View entire thread: [ADVERT] : Our Glass Beads: Made in Italy - With An American
Posted by Lily&Tim on Sat Jun 17, 2006 8:14 AM Post subject: [ADVERT] : Our Glass Beads: Made in Italy - With An American
Hello, and welcome to www.BeadedLily.com Our physical store has been in existence in Florence, Italy for a while now
but we'd like to announce the opening of our full-service E-commerce online store. Lily is an experienced jewelry
designer of some 25 years with a number of bead stores under her belt in both the states and Italy. Tim is a glass bead
artist that learned his trade in the rolling hills of Umbria and now has clients such as Chanel of France and Italy's
own Ferragamo. However, our first love is and always will be our own creative collaborations, the most recent being our
online store. We invite you to visit www.BeadedLily.com and, when in Florence, our physical store in the shadow of the
Medici's grand Palazzo Pitti. Vi aspettiamo!
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View entire thread: New kids on the block...(Italian-Style)
Posted by Lily&Tim on Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:50 AM Post subject: New kids on the block...(Italian-Style)
Hello to all! My husband and I are "newbies" to newsgroups, but not to beads! HIM: Bead-making glass fiend.
HER: Jewelry-designing bead-nut. We are Americans fortunate to be living in Florence, Italy where we have a wonderful
little bead and jewelry store, and, most recently, our website. (Hence the new relationship with Newsgroups) Please,
when you can, pay us a visit. http://www.beadedlily.com
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View entire thread: Charter & (pointer to) FAQs
Posted by RCG.FAQ.BOT on Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:52 AM Post subject: Charter & (pointer to) FAQs
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Posted by RCG.FAQ.BOT on Sat Sep 16, 2006 1:20 AM Post subject: Charter & (pointer to) FAQs
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Posted by RCG.FAQ.BOT on Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:20 AM Post subject: Charter & (pointer to) FAQs
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View entire thread: AD: Debi's Auctions are Up!
Posted by Su on Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:11 PM Post subject: Re: AD: Debi's Auctions are Up!
Teresa wrote: [quote:7b244f8841]A few weeks ago I started a thread about Debi Manning and the trouble she is having
with loosing her home. The glass bead and jewelry designers have really banned together and donated a huge amount of
items to help Debi and her son. Kim Neely put the auctions together and they are spectacular! If you haven't seen them
yet, take a look! http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZbluffroadglassQQhtZ-1 There are so far 25 auctions running, the
generosity of these communities is really overwhelming and I want to thank each and every one of you who have sent items
in, made cash donations or are now bidding on all the goodies! [/quote:7b244f8841] Mike and I had a look at Kim's page
about the donations and were just overwhelmed by the generous support of the lampwork community. What an amazing
project, and so well-deserved too. -Su
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Posted by LavenderCreek on Sat Jul 15, 2006 10:58 AM Post subject: AD: Debi's Auctions are Up!
A few weeks ago I started a thread about Debi Manning and the trouble she is having with loosing her home. The glass
bead and jewelry designers have really banned together and donated a huge amount of items to help Debi and her son. Kim
Neely put the auctions together and they are spectacular! If you haven't seen them yet, take a look!
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZbluffroadglassQQhtZ-1 There are so far 25 auctions running, the generosity of these
communities is really overwhelming and I want to thank each and every one of you who have sent items in, made cash
donations or are now bidding on all the goodies! Teresa www.lavendercreek.de
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View entire thread: OT: Update on me and the babies
Posted by Barbara Forbes-Lyons on Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:59 PM Post subject: Re: OT: Update on me and the babies
Glad to hear from you Cindy. If you've got access, several of us are on instant messengers and many are available for
quick chats during the day. Another option for you would be to take up some seed beading or chain maille projects,
just to keep your mind and fingers active. I know there are only so many TV shows and audiobooks one can take! Keep
those babies baking! Barbara Beader and Polymer Clay Crusader http://www.penguintrax.com and
http://www.backseatgrammarian.com There is a very fine line between a hobby and mental illness. (Dave Barry) Need
quality, inexpensive web hosting with site builder and 50 apps? Check out http://www.lyonshost.com. Cindy Schoepp
wrote: [quote:de82cf24f8]I haven't listed or responded to posts forever so I thought I'd send a quick note to everyone.
I am going through bead (lampworking withdrawl) as I haven't been able to do so for 3 weeks now as I have been placed on
bedrest at 24 weeks. The babies share a placenta so there can be significant complications from that...right now very
minimal signs of problems, but the only treatment at this point in my pregnancy is bedrest. Wow does that make for long
boring days. I try to make some jewelry, but not feeling very inspired. Now that I look back the three weeks have
gone quickly or more quickly than I expected. I don't respond to many posts as is a slow process as I only have access
to internet via my handheld as we don't have a laptop...I think Carlos is looking at buying one...YIPEE...that would
really make time go quicker. I hope all is well with all of you and your families!! [/quote:de82cf24f8]
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View entire thread: OT: Update on me and the babies
Posted by Cindy Schoepp on Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:15 AM Post subject: OT: Update on me and the babies
I haven't listed or responded to posts forever so I thought I'd send a quick note to everyone. I am going through bead
(lampworking withdrawl) as I haven't been able to do so for 3 weeks now as I have been placed on bedrest at 24 weeks.
The babies share a placenta so there can be significant complications from that...right now very minimal signs of
problems, but the only treatment at this point in my pregnancy is bedrest. Wow does that make for long boring days. I
try to make some jewelry, but not feeling very inspired. Now that I look back the three weeks have gone quickly or
more quickly than I expected. I don't respond to many posts as is a slow process as I only have access to internet via
my handheld as we don't have a laptop...I think Carlos is looking at buying one...YIPEE...that would really make time
go quicker. I hope all is well with all of you and your families!! -- Cindy www.uniquecreationsbycindy.ca eBay ID:
UCBYCINDY JustBeads ID: UCBYCINDY
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View entire thread: I'm working on . . .
Posted by Luna on Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:11 PM Post subject: Re: I'm working on . . .
I'm still in search of one perfect pendant bead to finish a necklace, then I'll start the photographing. In article
<12ko8c8fjo91fe4@corp.supernews.com>, "Tazmadazz" <Tazmadazz@KITTYatlanticBB.net> wrote:
[quote:e5fce8443d]Have fun Luna, would like to see some of the pieces. I'd scrapbook them as that is a part of who you
are and not weird at all. Teresa in MD "Luna" <lunachick@NOSPAMmindspring.com> wrote in message news:
lunachick-C510F9.19293930102006@news.west.earthlink.net... I've been on a jewelry making jag the last couple of weeks,
so my next page is going to be pictures of some pieces I've made. (not as cool as Kate's famous necklace, but not too
bad I think) I just have to finish up a few things next weekend and then I'll be ready. I wonder if I'm making the
jewelry so I'll have an excuse to take pictures and scrap them, or if I'm planning a scrapbook page as an excuse to make
jewelry. I feel sort of guilty somehow, like a scrapbook should be for memories of people and events, not just sort of
bragging like "Look what I made! And look at the pretty papers I used!" Am I getting a bit weird here? I
think it's the weather.[/quote:e5fce8443d]
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View entire thread: the secret to a perfect crimp?
Posted by Marilee J. Layman on Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:40 AM Post subject: Re: the secret to a perfect crimp?
On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 17:24:54 GMT, "texastwostep" <atomicflare@gmail.com> wrote: [quote:ae966ffbbe]I am
using the side cutter already. maybe i'm just no good at this! [/quote:ae966ffbbe] Put some tension on the loose end,
use the side cutter, and the tiny bit you don't cut will go back under the bead. [quote:ae966ffbbe]Marilee J. Layman
wrote: On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 15:16:21 GMT, "texastwostep" atomicflare@gmail.com> wrote: I think I am doing
well on my crimping. The question I have is this: When I crimp the closing bead to put the clasp on, I leave enough
stringing wire to go through 2-3 beads. I have learned from some that I am supposed to nip the wire so that it doesn't
show. However, I have purchased jewelry that has the final extra length of wire, from the closing crimp, not appear
nipped, but instead placed directly under the bead, where no nip shows at all. Is there a trick to this? Is done with
tweezers to get that wire directly situated beneath the 2nd or 3rd closing bead to where the nip doesn't show, even upon
scrutiny? Use a side-cutter. -- Marilee J. Layman http://mjlayman.livejournal.com/ --[/quote:ae966ffbbe] Marilee J.
Layman http://mjlayman.livejournal.com/
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Posted by Jan Pompe on Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:31 AM Post subject: Re: the secret to a perfect crimp?
texastwostep wrote: [quote:056c2df7bb]I am using the side cutter already. maybe i'm just no good at this! Marilee
J. Layman wrote: On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 15:16:21 GMT, "texastwostep" atomicflare@gmail.com> wrote: I think
I am doing well on my crimping. The question I have is this: When I crimp the closing bead to put the clasp on, I
leave enough stringing wire to go through 2-3 beads. I have learned from some that I am supposed to nip the wire so
that it doesn't show. However, I have purchased jewelry that has the final extra length of wire, from the closing
crimp, not appear nipped, but instead placed directly under the bead, where no nip shows at all. Is there a trick to
this? Is done with tweezers to get that wire directly situated beneath the 2nd or 3rd closing bead to where the nip
doesn't show, even upon scrutiny? Use a side-cutter. -- Marilee J. Layman http://mjlayman.livejournal.com/
[/quote:056c2df7bb] I dont bead but my daughter does and she uses a special crimping plier that has various shapes in
the jaw. As an Electronic engineer (in the past) I did a lot of crimping of connectors and the crimp lug, tool and
material that is to be connected all need to be matched in size for a neat, secure and conductive connection.
