[Nfb-krafters-korner] a note from Linda
Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]
Terry.Powers at nih.gov
Mon Jun 28 18:42:38 UTC 2010
Give us some advice on labeling and storing beads, all you fancy beaders, out there! I am a newbee and not very organized. I have a 7 drawer plastic set from Walmart with my beading items. Some are labeled and some are not, yet.
Terry
-----Original Message-----
From: Sahar Husseini [mailto:sahar at inebraska.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 7:58 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
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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