Bracelet Exchange

You'll need wrist sizes, too. ~~ Sooz

------- "Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance ~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links

Yeah, I forgot that one. :-)

Sniff, sniff...why does all the fun stuff happen when I will be out of town?? I wanted to play too. =o(

Beki

I'm sorry Becki. Maybe next time?

OH!! OH!!! Count me in!

Clarification question: Are we making the bacelet first, and then giving it to whomever we get as our recipient, or are we getting our recipient's name/contact information and then making a bracelet in colors/style of their choosing?

Katie

We are getting the recipients name and their bracelet size then start making them. This is a bracelet of your choice and colors.

I forgot bracelet sizes when I did the original post.

Maybe you could act as intermediary if we had any questions for the recipient?

Also if one would mail abroad. Shirley

In article , Dr. Sooz writes

I'll have to pass this time around. I've been swamped lately! But have fun, everyone! :)

Me too. I'm afraid I'd have trouble meeting the deadline.

I'd love to do this, just not yet as I don't have a full time job at the moment!

Maybe in a few months. In fact, defiantly in a few months. The only thing I have to ask is, what would everyone be expecting? Lots of lampwork beads? Loom pieces? I know mine would probably be chain based which people might not appreciate as much.

Charlie.

Charlie, and everyone else, there's a list called Beaders' Preferences on the Yahoo group called Beadershaven. This is a Yahoo group we created so we could show our photos and share files and such......

The Beaders' Preferences file has info on what people here prefer -- their color choices, their beading faves, etc. Even their favorite snack foods! You can go there and see what a person's wrist size is, what their favorite colors are, and which beads they love most. Then you can make the bracelet with confidence that your target will like it, and wear it.

Here's the link: Files page, with Beaders' Preferences (scroll down just a bit):

------- "Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance ~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links

One thing you have to realize -- it's the thought that counts. And many people prefer chain-based items to wear. You need to just do a bit of research on your target person, that's all. :-)

So if you check out the target, their favorite colors and styles, and keep their interests in mind, you will be able to easily come up with a piece they will like. ~~ Sooz

------- "Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance ~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links

I don't know where you get that idea, Charlie. I for one (and i know several more people who agree), like bracelets of all kinds. As long as it's pretty and/or made for me, I'll wear it. I do break out from base metals, but it seems that copper and silver (as long as the parts that touch my skin are coated with something) are fine, and gold is always ok. I like chain bracelets....

I do understand the time constraints...normally i'd not be able to do this, but a bracelet is something I can work up rather quickly, so it works for me.

Charlie, you have to value your work, or no one else will. :-) ~~ Sooz

------- "Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance ~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links

I make bracelets once in a long while and very seldom wear one, so I'll pass.

Tina

Oooh, I do, I love it! Other than my mum, I'm it's biggest advert! I just get the feel that most people in this group are more into beautiful glass than the steely cold chain maille look!

Tee hee!

Charlie.

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

]I just ]get the feel that most people in this group are more into beautiful glass ]than the steely cold chain maille look!

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

Actually, it's the things that are different that are most fun. Something we wouldn't make ourselves.

Tina