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If I could go anywhere in the world right now on my beaded bus, it would be to the Midwest Airlines Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. That is where this year's Bead & Button show is taking place, and it is a week-long event through June 10. This is the largest bead show in the country with over 360 vendors. This year, they expect more than 14,000 people to attend. For those of you who are new readers, two of my pieces will be on display there as part of the Bead Dreams 2007 competition - Waiting for Dad and Engine Co. 6. I am both nervous and excited about this, and now I'm wishing that I went to the show. This is the first time my work has ever been on display. If any of you happen to go to the show, please let me know what you think. Or better yet, please send me some photos, so I can see! I would greatly appreciate that:)
And, yes, that's really me riding in the bus next to Jimi Hendrix. If you enlarge the photo, it looks like I've been influenced by the other passengers, because I'm drinking a beer! At least, that's what it looks like... I am surprised at myself! LOL. Then again, a good beer and the blues go hand in hand:)
