Storing lampwork beads

Right now I use one of those plastic boxes that Hobby Lobby sells. It has lots of little compartments to make life easier but of course it has stressed me out. Help, please.>

basically - I had those plastic boxes for a long time - most of mine are sitting empty now, because the ones I first bought were grey, with only semi-clear tops... I then bought some of the large flat cases with flocked dividers - and the glass lids... from Rio Grande. I keep them in those because I can see them better..... also - if you have to many oddball beads..

it's time for a sale.. LOL

string a bunch and sell them as a group on ebay.... I try to whittle my stock down at the end of the year -- so I have less to inventory for tax purposes....

Cheryl of DRAGON BEADS Flameworked beads and glass

I second this. A couple of years ago I bought "2 Pounds of Beads" on eBay. I'm pretty sure they were a lampworker getting rid of practice and imperfect beads; they were cheap, warranted handmade by the seller but that was all. They varied from pretty awful (which I threw out) to decent (which I repackaged in reasonable groupings and resold as loose beads off my table) to pretty good (which I used, or put aside to use later). I got enough of the latter 2 categories to be comfortable with the price I paid for the grab bag.

Celine

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

]or those who have a huge stash of lamwork ]beads, how do you organize your beads?

lampwork i keep sorted by artist.

other beads, i sort by color. but i may have to re-think this one, as i miss some combinations.

what i WANT is a huge pegboard [got it, but it's still not up] on the wall behind my desk where i can hang ALL my strands of beads in plain view. it's gonna be a while before i get there. part of the problem is to make sure the wall can take the weight!

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(Jewelry) ----------- It's not what you take, when you leave this world behind you; it's what you leave behind you when you go. -- Randy Travis

Then you'd have your own bead store!!! :D

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

]Then you'd have your own bead store!!! :D

which is EXACTLY what i want . . .

[but don't say it too loudly! i'm trying to disguise it!]

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

(Jewelry) ----------- It's not what you take, when you leave this world behind you; it's what you leave behind you when you go. -- Randy Travis

That is what I should do for sure. I did a show several months ago and had a bowl of beads maked for $1 each. They sold like crazy, although it did take away from the sales of my higher priced beads. I'm still not sure if that was such a good idea since some of the beads were pretty good, I was just sick of looking at them. I may give eBay a try though.

Thanks for the good suggestions.

Regina

another thing you could do with the "lesser quality" beads... I'm using some to make these christmas ornament hangers. I know that some of these might get lost or broken over the years, so i definitely don't want to use first quality, expensive beads, but i still want them to be pretty. I have a few lampwork beads, and tried one on a hanger, and it's sooo cute. I'll get pix up soon when i'm feeling better. You could probably sell them, too. I dunno, just a thought from a feverish brain...LOL.

LOL - "it's not a store, I swear!"

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

]LOL - "it's not a store, I swear!"

EXACTLY!

[shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!]

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

(Jewelry) ----------- It's not what you take, when you leave this world behind you; it's what you leave behind you when you go. -- Randy Travis