Sorry for the delay in updating our little journal on the show so far, but it has been an eventful few days and we have literally come home to crash every night. Our first day was tremendous and we and several other vendors were putting it right up there with our best shows ever. Then came Thursday...and the opening of one of the larger shows here, the Holodome. Everytime we made mention of how slow the show was someone would point out the opening of this large stone bead and finding show. It was still a good day, made better by the chance to get out and see the work from other vendors. Penny had lots of fun talking to friends and seeing all of their new designs. In the evening, the second Best Bead Show was open late so we could go by and see many of Penny's other favorite artists. You can get a real measure of Penny's excitment for something by the "squeal factor". Her voice goes up an octave or two giving out a loud squeal and ending in a jubuliant laugh. This was never more evident than at the ZOA art booth where she purchased several of their charm, link and bead designs that feature PMC alone or together with lampwork beads. We both really enjoyed the designs by polymer artist Chisti Freisen and the hollow lampwork fish by Ofilia Cinta. Christi has launched a whole new website devoted to just her dragon designs as they have become so popular. You should see the many booths with boro glass art...this medium is really taking off and we will witness it first hand tonight at the annual flame-off event! One of these artists, Shannon Hill, had a great booth with a new fish bead design that Penny almost had to have...as she would probably tell you, the week's not over yet! After all, it had a very good Squeal factor reading . More later....