It always amazes me as I enter Nordic Gypsy just how many people shop in this, the only, authentic bead store in Rochester. While the national chain craft stores, offer small selections of beads among all the other craft options --- scrapbook papers, ceramic pots, candles, and silk flowers --- Nordic Gypsy is the real thing. In a small rather compact space they boast a wall of seed beads in hues almost beyond the rainbow's spectrum and resembling a 3-dimensional color wheel, Czech glass, vintage, Chinese porcelain, and even out-of-my-price-range African trade beads.
Today's shopping spree was borne out of necessity to restock basic supplies such as silver crimps and Bali spacers and in part just to allow my eye to wander and my hand to stoke the textures. As I've committed to supply art donations for multiple fundraisers, this afternoon's purchases will spree me to production.
Saturday, August 26, 2006
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