Every beader has a shopping weakness, that one type of item that you always look for--and buy--nearly every time you enter a bead shop or show floor. My current weakness is not a special kind of bead (though I still manage to buy plenty of those!). My weakness is wide strands of hand-dyed silk, thin satin cords in bright colors, sturdy leather cord in earthy tones . . . anything that lets me experiment with designs on something other than my usual beading wire. Now that I'm attending more shows, I try to limit myself to just one beautiful piece of ribbon per bead show. (The important word here is "try"! If you're at Bead Fest Philadelphia next week, you can ask me how I'm doing with that limit!)...