Weird Beads and More Delight Tucson Gem and Mineral Show Goers

It was only last February that my beading friends and I (I am not a beader) spent several days at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Shows. On one of our forays into the world of gems, minerals, beads and jewelry I found these skull beads which just "screamed Day of the Dead" to me. I had to have them. They were only $3.00 for the string. Such a deal. But later, back at our rental condo, I had to admit