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We're back from the Hot Glass Festival in Staunton. Chad went both days and I got to go on Sunday. We had a great time and met some wonderful glassmakers from around the country. I even got some cool broccoli beads that I'm making into earrings. I'm such a die hard vegan. ha ha Next year's show promises to be even bigger, so mark your calendar for next April!!!!

Even though we sold a lot of them, we have some new pendants left from the show. From small frit implosions to turtles, we have them all. And they are gorgeous!!!! (I didn't make them myself - Chad did, so I can brag.) They will soon be listed at www.cosmoglassworks.com (Chad's spinoff glass company), but of course we'll have them in the store too.

We have some great classes coming up in May, including a glass pendant class and a marbles class. Sign up early!!! I am still working on designs for summer classes, but we plan to do PMC, wire bangles, polymer clay, wire rings and some cool knotted necklaces and micro-macrame jewelry. Chad will be doing some amazing glass classes as well, so keep tuned to our classes page for more info soon.

We have lots of new beads in the store. I have some bright, fun resin beads in stock as well as some new wooden and Buri nut bead strands. These are great materials for summer jewelry. Tax time was good to Chad and me, so we will be getting lots of tools, stringing wire, glass, books and more beads in the next month. If you have any requests, we'd love to know.

And don't forget about our great finished jewelry gallery. We have beautiful jewelry and glass beads from local artists that would make excellent gifts for Mother's Day - hint, hint.

Keep checking back with us. I promise we'll keep this updated better.