[Nfb-krafters-korner] a note from Linda
Laurie Porter
freespirit1 at tds.net
Sun Jun 27 03:33:45 UTC 2010
Well, I get into lots of touble when I go to the Bead and button show they
have every year in Milwaukee. I'd give anything though to attend the tucson
gem show.
----- 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 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a note from Linda
> That would be cool. I'd love to travel to gem shows, but I don't travel
> often with my work and everything else. I don't know if I can survive gem
> shows! If I touched beads, I'd want them. Well, of course, buying from
> catalogs isn't keeping me out of trouble either. I buy tons from FM, and
> that's why I'm what they call a Platinum Partner. That's what you're
> called if you spend, well, a certain amount that I won't mention per year.
> *laughing* I can only imagine what damage I'd do if I can go to a gem
> show! OMG!
>
> 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 12:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a note from Linda
>
>
> Yes, I do buy a lot from FM, but I like to buy at the gem shows, too. My
> grand daughter who is 30 years old, takes me and we spend a couple hours
> there touching all the beads. (smile)
>
> For this dragon necklace, I bought just about everything I am workin on
> it
> with, in New York City, when I was there three years ago with my daughter
> and her family. I could SEE then, just 2 months after that I could not
> see
> then. So I could not enter this in the FM show. But, I will keep it in
> mind, now that you mention it, and aim to do a piece with only beads I
> have
> bought from FM. I will develop a couple of encrusted beadwork pieces just
> for that purpose...great idea. If I have it in my mind now, then I can
> begin
> to work on it and take my time doing it. I could write down every kind of
> bead, as I am working on it, and that way it would not be so
> overwhelming.
> Thanks.
>
> 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 1:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a note from Linda
>
>
> > 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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