Most of this second-to-my-last-day at the Perlen Akademie in Germany is spent in Hall 5 at Creativa Expo. How lucky I was to have two new friends join me for most of the day. Margot needle felted a Felted Bead Diva Lariat (and translated for me when necesaary). And Wish-I Knew-Her-Name ( note to self: ask Perlen Akademie for name tags next year!) made most of her Felted Rose Lariat while at the demo. Even here in its first year, I have had the distinct honor of having some beaders take more than one class with me. Gunhilde and I, both appreciators of the color green, are seen her conspiring about things green...

My cherished Turbo Felting Board did me proud. I whizzed through the felting demos like a breeze. The Felted Rose Lariat whipped up in no time. Tonight at the Felted Bangle Bracelet class we were able to "bang put" those lovelies and bead them, in a short class thanks to that sharply corrugated surface. Though I sold a couple, I fear many remain to ship home.

Two brand-new beaders showed up for tonight's class. They were successful in their undulating peyote and hand felting a bangle bracelet. Yippee. Both were friends of Angela's. Recall that Angela is one of two people I met last year over the phone for a magazine interview. Then she had a horribloe car accident and was not expected to survive. Well, here she is, right, these many months later. Today she is vibrant and bubbling with joy and enthusiam and recovering.

Tomorrow is the last day of this amazing event. I'll be teaching the Harlequin (african helix) project that made sucha hit in Japan. Afterwards we all go collect our artwork from the exhibits. Hope we sneak a quick visit-with-each-other in before we all head home. There is much buzz about the bead aspect of next year's event.

Meanwhile, I have been hearing from folks signing up for workshops at The Bead Gallery (New Hampshire) and Beads By Blanche (New Jersey) next month. Looking forward to the approaching workshops with Imagine and Marlene's Felting Madness.