Bead and Button Show 2010

It's June, so it's off to Milwaukee again for the Bead and Button Show with my friends Patti and Penny.  Here we are in front of the Ten Year Anniversay Poster, all caffeined up and ready to shop. Patti's Dora went into labor the morning we left for Milwaukee, so we were getting regular updates on the seven new puppies. 

Penny took a picture of a seagull outside our hotel window our second day - pretty cool.  Patti was up early to take a class on bezeling, and Penny and I walked around Milwaukee and visited a local bead store.  Then we shopped at the Bead Show Preview from 4 to 9, which is for people who pre-registered for the show.  With more than 370 vendor booths, it's a bit overwhelming!

This is one of the many pieces on display at the show.  People from all over the world submit their work and it's really amazing what they create!

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After we shopped all our money away, we headed out and had an easy drive home.  Such fun - it went by way too fast!