I'm in trouble now.

Ok, you're pulling my leg, right? 30s????????????

And I've taught it at my local Ben Franklin Crafts. I love it when they finally get the hang of everything. I've found the hardest part is figuring out how to hold everything. Once you get comfy, you're fine. :-)

Wanna see what happens with a seed bead addiction...LOL. I took over the apartment over the garage...and chaos has ensued.

I assume this link works..... Janet R

LOL..amen to that...trying to explain the you have to keep going the same direction. So far I have only had 1 person 'not get it'.

Janet R

Lol! I'd have to be really organized to keep up with them!

I haven't quite mastered how to pick up the beads or what kind of surface I should work on. Things are rolling around on my desk.

It says, "restricted access". I couldn't see the pic.

It was a lot of fun. I'll definitely do another class one day.

Get yourself a piece of an old Vellux blanket. GREAT beading surface. If you need, I have a source for them as well as seed beads.

a small piece of a velux blanket makes a great work surface, beads don't roll around. ..put something hard between it and you so you don't end up stabbing yourself

or the small shallow dishes they use for condiments in oriental restaurants hold beads well and let you stab them up pretty easily

Ok, I think I fixed it....

Janet R

11s | > and ALL | > | the size 8s. That's not too much to ask, is it? I started out | > using 8s | > | because those 11s are so darned small, but now I like them. I like | > the 2nd | > | piece because it has mostly 11s, but some 8s, too. These weren't | > quite the | > | mix I wanted, but just the colors I happened to have. | > | | > | I wish I'd taken some of these vessels with me, to pick out some | > beads to go | > | with them. With the bead store being an hour away, I don't get over | > there | > | very often! I've been looking at the Shipwrecked catalog, drooling. | > MUST | > | have seed beads! Must have seed beads! | > | | > | Oh No! A new addiction! | > | | > | -- | > | Jerri | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | > | |

Or, better yet, from one seeder to another, send me your snail mail addy and I'll send you a vellux beading surface!

(I bought a King size blanket to cut up,....I think I can spare a hunk! LOL)

The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!)

30's are as close to liquid glass this non-fire-girl will ever get. They're delicious.

The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!)

OMG what GREAT STORAGE!!!

The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!)

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@aol.comnospam (LC aka Fiddy) :

]30's are as close to liquid glass this non-fire-girl will ever get. They're ]delicious.

how on earth do you SEE them??????? let alone USE them????????

And my husband and his sister say I have a lot of beads. HA

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

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okay - i'm NOT the worst. if i ever get my workroom finished . . . . . . . . . . .

Um, yeah! Me, who is completely overwhelmed at ordinary size 12 seeds, and people are out there using size *30*.

Now for the next question; can an ordinary mortal afford something made from these microscopic beads?

-Kalera

vj wrote:

You have got more beads there than we see in most of UK's bead shops. Shirley

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