It's so much fun when the gem and jewelry shows come to town. Or a near-by town. Or a kind of near-by town. There was one in Chantilly, Virginia this weekend and Liz and I made the trip down. And I bought beads! Boy, did I buy beads!! I bought aquamarines and moss aquamarines and moss amethyst and kyanite and moonstone and garnets and solar quartz and watermelon tourmaline and lemon quartz and the list goes on and on.


New beads are very inspiring. I got home and couldn't wait to use them. There are going to be lots of new jewelry pieces full of beads in the coming weeks. What fun!