OK, I'm back from Bead Fest. It was an awesome show. I bought: a double drilled strand of Sodalite ($7.00), large carved carnelian rounds, frosted with dragons carved on them ($8), black glass carved with swirls (12), rectangular glass, looks like Limon quartz (5), red jade faceted rectangles (8), 2 strands of top drilled peach FWP drops (5), mixed colors of Tourmaline in large buttons (21), beautiful, large graduated Ruby quartz (22), a pair of dichroic earrings (13), a dichroic plaque bracelet, which was a steal at 20, two strands of that lead free pewter which looks like Bali (8), some real Bali spacers and
3 clasps. Show was busy, but on two floors, so it wasn't hard to get around. They also had the air conditioning cranked up (it was 87 outside), so it was cool in there, I think that is the only time I've ever gone to a Bead show where I didn't think I was going through menopause again. I was exhausted when I came home and just took a 5 hour nap.I never take naps.Patti