The Bead Faerie strikes Gold!
mmmmm...look at my *precious*.... The little treasure above is a coveted Green Girl Studios one of a kind silver/polymer/resin creation. And she is all mine! I saw a few of these at Bead & Button, but before I could even get to the booth, *poof* they were all gone. The nice thing about seeing Green Girl at Faerie Con for me was that I got my pick of some of the more unusual treasures they have that I can never get to in time. I love her, and I expect to do something really neat with her. I am imagining something twiggy. I may have to dabble in some PMC or bronze for this one. I think my little leaves will go well with her too.
Here is Greg from Green Girl, hamming it up Gelfling style. He looked great, and the handcrafted double flute in his hands actually worked! He won first place in the costume contest!
Andrew from Green Girl, working at the booth. We got to spend some time chatting, which was great! He showed me some of the newest items that they had, including the gold plated mermaid beads below, which came home with me. It's funny, I almost never use gold. I am a silver gal, sometimes copper. But I have been very tempted by the raw brass findings that are available now, so I have added that to my vocabulary. I made my Faerie Con necklace with them. So I guess I need to take the plunge into gold now too. These pieces will make it easier, because they are so beautiful:
So I have ordered a bunch of neat gold plated pieces to play with, and I am excited to work on some summery pieces with shells and mermaids and seahorses. Seriously, I didn't even have a gold crimp around here, so it was kind of fun shopping for all my new found golden treasures.
Well, I am still absolutely swamped, so I better get to it. I leave you with a song and video by one of my best 80's guilty treasures. I love this band, Spandau Ballet, because they are so very suave and melodramatic. Here is the song "Gold"...
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