"Beverly, I'm so excited to take your new book with me to the Bead & Button! I always get so overwhelmed by all of the color on the showroom floor and end up spending way over my budget because I can't narrow down my choices.

I plan to read your book on the airplane to Milwaukee and choose 3 to 5 of my favorite palettes to work from. Thank you so much for this great color resource!"

-Jody (Florida)

Jody isn't the only one who told me that she was bringing my new eBook with her to the Bead & Button Show.

 

Choose your favorite palettes from Artful Color for Creative Projects to help you pull together gorgeous color from the show room floor and give you just the right pop of color to make your class project stand out!

A Great Tool for the Bead & Button Show!

Hey Gulls!
Are you going to the Bead & Button Show?
Take Artful Color for Creative Projects with you
To help you pull colors together while bead shopping
And to add just the right 'pop of color' to make your projects stand out from the flock!

A great read on your mobile device during the flight over too!

If you would like to join in on all the color, fly on over to www.BeverlyAshGilbert.com

(okay a bit corny but I couldn't resist - he was just too darn cute!)

Color Inspiration - Orange Bar Stools

Colors glow on a night time stroll in Milwaukee at the Bead & Button Show

 Clasp from Wanderlust Neckpiece in Nebula colorway

Seed Bead Soup Collection in colorways: Burnt Orange, Paprika, Cabernet and Nebula

Goodbye Bead & Button Show

The Bead & Button Show swirled past - a whirlwind of colorful people and gorgeous jewelry. There is an intensity and excitement that hangs in the air, despite overfilled schedules and exhaustion. Creativity rises like a fever, infecting teachers, students, staff, exhibitors and even passers by...

Hotels, shops and restaurants in Milwaukee can feel it too, not just because their numbers swell, but because moods and spirits do too.

Such a thrill to be a part of it, an honor to have taught for 6 years.
But my family needs me now.
So I will be staying home, finding balance.
Tilting the scale towards my kids, my husband, my home

I will miss you Bead & Button
... and Milwaukee

Hope to see you at the Bead & Button!

Display from 'The Bead Must Go On' 2009

Counting down the days
Excited to see all of the wonderful people, colors and styles at the Bead & Button
Looking forward to some long walks along the river into the Historic Third Ward...


Saving up my appetite for another 'Restaurant Week' in downtown Milwaukee...


And hoping to see you!

In class (June 5-11)...

Meet the teacher (June 8 evening)...


Beading Across America book Signings (June 11 lunch time)...

Lilacs

Thanks to starts from the old fashioned lilac in my parents yard, to exotic varieties picked up at the Hulda Klager lilac gardens, our garden is awash with fragrance!

p.s. and thanks to my boys for planting them while I dive into preparations for the Bead & Button Show!

Getting ready for the Bead & Button Show

Packing up bead soups and fiber bouquets for the Bead & Button Show.
Creating new colors along the way!

Hope to see you in class, at Meet the Teacher, and at Beading Across America book signings!

My Book has Sold Out!

I ordered books from my publisher to go directly to the Bead & Button Show... and they are sending me the last 26 copies!

Great news is that Beaded Colorways will go into a second printing - due out in September.

THANK YOU
dear readers - for your wonderful support, encouragement and for passing on the word!!

I'm on my way to the Bead & Button - hope to see you in Milwaukee!

I Dream of Beading

Wander with Color Friday - Saturday, April 30 - May 1

Wander with Flair Sunday May 2

I'm off to I Dream of Beading in Poughkeepsie NY for a trunk show and 3 days of classes. I'll come loaded with bead soups and books (Beaded Colorways and Eye For Color) - hope to see you there!

Bead & Button Show Class Catalog

Undersea Volcano is on the cover!

...and on the Bead & Button Show home page banner (click on Photo #2)!

I will be at Quiltworks NW / Beads & Beyond (Bellevue WA) all day Friday, January 22 for my first Beaded Colorways book signing event coupled with a trunk show of all my bead soups and fibers. Hope to see you there!

And if you are around on Saturday, join me for my Wanderlust Bracelet class.

My January newsletter has gone out - let me know if you would like to be on my mailing list.

Goodbye Milwaukee and Bead & Button

Beaded beads by 'The Bead Goes On'

Glass beads by Harold Williams Cooney

So much color and energy electrify the entire city during the Bead & Button Show...

even the bridge towers wear baubles.

Winding down after class with Tonia Davenport, Jeanette Cook and Marsha DeCoster

One last walk along the river and into the Third Ward.

How could I resist this fabulous window display? ( Anthropologie )

Another whirlwind week and the Bead & Button Show is over for a year. Fun, colorful, creative, exhausting, exhilarating...

I'll miss you, Milwaukee - see you next year!