Bead&Button Show 2008 May 31, 2008

Online registration opens January 15, 2008.

Anyone with a passion for jewelry, fashion, or art needs to experience the 2008 Bead&Button Show, June 1-8.

People make jewelry for a variety of reasons — to give as a gift, to wear with a particular outfit, to bond with loved ones, to relax, or to sell.

No event in the country celebrates this artistic pastime and its participants better than the annual Bead&Button Show.

For the eighth year in a row, the Midwest Airlines Center will host this showcase for stunning jewelry and personal style. Last year's Show welcomed more than 14,000 jewelry enthusiasts from all 50 states and 20 countries.

June 6-8 the Bead&Button Show will transform the Midwest Airlines Center's third floor into an international bead marketplace as more than 370 vendors from around the world show off and sell their one-of-a-kind beads and jewelry pieces. For those three days, shoppers enjoy the unique opportunity to purchase handcrafted jewelry from the artist who created it.

And if shoppers can't find the jewelry piece they're looking for, they can learn to make it during one of the more than 500 classes available at all skill levels.

Special events include:
-Meet the teachers reception
-Private shopping preview
-Lampworking Madness
-Bead Social and Auction Night — auction proceeds support breast-cancer research

Kalmbach Publishing Co. and its do-it-yourself jewelry magazines — Bead&Button, BeadStyle, and Art Jewelry — produce the Bead&Button Show.

Official Website: http://www.beadandbuttonshow.com