Pictures of Bead Fest!!

Once a year, one of the GREATEST bead shows in America comes to my town.


BEAD FEST PHILADELPHIA!!!!!!! WHOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Sorry. I get a little excited when it comes to Bead Fest. Over 300 booths of jewelry suppliers + 1,000 or so bead hungry women = mass bead shopping chaos. 

This is what you see as soon as you walk through the admission doors:

Yeah, lots and lots of shoppers. But after you wrangle yourself through the crowd, this is what else you find:



Millions and billions of BEADS!!!

And the shopping is intense. Women tote around suitcases to store all of their purchases from the day: This is one of the smaller ones I saw...


I saw the world's "almost" longest neckace....

And shelled out a buck for the charity behind the necklace.  
I was bead number 12,050.  Oh yeah.

Here are my purchases from the day:

I'm currently on a "start saving for real life" spree so I didn't buy as much as I have in past years.  I hit up the $1 strand deals, and love what I bought! All this was only $24. Plus, I got free admission to the show (normal admission is $12) so altogether not bad!!!


Can't wait to start beading with it all!

5 comments

  1. That's a long necklace! Why 'almost longest'? There's a necklace out there that's longer? Your discipline is admirable... I would have squandered an entire month's salary without thinking of any future if I see those many beads so accessible in one area :)

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  2. That's cool! I would have been overwhelmed and fainted...but I love em!

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  3. Ok I'm making multiple comments here!....
    so jealous of the bead show and you got some great stuff!
    your wristlet turned out great!!!
    fabulous thrifted skirt!!! And yay for a sewing machine!!!
    whew!

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  4. Sommer, it does travel somewhat, not to many places though. You can check out their website, I think it also goes to Texas. The innovative bead show is another one that travels more around the north east

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