Tuesday is my "run-around day" - the day I visit my favorite coffee shop, the library, the local thrift shops and do some needed grocery shopping. Some weeks I add Friday as an extra "run-around day" just so I can hit some garage sales, too. Sometimes during those "run-around days" I just feel like I'm in the right place at the right time and that was me yesterday.
Late in the afternoon I stopped at one of my regular thrift shops and found a treasure trove of African trade beads among other things! Some were hanging up with the necklaces and other jewelry and some were in a big bag of "junk" - a gallon zip lock baggie stuffed full of bits and bobs, tangled jewelry, odd earrings, etc - you just never know what you might find in it.
Well, here's a peek at the lovely beads I picked up for a proverbial "song"...
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In photos you will see some big-and-beautiful bone beads from Kenya, small glass trade beads, Kofi beads (the red plastic disc beads), silver metal Ethiopian prayer beads, some nice hammered brass beads and some very old Venitian millefiori trade beads. Ooooh, you can probably guess that I was dancing all the way to the car - so happy that they didn't know what they had!! (Geez, I hope they don't read my blog!)
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Such pretty beads! I have no idea what I'm going to use them for. For now, I'm just happy looking at them :)
Late in the afternoon I stopped at one of my regular thrift shops and found a treasure trove of African trade beads among other things! Some were hanging up with the necklaces and other jewelry and some were in a big bag of "junk" - a gallon zip lock baggie stuffed full of bits and bobs, tangled jewelry, odd earrings, etc - you just never know what you might find in it.
Well, here's a peek at the lovely beads I picked up for a proverbial "song"...
In photos you will see some big-and-beautiful bone beads from Kenya, small glass trade beads, Kofi beads (the red plastic disc beads), silver metal Ethiopian prayer beads, some nice hammered brass beads and some very old Venitian millefiori trade beads. Ooooh, you can probably guess that I was dancing all the way to the car - so happy that they didn't know what they had!! (Geez, I hope they don't read my blog!)
Such pretty beads! I have no idea what I'm going to use them for. For now, I'm just happy looking at them :)
Great Score! I am sure you will add them to another great creation.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Carol! Yes, I'm excited about using them. We were planning on going fishing today but it looks like a wall of rain is headed our way. I just might have to stay inside and make stuff instead! Shucks... :)
ReplyDeleteHi KJ,
ReplyDeleteI feel the same re: the millefiori beads. I fell in love with them as a child, not even knowing what they were but just the colors and designs were enough. Now I buy anything that might have one - sometimes I find a simple leather thong necklace with just one bead - I buy it and take it home with me :)