Beading Fun with Lorelei and Lisa!

Yesterday afternoon, I had the privilege to meet some of the beading industry's finest. It was such a royal treat for me!

If you have never met Lorelei Eurto, and love making beaded jewelry, then I hope one day you do get the pleasure to meet her in person. First off, I was greeted by her warm smile, and a hug as if we've been friends forever! She's a super fun girl to giggle and laugh with, who is real, and down earth. She is always full of helpful information relating to anything jewelry, beads, books, magazines and good ole business sense. She's got nothing but passion and creativity, and is a lively girl to be around. Honored to have been in her company for the day, I feel lucky to have found such a great inspirational beading and blogging friend.

Lisa of Lucid Moon Studio is a sweet girl who also joined us for the afternoon of fun bead shopping, mall shopping, dinner and great conversation. She's got such a great style in the jewelry she creates, and I couldn't stop staring at her lovely bird necklace and earrings she was wearing. She showed us her new resin pendants she made, which I was fascinated by, and even was lucky enough to purchase one... not sure I can let this one go. I will definitely have to hold onto it for a while. Hopefully, she will be setting up a new Etsy shop soon to sell her fabulous supplies! What's great about Lisa, is that I discovered she's about 2 hours away, and is someone I could catch up with from time to time for a little beading fun!

Overall, it was delightful, fun, exciting, and a great learning experience for a newer jewelry maker, business owner, and beader, such as myself. We had endless conversations about everything from, of course, beading to blogging, to business sense, and Moo cards, my driving, fitness and nutrition, to photography and weddings, to marriage, and also the hopes for children some day. We discussed the famous Etsy, and all the avenues it has provided to us for our jewelry, all the great artists out there, as well as all of the endless possibilities to creating unique custom jewelry. These ladies' company was awesome, and I hope that one day, I will be able to meet back up with them in the future!

Thanks for the lasting memory, girls!

Happy Beading.