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Posted by texastwostep on Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:49 PM Post subject: Re: the secret to a perfect crimp?
Hi, thanks. I like the http://www.firemountaingems.com/details.asp?PN=H201285FD I hadn't seen that before. I don't
like the clamshell crimp though, don't know why. Still curious to know how to get that extra wire perfectly under a
*second* or *third* bead (for example a Swarovski bead) without an excess hanging out at all. I've sen it done where
it's not nipped at the end of the bead, but the end of the wire lies directly and not even a fraction hanging out from
the bead. Thanks Y'all. Snaggeltooth wrote: [quote:65554212db]Yeah, you can use a bead tip or crimp end and not
worry so much about it. http://www.firemountaingems.com/details.asp?PN=H202187FN
http://www.firemountaingems.com/details.asp?PN=H202187FN http://www.firemountaingems.com/details.asp?PN=H201285FD
http://www.firemountaingems.com/beading_howtos/beading_projects.asp?docid=CRIMPENDS&sact=search
http://www.firemountaingems.com/beading_howtos/beading_projects.asp?docid=HWTCRMPCRMPBD&sact=search ST
"texastwostep" <atomicflare@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:r923g2tro29npni7poi443oe2mfsu2v00s@4ax.com... I think I am doing well on my crimping. The question I have is this:
When I crimp the closing bead to put the clasp on, I leave enough stringing wire to go through 2-3 beads. I have
learned from some that I am supposed to nip the wire so that it doesn't show. However, I have purchased jewelry that
has the final extra length of wire, from the closing crimp, not appear nipped, but instead placed directly under the
bead, where no nip shows at all. Is there a trick to this? Is done with tweezers to get that wire directly situated
beneath the 2nd or 3rd closing bead to where the nip doesn't show, even upon scrutiny? Thank you. Atomic
Flare[/quote:65554212db]
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Posted by Snaggeltooth on Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:31 AM Post subject: Re: the secret to a perfect crimp?
Yeah, you can use a bead tip or crimp end and not worry so much about it.
http://www.firemountaingems.com/details.asp?PN=H202187FN http://www.firemountaingems.com/details.asp?PN=H202187FN
http://www.firemountaingems.com/details.asp?PN=H201285FD
http://www.firemountaingems.com/beading_howtos/beading_projects.asp?docid=CRIMPENDS&sact=search
http://www.firemountaingems.com/beading_howtos/beading_projects.asp?docid=HWTCRMPCRMPBD&sact=search ST
"texastwostep" <atomicflare@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:r923g2tro29npni7poi443oe2mfsu2v00s@4ax.com... I think I am doing well on my crimping. The question I have is this:
When I crimp the closing bead to put the clasp on, I leave enough stringing wire to go through 2-3 beads. I have
learned from some that I am supposed to nip the wire so that it doesn't show. However, I have purchased jewelry that
has the final extra length of wire, from the closing crimp, not appear nipped, but instead placed directly under the
bead, where no nip shows at all. Is there a trick to this? Is done with tweezers to get that wire directly situated
beneath the 2nd or 3rd closing bead to where the nip doesn't show, even upon scrutiny? Thank you. Atomic Flare
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View entire thread: KooKoo Sally.com
Posted by Anonymous on Sat Jul 22, 2006 6:38 PM Post subject: Re: KooKoo Sally.com
HI, I haven't sold online, but I wanted to say that I love your color choices and the bead work. I'm a seed-beader too.
I've made other kinds of jewelry in the past but once I became involved with bead weaving I became obsessed with it..
Love it! Happy beading Jeanie bredahogan@gmail.com wrote: [quote:ef1e86660e]Hi Guys, Recently set-up my online store
selling my very own hand crafted and designed beaded jewellery. I am just wondering if anyone else has experienced
selling their own jewelry on the Internet? Feel free to check out my site: www.kookoosally.com
Thanks[/quote:ef1e86660e]
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View entire thread: Swarovski yarn??!!
Posted by Shirley Shone on Fri Nov 03, 2006 7:30 PM Post subject: Re: Swarovski yarn??!!
In message <aca0885fa9d449a2a07ba8f1fe7b7412.31951@mygate.mailgate.org>, Susan in VA
<suzy@bidonbeads.every1.net> writes [quote:896803d93f]Beckibead <beckibead@yahoo.com> writes Good grief,
what a great post, Susan!!! Thanks for sharing this info. You are welcome, Becki! "Shirley Shone"
<nospam@allcrafts.area51.demon.co.uk> wrote: What would an evening top cost if you wanted to knit one. 12 inch
may do 24 stitches. Even just to trim one would cost an arm and leg. LOL Isn't that funny - - I never even thought
about knitting with it! I saw it as a *jewelry* component! No wonder some of you are fainting! LOL! I forgot to think
outside the box cuz I found it on a jewelry site..... YIKES! <VBG Well I have tatted using
beads.[/quote:896803d93f] Made myself a very delicate bead trim for a blouse. Look divine on the collar of the blouse.
I got too fat to wear the blouse, so I unpicked the trim and sent the blouse to the charity shop. Now I have lost
weight and would have been able to wear the blouse again. Still I have the tatting. It does not do to throw things
out. LOL Shirley -- Shirley Shone shirley@allcrafts.demon.co.uk http://www.allcrafts.demon.co.uk
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Posted by Cheryl on Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:49 PM Post subject: Re: Swarovski yarn??!!
Ridiculous... I took a spinning course on various "art yarns" years ago and making something like this is
EXTREMELY simple. I would guess these are the "Swaro" faux pearls.... the pricing is just plain ridiculous.
Making a yarn like this is so simple it's criminal. 1. pick two yarns (or one yarn and a "carrier thread" 2.
String lots and lots of bead/pearl of choice on the carrier thread. 3. Ply the yarn and carrier thread together
slipping a bead on every few inches. good grief - what a rip off.... Cheryl Susan in VA wrote: [quote:813fe69209]I
just came across this product - never heard of it before - but it's gorgeous! [No affiliation with this site, but
wanted to share w/my RCB buddies.] :-) http://www.artbeads.com/swarovski-new.html [Here's what Artbeads said in their
newsletter: Swarovski's new crystal yarn is an amazing product that can be used like any other fiber in jewelry. It
comes in cotton, cashmere and mohair. We don't have all the styles yet but they are on their way!] Just fyi... --
Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG[/quote:813fe69209]
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View entire thread: Signs of a bead addiction
Posted by Vibrant Jewels on Fri Oct 27, 2006 6:04 AM Post subject: Re: Signs of a bead addiction
UH, I guess I should explain.... I'm a diabetic and I always carry an "emergency banana" with me.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL SHEESH Dawn!!!! -- Karleen Page Member International Jewelry Designers Guild (IJDG) Vibrant Jewels:
http://www.vibrantjewels.com/jewelry/welcome.htm JustBeads: http://www.justbeads.com/search/ql.cfm?s=21770 Join our
Yahoo Group: vibrantjewels-subscribe@yahoogroups.com "Dawn >^..^<" <dawnscannell@bellsouth.net>
wrote in message news:yJd0h.46774$vi3.28100@bignews3.bellsouth.net... [quote:a69ba8c924]LOLOLOL!!!! Emergency Banana,
Karleen? I'm so tempted to ask....but no....NO.....I'm going to try and get that image out of my brain. -- Dawn
"Art Insomnia" Web Site http://www.art-insomnia.com Auctions http://tinyurl.com/qyva7 "Vibrant
Jewels" <vibrantjewels@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:l0b0h.13158$Lv3.5936@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net... 11. When your family shops at your house b/c you have made
enough jewelry to adorn the masses! 12. When you can locate your beads, but not your electric bill, your glasses or your
emergency banana. 13. When you spend hours online drooling over beads you could never afford, instead of washing your
undies. -- Karleen Page Member International Jewelry Designers Guild (IJDG) Vibrant Jewels:
http://www.vibrantjewels.com/jewelry/welcome.htm JustBeads: http://www.justbeads.com/search/ql.cfm?s=21770 Join our
Yahoo Group: vibrantjewels-subscribe@yahoogroups.com "Patti" <DichroArtist@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1161869837.201439.287420@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com... You know when you are addicted to beads when..... 1. You
pass a school and you read the sign on the message board as "National Right to Bead Week" instead of
"National Right to Read Week". 2. You don't mind if your husband spends hours at the model railroad shop
because they have all kinds of cool tools you could use for beading. 3. You look at your yearly calendar and you've
marked all the bead shows on it instead of people's birthdays. 4. You find yourself dreaming about Bali silver. 5. You
fall in love with a different, new gemstone bead every week. 6. You look at the ironing, and think, "hmm, I think
I"ll make just one more bracelet before I start. That will give me motivation. I can wear it and look at it while
I iron." 7. You tape award shows so you can design beaded designs to go with the gowns instead of those
"tacky" borrowed diamonds. 8. Your child introduces you to their friends, saying, "My mom makes
jewelry", with an eye roll. 9. You go to the Gathering and people ask you to autograph your page in a beading
book, and it makes you feel like a movie star. 10. Your family knows who to call when they need a last minute gift for
someone. Here are my top 10 reasons. I hope everyone chimes in with theirs! Have a happy, beading weekend to all!
