My trip up to Milwaukee for the Bead & Button Show this weekend was a very big success. I was able to get the new tools and supplies that I wanted and then some while still remaining under budget!
How often does that ever happen?
Among my souvenirs are a pair of shades that will snap onto my normal didydium glasses for working with the hard glass, Borosilicate. In conjunction with this purchase, I also got my first rods of boro in several colors for some great new beads that will be coming soon.
I also got my hands on some dichroic glass, new shaping tools, silver foil and some new books to learn even more cool techniques.
Saturday was a very good day, and I can't wait to share with you the new items that I'm planning on creating in the coming weeks.
Unfortunately, I didn't think to get any pictures of the market while I was there, so I can't show you anything in pictures. Sorry, I guess I wasn't thinking!
I almost didn't get to leave since the show was held open longer due to some severe weather that hit Milwaukee while I was shopping. There were a number of tornadoes around the area and I did see a building that had been blown over or hit with a tornado a few blocks south of the show while I was trying to get back onto the freeway.
Since the building appeared that it might have been abandoned, I can only hope that no one was hurt when the bricks came down.
I hope you all had a very safe and happy weekend!
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