Beads too nasty for me

Lol. When my daughter lost her first couple of teeth, I thought it would be cool if I could encase the baby teeth in a bead. Weird, I know. I never tried it, figuring the teeth would break.

Ewwww, Ewwww and Ewwwww.

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

Your daughter is one twisted little sister. I like that in a female! Our lives are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too short not to have a sense of warped humor. ;-)

Way back when I was in college the first time and a would-be art major, our instruction in design class gave us an assignment: Surprise Me!

One girl brought a live turtle sandwich... the turtles weren't hurt in any way but they kept crawling out of the bread. I don't think they liked the lettuce and mayo much. I think she got the most kudos.

I was roughly in second place. My offering was a velvet ring box... when you opened it up, voila! there was a tooth. I don't remember whose it was, probably mine... anyway the art instructor said it would have been better though if I'd have glued a crystal to it. Art teachers, they are never satisfied! LOL

But seriously, teeth of all kinds have been used in jewelry in many cultures around the world. I personally don't wear them, even with crystals glued to them! hahahahahahahha

Many "primitive" (i.e. low-tech) cultures use them as combination decoration and status symbols -- hunters wear teeth from their kills to demonstrate their prowess. I think Fire Mountain sells some "tooth" beads, though they may be artificial.

Celine

I have an elk-tooth necklace!

I plan to give it to one of my daughters, if either of them decides she wants to jingle dance, i always wanted to be a jingle dancer, but it's on my list of "things I never got around to". Hey, maybe when the kids are grown?

OK I keep clicking on this thread by mistake and then I go "OH NO" when I see what it is. Really grossing me out, here.

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

What's a jingle dancer??? Sounds cool.

The young women at pow-wows who can move well... as opposed to the shawl dancers.... The jingles are made of tobacco cans (lids?), and are sewn on the dresses. I got the impression that to do the dance properly they all have to be chiming the entire time, which means a lot of vigourous body movement is needed.... Kaytee "Simplexities" on

Yes, it's lids, rolled into little cones so they "jingle"! The movement is surprisingly lilting and delicate, a little rhythmic, jiggy hop-skip that's fun to do and not as hard as it looks to keep up for lengthy dances. I could never be a shawl dancer... too slow and dignified... but if I was a guy I'd be a fancy dancer! The moves those boys can make! It looks like flying!

Yeah, I think I'd fall asleep in a shawl dance, but the jingle dancers I've seen look like they're hopping almost as much as the boys.... Delicate, lady-like hopping, but constant and fairly rapid. I get winded easily, so my "jingle dancing" would sound like "jingle, jingle, huff, puff, jingle, jingle, huff, huff, huff, puff, jingle, huff, jingle, puff, jing-- crash".... Kaytee "Simplexities" on

Delicate, lady-like hopping, but constant and fairly rapid. I get winded easily, so my "jingle dancing" would sound like "jingle, jingle, huff, puff, jingle, jingle, huff, huff, huff, puff, jingle, huff, jingle, puff, jing-- crash".... Kaytee>

ROTFL

me too!

Cheryl of DRAGON BEADS Flameworked beads and glass