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The Pasadena Bead and Design Show will be held Thursday, January 17th through Sunday, 20th, 2008, at the Pasadena Hilton. Please be sure to check out their beautiful website for all the details! Quoting from their site:

“Pasadena Bead and Design Show is comprised of 250 exhibitors, workshops, and forums, which are chosen by juried application and by invitation, from wearable art, jewelry, fiber, bead making, lapidary, art couture, glass, textile, embellishment, metalwork, ceramics, enameling, collectibles, interior décor, and decorative arts –together with wholesale artisan suppliers to the trade. Exhibitors are located in the ballrooms, showrooms, and conference rooms on the ground floor inside the Pasadena Hilton.”

They have a fantastic lineup of exhibitors, and some great workshops scheduled!

Happy beading!
Sharon

For you bead and jewelry retailers…

I just signed up for a free sample copy of the new Bead Trends magazine. The announcement that they sent out looks good, and I’m excited to see how it looks “in person”! If you want to view a few pages that they emailed in their newsletter, click here. I can’t read much of the text, other than the table of contents, but the photos look great! You’re supposed be a retailer in order to get a free sample copy, according to their email. They do charge a shipping fee of $4.10 for the sample issue, so you will be out a little bit for the magazine. The magazine retails for $17.95, with wholesale pricing available for retailers, should you decide you want to carry the magazine on the shelf. I’ll report back with a review, after I receive my copy.

Happy Beading!
Sharon

I ran across a couple of interesting webpages this morning, and thought I’d share.

First is Miland Jewelry Tools. They sell some hard-to-find jewelry tools, and their website has some demos of the tools in use…makes it easy to see if they’ll do what you need. I may have to add a couple of things to my Christmas list!

Next is an intro to Lost Wax Casting, by Ernie Herrick of Emporia, Kansas. If you’ve been thinking about giving casting a try, then take a look!

Happy Beading!
Sharon