We had a great deal of fun in our first cave. We ate, talked, laughed, ate, talked, laughed ..., oh, and then some of us did some beading. Many of us hadn't really met each other before, so there was a great deal of bead babble, exchange of ideas, solutions, prior projects, and much other bead related stuff. And uh, some serious bead buying was done!!!! Both in the cave and on a 'bead run' made to a local bead store -where the four who went got there just as they were closing and left 1 1/2 hours later - they are all now considering bankruptcy as the only solution - LOL. The store owner even took a run to the local convenience store to bring in liquids - a MUST in our PHX summer uh warmth.

There was a Bead (Fairy) Box - the 'decorator' of the box resists that title, so it was called the "Phoenix Bead Cave 2000" box and was given as a door prize after the bead pick was finished. It was gorgeous and Mary was the lucky winner and was more than totally delighted - it is a beauty. It's not quite finished (will not be a UFO, just a project that became bigger than it's time allotment), but will be put on the top of a wonderful cigar box for holding beady things. A pic will be posted when it's finished - if we can get it out of Mary's hands long enough.

There was also a totally generous 'cave necklace/earring' set made by all the members of the cave as a surprise for the "Cave Maven". It's not finished either - LOL - but is making the rounds. Needless to say, said "Cave Maven" is MORE than thrilled with this generosity and has seen it in it's almost finished condition and it is a WOW. Again, we'll post a pic when it is complete.

Our attendees were: Mary AKA Da Nuc; Caryn AKA BedeQween; Tina AKA Elegant Elements; Crystal AKA guru of 'censored', Linda AKA I'm NOT stressed; Lindsay AKA Spiral/Pinwheel Goddess; Gail AKA I'm actually beading here; Donna AKA Blue Sky; Susan AKA Babble 'til their eyes glaze; and Rich AKA Kumihimo Guy. And we all greatly missed Pat, who couldn't come, AKA Sheep Skin Shredder. And a special, brief appearance was made by Martha AKA now I'm sorry I didn't do the whole cave.