Oh WOW! You will never believe what I found!!!

I ran into one of my local dealers today that I don't go in too often because she likes to mark up the prices, and guess what I found??? She had just received a shipment of OOAKs and was taking them out of the box. Can you guess which beads were in there?? On top of that, they were having a "sale" on OOAKs - 3 for $75! I think I lucked out totally! I have been wanting this bead forever and the other one is just luck! To top it off, there was even a smiley bead in with the assorteds. I don't even think she knew what that one was...





Guess I might have to visit that store more often!

you got very luck there!!!

Oh my lord! Is it the white cat? and a Smiley, you lucky girl!!

What was the 3rd bead? oh is it the white dillo I am so green right now!

Can you go back and see if they have a pink, green or blue cat for me?

Lucky, lucky girl!

I want a dealer like that!

WOW!! Total stunners! Lucky you!

White dillo, white cat and white smiley! Incredibly beautiful! Woooowoo!

Surely this is an April fool and they are all artisan beads????!
If not then they are unbelievable finds
Well done, and I love the combo

NICE !

The beads are beautiful, they look wonderful with the China Silvers. But I am with Lollipop--wondering if this is an April Fool's thing. Either way, excellent job Chewbacca either with pulling our legs on April 1 or on your ability to luck into things at your LD.

Chewie are you trying to cause all of the members on here to have heart failure???

Whether it is April Fool or not, they are lovely and I'd wear then in a heartbeat!! Way to go!!!

That is amazing. Anyone would be happy to get any one of those beads
let alone all three. I know this must sound stupid, but I never thought
you could get smileys in the US. I always thought they were fakes or bought on Ebay. I have never seen one in real life..... Enjoy.

Lollipop wrote:
Surely this is an April fool and they are all artisan beads????!
If not then they are unbelievable finds
Well done, and I love the combo

You got me... April Fool! I bought them from an artisan that also sells on ebay. She gave me a much better deal that ebay, and they are all very nice beads!

Chewbacca wrote:

Lollipop wrote:
Surely this is an April fool and they are all artisan beads????!
If not then they are unbelievable finds
Well done, and I love the combo

You got me... April Fool! I bought them from an artisan that also sells on ebay. She gave me a much better deal that ebay, and they are all very nice beads!

If I remember correctly Chewie- you had a really good April Fool's prank last year too!!!

So now that you have fessed up are you sharing the name of the artisan?

sakyubc wrote:So now that you have fessed up are you sharing the name of the artisan?

She is ambeads on ebay, but I ordered directly from her. I think she might have an etsy website too, but I'm not sure. She did a great job!

Lol! I totally believed you!

Oh wow... I totally believed you

Either way, they are all gorgeous! I have also bought from her (not through ebay). She was really great to work with and does beautiful work!

Chewbacca wrote:She is ambeads on ebay, but I ordered directly from her. I think she might have an etsy website too, but I'm not sure. She did a great job!

You know when I first saw the Smiley I wondered if that might be the artist, but I didn't know about some of the other beads. I had even gone and looked at her site before I had written the first comment agreeing with Lollipop. Didn't find a cat in a quick perusal so wondered if someone else or if you were for real about finding them at an LD. I didn't know that she sold on Ebay, I had seen her site suggested here a bit ago:
http://www.annemeiborg.exto.nl/

ha you didnt fool me ,!!!!!! Didnt you trick us last year????? but the bracelet is still to die for!lol

How lovely, you've wanted a white dillo since forever.

sakyubc wrote:

Chewbacca wrote:She is ambeads on ebay, but I ordered directly from her. I think she might have an etsy website too, but I'm not sure. She did a great job!

You know when I first saw the Smiley I wondered if that might be the artist, but I didn't know about some of the other beads. I had even gone and looked at her site before I had written the first comment agreeing with Lollipop. Didn't find a cat in a quick perusal so wondered if someone else or if you were for real about finding them at an LD. I didn't know that she sold on Ebay, I had seen her site suggested here a bit ago:
http://www.annemeiborg.exto.nl/

Wow, she makes some fabulous beads! What an eye candy treat.

(And if you use the Google Chrome browser, you can get the pages on her site automatically translated from Dutch to English.)

Sure NOW the truth comes out! After I pulled a large clump of hair from my head wondering why all the great beads never come to dealers in NJ.
HEE HEE.
It seemed way to good to be true. Great beads they look FAB!

That was a wonderful April Fool but the beads are even better. I always though acquire Cat would be stunning and it is. Your White bracelet is gorgeous. Please let us know who the artisan is.

I was wondering for a moment.....but thought that nobody could be that lucky

Gorgeous beads !!! I love white OOAKs but can´t find any from TB.