The Loot

The bead show was a success. It was kind of a pain to drive there, about an hour and a half. And the show is really quite small when you think about Bead & Button. But there are several good vendors at this show every year... I bought beads from Green Girl Studios, Keith O'Connor beads were offered at the GGS table, Park Avenue Beads, and Veni Vidi. Some of the vendors there were selling lots of art beads, but I wasn't quite sure it was legitimate- like were they really selling Marsha Neal beads or were they knock-offs? I also felt like a lot of the prices for stones were a bit high, so most of my loot was glass, a few stones, Ceramic and pewter of course!

Top Row: Faceted Amazonite rounds, Glass drops in clear and green, and some jasper nuggets

Second row: Faceted Briolettes, I'm not sure what they are, but like the color A LOT!

and then several strands of Fire-polished glass beads in some nice summer colors.

I picked up a couple of hanks of seed beads in some colors
that were not as obtainable, and good for summer desgins. Coral, Pewter(so unique!),
a summer mix of teals, and the hank all the way on the right, the beads have this really cool shape, I've never seen before. Click the pic to see it bigger.

I had a nice time chatting with TJ at GGS. TJ is Greg Ogden's college friend, and always does the Albany show. He lives in Boston now. Some day I'd like to show up there and see Andrew. That would be a real treat!

The GGS table was selling Keith O'Connor's ceramic beads, and the colors are out of this world, so I picked out a few. They were also selling glass beads from CNY Glass (they are local actually so I can find their beads readily)

And of course, picked up some pewter and Shibuchi beauties. Tried to

get a few pieces that I have never used, like the Mermaid ring, and the little

sparrow head. And the little frogs, and rings on the bottom row, I plan

on making into earrings.

Now it's time to play!!!