[Nfb-krafters-korner] a beaded safety pin flower pot

[Barb Roland]

Awesome job Cathy, sounds so cute! Would love to see a pic.
Barb
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From: "jill" <jillbilly4 at comcast.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a beaded safety pin flower pot


> Woo hoo!  I love it!  Go cathy!  I am no expert on pricing, but maybe 
> $20??
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> Jill
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> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
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> Behalf Of Cathy
> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 5:43 AM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a beaded safety pin flower pot
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> Hi all,
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> I am excited to share with all of you that I have finished my first safety
> pin project using my own design! Maybe you are not surprised by this, but 
> I
> sure am, since I'm usually not real creative. However, the last safety pin
> project I made just did not turn out well so I had taken it apart and
> decided I needed to make something else so the beads would not go to 
> waste.
> A friend in my garden club suggested that I make a decorative flower pot
> cover, and I liked the idea, so began to plan it out. I had a number of
> different sized pins and beads and played around with them till I found
> something that felt like it would look nice to me. I chose number three
> safety pins and the 18mm star beads from the gingerbread house. they are a
> reddish brown which would look nice against the green of leaves. I decided 
> I
> wanted my container to hold a six inch pot and grabbed some wire and wound
> the wire around my pot to measure it, then left some extra for twisting
> tight. I looked through my beads and saw that I had some 12mm crystal 
> beads
> that I thought would be nice on the bottom, and might lift the pot off the
> surface of the table somewhat. so I made my first row using 6mm crystals 
> as
> spacers and liked it. this row does not show, it is like a rim around the
> bottom of the pot. So next I began my building of the pot. I built it 
> using
> 18mm stars, 8 on each safety pin, and there were 26 pins in each row along
> with 6 or perhaps 8 MM spacers which were also root beer. I made a total 
> of
> three rows. To attach the last row I went with a combination of 8mm red
> faceted and 6mm root beer faceted. it seemed decorative to me.
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> I didn't really plan this, but the combination of beads I put on my last 
> row
> caused the pot to flair a bit on top and I think it looks quite nice!
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> So the six-inch plastic water catcher and pot fit perfectly inside and are
> completely hidden by the pins and beads, even on the rim. now all it needs
> is a plant.
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> I just learned the other night that our garden club is doing something
> different for our Xmas party this year. There is going to be a table in 
> the
> back where we can sell our craft items to one another. hmm, should I take
> the flower pot in or keep it? if I sell it, what might be a reasonable 
> price
> for such an item? I could use any money I can get at the moment. But I 
> don't
> just want to give it away, unless of course it is as a gift to some 
> special
> some one.
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> Wow, with smaller pins and beads I could make a smaller more delicate pot.
> Flower pots for all seasons. Perhaps I'm on to something here?
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> The more I learn, the more I want to learn!
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> Cathy
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