vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Jalynne" :
]but but...i don't make beads. waaaaah. I'm playing with polyclay, but i'm nowhere ]near good enough to do a swap. I wanna play....
well, i can't figure out if they are "official" or not, but i have these saved:
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Kathy N-V :
If so, I'd like to offer up a "Fall Challenge" or a "Spring Challenge" for our Aussie beaders. How about the goal is to express the season in your preferred material, and when uploading the picture, say why your piece represents the changing season to you.
Whatever we want. Since we all have different skills, the choice is entirely up to the artist. I'd like to suggest trying something different. For me, that's going to be wirework. My wire skills are terrible, and this would be a great chance for me to expand my horizons.
AND:
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@aol.comspamsux (Rachel T.) :
I have personally tried this one, and it's harder than it sounds....
Have someone else create something from your beads. Someone who doesn't normally do craftly things. (don't try to sneak off and have another beader do it. LOL)
The only things you can help with are:
finishing the piece (doing the crimping, etc.)
Anything that would be unsafe for a child to do: baking clay, cutting string, you get the idea.
You can only make suggestions if the person is trying to use your best bead or the like. You can tell them what can and can't be used, but you *cannot* suggest color combos, bead combos, etc.
Lampworkers: since it's impossible to let someone inexperienced make a bead, you can either do some instructing (not making, but keeping it safe) or have someone use one of your beads in a piece. (somebody other than a crafty bead person)
You can instruct a person on stitches, but you can't actually stitch.
Get the idea?
The challenge lies in letting go of your beads for one time and letting another take over your stash. Husbands, mothers, sisters, brothers, kids. whoever.
I had my b/f do this. The only thing I told him was which beads I preferred he *didn't use (limited supply) and what to string them on. Let me tell you, I kept wanting to go in there and do it myself!
It came out interesting to say the least. It was kind of ugly, (he chose to use cheap beads. Didn't dig too far into my stash) and I took it apart, but he did come up with a color combo I didn't think of that went really well together.
Whaddya think?
If it's a go, way cool. If it's a dud, I'll think of something else. (I have more ideas, I just have to remember them. LOL)
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