Kansas!

Drove to Kansas...

...to spend the weekend at the Bead Society of Greater Kansas City's retreat. Man, do these ladies ROCK! They arrived Friday afternoon and I swear they didn't leave the beading tables much other than to catch a few winks. Intense.

On Friday we did one of my new projects, Zsa Zsa Chain, which I think I need to finesse a little. It's a pretty little chain, but I could see the gray hairs sprouting throughout the room with frustration. Not an easy one! At Susie's suggestion, I'll redo the instructions by numbering all the beads so it'll be easy to see what goes where and when. I usually refrain from this kind of over-explaining, but sometimes I think drastic measures are required.

On Saturday we did both Star of India...

AND Pacifica...

I really don't know how these ladies kept it together. Each of these projects are pretty dang tough. As I often tell people, beadwork is like Sudoku for creative people!

I think there was a lot of caffeine involved, actually...

Thankfully we were in a beautiful setting, out in the country, at a bed and breakfast called The Barn. It was lightly raining all weekend, so we didn't feel the need to be outside.

The food was good and the company was lovely. What a fun bunch of women!

There really isn't anything better than settling down to a table with a bunch of like-minded people for the weekend, no matter what you're doing, don't you agree?