ISGB Gathering 2006
Kansas City, MO

Here is my lovely roommate Nancy Puffer and Uncle Booger.  Oh, I might add that most of the pictures that follow are all really cool and nice people.  There were a lot more that I got to spend time with but I wasn't real good about taking pictures. 

I don't know why I took this...it was in the Boogers room and I just thought it was cute.  It always cracks me up when people travel with stuffed animals...except the lady next to me on the plane that was gripping a stuffed moose for dear life and panicked when someone put something in the overhead because it almost touched her purse and "there's medication in there!" 

While it doesn't surprise me one bit that there was a stuffed animal in the Boogers room, I think it might have been one of their roommates.

This is the bubble gum head bead that I came home with from Mrs. Booger.  It's the only picture of a bead that you see here because I took the picture before I realized it would be going home with me.  I bought lots of other beads and will show them at some later time, and traded for even more.

Is this not THE best picture of the Boogers you've ever seen?  Ok.  Maybe you haven't ever seen a picture of the Boogers...I don't think I have ever seen one of them together. 

I was in charge for a while of flattie Brenda.  I let my guard down for one minute and found her raiding Mrs. Booger's bribe basket.  You can't see what is in there from the picture but it's a nice assortment of flavored larvae, a gummy rat, foaming at the mouth candy, bug guts, a gummy tongue and other stuff.  Mmmmmm.

But at least she has good hygeine...I think.  She was caught with Mr. Booger's brush.

I don't usually take pictures of things at people's booths.  Ever.  But I just had to for this.  I asked permission, of course.  I've seen this particular murrini before and this picture does not do it justice.  Marilyn Monroe immortalized in glass by Emiko Sawamoto.

Oops...one more of Brenda.  I don't know if Jim got tired of carrying her around or if he was hiding her from Sheryll.  No further comment.

Upon closer inspection you can see the feather dancing girl coming out of Brenda's head.  Poor Brenda.  She should have stayed with me.

Here is Julie Ferguson (fergiebeads) who did the layout for my book.  What a fun person to hang out with!

Here we are together.  People said that I didn't look like my avatar on line.  That's because (at least one reason) I had just had my hair straightened here and it was driving me nuts because I wasn't able to pull it back or anything else.  Not to mention the fact that my other avatar was taken about 6 years ago and I've since been greatly aged by having 2 kids.  Although the nice 19 year old marine guy sitting on the other side of me on the plane told me I looked 24.  Ha ha. Nice try Joe.

Mrs. Booger trying to bribe Sharon Peters at the Creativity Unleashed event.  Brenda was right there egging her on.  I gotta tell you...you creativity unleashed people kinda freak me out, baby.  I felt like I had entered the twilight zone. Jo Hoffacker (Dogmaw) wins the costume portion in my book, hands down.  She was another cool one I met but didn't get a picture of.

No, this isn't part of the creativity unleashed event.  This is what happens when an good auction goes bad.  It just went on forEVER and one of the Boogers got bored and started making nappy hats.  Everyone wanted one.  I'm not quite sure what the hooked fingers were.  And this was the sober crowd.

Here is my roomie, Nancy, again with Kim Fields.  Kim gave an awesome demo and is a really nice person.  I found out over dinner that she was some kind of production something-or-other for the Bozo show way back when. 

Mrs. Booger being really excited about something.  I think it was when her auction finally closed. 

And someone tell me who this is.  I know she looks familiar and I am supposed to email her this picture so she can show her husband that she was behaving in true Monty Python spirit.  (I'm not sure what that is but it does have something to do with the nappy hat).

Ah yes.  What would a Booger be without an Aardvark?  I really just wanted to take a picture of Triangle Man that travels with Kathy Lybarber (Aardvark Art) but nooooo, that crazy extroverted person that she is had to jump in and feed him an oreo.  (Not sure why he needed to be photographed eating an oreo).  And Mrs. Booger is just Mrs. Booger.

This is what Mr. Booger did during one of the demos.  He was polite and didn't crunch too loud but I think he was a little bored. I bet he'd carve a mean spam.  Now I know where Sheryll gets her inspiration for her face beads.

Here's me trading with Jeri Warhaftig.  I got a really really cool sand blasted heart that has an embedded (oh what was it?) copper heart and two of her puffy mandrels.  I can't wait to give those babies a whirl or two.  I just have to get in touch with her to find out how to use them.  Thanks Jeri!

Oh yeah, that's some girl named Amy Roupp in the background.  She was following me around all weekend...I couldn't shake her.

Here is Maria Perez-Bastian (I think I got that right) and Schermo.  Fun fun fun people.

Here I am signing a copy of my new book withMelody from Florida, she's friends with Lori Robbins.  And Lori, she has a bead for you so don't you let her get away with keeping it!

Here is Nancy again, Crazy Woman Leslie and Jules Frahm from Australia. 

Last but not least. me, Sheryll Booger and Brad Pearson's face (who published my book)...all of him...not just his face.