From one bead place, Tucson, on to the next bead place: New Orleans during Mardi Gras!

Never really planned to this way, but we sure are having fun.

The beads used to be Czech glass beads, then Japanese, and now Chinese plastic. Most are the ones that are melted on thread, so you can not unstring them. However, sometimes there are 'real' plastic beads in the mix.

Yesterday was the parade of the Krew of Toth. Many of the beads they threw were Egyptian inspired. So now, I have a whole set of my very own 'Egyptian revival beads' ;-)