Wow, Bead and Button is a whirlwind! We got some quality visiting time in with our friends Paula and Teresa---Paula has a great blog and she always posts lots of pictures! We also had dinner with Wayne and Judie, and with Joan, Marty and Yvonne! We dined every night at our fave Italian restaurant--usually we mix it up going to other places too, but our waiter on Wednesday night was so nice that we couldn't be disloyal. Heladio, you're the best!

I did some fun swapping and shopping at the show, Bob Burkett is making some washer-like rings with his beautiful koi and dragonflies on them, I bought several and made them into pendants. --I don't think Bob has a website running right now, but I found a few pieces on ebay just now and uh, well yes I bought a couple of beads...Bob is currently working with Cynthia at Green Girl Studios. I've loved her work for a long time but never seem to get the chance to visit with her. Maybe next time, I hope!
Also swapped with Kate McKinnon; she wanted a pair of Godzilla pmc pieces for earrings, so I picked out a couple of fun necklaces for layering. They look great with Wayne, my pmc froggie! And I got a bag of goodies from Yvonne that I can't wait to play with. Check out her website, I'm making her a pmc pendant featuring Thatcher, her Cairn terrier, in exchange :cool:.

The Bead Dreams competition was pretty exciting. Joan won first place for her beads, and Wayne took second! Our poor iguana spent most of the show without a ribbon, but on Sunday he was given the People's Choice Award!!!! OMG I was really beside myself, I think Wayne was a little afraid I was going to have a major freakout! But it was just a minor freakout, no bones were broken. If any voters are here visiting the blog I just want to say thank you, this is the first thing I've ever won, I still can't quite believe it's true! But it's true!!!! Wheeeeee!

The Collector:



He's a handsome beast, all right...

And wait till you see what we're up to next...