Too busy to blog -- Gem Show, Day 4

I've got to be at work in half an hour, and I still need to do my hair, put on some jewelry, oh, and pack some lunch. As such, this is a really quick blog post.

Had a nice dessert with my friends last night. We talked about the shows, beads we'd bought, mutual friends, and computers. Deb brought a bunch of her beautiful wire work for show and tell, and I gave her a sneak peek of Peacock Feathers. We also swapped some beady gifts, and mine from Deb included some really cool pressed glass ivory skulls. YAY!

By the way, I made a Sock Dreams order for some things to wear to the shows... The Harajuku Steampunk arm warmers are just as awesome as they look on the page, although they're very prone to snagging on any rough edge. Today I'm wearing some purple over-the-knee tube socks. They're warm and comfy on my legs, but HUGE around the feet. I think the toes are going to bunch up and give me some serious blisters. Definitely not a good buy if you have size 7-8 or smaller feet.

Tonight I am going straight from work to gaming. If you're going to be at Best Bead, come into Beyond Beadery and say "Hi!" I'll be the 16 year old looking brunette in lots of purple.

Woohoo, socks!

This weekend I finally gave in and placed an order with Sock Dreams. True to what I've heard, their shipping is quite quick... My socks arrived today. Hurray! Impatient thing that I am, I'm going to wear a pair to tonight's game. I'm torn between the over-the-knee lime green and the thigh-high black and grey stripes. Decisions decisions.

I just finished working on a great woven necklace using a polymer pendant. I need to track down the identity of the artist before I post it on the website tomorrow. I'm pretty happy with the necklace, so I'm looking forward to showing it off. I have two more woven necklaces planned for this week. Here's a little teaser: One of them will be named Phoenix Feathers.

The above earrings are Shadow Vines, which were part of this week's update. When I saw these black and white beads at Lois's booth back in February, I knew I had to have them. So did some other customers, though, so I only ended up being able to snag two. I'll have to get a full set of five or six sometime and do a necklace. I really love the black-and-white floral/leaf patterns that I've seen on a lot of clothing this year. It's just so elegant.