being that I'm Australian - this one is very significant to me...and especially to a place I lived near for nearly 20yrs - the Dandenong Ranges here in my home town.

    There is a very very special place up there called the William Ricketts Sanctuary. William Ricketts was a reknowned clay Artist and Sculptor, and he also had a very close bond with the Aboriginal people having lived with them for many years in Central Australia.

    It would be wonderful to take the Aboriginal bracelet to this beautiful and tranquil sanctuary...and it would be an honour to receive it..

    ...and - the weather here now is starting to be wonderful!...this time hopefully no rain!!..lol hmm!..maybe I could join Marcia in trying to have all the travelling bracelets visit the opposite end of the world!!..:)

    many thanks and cheers

    Suzi Campbell - Melbourne Australia

    suzicreations@gmail.com

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    1. I am sure that Abi would like to "go home" to the land of Oz again!! It is a perfect fit!

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    2. Ohhh wonderful Sig! :) I'm really looking forward to it! :)

      cheers
      Suzi :)

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  62. If you don't have Ohio on your map yet, I would be honored to host one of your bracelets.

    Jann Christiansen
    Dayton, OH
    jannmchristiansen@gmail.com

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  63. I would love to part of this!

    Peggy Wilkinson
    Yorkville, IL USA
    plwsparkles@sbcglobal.net

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  64. I was fortunate to host the Indian Paisley Traveling Bracelet for her second week on the road. I would love to host all the bracelets but I would like my younger sister Rhea to have the opportunity to feel the healing power of a bracelet. She was diagnosed with breast cancer last year and will celebrate her first year of being cancer free. I love my sister with all my heart.

    Thanks-Jan HP (janallanp@aol.com)

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  65. I would love to have any of the bracelets visit our house. My mother and mother-in-law died just a few months ago. Both had cancer. My husband has been quite ill for the past 6 years, and my son was just diagnosed with an autism spectral disorder. We don't get anything as far as financial help as my husband is a resident - not a US citizen. He is a UK citizen. I work 60+ hours a week and sadly have no time to bead. I am the sole support of my family and we could use some good energy in this house/home/family.
    Thank you,
    S. McManus
    smcmanus2@me.com

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  66. Hi - I could so use some positive healing energy and I sincerely believe that these bracelets are the source of that. From all that I have read on this blog I have come to believe that each wearer leaves a very important part of their soul in these beautiful cuffs by wearing them in special places. I would love to take one with me to Zion National Park where I go often to send my prayers on their way. Thanx in advance to the wearer who feels I might be worthy. I can be reached at: themcclorys@gmail.com

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  67. I'd love to host any or all of the bracelets. I promise that in spite of Columbus Ohio not really being the most BEAUTIFUL place in the world, I'll take them to see the best the city has to offer.

    -Hannah Rosner
    Good River Gallery
    goodrivergallery@aol.com

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  68. I've just learned about the fabulous Traveling Bracelets this morning after seeing Nancy Dale's post. I absolutely love the concept and would be so honored to host any one of these beautiful and inspiring bracelets. I live in the tropics of Miami, Florida and belong to a guild of jewelers and beadweavers who would be delighted to 'meet' and be a part of this ongoing adventure. I promise to keep the bracelet safe from hurricanes and alligators, though perhaps a trip to the Everglades would be in order :)

    My contact email is:
    Teacup363@aol.com

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  69. I would love to host a bracelet!!!!! I live in Hanover, PA and can use all the good karma I can get at this time. I can give the bracelet a ride to Gettysburg as I am fairly close to that area! Thank you!

    Mandy Duffy
    utoogigi@yahoo.com

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  70. I've been watching all this good karma spread and I would be honored to host a bracelet. It would give me an excuse to go somewhere cool I haven't been here in Dallas :) I've got my eye on Asian Crane and King Tut, but having any one of them would be a joy. mandibeads@gmail.com

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  71. I would love to participate in this! I'd love to take the bracelet to the WWI museum in Kansas City, MO.

    Ellen Casey
    elvetter01 At gmail.com

    Kansas City, MO USA

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  72. What a fantastic idea - I would love to take one on a tour of my home town of Barnsley in Yorkshire UK- my family have lived in this area since at least 1763 working initially as weavers and as a weaver of words and beads I feel I can show and tell some lovely poignant places. I am also a reiki teacher and practitioner so would make sure to add some extra healing vibes to it :) my email is chris at chrislinacre dot co dot uk

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  73. WHAT a wonderful project ~ I would be honored to infuse it with love and joy. Where will we go? I live in New England by a large waterfall that I have always know has healing properties. It would be lovely to sit with it at the top of the waterfall and feel the energy pour forward. I would also wear it while walking the field behind the old high school. This is where my son and my father enjoyed their glory days - where my son played baseball and my father played football. Both have passed on and I recently spread my fathers ashes here. I want to introduce the bracelet to people in my circle that understand and respect the power of prayer, love, hope, kindness.

    Shannon Kennedy
    greenmonkeytales@live.com
    Greenwich, Connecticut

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  74. My name is Debbie Echols. dechols@habershamschools.com. I live in NE Georgia near beautiful waterfalls and mountains. I frequently travel to the Florida GulfCoast to spend time with family and friends. I love to bead. It feeds my soul. Each bead I string is like a prayerful meditation. Beading has seen me through some difficult times and I gift many pieces to others who are struggling. I would be honored and thrilled to spend a week with one of your beautiful bracelets.

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  75. Hi... I also would Love to be a Part of this 'Passing the Love'. I just finished a Peyote Bracelet I designed for my daughter to go on vacation with... the first day she wore it, she lost it. :( I showed her your website and we are in hopes that her Bracelet has found a new owner in the far away town she was in!

    I would love to Host a Traveling Bracelet, and I would Love to Design a Bracelet. My name is Aneva, I live near Sacramento, the Capitol of Sacramento. Please contact me at ann4care1@yahoo.com.

    Thank you! ~Ann

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