Patti www.pattiwhiteley.com [/quote:a69ba8c924]
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Posted by Carla on Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:19 AM Post subject: Re: Signs of a bead addiction
11. When you almost pick up something icky on the street, because at first glance you thought it was a bead. 12.
When picking out clothes to wear to work depends on what jewelry you just finished and have to wear *right* *now*! 13.
When fancy dress occasions call for bead shopping...even before shoe shopping. 14. When almost anything makes you
think, "I bet I could drill a hole and string it..." Cute thread, Patti :) Cheers, Carla Patti wrote:
> You know when you are addicted to beads when.....
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Posted by Dawn >^.. on Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:03 AM Post subject: Re: Signs of a bead addiction
14. When you see a set of beads so beautiful that it literally brings you to tears. 15. When you start to think about
what bills you can postpone to be able to buy that perfect set of beads. -- Dawn "Art Insomnia" Web Site
http://www.art-insomnia.com Auctions http://tinyurl.com/qyva7 "Vibrant Jewels"
<vibrantjewels@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:l0b0h.13158$Lv3.5936@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
[quote:28abf3f51a]11. When your family shops at your house b/c you have made enough jewelry to adorn the masses! 12.
When you can locate your beads, but not your electric bill, your glasses or your emergency banana. 13. When you spend
hours online drooling over beads you could never afford, instead of washing your undies. -- Karleen Page Member
International Jewelry Designers Guild (IJDG) Vibrant Jewels: http://www.vibrantjewels.com/jewelry/welcome.htm JustBeads:
http://www.justbeads.com/search/ql.cfm?s=21770 Join our Yahoo Group: vibrantjewels-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
"Patti" <DichroArtist@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1161869837.201439.287420@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com... You know when you are addicted to beads when..... 1. You
pass a school and you read the sign on the message board as "National Right to Bead Week" instead of
"National Right to Read Week". 2. You don't mind if your husband spends hours at the model railroad shop
because they have all kinds of cool tools you could use for beading. 3. You look at your yearly calendar and you've
marked all the bead shows on it instead of people's birthdays. 4. You find yourself dreaming about Bali silver. 5. You
fall in love with a different, new gemstone bead every week. 6. You look at the ironing, and think, "hmm, I think
I"ll make just one more bracelet before I start. That will give me motivation. I can wear it and look at it while
I iron." 7. You tape award shows so you can design beaded designs to go with the gowns instead of those
"tacky" borrowed diamonds. 8. Your child introduces you to their friends, saying, "My mom makes
jewelry", with an eye roll. 9. You go to the Gathering and people ask you to autograph your page in a beading
book, and it makes you feel like a movie star. 10. Your family knows who to call when they need a last minute gift for
someone. Here are my top 10 reasons. I hope everyone chimes in with theirs! Have a happy, beading weekend to all!
Patti www.pattiwhiteley.com [/quote:28abf3f51a]
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Posted by Dawn >^.. on Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:59 AM Post subject: Re: Signs of a bead addiction
LOLOLOL!!!! Emergency Banana, Karleen? I'm so tempted to ask....but no....NO.....I'm going to try and get that image out
of my brain. -- Dawn "Art Insomnia" Web Site http://www.art-insomnia.com Auctions
http://tinyurl.com/qyva7 "Vibrant Jewels" <vibrantjewels@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:l0b0h.13158$Lv3.5936@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net... [quote:72c4f1df0b]11. When your family shops at your house
b/c you have made enough jewelry to adorn the masses! 12. When you can locate your beads, but not your electric bill,
your glasses or your emergency banana. 13. When you spend hours online drooling over beads you could never afford,
instead of washing your undies. -- Karleen Page Member International Jewelry Designers Guild (IJDG) Vibrant Jewels:
http://www.vibrantjewels.com/jewelry/welcome.htm JustBeads: http://www.justbeads.com/search/ql.cfm?s=21770 Join our
Yahoo Group: vibrantjewels-subscribe@yahoogroups.com "Patti" <DichroArtist@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1161869837.201439.287420@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com... You know when you are addicted to beads when..... 1. You
pass a school and you read the sign on the message board as "National Right to Bead Week" instead of
"National Right to Read Week". 2. You don't mind if your husband spends hours at the model railroad shop
because they have all kinds of cool tools you could use for beading. 3. You look at your yearly calendar and you've
marked all the bead shows on it instead of people's birthdays. 4. You find yourself dreaming about Bali silver. 5. You
fall in love with a different, new gemstone bead every week. 6. You look at the ironing, and think, "hmm, I think
I"ll make just one more bracelet before I start. That will give me motivation. I can wear it and look at it while
I iron." 7. You tape award shows so you can design beaded designs to go with the gowns instead of those
"tacky" borrowed diamonds. 8. Your child introduces you to their friends, saying, "My mom makes
jewelry", with an eye roll. 9. You go to the Gathering and people ask you to autograph your page in a beading
book, and it makes you feel like a movie star. 10. Your family knows who to call when they need a last minute gift for
someone. Here are my top 10 reasons. I hope everyone chimes in with theirs! Have a happy, beading weekend to all!
Patti www.pattiwhiteley.com [/quote:72c4f1df0b]
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Posted by Vibrant Jewels on Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:54 PM Post subject: Re: Signs of a bead addiction
11. When your family shops at your house b/c you have made enough jewelry to adorn the masses! 12. When you can locate
your beads, but not your electric bill, your glasses or your emergency banana. 13. When you spend hours online drooling
over beads you could never afford, instead of washing your undies. -- Karleen Page Member International Jewelry
Designers Guild (IJDG) Vibrant Jewels: http://www.vibrantjewels.com/jewelry/welcome.htm JustBeads:
http://www.justbeads.com/search/ql.cfm?s=21770 Join our Yahoo Group: vibrantjewels-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
"Patti" <DichroArtist@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1161869837.201439.287420@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com... [quote:8790d78513]You know when you are addicted to beads
when..... 1. You pass a school and you read the sign on the message board as "National Right to Bead Week"
instead of "National Right to Read Week". 2. You don't mind if your husband spends hours at the model
railroad shop because they have all kinds of cool tools you could use for beading. 3. You look at your yearly calendar
and you've marked all the bead shows on it instead of people's birthdays. 4. You find yourself dreaming about Bali
silver. 5. You fall in love with a different, new gemstone bead every week. 6. You look at the ironing, and think,
"hmm, I think I"ll make just one more bracelet before I start. That will give me motivation. I can wear it
and look at it while I iron." 7. You tape award shows so you can design beaded designs to go with the gowns
instead of those "tacky" borrowed diamonds. 8. Your child introduces you to their friends, saying, "My
mom makes jewelry", with an eye roll. 9. You go to the Gathering and people ask you to autograph your page in a
beading book, and it makes you feel like a movie star. 10. Your family knows who to call when they need a last minute
gift for someone. Here are my top 10 reasons. I hope everyone chimes in with theirs! Have a happy, beading weekend to
all! Patti www.pattiwhiteley.com [/quote:8790d78513]
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View entire thread: First time at the torch this past week.
Posted by Dr. Sooz on Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:17 PM Post subject: Re: First time at the torch this past week.
Don't leave the bead release inside the bead. We notice, and we don't buy. Why Susan wanted the release left in is a
mystery to me........ ```````````````````````````` Michael LeBlanc wrote: [quote:049389616c]LOL.. I tried on both! I
was soaking the beads and then using a bead reamer and pipe cleaner to get the release out and my wife told me that she
wanted it left in there... not sure why.. but I think some of the ones that I have picked out for myself I'll be doing
just that. As for her using them... she may be reconsidering since one of the ones with dichroic in it started showing
cracks inside days after it had been created.. so perhaps she got the idea ;-) I've been experimenting with different
shapes and combos but unfortunately I have the beginnings of ET (Essential Tremor) in my hands so doing precise work
takes a lot of concentration on my part. On some of them you can see where I was able to focus enough to stop my hands
from shaking for a few seconds... and others where it looks like a seismograph ;-) I'm hoping that once I build my own
bench I'll be able to create some arm rests which I think will go a long way in helping. If it is indeed possible to
get a kiln that does both glass and ceramics then we'll probably be getting one sooner rather than later; since I can
then justify the cost because it can be used by my wife and daughter as well. Thanks for the feedback! - Michael Dr.
Sooz wrote: Nice job! WOW! I can see you've still got bead release in there -- probably hard to clean that out when
the beads aren't annealed. If your wife is making jewelry for sale with any of your non-annealed beads, tell her to
think twice about that. The beads will be very fragile, will probably break, and will be bad for business -- hers at
present and yours in the future. Word gets around. `````````````````````````````````[/quote:049389616c]
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Posted by Michael LeBlanc on Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:01 PM Post subject: Re: First time at the torch this past week.
LOL.. I tried on both! I was soaking the beads and then using a bead reamer and pipe cleaner to get the release out and
my wife told me that she wanted it left in there... not sure why.. but I think some of the ones that I have picked out
for myself I'll be doing just that. As for her using them... she may be reconsidering since one of the ones with
dichroic in it started showing cracks inside days after it had been created.. so perhaps she got the idea ;-) I've been
experimenting with different shapes and combos but unfortunately I have the beginnings of ET (Essential Tremor) in my
hands so doing precise work takes a lot of concentration on my part. On some of them you can see where I was able to
focus enough to stop my hands from shaking for a few seconds... and others where it looks like a seismograph ;-) I'm
hoping that once I build my own bench I'll be able to create some arm rests which I think will go a long way in helping.
