Have a great Monday!

Today I drove two hours to Philadelphia to attend the bead show.  I would drive six hours for a bead show.  Honestly, I would.


They are that much fun.


I felt like a kid in a candy store.


I bought citrine and aquamarine and labradorite and pyrite...


I bought apatite and rose quartz and rutilated quartz....


I bought garnet and kyanite and ametrine...


And MORE labradorite, aquamarine and pyrite, because a girl just can't have too many of those!


And, as much as I'm dying to start playing with them, I really need to sleep first.  I've been up since 3:30 this morning and am wilting quickly.  Why Rosie and Bella needed to go out at 3:30 this morning is beyond me, but nature calls at odd hours!

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!

I'm having a jewelry sale on my Etsy page!  Yay!  Get 20% off just by entering the coupon code at check out.  Easy peasy! 

Remember when I used to show you photos of my collections of antique samplers, rocking horses, stone fruit, baskets, coverlets and lots of other antique stuff? 


Boy are those days gone!


I still have all that stuff, but it just doesn't thrill me any more.


Now I'm thrilled with French enameled cemetery plaques, bird cages, apothecary jars....



...I'm a happy girl!  And if this house EVER sells, I'll have a very full booth at the antique mall!

What have I been up to all these weeks without posting??


Making jewelry, of course!


I've used birds, lockets, mother of pearl hearts...


alphabet tiles,


French portraits.....


French Meerschaums.....


gutta percha, and a bunch of other stuff too!  I'm a happy girl!

Antique sampler and embroidery stand and antique spool holder just listed in my Etsy shop:  www.kathybarrick.etsy.com.  Just FYI!