Bead and Gem Show

   Today I went to my first ever Bead and Gem show.  It was okay, but not what I expected.  I  guess I expected great bargains and wholesale prices, but there were few of those.  There really weren't as many vendors as I expected either.  The very first thing I picked up was a $295 string of beads.   Gulp..... not in my price range.  There were also lots of finished jewelry pieces, but none that I considered anything different than the usual.  I browsed around for about and hour and a half and did manage to find some things; even though I couldn't find anything that I was looking for.  I spent $52  and got a variety of beads.  For some reason today I was in the mood for multi-colored strands of the small variety.  There were some "huge" beads, but that's not me.  I'm not usually a Swarovski crystal kind of gal either, but those were pretty impressive.  There was a whole wall of Swarovskis and they almost blinded me.  I never knew they sparkled like that.   But I guess when you hang hundreds of thousands of them together, that's how they look.  I did buy a 24" strand of multi-colored Swarovskis and my daughter and daughter in law will like these, some little butterfly Swarovskis.  Those were pretty decently priced.  

    Even though I probably won't go to another one, I did enjoy myself.  I rode to the show with a fellow artist from the Transit Gallery.  Gave us a chance to get to know each other better.  Now though, I've got to get busy, make more metal clay and use my new beads.  That shouldn't be too hard.