If it is indeed possible to get a kiln that does both glass and ceramics then we'll probably be getting one sooner
rather than later; since I can then justify the cost because it can be used by my wife and daughter as well. Thanks for
the feedback! - Michael Dr. Sooz wrote: [quote:47f2472f44]Nice job! WOW! I can see you've still got bead release in
there -- probably hard to clean that out when the beads aren't annealed. If your wife is making jewelry for sale with
any of your non-annealed beads, tell her to think twice about that. The beads will be very fragile, will probably
break, and will be bad for business -- hers at present and yours in the future. Word gets around.
`````````````````````````````````[/quote:47f2472f44]
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Posted by Dr. Sooz on Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:40 AM Post subject: Re: First time at the torch this past week.
Nice job! WOW! I can see you've still got bead release in there -- probably hard to clean that out when the beads
aren't annealed. If your wife is making jewelry for sale with any of your non-annealed beads, tell her to think twice
about that. The beads will be very fragile, will probably break, and will be bad for business -- hers at present and
yours in the future. Word gets around. ````````````````````````````````` Michael LeBlanc wrote:
[quote:66b38c570c]Thanks again.. I'll be sure to try and limit myself to just that! Susan finished taking some pics
tonight of them and I threw them into a little presentation... http://www.iron-fe-works.com/glass/index.html -
M[/quote:66b38c570c]
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View entire thread: OT mini "store" update
Posted by Vibrant Jewels on Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:42 AM Post subject: Re: OT mini "store" update
Hey Lori, I wore the necklace I made with your bead to a job interview the other day, don't know if I'll get the job,
but they sure loved my jewelry and ordered some... of course I'm not going to sell "your" necklace ... I
enjoy wearing it too much! LOL http://www.vibrantjewels.com/jewelry/BIO/beadnerdset.htm The colors are actually richer
than the scan... I wore it with a wine knit shirt and pants and a brown blazer. -- Karleen Page Member International
Jewelry Designers Guild (IJDG) Vibrant Jewels: http://www.vibrantjewels.com/jewelry/welcome.htm JustBeads:
http://www.justbeads.com/search/ql.cfm?s=21770 Join our Yahoo Group: vibrantjewels-subscribe@yahoogroups.com "Lori
Greenberg" <news@beadnerd.com> wrote in message news:R%_Vg.8614$o71.1863@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
[quote:906f816dcf]Good luck and congratulations. It looks absolutely fantastic! --
-------------------------------------- Lori Greenberg www.lorigreenberg.com eBay auctions: http://snipurl.com/n6su my
blog: www.beadnerd.com/blog/ "Sarajane Helm" <sjpolyclay@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:avSdncBXmNZQC7vYnZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d@comcast.com... hi there! Its not beads, but polymer clay eye candy--thought you
might enjoy it! Here's an updated look at the miniature quilt store "Pieces". Its finished, at least for the
moment, and everything else is getting there too. Its in fashion doll scale, and if Barbie quilted, she'd shop here.
The deadline clock is ticking; our book is coming out in just a few weeks! wish me luck.... do take a look:
http://www.polyclay.com/store.htm Sarajane Helm www.polyclay.com -- Sarajane's Polyclay Gallery Beads-Dolls-Wearable
Art http://www.polyclay.com See the progress at "Pieces" http://www.polyclay.com/store.htm
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Posted by Lori Greenberg on Fri Oct 13, 2006 5:44 AM Post subject: Re: OT mini "store" update
Hee hee. I forgot about that piece. I haven't done that style in a long time...maybe I'll have to revisit it. I hope
you get the job! -- -------------------------------------- Lori Greenberg www.lorigreenberg.com "Vibrant
Jewels" <vibrantjewels@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:VNhWg.6908$Y24.84@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net... [quote:74575d071d]Hey Lori, I wore the necklace I made with
your bead to a job interview the other day, don't know if I'll get the job, but they sure loved my jewelry and ordered
some... of course I'm not going to sell "your" necklace ... I enjoy wearing it too much! LOL
http://www.vibrantjewels.com/jewelry/BIO/beadnerdset.htm The colors are actually richer than the scan... I wore it with
a wine knit shirt and pants and a brown blazer. -- Karleen Page Member International Jewelry Designers Guild (IJDG)
Vibrant Jewels: http://www.vibrantjewels.com/jewelry/welcome.htm JustBeads:
http://www.justbeads.com/search/ql.cfm?s=21770 Join our Yahoo Group: vibrantjewels-
subscribe@yahoogroups.com[/quote:74575d071d]
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Posted by Vibrant Jewels on Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:58 AM Post subject: Re: OT mini "store" update
I really love this set... so far no job, they aren't sure - after the 2nd interview mind you - that they even have a
position to fill! SHEESH -- Karleen Page Member International Jewelry Designers Guild (IJDG) Vibrant Jewels:
http://www.vibrantjewels.com/jewelry/welcome.htm JustBeads: http://www.justbeads.com/search/ql.cfm?s=21770 Join our
Yahoo Group: vibrantjewels-subscribe@yahoogroups.com "Lori Greenberg" <news@beadnerd.com> wrote in
message news:aREXg.13204$UG4.4944@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... [quote:de8e0c0cc7]Hee hee. I forgot about that
piece. I haven't done that style in a long time...maybe I'll have to revisit it. I hope you get the job! --
-------------------------------------- Lori Greenberg www.lorigreenberg.com "Vibrant Jewels"
<vibrantjewels@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:VNhWg.6908$Y24.84@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net... Hey
Lori, I wore the necklace I made with your bead to a job interview the other day, don't know if I'll get the job, but
they sure loved my jewelry and ordered some... of course I'm not going to sell "your" necklace ... I enjoy
wearing it too much! LOL http://www.vibrantjewels.com/jewelry/BIO/beadnerdset.htm The colors are actually richer than
the scan... I wore it with a wine knit shirt and pants and a brown blazer. -- Karleen Page Member International Jewelry
Designers Guild (IJDG) Vibrant Jewels: http://www.vibrantjewels.com/jewelry/welcome.htm JustBeads:
http://www.justbeads.com/search/ql.cfm?s=21770 Join our Yahoo Group: vibrantjewels-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
[/quote:de8e0c0cc7]
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View entire thread: AD - Featured Artist at the Annealer and more!
Posted by Kandice Seeber on Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:53 PM Post subject: AD - Featured Artist at the Annealer and more!
Hi, everyone - how are you all? Lots of stuff to update you on today....I'll get right to it. First, I was emailed
this morning by Marilyn of The Annealer to let me know I will be their website's featured artist for October! I am
pretty excited about that. They should have a blurb and some pics up starting the first week of October.
http://theannealermagazine.com/ I also just put up a small bead set in their Auction Boutique - and I will be using
their auction site whenever I can this month. This means great deals for you guys! Here's the latest auction:
http://theannealermagazine.rscript.com/cgi-bin/auction/view?cmd=view&listingID=996 OR http://tinyurl.com/psba5
Another bit of news - I can't remember if I told you all this, but I will be hosting October's Lampwork Carnival on my
blog page in a couple of weeks. It's the Halloween Special, so if you have a blog or pictures of Halloween or fall
beads or jewelry, feel free to email me and I can include them in my article. The article will appear on my blog page
sometime the third week of October. My Blog http://airandearth.bravejournal.com/ Lampwork Carnival Home (so you can
read the other articles) http://www.lampworkcarnival.com/ Last but not least, I am still plugging away on orders, and
so far everything is still on time or early. Turnover time is 3-4 weeks or sooner on all new orders. Get your orders
in before the holiday rush! And as always, if there's something you want but don't see, please feel free to email me
and I will see what I can do for you. I am now looking for winter ideas! http://www.lampwork.net/catalog.html Okay,
that's about it for now - have a wonderful weekend!! Kandice www.lampwork.net
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Posted by Kandice Seeber on Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:50 AM Post subject: Re: Changing tastes - natural gems vs. dyed
Yep, I have a love/hate thing for plastic, too. But the lucite flowers are soooo freaking pretty. -- Kandice Seeber
www.lampwork.net Vote for my site! http://tinyurl.com/bbcon "Beckibead" <beckibead@yahoo.com> wrote in
message news:1158343736.485140.133400@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com... [quote:67f645fca9] Vibrant Jewels wrote: I used
to never use plastic/acrylic/lucite beads, Karleen -- I feel this is a very important point. I am still a bead snob
when it comes to plastic vs. anything else -- yet plastic beads, especially flowers and lots of plastic shapes in fact,
have always been an important component of high-end costume jewelry. Which I love to distraction. You can only hang so
much weight around your neck before it becomes a problem. Ask anyone who has long hair (not me as I would not know,
LOL). There are GORGEOUS vintage plastic flowers being sold for lots of money right now. Yet every time I see one of
them in a finished piece, I cringe. Becki [/quote:67f645fca9]
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View entire thread: Changing tastes - natural gems vs. dyed
Posted by Beckibead on Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:08 PM Post subject: Re: Changing tastes - natural gems vs. dyed
Vibrant Jewels wrote: [quote:38c251823c]I used to never use plastic/acrylic/lucite beads, [/quote:38c251823c] Karleen
-- I feel this is a very important point. I am still a bead snob when it comes to plastic vs. anything else -- yet
plastic beads, especially flowers and lots of plastic shapes in fact, have always been an important component of high-
end costume jewelry. Which I love to distraction. You can only hang so much weight around your neck before it becomes
a problem. Ask anyone who has long hair (not me as I would not know, LOL). There are GORGEOUS vintage plastic flowers
being sold for lots of money right now. Yet every time I see one of them in a finished piece, I cringe. Becki
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View entire thread: New Topic: What is YOUR favorite piece of jewelry?
