Silpada Beads

At The Bead Hive in Coopersburg (formerly My Father’s Beads Then, on Saturday I went to the Innovative Bead Expo and spent several hours wandering around in a bead-crazed stupor.   I really don’t consider myself a “shop ’til you drop” sort of gal, but I managed to pick up some lovely grey rondelles and compressed red coral coin beads (also in the bracelet at left), Chinese turquoise, vintage components and silver spacer... And as if that weren’t enough, since I was in the neighborhood after all, I dropped in again on Kat’s Bead Boutique  to see if she had anything new since I’d last been there (fortunately, I was able to control myself and walked out with only a few... So I finally paid another visit to the two new bead shops in my area. Nowadays, I’m not prone to that sort of anxiety (in fact, I rarely have nightmares), but I do feel my heart race a bit when I get into one of my beading frenzies.   And then once I had all this stuff sitting there in my big box of Etsy goodness, I got to thinking about how I maybe needed some more beads.

Vendor Extravaganza: Retailers will include Pampered Chef, Tastefully Simple, Longaberger, Silpada, Tupperware and more, all offering their wares for the