[Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information

Sahar Husseini sahar at inebraska.com
Mon Jan 23 11:32:41 UTC 2012


Haha, I see that!  *grin*

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: Melissa Green 
  To: List for blind crafters and artists 
  Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 9:27 PM
  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information


  sahar you never know where I will show up.

  Blessings,
  Warmly,
  Melissa and Pj Green
  It isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn 
  to forgive yourself.
  ----- 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 7:10 PM
  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information


  > Hey, you.  What are you doing here?  I didn't know you were on here. 
  > *smile*  I haven't been on here in 150 years or so.  I had to mass-delete 
  > this morning since I had messages since ... um, ur, OK, since July 2010. 
  > I had almost 10,000 messages.  I had to start over.  Otherwise, this 
  > folder would have been a lost cause.  *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: Melissa Green
  >  To: List for blind crafters and artists
  >  Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 4:48 PM
  >  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
  >
  >
  >  I also think that stones can provide healing to us.  Stones can also
  >  ballance things out.
  >
  >
  >
  >  Warmly,
  >  Melissa and PJ Green
  >  Don't ask God to make your life easier, ask him to make you a stronger
  >  person.
  >  ----- 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 6:47 PM
  >  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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