Bead Fest and My Loot!

I can't believe Bead Fest PA has come and gone!  After all those long hours in the studio getting ready and looking forward to seeing my friends...it went too fast as always!  Molly and I have decided that we will definitely do it again next year.

Here is how the booth looked...

 Poor Molly was up till 2am Wednesday wrapping Irish Waxed Linen thread!  That's ALL she did Wednesday - she recruited her boyfriend Nick who worked for 5 hours with her!  And guess what...we didn't sell any! Well, I sold one 5 yard card but that's it!  It's crazy - I sell a ton of this in my Etsy shop!

 I felt like I had plenty of pieces.  Lots of color, sizes, shapes and textures...

My buddy Marsha came by my booth and made me laugh constantly! 

Saturday night Molly, Kellie and I went to dinner with Marsha, Jenny, and new friend Cooky who owns a fabulous bead/mixed media shop in San Diego! So much fun!

We always have a great time at Bead Fest!  I love hanging out with my beady buddies.  This year I met a few more in person which is always fun!  I loved having both of my girls with  me for the weekend!  Molly and Kellie had a great time.  Everyone was so nice to them and they shopped shopped shopped!

My birthday was Sunday, August 19th so it was a fantastic way to spend my b-day with my girls and all of my bead friends!  They surprised me with a sweet card and some gorgeous beadiness!  I'm missing a glass lampwork dog bead (I think Kellie snagged it) but these gorgeous pieces are from:  Green Girl Studios, Cooky gave me the 2 disks from Marsha, Anne Gardanne, Barbara Bechtel, Kerry Bogert, Jenny, Elaine Ray, Susan Kennedy, Olivia Brown, Jan Onipenco, Lisa Liddy, Diana! And there was some yummy chocolates from Cynthia! So much awesomeness! 

And then there was the shopping that I was able to sneak in and here is my loot:
KABs Concepts

 Second Surf

Jan and I had a great time swapping! I went a little crazy at her booth Molten Mayhem!

 I'm not sure if I will actually wear anything with the giant beads but I love them - I may just hoard them.  These are from The Bead Goes On

 Then I hit one of my favorite booths Hands of the Hills

 The gal who had a booth next to me Jennifer makes these awesome enameled head pins!

 and the damage continued at The Lipstick Ranch

I'm going to make a small art quilt and use these in the center...

 This is only a small peek at what I got from Jenny - Molly has the rest!

 and I went a little nuts at Ornamentea on Elaine Ray beads!  Molly has a big pile too!

the booth on the other side of me had some beautiful beads too! Starleen

and I had a crazy good time talking and shopping at Olivia's booth!

and we had a bead swap and my partner was Lisa Liddy

 the amazing Staci gave me this!

and I traded some of my pieces for these awesome silks from Marsha!

I'll have to grab all the goods that Kellie and Molly bought to show you after I recover from the state of my bank account!  Lets just say that the three of us did some damage! lol

Like all the pieces from Diana - I know she was at Diana's booth A LOT!