Beadventure!

so yesterday I was all "hey, deliriumdeva, wanna go on a beadventure with me?" and she was all YES so today we indeed ventured out on an adventure that turned out to be a quest for small round things.

Obviously we started out at Northampton Beadery, where I bought quite a bit of crack supplies for the wristbands I posted about earlier, thread, new needles (it's astonishingly easy to lose these frustratingly skinny needles I use for this sort of thing) and of course some beads. It doesn't look like I'm going to be starting with gold tones, as those vials were O_o expensive, but something to know for later. and of course more black. Probably going to at least warp the loom tonight, if not get a far bit started. As expected, while I dithered in the delicas, deliriumdeva wandered the store oohing over interesting beads and charms. I had chosen my creative companion well.

Small round thing #2 turned out to be maki rolls, as we stopped off at Teapot to partake of combination roll lunch specials. (I'd like to note my displeasure at the disappearance of Taipei & Tokyo from downtown. Le sob. That's been my go-to Chinese/Japanese place for like a decade and a half, what the hell.) Oh Philly rolls, why are you so delicious? While lunching we discussed how our outing suddenly seemed to have a theme and what we could do next to adhere to it. I suggested gumballs or bouncyballs.

#3 - lo and behold, while stopping first at The Mercantile and then upstairs to Haven Body Arts what did we find but a gumball machine! I have my iffies on Penelope as a person, but I've always respected her as a piercer, and I like her new shop a lot, especially the sheer range of body jewelry she carries. Alas, a lot of the really cool stuff she carries is for gauges of piercings I will never have (it's a very good day if I can fit a 16 into my ears), but she is so far the only shop in the valley that carries 14K gold captive bead rings, which I've been looking for FOREVER. So now I know. :) Course, now I have the piercing/tattoo itch again. Probably a good thing I don't have money for such silliness.

All in all a satisfactory adventure indeed, and a rousing thank you to deliriumdeva for being willing to come with me!

And now some cuddle time with the sweetie and then CRAFT TALK.

(no subject)

...probably says something that I've spent the last two solid hours doing things with thread and ridiculously tiny beads, poking myself in the fingers with sharp bendy needles (not noodles, as I originally typed; that would be surreal), and sitting still enough to develop a cramp in my butt and I'll probably have an eyestrain headache later (which I will gladly take instead of the allergy-related BS I've been suffering with all week), but this is probably the happiest I've been in a while.

There will be pics when there's more to show other than a block of flat black and warp threads.

Guys, do me a favor. Next time I get mopey and depressed beyond all functioning, take me to the bead store and/or make me work on something.