[Nfb-krafters-korner] phone classes

Cathy flowersandherbs at gmail.com
Mon Jan 23 06:00:51 UTC 2012


Linda wrote:

I was afraid I could not teach a class via phone - but I have just done it
twice.  I amazed myself - I have a phone phobia. I seldom call people, and I
never really like to talk on the phone much.  But, I thought, I will try to
teach the clay class and if I fail, well, I tried. But, it was really FUN
and I enjoyed it very much. I was very afraid of doing it.

"oh yes, me too with all that you said!" I just completed assisting Tanya in
teaching the slipper sock class, and now I have a Monday night chat coming
up where I am going to talk about making sachets and potpourri and then a
two week beginner crochet class!  Is this really me?

Cathy


-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of River Woman
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 9:17 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information

I am sure you CAN learn to capture a cab through verbal instructions - I am 
positive you CAN.

I was afraid I could not teach a class via phone - but I have just done it 
twice.  I amazed myself - I have a phone phobia. I seldom call people, and I

never really like to talk on the phone much.  But, I thought, I will try to 
teach the clay class and if I fail, well, I tried. But, it was really FUN 
and I enjoyed it very much. I was very afraid of doing it.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sahar Husseini" <sahar at inebraska.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information


> Oh, it's not a question of wanting to talk with you.  I would very much 
> love to do that.  It's a question of how comfortable I am learning over 
> the phone.  *smile*  I'm a paradox; with some things, I'm a quick learner.

> With others, well, I question my intelligence.  I've not joined any 
> classes on here because I don't think I can learn something like this 
> verbally; I feel too much like an idiot.  *lol*  I usually have to see 
> something before I can do it.  You know I don't mean see visually.  I mean

> I have to experience the motions of making something.  The truth is, 
> though, I won't know if I can learn unless I give it a chance.  I need to 
> stop being a chicken.  *laughing*  I was always a little afraid of crafts.

> Art class was the bane of my existence growing up.  IN fact, my art 
> teacher could not believe it when my friends back home told her I was 
> making jewelry.  I barely scraped by with a C, and I think I only got it 
> because she felt sorry for me.
>
> Warm regards,
> Sahar Husseini
> For hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry, please visit my Website at
> www.saharscreations.com
> Find me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/saharscreations
> 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: Sunday, January 22, 2012 7:05 AM
>  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
>
>
>  Sahar,
>  I can teach you how to do cabs! I could talk you through it over the 
> phone.
>  With the experience you have with beads, I know you can do it. Contact me
>  off list if you want to talk with me.
>  http://riverroad@zoominternet.net
>
>
>  Glue, it is a dirty 4 letter word that I do not like, either. It is TACKY
>  and ICKY and I never liked using glue on anything and it has nothing to 
> do
>  with sight loss on my part either. YUK to glue. lol
>  Lynda River Woman
>
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: "Sahar Husseini" <sahar at inebraska.com>
>  To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>  Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 7:25 AM
>  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
>
>
>  > Hi Denise,
>  >
>  > I remember you from last summer at Convention.  Getting the clasps and
>  > earring closures on is really easy once you get the hang of it; it just
>  > takes practice.  Do you have any bead shops near you?  They might be 
> able
>  > to help.  A lot of times, people use a drop of glue to secure clasps 
> and
>  > cones, but I'm not a fan of glue.  I don't use it in any of my work. 
> It
>  > is very handy for crafters, but I think it's evil.  *grin*  I'm really
>  > good at gluing my fingers together and to the table.  No, it has 
> nothing
>  > to do with blindness; it has to do with me and glue.  We've been blood
>  > enemies since childhood.  *smile*  Bead-weaving would be a cool thing 
> to
>  > learn.  I would also like to learn to attach cabochons using seed 
> beads.
>  > That looks fabulous.
>  >
>  > Warm regards,
>  > Sahar Husseini
>  > For hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry, please visit my Website at
>  > www.saharscreations.com
>  > Find me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/saharscreations
>  > 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: Denise Shaible
>  >  To: List for blind crafters and artists
>  >  Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 8:38 PM
>  >  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
>  >
>  >
>  >  Sahar,
>  >
>  >  My name is Denise Shaible and I live in California.  I love gems.  I
>  > don't
>  >  go in for the meaning behind them but I love them.  I know what you 
> mean
>  >  about having to clear the table.  My husband
>  >  Adam keeps asking me to put my safety pin beading projects somewhere 
> else
>  >  so the beads don't go off on to the floor and there's a place to sit 
> and
>  >  eat.  It's funny.  I'd love to get into jewelry making.  I traveled to