Posted by Dr. Sooz on Wed Sep 13, 2006 2:12 AM Post subject: Re: New Topic: What is YOUR favorite piece of jewelry?
REALLY?!?!??!?! WOW!! Thank you, sweets!!!!!!!!! That is the most *perfect* name for those bracelets (which are The
Specialty of the House)!! "Clusterfuck"!! (Wish I could use it.) I wore my first bracelet of that type for
over 3 years, every single day, before a bead popped off. I put my hand in and out of my purse constantly, etc. -- that
bracelet was ABUSED. The orange-&-pink clusterfuck was made MUCH more sturdily, MUCH more than mine. You can wear
it more often than special occasions! And if it ever breaks, I can fix it easily. BTW, even though a bead fell off,
it's been 2 years -- and even though I never repaired it, I kept wearing it. It's held together. No unravelling
whatsoever. (But I really should fix it. I'm lazy about repairs of my own personal jewelry......)
```````````````````````````````` Kalera wrote: [quote:87192c29f9]Vibrant Jewels wrote: To try to stimulate some
discussion, how about this topic? What is YOUR favorite piece of jewelry and why? Is it something you made? Was it a
gift? Was it a special purchase? Today for me it is a pair of earrings I made... they are not that unusual really, but
the beads are a greenish picasso melon that seems to go with anything AND show up against my hair and skin. I'll try to
post a pic in a day or so. What about you? My favorite is this loud sparkly orange and pink clusterfuck of bead mayhem
that a certain someone gave me a while back. It makes me smile just to look at it. I only wear it on special occasions
and dates and moments when I want to feel extra pretty. It's like a caterpillar, or a hundred puppies playing. --
-Kalera http://www.beadwife.com http://www.bridgetownglass.com On eBay: http://www.snurl.com/1sfe[/quote:87192c29f9]
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View entire thread: New Topic: What is YOUR favorite piece of jewelry?
Posted by Kalera on Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:03 AM Post subject: Re: New Topic: What is YOUR favorite piece of jewelry?
Vibrant Jewels wrote: [quote:376519517b]To try to stimulate some discussion, how about this topic? What is YOUR favorite
piece of jewelry and why? Is it something you made? Was it a gift? Was it a special purchase? Today for me it is a pair
of earrings I made... they are not that unusual really, but the beads are a greenish picasso melon that seems to go with
anything AND show up against my hair and skin. I'll try to post a pic in a day or so. What about you?
[/quote:376519517b] My favorite is this loud sparkly orange and pink clusterfuck of bead mayhem that a certain someone
gave me a while back. It makes me smile just to look at it. I only wear it on special occasions and dates and moments
when I want to feel extra pretty. It's like a caterpillar, or a hundred puppies playing. -- -Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com http://www.bridgetownglass.com On eBay: http://www.snurl.com/1sfe
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View entire thread: OT -- Dammit
Posted by Cheryl on Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:49 AM Post subject: Re: OT -- Dammit
" (I thought they were tube worms, someone corrected me and told me their actual name, crinoids). I've been
gathering as many of them as I can find, and turning the suitable ones into jewelry..not just strung, but wire wrapped
as well. - Amber - that was me! (collected lots of fossils with my kids over the years). I remember discussing it a
long time ago. we want to see the pictures of that fossil jewelry! Cheryl fallen_ikon@yahoo.com wrote:
[quote:88e00397fd]Dr. Sooz wrote: I'm getting depressed by how few posts we get on RCB per day. We used to get ZILLIONS
-- a laugh a minute. Fer gawd's sake, lurkers, quit hiding! And everyone else, invite your friends to come to RCB! It
used to be so ALIVE here. I know some blame me for driving others away......I BLAME MYSELF! (No, that's a quote from
Ghostbusters......) Anyway, whatever. Let's get this party started, dammit. I've been lurking more than I've been
posting. I've been trying to get my website up and going, and have really been pushing myself to make more jewelry. I
actually just went to a bead show today and spent $170 on beads..which when you're buying gemstone beads, doesn't
actually give you a lot. I did find one strand I'm really happy with..rough pyrite nuggets, each one about 10 or 12 mm
in size. I've never seen pyrite drilled into beads like that before. I've seen lots of cut and polished pyrite rondelles
and square cut beads, but not rough nuggets. They're stunning, and very heavy. I have been working on a new line I'll
be eager to show once I have the pieces done. Some of you may remember how I posted a couple of years ago about some
fossils that would work well as beads (I thought they were tube worms, someone corrected me and told me their actual
name, crinoids). I've been gathering as many of them as I can find, and turning the suitable ones into jewelry..not just
strung, but wire wrapped as well. It's a long process, though, because I actually have to go out looking in creek beds
for the fossils, which are quite small, and then I have to cull the broken or unsuitable ones out, then clean the good
ones...but yeah. I'm really happy with how this line is turning out. -Amber.[/quote:88e00397fd]
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View entire thread: OT -- Dammit
Posted by fallen_ikon@yahoo.com on Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:32 AM Post subject: Re: OT -- Dammit
Dr. Sooz wrote: [quote:8ccfdebecb]I'm getting depressed by how few posts we get on RCB per day. We used to get ZILLIONS
-- a laugh a minute. Fer gawd's sake, lurkers, quit hiding! And everyone else, invite your friends to come to RCB! It
used to be so ALIVE here. I know some blame me for driving others away......I BLAME MYSELF! (No, that's a quote from
Ghostbusters......) Anyway, whatever. Let's get this party started, dammit. [/quote:8ccfdebecb] I've been lurking more
than I've been posting. I've been trying to get my website up and going, and have really been pushing myself to make
more jewelry. I actually just went to a bead show today and spent $170 on beads..which when you're buying gemstone
beads, doesn't actually give you a lot. I did find one strand I'm really happy with..rough pyrite nuggets, each one
about 10 or 12 mm in size. I've never seen pyrite drilled into beads like that before. I've seen lots of cut and
polished pyrite rondelles and square cut beads, but not rough nuggets. They're stunning, and very heavy. I have been
working on a new line I'll be eager to show once I have the pieces done. Some of you may remember how I posted a couple
of years ago about some fossils that would work well as beads (I thought they were tube worms, someone corrected me and
told me their actual name, crinoids). I've been gathering as many of them as I can find, and turning the suitable ones
into jewelry..not just strung, but wire wrapped as well. It's a long process, though, because I actually have to go out
looking in creek beds for the fossils, which are quite small, and then I have to cull the broken or unsuitable ones out,
then clean the good ones...but yeah. I'm really happy with how this line is turning out. -Amber.
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View entire thread: Gilbert & Frech?
Posted by monique on Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:58 PM Post subject: Gilbert & Frech?
I know folks in this group have some definite opinions on Fire Mountain Gems and the whole issue of how/under what
conditions gemstone beads are produced. I'm looking for some nice carnelian beads, and I've found some nice African
carnelian ones at Gilbert & Frech. Does anyone know anything about this big, big company, or about African
carnelian? All I know is that a) it has been mined in Africa since antiquity, and b) some of the good red colors are
produced by heating the stone (which I don't mind.) If anyone knows of some fair trade carnelian from Africa or India,
I'd be interested. All of this is in aid of a hare-brained project. I have an insane desire to recreate some of the
lapis and carnelian jewelry excavated from the royal tombs in Ur. I have some gold leaf shapes. Gold-colored or
brass beads I can find. I've located some Afghan lapis that probably comes from the same region--and the sale of which
is supporting actual Afghani families. Now I just need the carnelian. Monique in TX, anticipating playing with her
latest bead acquisition--some really fun beaded fringe from the decorating store (on sale!), which will be disassembled
into its fun little Indian glass beads
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View entire thread: OT: Help for a Beadmaker
Posted by Susan B. on Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:08 AM Post subject: OT: Help for a Beadmaker
Hi everyone - A local Edmonton beadmaker has been having the worst run of luck lately. About 3 weeks ago, thieves broke
into her van and stole a case with $4300 worth of bead/jewelry inventory (and her good jewelry tools) just a week before
the Folk Fest started. Then her van was stolen the day after the Fringe Festival started. Both are big shows that she
usually does well at, and depends on for income as a full-time beadmaker. The local beadmaker community here is starting
to collect funds, have donated beads and glass, etc. to help her out as she tries to recoup some of her losses that
aren't covered by insurance. I'm hoping some people here who appreciate beads and beadmakers might also be willing to
contribute to the fund. Please check out my site: http://www.susanburwashstudios.com for more information. I really have
never done this before, but feel compelled to find as many ways as possible to help out someone who has been making
beads and sharing her skills and knowledge for longer than almost anyone else in western Canada. Many thanks for
checking out the story and considering making a contribution. -- Susan B. in CA (NADA)
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View entire thread: well, that'll teach me..
Posted by fallen_ikon@yahoo.com on Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:42 AM Post subject: Re: well, that'll teach me..
