OK, it is confession time.  For about as long as I have been using Swarovski Elements (just about 9 years now) I have wanted to visit the Swarovski North America Headquarters in Rhode Island, and I've tried to imagine what it would look like.  Would this center of sparkle be an ordinary industrial-type office building (no, no it couldn't be) or would it drip crystal sparkles at every turn? (yes, yes, in my imagination all the employees are wearing the most amazing jewelry...crystal from toes to ears -- a virtual crystal world). 
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Rather than take a daily approach to reporting about Tucson, I thought I'd talk about the various activities.  In Part 1 I wrote about the CREATE YOUR STYLE IN TUCSON event from a visual/first impression point of view.  Now I want to tell you all about the workshops and demonstrations.
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As a child I saw the film Pollyanna and one scene made a permanent impression.  Pollyanna and her friend are caught by the neighborhood "boogey man" spying about his house.  While they are inside, they see a "rainbow" on the wall which was created by crystal prisms hanging from the old man's lamp.  To the two young children, it is magic.  This was the beginning of my love for the magic created by crystals.
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