Agh - the pink has gotten to me.....

Congratulations!

Isn't it funny what pink glass can do to you?

I'm not a pink person either but every time I try to get away, it calls me back!

Pink has been singing it's siren song around me as well.

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "KDK" :

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PRETTY!

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

newest creations: ----------- I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all.

pink................the ultimate in "colors I don't like" has now been officially moved to the "colors I will be buying mass amounts of as soon as possible" list.

damn you lampworkers and your skilled talents with pink florals. :p

*sigh*

~Candace~ your local hemp goddess :)

Mmmm - and you know, Farmer Dave is an artist I hadn't seen before a few days ago. I just love his (her?) stuff right now!

OK lampworkers who buy the beads of those that they could easily make themselves, I don't understand. Unless you are making a lot of jewelry for a gallery or something? Otherwise, why not make them yourself?

Becki "In between the moon and you, the angels have a better view of the crumbling difference between wrong and right." -- Counting Crows

Well for me I'm so new at lampwork that I probably can't do those and my lampworking stuff isn't set up right now.

And I am making quite a bit of jewelry.

And probably the biggest reason - I'm a bead ho.

Because different people make different styles. Each bead is infused with the artist's voice - part of their soul. I have a few beads that aren't mine. I like collecting them. :) I can't afford to buy many these days, but I still like to once in awhile. And there are some things I just can't make!! :)

me neither - saw a link on WC.

> > > > Kathy K

I'm already seeing possibilities!

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "KDK" :

]I'm already seeing possibilities!

oh, yes!

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

newest creations: ----------- I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all.

ROFL! Damn, I forgot to add that very good reason to my list! :D

Different styles of work... and just to be able to say.. I have So and So's Beads.. oohhhhh aawwwwww.

I buy beads because they speak to me. I can't capture what the other artist is saying in my own rendition of them. It would be my voice, not theirs. Besides, it's all part of my art collection which is vast. I have paintings, prints, large glass pieces, sculptures, baskets, glass beads, and so much more. I feel I should support my fellow artists.

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "starlia" :

]I buy beads because they speak to me.

i just wish they wouldn't scream quite so loudly.

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

newest creations: ----------- I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all.

Maybe they think you are ignoring them? :-)

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "starlia" :

]Maybe they think you are ignoring them? :-)

i know. i HAVE to. i'm BROKE. they don't seem to understand that part. i can't even look at the "lists of pretties" right now.

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

newest creations: ----------- I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all.

Very Pretty!

LOL! Why do musicians buy other musician's recordings?

Every beadmaker has a unique hand, and it makes their beads different. In some cases it may be a matter of skill... I could try to make soe surface applied florals, but they sure wouldn't be as nice as Kandice's and the amount of practice it would take to get them to look that nice would be better spent making beads for sale so I can buy Kandice's, because I don't plan to sell surface-applied florals... why compete when there are already people doing it so well? It can be a matter of knowledge... I honestly don't know how Mary Ann Williams gets that look. But for me, in most cases, it's simply that another artist imbues something ineffably different to their work, and having a bracelet or a pendant or just one single bead that is theirs enriches my life in a way that is beyond explanation, just like art or music.

-Kalera

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