Beckibead wrote: [quote:28a87ef6c0]Amber -- Don't forget to GO BACK on the pay week, as requested. It will be easy to
be too busy, not have enough jewelry made up, etc. GO ANYWAY. If you are not creating, it will spur you to do so. If
you have some stuff, you will sell something. The most foolish thing you can do here is not to go back. Make sure that
you do. Becki (who has made ALL the foolish mistakes herself, and therefore speaks with authority!!!)
[/quote:28a87ef6c0] Oh, I'll be going back next week for sure! The women keep pestering Adam about when I'll be coming
back, so if I don't go, he'll probably raid my jewelry supply and take it in himself out of desperation. I go up there
every couple of weeks anyways just to say "hi" and maybe get lunch with him, and I've been back there since I
took my stuff in, and was begged to bring it back so everyone else could see it. They won't let me get away with not
bringing more jewelry in! I've got plenty made right now. I tend to plan my sale days way in advance, and start making
enough to be sure I've got a wide range to show. There's a bead show coming up in about three weeks, and I always take
my jewelry to sell at work a few weeks before bead shows so I'll have plenty of spending money. -Amber.
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View entire thread: Italian Bead Shops
Posted by Lily&Tim on Sat Aug 12, 2006 3:59 PM Post subject: Re: Italian Bead Shops
Roxanne Toser wrote: [quote:4abc6c771b]Hi, I haven't been on this site for a long time so please forgive me if there
have been posts regarding this. We are going on a trip to Capri, Rome and Sorrento and I am wondering if there are any
bead shops. Thanks for your help. Roxanne [/quote:4abc6c771b] Hi Roxanne - Hi, my wife Lily and I have a wonderful (we
think) bead and finished jewelry store in Florence, Italy. http://www.beadedlily.com/ Lily has been a jewelry designer
for 20 plus years and has had bead stores in San Francisco, Seattle, Tucson, Lucca, Italy and now Florence. A number of
years ago I took a bead making class in Umbria and have been making glass beads ever since. We would love to have you
visit the shop. We are just a few minutes from Ponte Vecchio between Palazzo Pitti and Santo Spirito. Please visit our
website (http://www.beadedlily.com/) to get a preview of some of the beautiful things Lily makes and a sampling of beads
and other items we have for sale. Of course, you'll also find the store address, hours etc. Don't hesitate to write or
call. you can write me directly at tim@beadedlily.com Also, in Rome there is a very uniquely cool and funky bead and
glass store that shouldn't be missed. EVERY inch of it is covered in glass. Literally, even the stairs leading to the
full basement. The beads themselves were not necessarily what we were looking for, but it is definitely a must-see for
glass people. Unfortunately I don't have the name or address. However, I think I can walk you there: Start in Piazza
Campo dei Fiori, which is universally known in Rome and in all the maps. At one end of the piazza you'll see a big
GUINNESS sign over an outdoor seating area. Leave the piazza by walking alongside this bar, which will then be on your
left. Head straight down that street, which is the street the bead store is on. About halfway down, 2 or 3 minutes, it
will be on your left. It shares a space with a cool Indian tea room which, when closed, is more visible then the bead
store. Because many shops close Mondays and lunch hours and God-knows when-else, it may be closed. Keep trying though,
because we were just there a few weeks ago and know that it is there. Good luck! I hope you find it! Sincerely, Tim
http://www.beadedlily.com/
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View entire thread: AD: Cincinnati IBS Show
Posted by Sheri on Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:23 PM Post subject: Re: AD: Cincinnati IBS Show
In article <1154615058.295002.323040@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>, mothwoman@aol.com says...
[quote:2abbab29ce]Lori, I TRY to remember to at explain in the text that it is the Intergalactic Bead Show, but I'm not
good at remembering to do things. My husband's friend who has Irritable Bowel Syndrome teases me about the IBS shows.
He says it is the first thing HE always thinks of, LOL! Sheri, Is that one of Nikki's classes? She's great! One of
the best things about these shows is getting to see her and her husband. She is also a very good teacher! The last
time we did the Cincinnati show, we were at the end of a row, so there wasn't enough room for both my husband and me
behind the table, so I played with jewelry at Nikki's class table all day. That was a lot of fun! (For me, anyway,
since my husband did all the actual work.) Stop by and tell us it is you! If you are bringing friends, print a coupon
from my website for each of them. http://www.mothwoman.com/onlineibscoupon.jpg It is one of Nikki's classes.. it's
the ring class... had to pick one[/quote:2abbab29ce] because of the cost. I'll be all alone!!! :::sad face:::.... my
b/f doesn't want to come along... he totally supports my "habit" and does all the photography for my
website.. but can't see himself wondering around a bead show for a few hours!!! and the only other person that would
be interested in is having surgery today.. she wont' be up to tagging along. And thanks for the coupon... and I will
stop and say hi!! -- Sheri Shanks http://www.sassiebrat.com http://www.displayground.com
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View entire thread: How do you clean bead release?
Posted by Kalera on Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:15 AM Post subject: Re: How do you clean bead release?
mermaidscove_com wrote: [quote:edd730a9bd]Lol. Cleaning them by itself should not make them more breakable, as long as
you avoid the very hot or very cold water. If they already have a fracture then a pipe cleaner or wiggling could break
them but I'd rather find out before working with them anyway. You would want to avoid an ultrasonic jewelry cleaner as
well. Ingrid [/quote:edd730a9bd] Sadly, my experience has been that those with fractures-waiting-to-happen often crack
as soon as they hit the water- I think what happen is that the bead release expands from the moisture, putting
additional pressure on the bead. For purposes of experimentation, I bought a strand of 18 Chinese beads from a
perfectly reputable and honest seller. They were all visually sound when I received them. I ran them under tepid tap
water. A few (I think three, I should have taken notes) cracked. I proceeded to clean them as I clean my beads, under
running water, using a diamond bit in my Dremel on medium speed. One more cracked. I left them all sitting in the
water for a couple of days, more out of ennui than curiosity. Two more cracked. I removed them from the water, dried
them, and they've just been hanging around on the counter since then. None have cracked. I am going to make the
remaining 12 into a bracelet for myself this evening and see what happens after that. :) -- -Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com http://www.bridgetownglass.com On eBay: http://www.snurl.com/1sfe
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View entire thread: Brick Stitch earring patterns
Posted by Beadbimbo on Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:15 PM Post subject: Brick Stitch earring patterns
Ok, apparently I'm terrible at searches, but I remember, a while back, seeing some cute brick stitch patterns on a
site, but since I was so new to seed beading, I didn't mark the site. Now, I can't find them. If you know of a site
with some cute patterns that would be good for earrings, would you let me know? I remember one site that had a bunch
of them, but for the life of me, I can't find it now. (Grrrrrrrrr) I love to look at beadwork for inspiration, and
when I'm searching for seed bead work I've googled: beadwork beaded jewelery (beaded earrings, etc.) seed bead jewelry
Are there any key words I'm missing to search for bead work. I looked at Dr. Sooz's list and all the bead work there is
so (WOW factor!) over my head. I keep looking around for things that I think I can possibly do. Your computerly
inept bead buddy, Jerri www.beadbimbo.com To subscribe to my mailing list, send an e-mail to: jerri@beadbimbo.com with
"Subscribe" in the subject line.
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View entire thread: Brick Stitch earring patterns
Posted by Beadbimbo on Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:40 AM Post subject: Re: Brick Stitch earring patterns
Thanks Maren, I've tried that too. I guess I'll just have to keep digging. -- Jerri www.beadbimbo.com To
subscribe to my mailing list, send an e-mail to: jerri@beadbimbo.com with "Subscribe" in the subject line.
<m.purves@jach.hawaii.edu> wrote in message news:1153879008.246032.193880@s13g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
[quote:16810d4534]Beadbimbo wrote: I love to look at beadwork for inspiration, and when I'm searching for seed bead work
I've googled: beadwork beaded jewelery (beaded earrings, etc.) seed bead jewelry Are there any key words I'm missing
to search for bead work. did you try Brick Stitch earring patterns ? Maren Tropical seeds - Job's Tears Jewelry -
Nursery Palms, Etc.: Tropical Plant Seeds - Hand-made Jewelry - Plants & Lilikoi
http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/~maren/palms_etc/ [/quote:16810d4534]
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View entire thread: Brick Stitch earring patterns
Posted by Anonymous on Wed Jul 26, 2006 2:56 AM Post subject: Re: Brick Stitch earring patterns
Beadbimbo wrote: [quote:f5271ca81e]I love to look at beadwork for inspiration, and when I'm searching for seed bead work
I've googled: beadwork beaded jewelery (beaded earrings, etc.) seed bead jewelry Are there any key words I'm missing
to search for bead work. [/quote:f5271ca81e] did you try Brick Stitch earring patterns ? Maren Tropical seeds - Job's
Tears Jewelry - Nursery Palms, Etc.: Tropical Plant Seeds - Hand-made Jewelry - Plants & Lilikoi
http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/~maren/palms_etc/
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View entire thread: Beaded Dog Collars
Posted by Peter W.. Rowe, on Sat Jul 22, 2006 9:06 PM Post subject: Re: Beaded Dog Collars
On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 13:00:48 -0700, in rec.crafts.jewelry "shrsandy" <shrsandra@yahoo.com> wrote:
[quote:20f0eca57e]Hi, Has anyone ever made beaded dog collars or embellished the nylon ones? I'd like to make some for
my Poodles and need some ideas. Thanks Sandy [/quote:20f0eca57e] Sandy, despite my recent defense of bead workers
posting in rec.crafts.jewelry, beading is nevertheless not the most prominant method used by most of the readers of this
group. Most of us are silversmiths and goldsmiths, and the tradition of this group is more along the lines of at least
semi-professional level jewelry making and metalsmithing, rather than hobby level craft work. It's not prohibited here,
of course, just not the group where you'll find the most help with this type of question. . Most of the bead workers
on usenet can be found frequenting the bead groups, more than this one. While you're welcome to ask this here, you'll
likely have much more of a response on the bead groups, such as rec.crafts.beads, or others.. Embellishing dog collars,
while a fine endeavor in itself, is getting pretty far afield of "jewelry" making... Peter
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View entire thread: AD: Glass Bead Artist in Need Of Our Help!
