bead and button mini

No - this isn't Milwaukee and we aren't at the Bead and Button show. These pics were taken in the studio of Cristina Leonard before her and Anne Mitchell departed for Wisconsin. Anne lives in Tuscon but stops at Cristina's studio on her way to the big show in Wisconsin - making more cool things to sell!







Cris has more hammers than Home Depot.





Even though I couldn't make it to the show in Milwaukee, I had my own little bit of fun in Cedar Rapids. During a quiet period at Bead Haven yesterday, I got out hammers and made a few fun pieces. My 'Whatever' bracelet was made for the Bead Star competition - which made it into the finals but I won't hear where it placed for another couple of weeks. The other two disks were made yesterday. The pics aren't the greatest - if you can't read them, the one on the left reads 'One Day At A Time'. The disk on the right reads ' Singing My Own Song'. I love hammers! At Bead Haven, you can experience the joy of metal and hammers during the 'Metal Forming & Acid Etching class'.