Ok so I went to the place that has the Trollbeads, about an hour away and it was so much FUN!! All these beads I've only seen online I got to see in person. My first impression was that wow, the glass beads are small. In pics I thought they'd be large and chunky, bigger than the glass muranos but that wasn't so. Also, two of the same beads could have different coloring, different size, one fatter than the other, etc. If I hadn't already ordered some beads from BeadznBagz I would have just got them in store, but hopefully my order will come through and soon.
I was also surprised at how expensive the silver beads were, the small plain silver beads were like $47 for several that I liked and I asked her why and she said due to the amount of silver in there, something like 9.8 or somesuch? So I don't know, I may have to get the silver beads from Pandora and the glass beads from Trollbeads, but I did get the silver crab and the sea treasures one while I was there.
I picked up a bracelet with a fish clasp for both me and my daughter, we're both going to do a beachy them. Plus I have the bracelet/mexican lock combo I ordered that I'll do my earthy theme with.
Phew!