Dusty and tired...

...but overall, not a bad day.
My fellow Beady Chick, Kelley, and I did the craft show at the Carl Junction, Mo, Bluegrass Festival It was WAY hotter than it should be for late September, and it was dusty, so we turned into sweaty mudpies. Bleah. Aside from that, it was a pretty good day. I sold two wonderful pieces that I just finished last night, as well as a few other bracelets & such. One of the two "big ticket" pieces (one was $42, and the other $32) was a necklace with a fabulous dichroic focal, and four strands of matte black seed beads with coordinating Swarovski bicones & 2mm silver rounds. Kelley took a pic of me wearing it before it went to it's new home, & I'll post it when she gets it developed.

Overall, people were very nice, and seemed to appreciate the art and skill involved in our work. So often, people are snippy, and complain about the prices & make obnoxious comments about how they could do it themselves if they wanted to. Don't EVEN let me get started on that whole rant!

We met a very lovely couple from Columbia, MO. Karen bought several items from us, and visited with us throughout the day. She gave us some suggestions of places to look into about carrying our work. We almost felt like we were old friends with her by the end of the day!

Now for a shower and a nice meal out... then off to do some more beading... got another show next weekend in Newton, KS, (if gas isn't too high) and then we have some other shows coming up around the end of October/first of November.