Whew! What a weekend! My first studio show and what fun! After seeing what people like I’m inspired to new designs. I never thought that being the show could be inspiring as I’ve always been the one going to the shows and gleaning inspiration.

There were many highlights of the weekend and many interesting observations. While I set out to sell my jewelry I was pleasantly surprised to find out that many many people were interested in loose beads.

Someone saw a few little sets sitting out in baggies that I need to ship and asked if I was selling them. I explained they were already sold but as as a matter of fact, “look what I do have” and I pulled out my boxes of beads that were waiting to be made into jewelry pieces. They loved it. So I sold a lot of my beads, too.

Then I got the brainstorm that I had heard talked about in the forums of other show people that they have a “dollar bowl.” I thought, why not? I have a big box of beads that were my ‘experiment’ beads. Those that come about when I’m testing a new tool or working out a color scheme or design but don’t go further to become a set or a piece of jewelry. They were a hit too.