Festival Experience

OK, so I did my first official craft show at the Salmon Festival. Boy, was it hot for the end of September! 97 degrees! There were a steady flow of people all day, but not a lot buying. I had great company though. I shared my booth with Martha, Dan, and Brie of http://www.chicohope.etsy.com/. Other Etsy shops that participated were http://linksandloops.etsy.com/ and http://couturedejourdotcom.etsy.com/ I'm not sure that I'll participate next year, but it was good experience for me.

Great Web Site

In looking for design stamps for stamping metal, I came across a web site called Beaducation. In addition to cool stamps, they have online classes (some even free!) with reasonable fees. Check them out!
http://www.beaducation.com/classes/?p=home

Metal Beads

This bead was made by punching out two copper circles. The copper was then drilled, hammered with stamps for texture, and domed with the dapping block. The soldering was the tricky part. I used a little to much, but I learned a new technique.