[Nfb-krafters-korner] was trays for sorting beadsRe: containersfor beading projects
Laurie Porter
freespirit1 at tds.net
Wed Aug 11 02:14:43 UTC 2010
Oh that sounds .like a great idea thanks.
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] was trays for sorting beadsRe:
containersfor beading projects
> There is a covered tray made by Rubbermaid that was designed to carry
> deviled eggs. It has 20 dimples for egg halves.
>
> Another idea is a paint tray. It is a tray with dimples made for mixing
> watercolors.
>
>
>
> Dixie
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Laurie Porter
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 11:14 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] was trays for sorting beadsRe: containers
> for
> beading projects
>
> I'm happy to say i found a bead sorter. Hurray? I have got so many
> containers of seeds with some colors mixed up. Usually, they sit and
> collect
>
> dust while I replace them with new bags of beads, but now I have a lady at
> one of my farmer's markets who loves to do that kind of stuff. Does anyone
> have suggestions for what kind of trays to use other than ice trays and
> egg
>
> cartons for this incredible job?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sahar Husseini" <sahar at inebraska.com>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 6:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] containers for beading projects
>
>
>> Oh, I love storing my split rings, crimps, and headpins in pill bottles.
>> They're fabulous for that. Yikes, I am 443 messages behind on this list!
>> I decided this weekend to sort my bone beads. They're the beads I
>> started
>
>> working with back in 1999, and in the first couple of years, I made a ton
>> of bone necklaces. Needless to say, I hadn't worked with bone in a long
>> time because, in part, I looked at my bags of bone beads, and they were
>> an
>
>> amazing mess beyond even my disordered mind. Needless to say, putting
>> the
>
>> right beads in the right bags took a whole day. I kept asking myself,
>> why
>
>> on earth would I not have that organized to begin with? Why did I not
>> keep the same beads that are the same shapes and carvings in the same
>> spot? Well, my 29-30 something-year old wasn't anywhere around to answer
>> those questions, so I shook my head often and kept plugging away! By the
>> end of the day, I felt like someone beat me up! What did I learn from
>> that? I hear people talking about organization and what a good idea it
>> is, and my poor aching head and back found themselves agreeing with that
>> wise statement. We'll see what happens with the O word around this
>> house.
>
>> *laughing*
>>
>> Warm regards,
>> Sahar Husseini
>> For hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry, Please visit my Website at
>> www.saharscreations.com
>> And remember, "Obstacles don't have to stop you.
>> If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.
>> Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
>> Michael Jordan
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Laurie Porter
>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 5:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] containers for beading projects
>>
>>
>> I have several types of fishing tackeles for storage. I also find that
>> cleaned out pill bottles are good for storage too
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "River Woman" <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 9:13 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] containers for beading projects
>>
>>
>> > Yes, I too have such a box in which I store larger beads. I bought
>> mine
>
>> in
>> > the carpenter stuff area of the hardware store. It might be a fishing
>> > tackle box, too. Anyway, if you can buy your containers in a hardware
>> > store they are usually much less expensive than when you buy them in a
>> > "craft" store. You can find lots of storage things in the Dollar Tree,
>> > Dollar General, and my favorite things are in the old fashioned
>> hardware
>> > store for best prices on them.
>> >
>> > Lynda Lambert
>> > River Road Studio, Since 1976
>> > www.lyndalambert.com
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Henrietta Brewer" <gary.brewer at comcast.net>
>> > To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> > Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 8:04 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] containers for beading projects
>> >
>> >
>> >> Hi Joyce,
>> >> I use a plastic container made for storing screws and such in a work
>> >> shop. Mine has about thirty drawers. I can take a drawer out and take
>> it
>> >> to my work area. I label the fronts with the color and size. I used
>> >> braille, but with the pen friend it would be easy to add all the info
>> you
>> >> want.
>> >>
>> >> My hand fits into the drawers, plastic rectangle shaped boxes, easily
>> and
>> >> so do most of the tubes and plastic bags.
>> >> HenriettaAt 10:53 AM 8/8/2010, you wrote:
>> >>>I used to use film canisters. If you have a photography shop in your
>> >>>town,
>> >>>sometimes they have those canisters left over from developing film.
>> That
>> >>>being said, with the digital photography boon over the past few years
>> >>>this
>> >>>may be an obsolete idea.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>I also used to keep my project in a flat box, like a Tupperware deli
>> >>>container, or a cigar box or even more wonderful to obtain a
>> Whitman's
>> >>>sampler box, smile, with a piece of felt lining the bottom. This
>> kept
>> >>>the
>> >>>beads from rolling around, so I could place a bit in one place and
>> have
>> >>>them
>> >>>stay put.
>> >>>
>> >>>Let's see, oh, Baby food jars, or now they are little plastic boxes
>> make
>> >>>nice small project containers.
>> >>>
>> >>>Finally, if all these don't work, my beading store used to sell
>> little
>> >>>glass
>> >>>bottles with plastic snap on tops for storing beads.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>Dixie
>> >>>
>> >>>~ @-> ~ <-@ ~
>> >>>JEREMIAH14: 20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness and the
>> iniquity
>
>> of
>> >>>our fathers, for we have sinned against You. 21 Do not abhor us, for
>> Your
>> >>>name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of Your glory. Remember, do
>> not
>> >>>break Your covenant with us. 22 Are there any among the idols of the
>> >>>nations
>> >>>that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are You not He,
>> O
>> >>>LORD
>> >>>our God? Therefore we will wait for You, since You have made all
>> these.
>>
>>
>>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >>>
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>> Biden
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>> >>>From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> >>>[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> >>>Blindhands at aol.com
>> >>>Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 12:32 AM
>> >>>To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>> >>>Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Help please
>> >>>
>> >>>For you beaders out there, please help me figure out what I might use
>> for
>> >>>my beads. What type of things do you store your beads in?I am
>> thinking I
>> >>>need something that I fcould put size 8 seed beads in and I want to
>> be
>> >>>able
>> >>>to maybe put 4 or 6 bags [each bag at Fusion Beads are 10 oz. or the
>> >>>Dellika
>> >>>beads come in 5 oz or is it gram bags. The bags are maybe 2 by 2
>> >>>inches.
>> >>>I want it to be easy to open and close.
>> >>>
>> >>>I had thought of just getting larger plastic bags from them.
>> >>>
>> >>>The beads I purchased from Michael's Crafts came in the tubes and
>> there
>> >>>was
>> >>> barcode labels on them already. I need to put barcode labels on
>> >>> whatever
>> >>>I put the beads in as I want to identify them with the ID Mate.
>> >>>
>> >>>Ideas please! Help!
>> >>>
>> >>>Joyce Kane
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