Sunny and 50 diving to 33 in the pm-BRRR!
Ice in a bucket. Are you kidding. This is Tucson is it not?
The highlights of the day were the seminars we attended at the AGTA show covering the social media, Facebook, Twitter, web site blogging, and many other issues. Awesome and knowledgable speakers included Michael Schechter, Robyn Hawk, Daniel Gordon, and Dan Askew. Thanks to all these folks. Great job guys!
Another great amethyst cathedral.
Quartz Crystals-LaQuinta
After the morning training session we had a couple hours to kill and walked over to the GJX show across the street from the convention center. I found a wonderful vendor way in the back with some fine natural druzy cabs, and some additional enhanced druzy cabs. Wonderful material that I am excited to make jewelry out of.
After the afternoon training we drove down the strip and walked a couple shows at the La Quinta, and Howard Johnson’s.
Mastodon and Triceratops
Beads as far as the eyes can see-Howard Johnson's
The highlights of those shows included a fossil tent full of beasts and fish fossils. There were beads everywhere and some vendors told me I could not buy just a few pieces of rutilated quartz, but I had to buy a kilo of the stuff. Good luck to them! It was a very cold (for Tucson) 34 degrees and Bonnie kept asking if I was ready to go? Like every 5 minutes.
Rose quartz orbs.
We left when I was tempted with cold beer and dinner at a local brewpub.
Katie Hacker and Bonnie
But wait, there is more. I took Bonnie to a show strictly for Swarovski crystals, where we made a quick run thru. Bonnie got a short lesson from Katie Hacker, a famous beader seen on the public television series “Beads, Baubles & Jewels.” Her new product “Katydids” was the topic of exploration today. Watch for this in future beadwork from Bonnie!
I was impressed by this beaded hat.
Turquoise shortage...NOT
I think we are going to pack flat rate boxes tomorrow. We need to clean our mess up and get it shipped out. If it is could we may not go out at all tomorrow. (Bonnie: Yeah, right Don!) Stay tuned.
Rows of rocks.