Posted by Kandice Seeber on Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:14 AM Post subject: Re: Glass Bead Artist in Need Of Our Help!
I really wish I had the cash to bid on those press tools. I don't know Debi, but I hope things get better for her
soon! -- Kandice Seeber www.lampwork.net Vote for my site! http://tinyurl.com/bbcon "LavenderCreek"
<Lavendercreek@gmx.de> wrote in message news:1151301181.532552.287620@y41g2000cwy.googlegroups.com...
[quote:0d3e76d027]Hi everyone, I am not good at this sort of thing, but I have been moved to write here for a wonderful
member of the glass bead artist's community who is in desparate need of our help right now. You can read her story here:
http://www.theartisannook.com/ click on her blog and read the entry for June 25th. My heart really goes out to her
and her son, they have been through so much and as I have come to know Debi, she is always so kind, friendly, postive
and encouraging, who knew that all of this was going on in her life? She never shows it, or talks about her own
problems...not until now, when she has run out of options. Debi makes wonderful beads and she sells on ebay, I am
asking that all you jewelry artists and bead collectors out there, please keep Debi in mind while surfing ebay. She does
fantastic work and your bids and purchases would mean all the difference in the world to her and her son right now.
Here is a link to her auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZdkmrlmQQhtZ-1 I have suggested on another forum that
an auction be set up for her, if that comes together I will post a link. Thanks so much for reading this! Teresa
www.lavendercreek.de [/quote:0d3e76d027]
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View entire thread: AD: Glass Bead Artist in Need Of Our Help!
Posted by LavenderCreek on Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:53 AM Post subject: AD: Glass Bead Artist in Need Of Our Help!
Hi everyone, I am not good at this sort of thing, but I have been moved to write here for a wonderful member of the
glass bead artist's community who is in desparate need of our help right now. You can read her story here:
http://www.theartisannook.com/ click on her blog and read the entry for June 25th. My heart really goes out to her
and her son, they have been through so much and as I have come to know Debi, she is always so kind, friendly, postive
and encouraging, who knew that all of this was going on in her life? She never shows it, or talks about her own
problems...not until now, when she has run out of options. Debi makes wonderful beads and she sells on ebay, I am
asking that all you jewelry artists and bead collectors out there, please keep Debi in mind while surfing ebay. She does
fantastic work and your bids and purchases would mean all the difference in the world to her and her son right now.
Here is a link to her auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZdkmrlmQQhtZ-1 I have suggested on another forum that
an auction be set up for her, if that comes together I will post a link. Thanks so much for reading this! Teresa
www.lavendercreek.de
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View entire thread: AD: Our Glass Beads: Made in Italy - With An American Twist!
Posted by beadherenow on Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:31 PM Post subject: Re: AD: Our Glass Beads: Made in Italy - With An American Tw
Cheryl: I just want to say that I found your post rather mean-spirited. I went to the site that Tim above was
promoting and liked it a lot. First of all, it was beautiful and easy to navigate. I also found that the beads he
makes look great and most of all they are AFFORDABLE. Not all of us can shell out $40 or $75 for one bead! I placed an
order which added up to 100 euro (more in dollars, unfortunately) last Thurs. and received it today, all the way from
Italy! The beads are beautiful, consistent, well-made and the most expensive one cost 3.50 euro. From what I can tell
from your site, a bead of comparable size and shape would be about $25. They also had some great Venetians which I
ordered a few of too. The only reason I am wasting my time saying this, is I feel that artists should support eachother
and not bash eachother's work. Not everyone's taste is the same. You really sounded smug when you insinuated that Tim
wasn't good enough to post here. It made me not want to visit your site at all, let alone buy something from you.
There are a lot of us who read through these posts and never say anything. But this time I just had to speak up. I
thought beading and talking about beading was supposed to be fun, not political like everything else in this mean-
spirited world! Cheryl wrote: [quote:04ac19d46a]Does anyone else find their beads less than exciting??? I think they
are wasting their time advertising here against the many talented US lampworkers... (and a certain UK lampworker...
snort!) Cheryl Lily&Tim wrote: Hello, and welcome to www.BeadedLily.com Our retail store has been in existence in
Florence, Italy for some time and now we'd like to announce the opening of our full-service E-commerce online store.
Lily is an experienced jewelry designer of some 25 years with a number of bead stores under her belt in both the states
and Italy. Tim is a glass bead artist that learned his trade in the rolling hills of Umbria and now has clients such as
Chanel of France and Italy's own Ferragamo. However, our first love is and always will be our own creative
collaborations, the most recent being our online store. We invite you to visit www.BeadedLily.com and, when in Florence,
our physical store in the shadow of the Medici's grand Palazzo Pitti. Vi aspettiamo![/quote:04ac19d46a]
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Posted by Cheryl on Thu Jun 22, 2006 6:13 AM Post subject: Re: AD: Our Glass Beads: Made in Italy - With An American Tw
Does anyone else find their beads less than exciting??? I think they are wasting their time advertising here against the
many talented US lampworkers... (and a certain UK lampworker... snort!) Cheryl Lily&Tim wrote:
[quote:8d880d6c52]Hello, and welcome to www.BeadedLily.com Our retail store has been in existence in Florence, Italy for
some time and now we'd like to announce the opening of our full-service E-commerce online store. Lily is an experienced
jewelry designer of some 25 years with a number of bead stores under her belt in both the states and Italy. Tim is a
glass bead artist that learned his trade in the rolling hills of Umbria and now has clients such as Chanel of France and
Italy's own Ferragamo. However, our first love is and always will be our own creative collaborations, the most recent
being our online store. We invite you to visit www.BeadedLily.com and, when in Florence, our physical store in the
shadow of the Medici's grand Palazzo Pitti. Vi aspettiamo![/quote:8d880d6c52]
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View entire thread: AD: Our Glass Beads: Made in Italy - With An American Twist!
Posted by Lily&Tim on Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:01 PM Post subject: AD: Our Glass Beads: Made in Italy - With an American Twist!
Hello, and welcome to www.BeadedLily.com! Our physical store has been in existence in Florence, Italy for a while now
but we'd like to announce the opening of our full-service E-commerce online store. Lily is an experienced jewelry
designer of some 25 years with a number of bead stores under her belt in both the states and Italy. Tim is a glass bead
artist that learned his trade in the rolling hills of Umbria and now has clients such as Chanel of France and Italy's
own Ferragamo. However, our first love is and always will be our own creative collaborations, the most recent being our
online store. We invite you to visit www.BeadedLily.com, and, when in Florence, our physical store in the shadow of the
Medici's grand Palazzo Pitti. Vi aspettiamo!
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Posted by Lily&Tim on Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:14 PM Post subject: AD: Our Glass Beads: Made in Italy - With An American Twist!
Hello, and welcome to www.BeadedLily.com Our retail store has been in existence in Florence, Italy for some time and now
we'd like to announce the opening of our full-service E-commerce online store. Lily is an experienced jewelry designer
of some 25 years with a number of bead stores under her belt in both the states and Italy. Tim is a glass bead artist
that learned his trade in the rolling hills of Umbria and now has clients such as Chanel of France and Italy's own
Ferragamo. However, our first love is and always will be our own creative collaborations, the most recent being our
online store. We invite you to visit www.BeadedLily.com and, when in Florence, our physical store in the shadow of the
Medici's grand Palazzo Pitti. Vi aspettiamo!
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Posted by Kalera on Thu Jun 22, 2006 7:14 PM Post subject: Re: AD: Our Glass Beads: Made in Italy - With An American Tw
Thanks for sharing your website! I found it really interesting that there are so few bead shops in Venice, and it was
neat to see Italian beads in their natural environment, so to speak. Lily&Tim wrote: [quote:669508d626]Hello, and
welcome to www.BeadedLily.com Our retail store has been in existence in Florence, Italy for some time and now we'd like
to announce the opening of our full-service E-commerce online store. Lily is an experienced jewelry designer of some 25
years with a number of bead stores under her belt in both the states and Italy. Tim is a glass bead artist that learned
his trade in the rolling hills of Umbria and now has clients such as Chanel of France and Italy's own Ferragamo.
However, our first love is and always will be our own creative collaborations, the most recent being our online store.
We invite you to visit www.BeadedLily.com and, when in Florence, our physical store in the shadow of the Medici's grand
Palazzo Pitti. Vi aspettiamo! [/quote:669508d626] -- -Kalera http://www.beadwife.com http://www.bridgetownglass.com On
eBay: http://www.snurl.com/1sfe
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Posted by Lily&Tim on Sat Jun 17, 2006 6:17 AM Post subject: AD: Our Glass Beads: Made in Italy - With An American Twist!
