Shopping + friends at Bead Fest Philadelphia = good times!
Everybody has her own way of shopping a bead show. My strategy is to walk the whole show, make mental notes and then go back and walk it again to make my purchases. Of course, there's some chatting and visiting along the way. I love this collection by Elaine Ray.
Tracy, Cynthia and me in the Ornamentea booth, home of these fun gals and so many beautiful things. You should visit their website for project sheets. I loved the creative spirit in the booth and hope to go to Raleigh someday to see the shop for myself!
I was lucky to catch up with world-class teacher Kim St. Jean during her lunch break. I'm pretty sure she never sits down! You'll get to see Kim on Beads, Baubles & Jewels and she also has a series of DVD's with Beaducation. Her newest is the Metal Fold Forming DVD. (That's her fold-formed bracelet in this pic.) I especially love her Bodacious Bangle.
This Earthenwood Studios pendant by Melanie Brooks really makes me smile. When we lived in the city, I spent a couple of years commuting by bike. Rain or shine, it was better by bike. Diane Hawkey has some lovely new designs, too. I think I'm smitten with ceramics.
Everybody has her own way of shopping a bead show. My strategy is to walk the whole show, make mental notes and then go back and walk it again to make my purchases. Of course, there's some chatting and visiting along the way. I love this collection by Elaine Ray.
Tracy, Cynthia and me in the Ornamentea booth, home of these fun gals and so many beautiful things. You should visit their website for project sheets. I loved the creative spirit in the booth and hope to go to Raleigh someday to see the shop for myself!
I was lucky to catch up with world-class teacher Kim St. Jean during her lunch break. I'm pretty sure she never sits down! You'll get to see Kim on Beads, Baubles & Jewels and she also has a series of DVD's with Beaducation. Her newest is the Metal Fold Forming DVD. (That's her fold-formed bracelet in this pic.) I especially love her Bodacious Bangle.
This Earthenwood Studios pendant by Melanie Brooks really makes me smile. When we lived in the city, I spent a couple of years commuting by bike. Rain or shine, it was better by bike. Diane Hawkey has some lovely new designs, too. I think I'm smitten with ceramics.
Here's Wyatt White demonstrating wire wrapping in the Beadalon booth. That's my necklace up there on the Artistic Wire banner. Woo hoo! There were a lot of great demonstrations going on during the show: Atlantic Gems, Crystal Clay and Beaducation all showed a variety of techniques.
I love the shopping, but it really is nice to get to catch up with friends at these things. I'm so lucky to hang out with these amazingly talented people. Here's Leslie Rogalski, me, Fernando Dasilva and Tammy Honaman.
2 comments:
this is a perfect blog posting:
catchy/informative/colorful/sweet
wish they could all be like this!
I LOVE flan, makes me want it!
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