> a
>  >  health center in West Palm Beach, Florida and we did jewelry every
>  > Saturday
>  >  morning.  I made several sets and my favorites were a hematite and 
> fresh
>  >  water pearl combo and a rose quartz crystal, fresh water pearl, and
>  > crystals
>  >  combo.  I just love the colors and the different shapes.  I only have
>  > light
>  >  perception so my teacher had to tell me the colors but, I have good 
> color
>  >  memory so I knew what she was talking about.  All I really need to 
> learn
>  > to
>  >  do to make jewelry is how to attach clasps and other closures and how 
> to
>  >  attach earring pieces.  I like the sound of bead weaving, too.  I 
> don't
>  > know
>  >  if you've done any of this.  Okay, just wanted to write.
>  >
>  >  Welcome.
>  >
>  >  Regards,
>  >
>  >  Denise
>  >
>  >  -----Original Message----- 
>  >  From: Sahar Husseini
>  >  Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 5:47 PM
>  >  To: List for blind crafters and artists
>  >  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
>  >
>  >  Lol, this sounds familiar.  I, too, have to clear my dining room table

> so
>  >  that guests could eat.  The beads rule most of the time.  I would love

> to
>  >  find some of the books that talk about crystal healing in an 
> accessible
>  >  format.  I find that different stones speak to me at different times 
> in
>  > my
>  >  life, and each stone has its own energy.  I worked a lot with hematite
>  > when
>  >  I lived in Alaska.  Incidentally, Alaska has hematite, and they call 
> it
>  >  black diamond, but that's not why I worked with it then.  They say it
>  > helps
>  >  with depression, and I was in quite the funk when I lived there.  I 
> would
>  >  not want to see that state of mind that I lived in ever again. 
> *smile*
>  >
>  >  Warm regards,
>  >  Sahar Husseini
>  >  For hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry, please visit my Website at
>  >  www.saharscreations.com
>  >  Find me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/saharscreations
>  >  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, January 21, 2012 4:58 PM
>  >    Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
>  >
>  >
>  >    Hi Sahar and Holly
>  >    Nice to see you HERE on the KK list today!
>  >    I put my beads away before Christmas so I could have a ton of 
> company
>  > over
>  >    the holidays without all the stuff all over my dining room table. I
>  > have
>  >  to
>  >    get it all out again. I decided to move my beadworking table 
> upstairs
>  > to a
>  >    spare bedroom so I am not all over the dining room again. It is nice

> to
>  >  have
>  >    a clear table and be able to actually EAT there again.  Smile!
>  >
>  >    My focus these days is on making encrusted bead worked TALISMANS. 
> That
>  > is
>  >  my
>  >    personal passion.
>  >    I also foxus on the spiritual and metaphysical associations of the
>  > stones
>  >  I
>  >    work with. I use the "Crystal Bible" as a guide, and I have a number

