BEAD AND BUTTON: DAY 1

Fine silver and Faux Bone pendant by Robert Dancik and Louise Duhamel

Today was the first day of the Bead and Button Show in Milwaukee.  I am taking a 2 day workshop from Robert Dancik and Louise Duhamel.  We had a fun day in the class.  The project looks really complex, but is actually a series of simple techniques that when combined makes an impressive looking pendant.  I'll have a photo of my piece tomorrow.

I had dinner tonight with Paul, Gail, Anne, Terri, Henriette, and Karen in a great Italian restaurant across the street from the Hyatt.  Paul was mightily out numbered, and I don't think he could have been happier.  I haven't laughed so hard in a really long time.  It's such a strange thing to have friends like these, that you see so infrequently and yet who mean so much to you.