Sunday, June 7, 2009

MZ Glass



There were so many venders with so many beautiful beads at the Milwaukee Bead & Button Show, it was pretty overwhelming. Very exciting to be there, and just drink it all in. I walked around for a couple hours, seeing what was available, and enjoying being in the same room with hundreds of people who all shared the same interest -- beads and jewelry. The picture on the right shows only a fraction of the vendors at the show.
My strategy was to only buy beads that I had a definite plan for, and not succomb to the temptation I'm sure everyone who's ever shopped for beads has experienced -- the urge to buy beads because of their beauty, and hope to devise a design for them later on. I've heard it referred to as 'releasing your inner magpie', something I've done on more than one occasion.
After my first circuit of the marketplace, I got down to business. Beautiful, handcrafted beads, made by the vendor herself, was my quest. And I found just that in MZ Glass, Margaret Zinser's amazing flamework beads.
Margaret is a wonderful person, warm and friendly, and it was a pleasure to meet her and to chat. You can reach Margaret through her website
and view and order online her gorgeous flamework beads.
Her work is also featured on the cover of "The Flow" magazine. I bought some lovely beads, just what I was hoping to find, which I'm going to make into earrings, and will have listed in my Etsy shop in the coming weeks.

6 comments:

Audrey said...

Sounds like a great show!! I love craft fairs/shows, wish I had the time to be in some.

Tethyis Dreams said...

Looks like a good time! I love those shows:D

Michelle said...

Hey!! What a coincidence that you were in Milwaukee!! LOL!!!

DalkullanJewelry said...

That was the first show I've ever been to, and it was a lot of fun. Michelle, you were there too? Were you taking a class, selling, or a buyer?
I'm going next year too, hopefully, if you'd like to meet there. (-:

Heather Leavers said...

love the "releasing your inner magpie" concept - with me of course it's wool. I have such a big stash - yet somehow it's never the right colour!

DalkullanJewelry said...

Thanks Niftyknits, I wish I'd come up with that phrase, it's pretty clever!