[Nfb-krafters-korner] a note from Linda
River Woman
riverwoman at zoominternet.net
Mon Jun 28 11:59:37 UTC 2010
Terry,
I did take the earrings, necklace I just made from start to finish, and I
took the encrusted beadwork piece that I am now working on. My daughter was
thrilled. So am I. Lynda
Lynda Lambert
River Road Studio, Since 1976
www.lyndalambert.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 7:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a note from Linda
> You should have taken an item or two, and showed them what you now can do!
> I am always showing my family and friends, my work.
> I most of the time do plastic canvis and my friends are admiring how even
> my stitches are.
>
> Terry
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net]
> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 9:15 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a note from Linda
>
> Hi Sahar,
> Not only how big the packages are, but how many boxes arrive and how heavy
> they are! When we get home from the bead show, we cover the dining room
> talbe with the beads...we took photos of us with our spread of gems laying
> all fanned out on the table. We look mad. I thought Bob would choke when
> he found I had paid $40 for the new pliers, but when he saw what I could
> do with them he was fine with it and happy about it. Going to go visit
> our daughter today, and not taking anything for her to finish for me.
> 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: Sunday, June 27, 2010 7:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a note from Linda
>
>
>> Grin, and I go crazy when I order, but so I can organize them, I
>> sometimes order different quantities if I get the same size. I even
>> learned to scan the labels on the packages with my Open Book--a pain
>> in the butt, but it works when I don't want Ed to know how much I
>> really got! Yeah, I know; I know; he's not stupid. He sees how big
>> the packages are. *laughing*
>>
>> The bead Freak
>>
>> 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: Saturday, June 26, 2010 10:42 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a note from Linda
>>
>>
>> Yeah, you have to be careful with fusion beads. some things arre more
>> expensive there, but I like the free shipping with no minimum order. I
>> use it when I am buying small amounts of things. I order them one at
>> a time, that way when the packages come, I know what they are without
>> my husband having to help sort them out for me and I label them right
>> away. The free shipping keeps me organized
>>
>> lol.
>> ----- 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 7:40 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a note from Linda
>>
>>
>> > Hi Lynda,
>> >
>> > I go every year unless I plan a trip outside of the country, or
>> something > unforeseen happens. As far as I know, I'm going next
>> year, but God knows > what happens between now and then. *smile* I
>> am definitely looking > forward to meeting you. Oh, yes, Rings and
>> Things has really awesome > stuff. I don't order from them very
>> often. They have some trade beads I > want, but they're quite
>> expensive. *grin* I went to Fusion Beads; I > think Laurie sent
>> that to you. They are pretty pricy. Their prices seem > retail. I
>> wish FMG had all of the faceted beads Fusion has, but I'm > willing
>> to settle for what I have, and I have lots. Well, OK, so I lied.
>> > I'm not content to have what I have, but it's hard for me to pay
>> $10 for a > strand I know I can get for $5 at FMG, and I don't need
>> all the faceted > strands that exist, considering I can open my own
>> bead shop with what I > have. *smile* > > 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 1:37 PM > Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a note from
>> Linda > > > Hello Dear Platinim Partner, Sahar:
>> >
>> > OH, YES, Big Spender, it is so dangerous to be at the gem shows, too.
>> It
>> > is
>> > so overpowering you have to sit down awhile to get your breath
>> back > again.
>> > You get dizzy for the excitement. Rings and Things have gem
>> stones I > have > never found anywhere else. But, I also buy lots
>> and lots from FM, too.
>> >
>> > OH, the set of tools I have is by Bead Smith...they are nice, but
>> nowhere > near the quality of this pair of Revere Pliers I just got.
>> Now, you have > me > excited about actually sending in some work to
>> FM in the > future...laughing.
>> >
>> > Do you go to the convention every year? If so, I do plan to meet
>> you in > person NEXT summer, lord willing and the crick don't
>> rise....laugh.
>> 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 2:12 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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