TWISTED ROSE DESIGNS

I was at the Calgary Teachers' Convention and was monitoring a booth for Merit Travel in the Telus Convention Centre.  During my break, I took a tour of all the display booths and discovered a lovely jewellery display booth operated Vi Parker , the owner of Twisted Rose Designs.  Vi creates custom jewellery using wire and semi-precious stones to make customized necklaces, bracelets and ear rings. Her designs are her own creations.  She was clearing out loose bags of semi-precious stones and beads that I purchased for my daughter who loves to make jewellery. I had a lovely chat with Vi Parker who was more than willing to talk about the art of making jewellery. I asked her to give a little presentation about her craft that I could place in my blog and she was more than willing to participate.  Crochet necklaces are her specialty with only a few people who make such a unique jewellery.

If you wish to purchase any of Vi Parker's jewellery she can be contacted at:
TWISTED ROSE DESIGNS
Creative Jewelry
Pandora Style Charms
Crochet Necklaces
Phone:   587-351-0610
website: www.twistedrosedesigns.esty.com
email: twistedrosedesigns@shaw.ca

Merit Travel/Travel Cuts

I have been hired by Travel Cuts a subsidiary of Merit Travel that is the largest independent travel company in Canada with over 40 locations. I am an independent travel agent that helps people customize their travel plans. In helping clients make their travel plans, I have access to all the land packages made available by all the reputable travel operators around the world. I show the clients the different brochures from the tour operators and then have the office staff at Travel Cuts book the appropriate tour. I can also completely customize tours for groups as small as two people to large groups .  I am able to use the Travel Cuts office that is located in McEwan Hall Student Centre located on the University of Calgary campus.   It is quite amazing all the tour packages that are available to any place in the world.  I periodically meet the tour operators who fly into Calgary to promote their land packages.   I am going to show you a brief video of some of the different land packages that are available such as tours of Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Middle East, Latin America,  Cruises, and specialty tours.   Next week, I will be running a booth at the Calgary Teacher's Convention for Merit Travel.   I just finished writing my final immigration exam and will know in four weeks whether I passed the government exam and be eligible to become a registered certified ICCRC immigration consultant. I will then have two part time jobs to keep me occupied during my retirement from teaching.

Breeding Jewel Cichlids

The two breeding cichlids that I took out of the five gallon tank and placed in the community tank a week later laid a number of eggs on a rock slab and began protecting the eggs from the other fish in the tank.  The female and male took turns hovering over the eggs to protect them.