The Official How to Tell If Your Bead Hobby is Out of Control Quiz.

So recently a customer wrote, "Dear Babby of Buttercup Beads - How can I tell if my bead hobby is out of control?"

Dear Worried Beader,

Aunt Babby is really glad you asked that question; and has prepared a little quiz below to help you find the answer. No need for fancy paper, pencil, ruler, or graphing calculator - just answer each question openly and honestly in the privacy of your own little fuzzy head.

~Welcome to Aunt Babby's~
~How to Tell if Your Bead Hobby is Out of Control Quiz ~

1. Do you or have you ever had to eat next to the dog or cat bowl on the kitchen floor because bead projects are/were covering your kitchen table?

1a. dining room table?

1b. counter tops?

1c. end tables?

1d. coffee table?

1e. lap?

2. Do you, or have you - ever hidden bags of "stash" overnight in the trunk of your car, under your coat, or in your large handbag - just so that you could sneak them in when no one watching?

3. Have you, or your partner, ever rolled over onto bent nose pliers or a crimping tool while sleeping in bed?

4. Have you recently thought about beading your plastic shower curtain? (even if it is moldy)?

5. Have you, in fact, beaded any shower curtain in the past 6 months?

6. Do you think your pet needs another bead embellished collar?

6a. Even if your pet is an iguana, or a tropical fish?

7. Have you ever thought about beading your spouses pajamas?

7a. Even though he is still sleeping in them?

8. Do you read your bead magazines at inappropriate times? (Think: board meetings, church services, during childbirth, or while piloting a car at 70mph?)

9. Do your children still not like peas even though you spiral stitched a green pea necklace for them?

10. Does your husband or children know the term "Ndebele" ... and can also use it in a sentence?

11. Has your cat ever coughed up a seed bead and Fireline hairball?

12. Do you get a blank expression and get all goosebumply when someone mentions the words....Bead Fest?

If you answered yes to any one - or any part - of the above questions - Aunt Babby and Baby Babby (nee: Carlie)think you should RUN - not walk - immediately to Buttercup Beads. We understand you and don't think your hobby is in any way out of control. In fact, we celebrate your addiction - heck - we'll even turn you onto some harder stuff.

We think you're fine. Dandy even. Just the way you are.

We'll take the shame out of beading and jewelry making addictions by putting you in touch with others just like you. We promise to expose you to even greater creative freedoms through our classes and beading events, and help you nurture - not hide - your creative expressions through the art of jewelry making.

And we'll do it with candy.

And laughter,

Lots of laughter.

~Aunt Babby.

Buttercup Beads ~ where creativity blossoms!
2151 E. High Street, Pottstown, Pa.  19464
484-524-8231  www.buttercupbeads.com

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