hee hee hee
Do you have a bead size chart? And speaking of this -- I was supposed to send one to someone here, and I lost the little scribbled note that said who! SHEEEEZ
Who was it? Speak up! I need HELP....... ~~ Sooz To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ~~Joseph Chilton Pearce
Yes, and I will not let it out of my sight again. It is proving invaluable. Perhaps once I have had more experience in fondling beads I wont need it but it is a godsend now. Diana
I'm getting a lot better at remembering sizes in my head, but I'll never ever be good enough to not need that chart! The sizes are so little, and they're so close together. Fine distinctions, you know..... ~~ Sooz To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ~~Joseph Chilton Pearce
True... I think what I mean is I will know more intuitive how a 4mm something will look next to a 6mm something else. Or not. I may have to buy LOTS and LOTS of beads and findings and spacers and.... I am sunk, arent I. Stop laughing Jalynne!!! Diana
You will! You will! That will happen, and sooner than you expect. :-D ~~ Sooz To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ~~Joseph Chilton Pearce
Shhhhhhh, Im working myself up to buy lots of goodies! Today I got bali spacers, czech amethyst crystal, lavender drops and lobster claws in silver
*not plate, thank you* and open jump rings. Now... Ill need something lovely to go with those scrummy potato pearls ... and .. um.. you get my point? Im seeing that a bead pallete is like a quilters. I dont mind building a stash. If I always have some basics on hand I will have no excuse not to come up with brilliant necklaces for any occasion. Im sunk, but I am HAPPY. Ill just take a moment to let everyone on this group know how much I appreciate all the experiences they have shared. I have listened, and learned. I make a joke about being reluctant to start beading but it is a fun alternative to making quilts. Faster, in some ways, and more of the time spent is actually developing a design. Im not spending years practicing with inferior products, thanks in large part to the Links ListYou know, a very good and easy solution would be to just string up some beads. Hang round sizes on the right, "ovals" on the left. I have some trouble translating flat to dimensional. Easy as it is to string those beads I haven't done it, though. Actually, it would probably be at least as easy as sending something, or going to the P O to pick it up.
Tina
On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 16:09:22 -0400, Diana Curtis wrote (in message ):
Heh, heh, heh.
Got another one!
Kathy N-V
Some Day I will either get even with all of you, or find a way to pass the joy around. I think it would be more fun to get someone else hooked. :-) Diana
Now you know why seeing you get hooked has been the best revenge Di ! Next you need to try silver wire and get some fancy silver beads and all sorts of silver spacers and fill in beads for your stash for when you need something to go with a certain type of glass beads that you resist as long as possible then the corrupting influence gets too much and you crack completely.
cas
I keep buying beads. WHY? I don't have time to make jewelry! What's WRONG with me?
-Kalera
That would rock!
-Kalera
I have a billion different toothbrush sizes in my bathroom alone, though...
-Kalera
Well Duh, Kalera, you're thinking ahead to my birthday. *giggles*
Wait, who has corrupted who here? bwuahahahahaha Diana
If there is something wrong with you there is something wrong with all of us. I refuse to believe there is. Beads are pretty. Beads feel nice, pretty things made with beads make people smile. Beads not made into things make people feel good too, all the potential they have is exciting. You could stop buying them, sure. The whole bead economy would come to a screeching halt if we only bought beads that we could guarentee we would use. We buy them on speculation. In your case I believe they act as inspiration. And, as Candace said, her birthday is coming up. Diana
or better yet
everyone could have one of these !!!
I've been giving it some thought, there are some beads that are sized evenly enough to make it worth a try.
-Su
Hey, finally an explanation that makes sense! ;)
-Kalera
I was thinking about this and thought of a couple of things:
a Lego block (with the little Lego bumps showing)
a Marlboro cigarette
a Lifesaver candy
The bottle cap was right up there, too. Anyone who didn't know the size of any/all of these things would be rather unlikely to have a computer and be on Ebay, anyhow.
Kathy N-V
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