My second day of teaching at Beads By Blanche and I can't wait to get there and get started.

Today the class is my Interlocking Crystals and once again I loved seeing all the colour combinations which appeared.

One of the many things I love about this shop is that they make colour choice really easy by ensuring that they have a wide variety of each item available and then laying out colour suggestions which you can use whole or use as a starting point for your own scheme. It's a great idea and one I saw many people use.

During the course of the day I manage to begin building my own "must-haves" to take home... which soon begins growing... over the couse of the day I treat myself to some great metal seed beads, a crystal to go with a bird I bought at Tinsel Trading, some great transfers and frames to put them in, chain and numerous other items I cannot leave without.

Before I know it the day is over and it's time for me to say my goodbyes and head on home for my last night in New York for 2010.