Hello, and welcome to www.BeadedLily.com Our physical store has been in existence in Florence, Italy for a while now
but we'd like to announce the opening of our full-service E-commerce online store. Lily is an experienced jewelry
designer of some 25 years with a number of bead stores under her belt in both the states and Italy. Tim is a glass bead
artist that learned his trade in the rolling hills of Umbria and now has clients such as Chanel of France and Italy's
own Ferragamo. However, our first love is and always will be our own creative collaborations, the most recent being our
online store. We invite you to visit www.BeadedLily.com and, when in Florence, our physical store in the shadow of the
Medici's grand Palazzo Pitti. Vi aspettiamo!
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Posted by Anonymous on Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:20 AM Post subject: Re: I sold my first set!
That would be cool! When I get my first group back from my batch annealer I'll pick some out. Thanks! -Cheryl
beckibead@yahoo.com wrote: [quote:5ff8f2a7fa]Cheryl -- I posted somewhere in the twilight zone this morning, as it is
not here. I am in love with your beginner beads. If you feel comfortable, I would like it very much if you would send
me some of your first beads (I like the two sets of browns, three per set) and let me make up some jewelry for you out
of your beads. Free of charge. I often do this for beginning bead makers. I want you to be able to treasure your
treasures, my dear!! If it is OK with you. Becki[/quote:5ff8f2a7fa]
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Posted by Anonymous on Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:03 AM Post subject: Re: I sold my first set!
Cheryl -- I posted somewhere in the twilight zone this morning, as it is not here. I am in love with your beginner
beads. If you feel comfortable, I would like it very much if you would send me some of your first beads (I like the two
sets of browns, three per set) and let me make up some jewelry for you out of your beads. Free of charge. I often do
this for beginning bead makers. I want you to be able to treasure your treasures, my dear!! If it is OK with you.
Becki
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Posted by Anonymous on Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:03 AM Post subject: Re: I sold my first set!
Cheryl -- I posted somewhere in the twilight zone this morning, as it is not here. I am in love with your beginner
beads. If you feel comfortable, I would like it very much if you would send me some of your first beads (I like the two
sets of browns, three per set) and let me make up some jewelry for you out of your beads. Free of charge. I often do
this for beginning bead makers. I want you to be able to treasure your treasures, my dear!! If it is OK with you.
Becki
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View entire thread: Annealing test results for AH beads
Posted by Kalera on Sat Jun 03, 2006 6:03 AM Post subject: Re: Annealing test results for AH beads
Another one cracked, kinda randomly, today. I actually expect many or all of them to crack over the next few years. I
mostly bought them as a baseline so I have a good basis for my expectations from mass-produced beads. I see a lot of
Italian beads with cracks in them, too; in fact, I have a whole strand of silver foil Murano beads my friend bought me
in Europe a couple of years ago, and they're all cracked. Kalera wrote: [quote:75bf57a2a7] Su wrote: I so dislike
people who can't be honest about the place of origin. What the hell does it matter if the beads are made in China? Why
not just tell the truth? Obviously people who buy won't pay the same price for Chinese beads as for SRA beads but they
deserve to be told the truth. That's exactly why they don't tell the truth. They want artisan prices. They pay .19 per
bead, and they want to sell them for $3 or $4 per bead, because they're greedy and unethical. I received my Chinese
lampwork from the honest seller who was representing them as what they are. They're fairly pretty, a little sloppy but
well worth what I paid for them. The ends are pretty uneven, a few sharp bits here and there, and the encasing is not
completely melted smooth. I think they must roll them in an oval marver to get the shape, based on the ends. Five of
them cracked when I cleaned them (in warm water with a Dremel, along with my own beads from yesterday) but I still have
enough of them to give to my nephew, who likes to make his own jewelry. If I paid $20 for the strand I'd be pissed, but
I paid $5. -Su [/quote:75bf57a2a7] -- -Kalera http://www.beadwife.com http://www.bridgetownglass.com On eBay:
http://www.snurl.com/1sfe
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Posted by Kalera on Wed May 31, 2006 7:03 PM Post subject: Re: Annealing test results for AH beads
Su wrote: [quote:a7fabbc4a7]I so dislike people who can't be honest about the place of origin. What the hell does it
matter if the beads are made in China? Why not just tell the truth? Obviously people who buy won't pay the same price
for Chinese beads as for SRA beads but they deserve to be told the truth. [/quote:a7fabbc4a7] That's exactly why they
don't tell the truth. They want artisan prices. They pay .19 per bead, and they want to sell them for $3 or $4 per
bead, because they're greedy and unethical. I received my Chinese lampwork from the honest seller who was
representing them as what they are. They're fairly pretty, a little sloppy but well worth what I paid for them. The
ends are pretty uneven, a few sharp bits here and there, and the encasing is not completely melted smooth. I think
they must roll them in an oval marver to get the shape, based on the ends. Five of them cracked when I cleaned them (in
warm water with a Dremel, along with my own beads from yesterday) but I still have enough of them to give to my nephew,
who likes to make his own jewelry. If I paid $20 for the strand I'd be pissed, but I paid $5. [quote:a7fabbc4a7]-Su
[/quote:a7fabbc4a7] -- -Kalera http://www.beadwife.com http://www.bridgetownglass.com On eBay:
http://www.snurl.com/1sfe
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View entire thread: Coming out of lurkdom
Posted by Christina Peterson on Tue May 30, 2006 8:43 AM Post subject: Re: Coming out of lurkdom
Hi CindyB, We're an eclectic group. Most of the group do not make lampwork, but it is probably our most common
"eye candy". We have bead-makers (PC, lampwork, PMC, beaded beads, drilled seeds, etc), silver workers,
beadweaver, and stringers. And probably more variations than that. We also have many levels of skill. To para-phrase
AA, we seek improvement, not perfection. And yes, we are an interesting bunch -- especially if we leave out the dull
bits of our lives! And don't worry about "drawing a straight line with a ruler". Frankly, I've never known
an artist who bothered with them. Tina "CindyB" <cinqueen@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ejjk72lful8fk4t5i10fl854dtmqk4mqb6@4ax.com... [quote:870f6ac1f2]Hi. My name is Cindy, aka CindyB because there are
so many Cindy's on usenet. I've been lurking here for a few weeks and have loved getting to "know" you
through your posts and your gorgeous beads. You all seem to have such interesting lives and are all SO talented! I've
only been making jewelry for about a year and it's still definitely in the hobby stage. I have so much to learn! I just
recently started making polymer clay beads and am intrigued by lampwork. I'm not really artistic, can't draw a straight
line with a ruler, but love playing with colors and working with polymer clay is FUN. Is there a FAQ for this group? I
have SO many questions, many of them regarding things I've read here regarding lampwork. I've also noted that the vast
majority here do lampwork. If I want to learn and discuss polymer beads, is there another group I should be reading for
that? I have subscribed to rec.crafts.polymer-clay but that group doesn't seem very active. Thank you for allowing this
interruption and I now return you to your regularly scheduled beading <G>.[/quote:870f6ac1f2]
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Posted by Peggy on Mon May 29, 2006 3:37 PM Post subject: Re: Coming out of lurkdom
Hi, Cindy. Welcome, welcome! I don't make lampwork beads either, though I do love them and sometimes even purchase
them. I make jewelry from purchased components or make my own charms and beads from metal clay. I also do off-loom
weaving with seed beads. I think you'll find lots of people here who work with polymer clay. Barbara makes some
really amazing beads. I'm sure she'll check in with you soon. She was one of the first to welcome me when I joined the
group. I love that you admitted that you're not artistic. Neither am I. I bead for the love of the process as much
as for the end result. And sometimes, I get lucky... :-)
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Posted by CindyB on Mon May 29, 2006 5:18 AM Post subject: Re: Coming out of lurkdom
See? That's part of what I need. Is it really necessary to sand and buff polymer beads? I've got some that probably need
it but others look pretty cool just the way they are. I'm brand new at this bead making thing. I've been doing it all
manually with makeshift tools. I finally bought a pasta machine and a slicer the other day but I'm nervous to try it,
LOL. (I've done the same thing with candles. I've been making container candles for about a year now as well. I bought a
mold around Christmas and, for some silly reason, I'm afraid to try it out.) On Mon, 29 May 2006 03:29:40 GMT, Carla
<carliecraft@yahoo.com> wrote: [quote:5bba731ed9]Hi CindyB and welcome :) It's true that the polymer clay group
is pretty quiet these days. But a lot of folks on that group are also here. As a matter of fact, I'm just taking a
break after sanding a bunch of beads, getting ready to start buffing; can't do lampwork to save my life, but I love
coming here and looking at all the pretties that get posted :) Again, welcome. Cheers, Carla
http://www.carliecraftdesigns.com CindyB wrote: Hi. My name is Cindy, aka CindyB because there are so many Cindy's
on usenet. I've been lurking here for a few weeks and have loved getting to "know" you through your posts and
your gorgeous beads. You all seem to have such interesting lives and are all SO talented! I've only been making jewelry
for about a year and it's still definitely in the hobby stage. I have so much to learn! I just recently started making
polymer clay beads and am intrigued by lampwork. I'm not really artistic, can't draw a straight line with a ruler, but
love playing with colors and working with polymer clay is FUN. Is there a FAQ for this group? I have SO many questions,
many of them regarding things I've read here regarding lampwork. I've also noted that the vast majority here do
lampwork. If I want to learn and discuss polymer beads, is there another group I should be reading for that? I have
subscribed to rec.crafts.polymer-clay but that group doesn't seem very active. Thank you for allowing this interruption
and I now return yo