[Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
River Woman
riverwoman at zoominternet.net
Mon Jan 23 15:23:40 UTC 2012
oops! I get confused now and then.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sahar Husseini" <sahar at inebraska.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 6:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
> ROFL, Lynda, that was directed at Melissa, who I know from another group.
> *laughing* You probably thought I lost my mind. My humor is twisted
> though, so it's possible I could have been talking to you.
>
> 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 8:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
>
>
> haha..yep, it is I! I just joined this group recently, so really don't
> know anyone here - but now, I know YOU. I did not know YOU were here,
> too.
> I also signed up last week for the Writer's Division. I won't be very
> active
> on either of these lists, I think. I really need to spend my time
> working
> on my own projects.
>
> 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 9:10 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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