With Lisa Lambright (center) and Christi Friesen (right) at the Tucson Clay Guild Dinner
Having just arrived back home from the always fabulous Tucson Gem and Mineral Show where I taught classes and exhibited at the Tucson Bead Show, located at the Windmill Inn.
It was wonderful getting to demo for my friends at Parawire with their new Cobra Coiler and Dreamtime Creations with Kellie Defries (aka: The Crystal Ninja) Crystal Katana tool.
Kellie's Blinged Out Ride - All Lettering and Rims are covered in crystals!
Last Wednesday, many of the SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS Ambassadors convened at the Beyond Beadery room at the Whole Bead Show for a signing of our new Crystal Jewelry Inspirations book by Kalmbach. We were joined by our wonderful editor Karin Van Voorhees. Afterwards, many of the Ambassadors joined Lisa Lambright and me at our suite for a late night pizza party.
Ambassadors taking a break from signing
At the Dreamtime Creations Booth with my wonderful CraftOptics and with SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS Ambassadors Kellie Defries (left) and June Beach (right)
Amidst all of the work and scheduled events, Lisa and I managed to make a little time to visit some of the shows and shop. Fortunately the limited time kept me from running amok with my credit cards.
Mountain of Beads
I was so glad to get the chance to stop by and check out my friend and fellow Ambassador, Linda Hartung's new WireLuxe product. She gifted me with a sample that I am going to develop a project on this year for publication.
AlaCarte Clasps new and fabulous WireLuxe, Tim Hartung in front of the booth at To Bead True Blue
What a lovely surprise to arrive home and find the new innovations box of sparkly goodness from SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS. Below is a photo of the sample box. Click on the image for an enlarged view with the component numbers and colors including the Oh-La-La Crystal Rose Gold.
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