[Nfb-krafters-korner] a note from Linda

Sat Jun 26 17:10:00 UTC 2010

It really is hard work.  I did it once, and some of my pieces are on their Website.  It was just much, and I haven't done it since they began their contests--I think in 2004.  I buy 98% of my beads from them.  I find their prices fabulous and their customer service top notch.  No, they don't have everything, but they have a lot.

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: River Woman 
  To: List for blind crafters and artists 
  Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 9:50 AM
  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a note from Linda

  Thanks. I have looked over the forms for the Fire Mountain requirements 
  several times. The problem is, you have to list every single bead in your 
  piece...and I would not be able to do that without a ton of work. The woman 
  I took the workshop with, Sherry Serafini, has her work in this catalogue 
  all the time. I buy most of my gemstones at the Rings and Things show that 
  comes to Pittsburgh every fall. And, the seed beads, well, I hav them from 
  most everywhere, but most from Janes Beads, which I get at another Gem Show. 
  I have printed out the fourms a couple of times, but then just did not put 
  the effort into doing them. Maybe I will some time in the future...I guess I 
  would have to limit myself to working mostly with FM stuff, which I could 
  easily do. Have you entered anything there? Anyone else on the list?

  Lynda
  Lynda Lambert
  River Road Studio, Since 1976
  www.lyndalambert.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Sahar Husseini" <sahar at inebraska.com>
  To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
  Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 9:09 AM
  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a note from Linda

  > Oh, but they sound awesome!  As you might already know, people pay lots 
  > for that sort of thing.  It's amazing stuff.  I bet you can enter the Fire 
  > Mountain Gems and Beads contest.  The only thing about them is you have to 
  > have used their beads, but they do have awesome deals.  Sometimes, people 
  > mix things they made with the company's beads, and that works, too, but 
  > you can't buy from another company and enter their contest  Wow, I don't 
  > know if that made sense.  I'm trying to say that if you use seed beads, 
  > they want to know the item number so they know you bought the beads from 
  > them.  I need to go drink some more coffee; I can't make more sense. 
  > *lol*
  > 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: River Woman
  >  To: List for blind crafters and artists
  >  Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 4:19 PM
  >  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a note from Linda
  >
  >
  >  I do them for myself, and for juried fine art exhibitions. I never offer
  >  them for sale.
  >  I am happily working on the piece I thought I could never do again. I am
  >  soooo happy. I would like to enter this in a juried exhibition in the
  >  future.
  >  Lynda Lambert
  >  River Road Studio, Since 1976
  >  www.lyndalambert.com
  >  ----- Original Message ----- 
  >  From: "qubit" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>
  >  To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
  > <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
  >  Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 4:18 PM
  >  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a note from Linda
  >
  >
  >  > do you sell these items?
  >  > --le
  >  >
  >  > ----- Original Message ----- 
  >  > From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
  >  > To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
  >  > Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 1:27 PM
  >  > Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a note from Linda
  >  >
  >  >
  >  > Linda sent this from another of her email addresses, so only I received
  >  > it.
  >  >
  >  > The material I do my encrusted beadworking on is:  Lacy's Stiff Stuff. 
  > I
  >  > dye it dark gray or black before working on it so that the white does 
  > not
  >  > shine
  >  > through the beads. That is my preserence, you may want to leave it 
  > white
  >  > but I don't want any of the white surface to peek through.
  >  >
  >  > After the beadworking is completed on the surface, then I glue it 
  > directly
  >  > onto the brass bracelet or necklace, or pendant form. On the back of 
  > the
  >  > form,
  >  > I put suede. The three are sandwiched together. Then, the three are
  >  > trimmed all together to only about 1/8 of an inch. and Beadworking is 
  > then
  >  > done  to
  >  > secure them all together and to make the decorative edging.
  >  > I do  believe I WILL be able to do this again...have not been able to 
  > do
  >  > it
  >  > since  sight loss 2 1/2 years ago. Have not even tried to do it because 
  > I
  >  > thought
  >  > I  never could do it again, but after meeting you all here, I believe I
  >  > CAN
  >  > do it  again. :)
  >  >
  >  > Does anyone else here work in this technique, in this way?
  >  > Lynda
  >  > "I  drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods."
  >  > _Georg Trakl, Austrian  poet
  >  >
  >  >
  >  > Joyce  Kane
  >  > www.KraftersKorner.org  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
  >  > Blindhands at AOL.com
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