Have you bought a 2008 Bead&Button Show bead? This year’s bead was designed and made by lampworker Kim Fields. According to the Bead&Button Show Web site, there are fewer than 60 available. The show bead is always a popular souvenir and sells out by show time. Click here to order your bead today.

For those who purchase a bead, Bead&Button is offering the opportunity to show everyone what you made with it. We will feature completed jewelry projects in the December 2008 Your Work section. Let this beautiful bead inspire your creativity to design something unique and original.

The Bead&Button editorial staff each designed a necklace project for our recent show bead challenge. Online voters selected their favorite project — a necklace made with Wire Lace wire and strands of beads designed by assistant editor Lesley Weiss. Click here for instructions for Lesley’s necklace.

Happy beading,

Lynne