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Bead Trunk Show in Urbana, IL, Sunday, Nov 13

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Bead Trunk Show, One-Day Only, at Beads N Botanicals in downtown Urbana, from 11am to 4pm on Sunday, November 13. Cash & Carry (checks with ID) This one-day event features the works of Jamie Bossert. Strands of precious and semi-precious stones will be available, including the following: iolite, peridot, tourmaline, garnet, citrine, carnelian, labrodorite, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, aquamarine, opal, amethyst, lapis lazuli and more. Jewelry artists will appreciate the beauty of Jamie's work. These are incredible beads that you won't find elsewhere. Jamie Bossert an lapidary artisan from the Blue Springs, Missouri has been fascinated with rocks  since she was 10 years old. That is when she started working with her grandfather tumbling and polishing stones to set jewelry for her grandmother, mother, and aunt.  After working in her father's industrial tool company's machinery shop, she learned  how to cut, grind and drill her own stones.  Her passion for  t...