> of
>  >    other books like this, too.  One good one I use is the "Crystal 
> Code."
>  >    They are not beading books, but books that are metaphysical in 
> nature,
>  >    crystal healing books. I am really interested in this.
>  >
>  >    Good luck to you Holly. There are several wonderful bead workers 
> here,
>  > and
>  >    each is very different from the other. Between us all, we can give 
> you
>  >  help
>  >    and are glad to do it. Most of all, I think, what you will need is
>  > knowing
>  >    that you CAN do beading, and you WILL find your own path with the
>  > BEADS.
>  >    Like Sahar said, she just let the beads speak to her, and off she 
> went
>  > in
>  >    that direction. That is what I do. In my case, it is the stones that
>  > speak
>  >    to me, and I try to listen and follow.
>  >
>  >    Lynda River Woman
>  >    ----- Original Message ----- 
>  >    From: "Sahar Husseini" <sahar at inebraska.com>
>  >    To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
>  > <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>  >    Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 4:32 PM
>  >    Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
>  >
>  >
>  >    > Oh, Lynda, God bless you!  I only told you the truth, and you took
>  > off
>  >    > with it.  You are the role model.  So many of us get encouragement
>  > and
>  >    > don't know what to do with it.  You took wing and flew.  I have a 
> lot
>  > of
>  >    > respect for you; I truly do.  Thank you very much for your kind
>  > words,
>  >  my
>  >    > dear!
>  >    >
>  >    > Warm regards,
>  >    > Sahar Husseini
>  >    > For hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry, please visit my Website 
> at
>  >    > www.saharscreations.com
>  >    > Find me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/saharscreations
>  >    > 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, January 14, 2012 1:16 PM
>  >    >  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
>  >    >
>  >    >
>  >    >  the person you need to speak with is SAHAR....she was invaluable 
> to
>  > me
>  >    > when
>  >    >  I first got on this list as a newly blind person. I had done
>  > extensive
>  >    >  beadowk before sight loss and my passion is encrusted bead work.
>  > SAHAR
>  >    > made
>  >    >  me KNOW that I could do it again. She is the most positive role
>  > model
>  >    >  imaginable and I owe her an enormous shout out for what she did 
> for
>  > me
>  >    > back
>  >    >  then. I began doing encrusted bead work again about a year ago -
>  > three
>  >    > years
>  >    >  after my sight loss. I now do mueeum quality bead work that is
>  >  exhibited
>  >    > in
>  >    >  museums galleries and private galleries again - it is amazing 
> what
>  > you
>  >    > can
>  >    >  do with the encouragement and contact with others who are doing 
> it.
>  >    >
>  >    >  You will find the help you need here, and they can point you to
>  > where
>  >  you
>  >    >  will best find what you want to do, I think. Welcome!
>  >    >
>  >    >  Lynda River Woman
>  >    >  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  >    >  From: "Holly Turri" <hollyt at comcast.net>
>  >    >  To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
>  >    > <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>  >    >  Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 12:49 PM
>  >    >  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
>  >    >
>  >    >
>  >    >  > thanks so much.  i'd love to learn more about the weaving 
> patterns
>  >    >  > eventually.  first i think i will just try some stringing of 
> nicde
>  >  ones
>  >    >  > and learn what are the best elements on which to put them. baby
>  > steps
>  >  i
>  >    >  > guess.
>  >    >  > ----- Original Message ----- 
>  >    >  > From: "Neva Fairchild" <nevafairchild at verizon.net>
>  >    >  > To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'"
>  >    >  > <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>  >    >  > Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 11:31 AM
>  >    >  > Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
>  >    >  >
>  >    >  >
>  >    >  >>I have recently begun learning bead weaving. I didn't know 
> there
>  > was
>  >    >  >> anything more than stringing beads before a friend sat me down
>  > and
>  >  got
>  >    > me
>  >    >  >> started. There have been a couple of classes in the past on 
> this
>  >  group
>  >    >  >> that
>  >    >  >> hopefully will be repeated. I have learned the Peyote stitch 
> and
>  > the
>  >    >  >> Russian
>  >    >  >> Spiral, thus far. I began learning Right Angle Weave, but 
> didn't
>  > get
>  >    > far
>  >    >  >> in
>  >    >  >> my first lesson. The only one of these stitches I can do
>  >  independently
>  >    >  >> thus
>  >    >  >> far, from start to finish, is Peyote and I learned the one 
> drop
>  >  stitch
>  >    >  >> first. You can do multiple bead drops in Peyote. I know this
>  > sounds
>  >    > like
>  >    >  >> Greek to you, but it has to do with how many beads you put on 
> at
>  > a
>  >    > time.
>  >    >  >> In
>  >    >  >> one drop, I have made two bracelets. It is a flat bracelet, 
> much
>  >  like
>  >    > a
>  >    >  >> wide
>  >    >  >> watch band only made of beads that snug up to one another very
>  > close
>  >    > and
>  >    >  >> in
>  >    >  >> a pattern. It is pretty easy for me to feel with size 8 seed
>  > beads.
>  >  I
>  >    >  >> know
>  >    >  >> some people work with size 15 beads which are roughly half the
>  > size
>  >  of
>  >    > a
>  >    >  >> size 8 bead. They are tiny and I have seen a cuff style 
> bracelet
>  >  made
>  >    >  >> with
>  >    >  >> size 15 beads and it is so fine that it feels like silk. It's
>  >  amazing.
>  >    >  >> I'm
>  >    >  >> not proficient enough to teach a class, but hopefully Joyce 
> will
>  > be
>  >    > able
>  >    >  >> to
>  >    >  >> find someone on the list who will. I would love to take bead
>  > weaving
>  >    >  >> classes
>  >    >  >> through this group as well as working with my friend. She is a
>  > great
>  >    >  >> teacher, but we both struggle with starting and finishing
>  > projects.
>  >    > Good
>  >    >  >> luck to you.
>  >    >  >>
>  >    >  >>
>  >    >  >> Neva Fairchild
>  >    >  >> 972 416-7039
>  >    >  >>
>  >    >  >> -----Original Message-----
>  >    >  >> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>  >    >  >> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>  > Holly
>  >    > Turri
>  >    >  >> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 7:50 AM
>  >    >  >> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>  >    >  >> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
>  >    >  >>
>  >    >  >> do you know of a good source for information about beading and
>  >  beaded
>  >    >  >> jewelry making?  I'm newly retired,but  craft impaired.   I'd
>  > really
>  >    > like
>  >    >  >> to
>  >    >  >> learn this as I have friends who do it but don'thave the time 
> to
>  >  teach
>  >    >  >> me. I
>  >    >  >> want to make nice stuff not the kind of beading my three year 
> old
>  >    > grand
>  >    >  >> daugter gives me.  Of course i treasure that but I'm quite a 
> bit
>  >    > older.
>  >    >  >> Anxiously awaint ann answer and have a blessed day.
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