Beadfest!

 

My friend, Jan & I are in Philly for Beadfest & we are having a blast!  Although we are exhausted, we are so happy to be here.  Yesterday we had a great class with Richard Salley making our own stamps for metal work.  What a great technique to use lead free silver solder to make designs on copper sheet metal.  Jan made a great pair of earrings that she was able to wear for the rest of the day.  We both hit a wall around 4:00, said our goodbyes to Richard & Jennifer, his sweet assistant, & went to spend some hard earned cash before our evening class.  We will be coming home with so many new ideas our heads will be spinning!  Richard Salley is such a nice person & a really good teacher – very low key & patient.  I am hoping to take more classes from him in the future.  Life is too short to sit on your hands!

Jan & I are still at the hotel this morning just waiting for the vendors to open at 11:00 so we can see a few more booths.  This show is so large, you really can’t take classes & see all of the vendors in one day.  But we did manage to do some major damage to our budgets, so today will be low key.  It was so much fun to have show & tell at the hotel last night!  Even though we were so tired we could hardly stay awake, we had to share our goodies with each other! 

It’s great to have such good friends.   Life is Good!