This past week, our editorial assistant, Lora, was on vacation. That meant I was on call to help our customer service department answer beading questions. It’s been a fun week helping readers with projects old and new, and researching some bead-related questions.

One particularly interesting search led me to the Web site of the National Button Society. The question — When is their 2008 show? The answer — August 9–16 in Appleton, Wis.  Click here for more information about the National Button Society. You’ll learn lots of interesting things about buttons.

For an interesting project using an antique button, check out Leslee Frumin’s button pendant in the October 2007 issue of Bead&Button. It’s on page 60 in the magazine. Or you can click here to order the PDF of the instructions.

Happy beading,

Lynne