This weekend Dave and I went to The Bead Show in San Mateo. I was really drawn to the antique pendants, and the one I bought was from the booth shown above. As for beads themselves, I bought a string of grape colored glass spheres which I ended up combining with some silver separators. The ruby quartz beads, however, (the string on the right) make a beautiful necklace just as they are. There were a few more beads I left with that I'm using to make necklaces and hair pieces to give as gifts, and will post them once they're done and gifted.
