three bits of info:

For my bead friends:

Please take the time to enter your best beads in the GlassLine Magazine's "Small But Beautiful" competition. Guys, this is one prestigious exhibit. It is interanational in scope. It may well mark a moment in time in the evolution of contemporary glass beads.

Here is the link:

http://www.glassline.net/forums/showthread.php?t=9086

I will be teaching a really neat, 3 hour workshop at Bead & Button this year. It is something I call the instant earring project. Using the relatively "cheap" PMC paper and fine silver wire, we can create awesome, light-weight earrings. Please check out the Bead & Button class page when online registration opens on January 10, 2012 at 12 PM CST.

I will also be teaching that earring project and a clasp and finding workshop before the PMC Guild Conference June 19 & 20, 2012. Here is the link:

http://www.pmc-conference.com/events/pre-conference-workshops.html

You can also register for the workshops at the PMC Conference on my website, www.bbsimon.com.

Of course you can email me about any of the above stuff.

Hope to see you there!