Our colleague Rita submitted a design to the Soft Flex Trios beading contest, and it has been nominated as a possible winner.
Vote for Rita Hutchinson 
It’s voting season, so why not vote for the design: “Mystical Trios: Magical Butterfly Necklace”, by Rita Hutchinson?
Thanks a GR!
(Bead-supplier talk, for “thanks a million”!)
I found a website that says your 37th is your alabaster anniversary…
Happy anniversary to Rings & Things! We celebrated our 37th “birthday” this last weekend. It was a big, fun bash. I wanted to share a couple quick photos!
A Wubbers & wire (wrapping) demo with the EuroTool ladies
Visitors took in lots of demos: wire-wrapping, SoftFlex stringing with Sara, and metal-stamping “make & takes”.
Finding fun Czech beads was as easy as shooting fish in a barrel...
We had absolutely piles of great new beads that you haven’t seen in our catalog!
Dyed composite magnesite beads were an attention-getter!
…Got a jones to check our shows? If you live near Rochester, Boston, New Haven, northern New Jersey or Philadelphia, put in your name to be our Guest Bead Helper the last week of September!