Today was an awesome day in Jemville. For over 4 months we've been planning to start road tripping to other cities within Texas to visit beadshops. Originally, we had about 6 members sign up, but we ended up tripping with 4. Our plan was to coordinate visits with as many bead stores as we could from Killeen, Texas back to Austin. D&G Designs, Killeen, Texas; Bead Bistro, Killeen, Texas; Brazos Collections, In, Salado, Texas and round it out with Intrisic Beads, Georgetown, Texas. What follows next is some of the highlights of our trip. Loved hanging with +Suzanne; +Ida Stringfellow; +Annette...we even did Austin Bead Society business.
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| Annette |
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| Ida - our intrepid researcher...thanks you did a great job! |
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| Suzy, our dedicated driver...thanks! |
Our first stop was at D&G Designs Store. Well wouldn't you know we were so anxious that we met the owners Dahlen and her husband (sorry in my excitement I forgot his name). She greeted us with a hug and took a picture with us...before opening the shop...bless her heart.
Our 2nd stop on the trip was to Bead Bistro...again we met the owner and they were so full of fun. They had a chainmaille class going but we hadn't planned for that so we just shopped and spent money instead.
Unfortunately, after this stop I had a cellphone dying issue so wasn't able to take many pictures after this. However, we had enough juice to record our thoughts about the shop, the merchandise and anything else.
I apologize upfront for the pictures...not sure what happened but with import they show as landscape not portrait...anybody know how to fix, please comment.
