Re: Karen bead and question

I think it's beautiful! Of course, a younger person might like a simpler design - the teens and twenty-somethings tend to like the simpler stuff these days, as far as I can see. I'd wear it though!

I would too!

My niece who is 21 years old and her friends prefer simple designs with lots and lots of crystals.

-- Margie

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

]I think it's beautiful! Of course, a younger person might like a simpler ]design - the teens and twenty-somethings tend to like the simpler stuff ]these days, as far as I can see.

i hadn't thought about that. you may be right, from the ones i see around the gym - good thought - thanks, Kandice!

]I'd wear it though!

**grin** cool. thanks!

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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from MargieK :

]simple designs ]with lots and lots of crystals.

okay - you have to explain that one to me. how do you do BOTH?

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I think it's cool! The lines are clean but there's a lot of interest in each strand. And I loooove that big facetted bead up at the top. I have some in black but I haven't seen other colors in ages.

-- KarenK Desert Dreamer Designs

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

]I think it's cool! The lines are clean but there's a lot of interest in each ]strand.

if you're happy, lady, then i am, too. i get so wrapped up in "pulling" colors out that i get carried away sometimes.

]And I loooove that big facetted bead up at the top. I have some in ]black but I haven't seen other colors in ages.

those are Czech. i got them from J'me at Wild Things. this is what i got from her the other day:

"We leave to start our drive to Tucson, Az on August 31 The show is at Rodeway Inn room #148, take the Grant Rd, exit off the

10 hwy. in Tucson , Arizona Dates: Sept. 4- 10am to 6pm Sept. 5- 10am to 6pm Sept. 6- 10am to 6pm Sept. 7-10am to 3pm This is a wholesale show only! Remember if you need a time after hours to pick out beads or to place an order: call us at our room #148 at Rodeway Inn (520) 622-7791 The next set of shows we will be driving to from the Tucson show is in Denver, Colorado; The Bead Renaissance Show. Held at the Holiday Inn, in Northglenn (a suburb in Denver), Colorado It is I25 & 120 Ave. Dates: Sept. 11- 10am to 6pm Sept. 12- 10am to 6pm Sept. 13- 10am to 6pm Sept. 14- 10am to 5pm This is a retail and wholesale show!

she is a great lady to get to know - if you can get to either show. she's a real sweetheart, and will work all kinds of stuff out for you. tell her i sent you.

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

]I love the monochromatic look to it!! It really makes Karen's bead stand out, ]IMHO!

thanks, doll!

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Kaeren, are you comfortable with vermeil? After all, it's just glorified gold plate? But it sure does come in pretty beads.

Tina

You can make the design primarily crystals in one strand - just alternate simple Swarovski bicones and maybe small round or disk-shaped silver beads - even the tiny Bali daisy spacers wirk well. Not much to the design, but the simplicity is often what the younger people go for. I made necklaces for my two teenage cousins (they're twins but dress very differently) last Christmas. They had very small lampwork beads mixed with crystal bicones and Bali spacers. Y shaped necklaces with just one strand, with a small chain for adjusting the size. They loved them.

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

]Woohoo! I have Tucson on my calendar for Saturday!!!!

good for you! say "hi" to J'me for me!

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:) Me too, but that's because we're more into beads in general, I think. :)

On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 3:34:50 -0400, Christina Peterson wrote (in message ):

I'm not Karen, and I don't play her on TV, but I am comfortable with the vermeil spaces I use on occasion. I put them in areas on my designs that won't get much (if any wear), like a small spacer between two larger beads. I don't use vermeil clasps though, because of the wear issue.

Kathy N-V

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

]I really, really like it. You hav eto follow your own instincts. It may ]not be Jamie's style, but it will be someone else's. You can't please ]everyone; tastes and preferences differ greatly.

thanks! i'm about to start scanning . . .

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The stuff she and her friends don't leap on may be ideal for a totally different audience, though...

If you like making the things she isn't interested in, I'd suggest checking with a different crowd on the ones she leans away from.

Deirdre

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Deirdre S. :

]The stuff she and her friends don't leap on may be ideal for a totally ]different audience, though...

yes. most of my sales [except for the dreamcatchers] are not to her age group. which is why Johnny makes such a great "walking ad" for me. he runs into a much more varied age group, because of his job and his social life.

]If you like making the things she isn't interested in, I'd suggest ]checking with a different crowd on the ones she leans away from.

you're right. and mostly that's what i've done up to now. she just really startled me. i'd love to make things her friends would wear [actually had a commission from one]. i just hadn't thought about them liking the simpler things. they always snatch up the dreamcatchers so fast, their preferences in other things hadn't registered yet.

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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@aol.combuybeads (BeckiBead) :

]I think it looks EXACTLY like something I would make and wear. Love it.

how sweet, Becki! thank you!

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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Deirdre S. :

]Show it to a few more people whose tastes are different and see what ]kind of feedback you get before decicing for sure. I suspect you'll ]get quite a few more nods than raised eyebrows...

okay - here are the two "Karen" sets i finished yesterday:

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