Happy Dream Bead Blog Hop to everybody!!! When I got this bead I was like ...Wow that is really Pretty!!! Whatever am I  going to make with this beautiful bead??? I set it where I could see it and went on my merry way...lol!
Yesterday when I remembered it was this blog hop that was due I started thinking about my dreams.  What were/are they, where am I?  The answers were actually Right There, just waiting for me to ask I guess!

I purposely did not make a beautiful necklace or inspired bracelet.  It would have been easy, the bead is really that beautiful.  I made a dangle of crystal and the bead for my car. I spend a good chunk of my day in my car everyday!!! I Think a lot when I am driving...don't you?

It occurred to me that my dreams what I really really REALLY want is like this dangle...pretty little bits of glass and a beautiful bead.

Good ideas and fun thoughts and a great goal.  There is however no...SPARK...no energy...no movement!!!
Just like these crystal without direct light.  Pretty and fun but no Spark and No Movement!!

My Dreams are very simple.  I want to bead and bead well for the rest of my life.  I want my beads to pay me and my bills [mmmm not so simple]

Then when you turn a corner and the light hits the crystal...BAMMMMM there is your SPARK and YOUR MOVEMENT!!!

So today I turned a corner!!! Toltec Jewels thank you so much for lighting that SPARK with this Dream Bead Blog Hop!!!  

 My dreams are pretty and doable and lots of fun.
And everytime I turn a corner when I drive I will see that sparkle I will feel that SPARK!!!  The movement will be my getting the ball rolling for the on line store I have been talking about [pretty bits of crystal] for more than a year! Get the store open [SPARK and MOVEMENT]!

Pretty bits of glass

 SPARK and MOVEMENT!!!
Hope everybody Feels that Spark! Enjoy the Hop!  Thanks for the visit and let me know what you think!!!  Have a Blessed Day!

 Good Monday Evening to all of you!!!
This last Saturday was the first show of the
year for Artistry Handcrafted Bead Designs!!!

We had a BLAST!!!!, we also had a really good show!
We made some changes to our show set up this
year and i am blogging about it cause we just love the way it looks and we are really excited!!!

We decided that we needed just a bit more color, our base color is black.  Our business card color right now is green and white, with a Celtic design border.
So we decided to add green as our accent color...LOL




I went SHOPPING!!! I found 2 really cool
plaques that I could use on our new to us rack [it is black...lol]  We have a bit of a theme going with our props, I guess.  Mostly they are...wait for it...BLACK!!! LOL

 This 2 tier metal basket is what we put all of our
wrap bracelets in.

We got a couple of those cool books that open and don't have anything in them!  We had a blast with those.

 This is our Statement bracelet rack, it works really well for us.

 

Here is a really good example of how we used the book!  Looks great and in the end is sold well too, we sold 2 bracelets off of this book and one off of the other book.

 We use those Victorian looking ladies heads to
show some of our statement necklaces. The head is sitting on  a wrought iron looking pedestal that we this size and a smaller one.





Here is our Iron Lady, she shows
our more linear necklaces and bracelets.  She gets lots of comments and admiration.

 Here are a couple of the heads together and a hand as well.

 Some of our bracelets

 This is my partner in crime, my daughter Melody!
We work at every show, and we talk to people all the time and do lots of custom while they wait.

 Here is the color we went  with for contrast.  Really love the way it says Spring!!!




On this one you can see the candle holder [sconce] that we set on it's side and used for a bracelet rack.

The one below is a side view of our whole booth!

Bracelet stand and some of our different bracelets.

A different view. 

 I hope you enjoyed all the pictures.  Let me know what you think!!! Have a Blessed Day!

 

 HoneyandOllie.com [honeyandollie.com]  Rain Hannah's wonderful blog shows some of her amazing jewelry designs.  I got my "8th Bead Soup Blog Party" soup from Rainy today!!!  And it is amazing!!!


Browse thru my pictures, read the blog from earlier today and you get a sweet and talented picture of Rain Hannah!

 Pretty boxes with cool flowers. Great color scheme.

 So we have waxed linen [?] cord in slate and ivory,
vintage Sari Silk, luscious color and feel. Amozonite and chalcedony , tiger eye and handcrafted blown glass head pins!

The Fairytale tile from Rainy herself. The clasp in soft tealy blue/green is from Heather Powers, Humblebeads. Also in this picture are yellow opal and the czech glass flowers and the turquoise rondelles.

In this pic you also have the delicate and sweet white flowers and just behind them the golden coin pearls.

 In this pic I have my favorite stone...Agate!!! and then next to it is the wonderful lampwork [blown glass?] 2 handled urn. This is so amazing to me, it is closed with a cork and has 3-4 matching beads in glass that go with it.

 I think it is quite the haul and I can see being very busy with ideas!!! thanks again Rain Hannah!!!